SDCC 2014: Dawn of Justice's Wonder Woman Revealed

[Wolyo]

Seeing how tall Affleck(6 ft 2") is and how small she is (5 ft 10"), she will need these wedge boots.

 

[LazyAza]

A skinny girl in a completely brown outfit.

This isn't wonder woman at all, she looks more like a new Xena.

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

I guess color has been outlawed lately and I just somehow missed the memo. Also, I know she is 'magically' strong but she looks far too weak to be Wonder Woman. She looks more like a background extra for Xena.
I also just noticed the heels, good God. That costume design.

 

[Belaam]

The costume isn't that bad. The boots could lose a couple inches of heel, the skirt/probable under tights could be lot more blue and a hair longer, but it could be a lot worse.

My biggest gripe is my initial one; their actress herself, not her shoes needs at least three more inches of height. Drawing from athletes who go into acting instead of models who go into acting would have been a good move too.

 

[FPLOON]

Huh... I liking the outfit so far (with my SOD[footnote]Suspension of Disbelief[/footnote] included) and now I want to see it in action more than the other outfits revealed so far...

Also, I just realized that no matter what DC's doing so far, no one seems to be THAT on board with them... (Must be a "Snyder" thing or something...)

 

[DarkhoIlow]

I don't mean any offense, but what on earth are they feeding this woman? Air? One of my legs has more weight than her whole body combined.

They should really start to feed her something to put some muscles on those skinny arms else it will be rather cringeworthy to watch her trying to go toe to toe against the other heroes/villains in this movie.

Also, why is her costume shit color brown? Come on guys!

I would of chosen Gina Carano to play WW or Jaime Alexander for the role, both of them are built for her amazonian looks quite well (especially Gina).

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

So should I assume most people posting didn't bother reading the article, or most people posting don't know what "Sepia tone filter" means. Either way, there's no proof in that picture that the final design will be brown or colorless.

That being said, they can show all the fantastic imagery they want, until they explain how they're going to introduce all the Justice League members in one movie, make us actually care about them, and STILL make it primarily a Superman movie, I have no faith in the title.

 

[tzimize]

I like it. I'm interested in seeing it in full color.

Now if they can only make her interesting as well, and not just window dressing.........

 

[chozo_hybrid]

To me, she has done her best to look the part and the costume is great! Hopefully the film itself will have color in it though.

As for people judging her on her muscle etc, jeez, you know she has been working hard on it, and besides, a good chunk of Wonder Woman's strength is a super power right? Like her flying etc? As long as her acting is good, who cares, everybody doubted Heath Ledger as the Joker for ages before the Dark Knight came out.

 

[Vivi22]

There is no colour because they are going for an aesthetic tone, if you saw images from on-set there would likely be colour but they've gone for a very artistic style.

Slapping on a photoshop filter that makes everything look brown isn't art.

But it's cool. I think it's good, there is room for a fun, over the top, colourful superhero franchise and a more drab, mature, and brooding one, because if DC wen for the exact same tone as Marvel they would also be accused of "ripping off".

They're already ripping Marvel off because they saw Avengers do really well and want to have a Justice League movie that sees them rolling in cash as well. And no one would care that they're following Marvel's lead on that if they actually followed Marvel's lead and had a natural build up to the eventual team up movie. Instead they're trying to ruin a Superman sequel by fitting in a dozen different characters all at once who have no business being in a single movie yet, all so they can skip the build up and get straight to the team up, all the while missing what it was that made Avengers successful in the first place.

Look, I actually liked Man of Steel, and when this movie was still just Batman and Superman I was hopeful, but Jesus fucking Christ it's exploded into a complete mess as they try to squeeze more and more characters into it. The whole thing looks like they're sacrificing this movie as it's own entity to introduce audiences to the Justice League at lightning speed so the next movie can be done. That is not how you start things off if you want to build your own successful cinematic universe.

 

[Callate]

Iconically speaking, that isn't bad. It's clearly Wonder Woman, and I like the sword. As far as the sepia color scheme? Well, like it or not, it's Zack Snyder; deal with it. Doesn't bother me (or at least bothers me far less than the unending tide of orange and cyan.)

Practically speaking, I guess you wear three-inch heels and thigh-baring armor because as a superheroine you need to give your enemies a fighting chance?

 

[RealRT]

I think it's cool. Of course this site is Marvel fan boy central and everything about this film is reviled in accordance with what MovieBob tells you guys to think. There is no colour because they are going for an aesthetic tone, if you saw images from on-set there would likely be colour but they've gone for a very artistic style.

Who cares about high-heels breaking "realism" when you are watching a film about an orphaned alien from another planet and a man who dresses up as a bat and beats people at night?

But it's cool. I think it's good, there is room for a fun, over the top, colourful superhero franchise and a more drab, mature, and brooding one, because if DC wen for the exact same tone as Marvel they would also be accused of "ripping off".

Also Arrow is an amazing TV show, and Flash looks promising, hopefully they can both be in the Justice League.

Because, of course, NOBODY can genuinely have an opinion that disagrees with yours. That'd just be silly. They are just mindless drones. Yeah, that's an aesthetic tone, everybody gets that - and you know what, it's a shitty aesthetic choice. It's a stupid aesthetic choice for a movie in which a guy who dresses up like a bat, an orphan from another planet and an amazon walk into a bar. I WISH DC ripped Marvel off where it counts, because then we'd have more colorful and fun movies like Iron Man, Thor and The Avengers and less lifeless and drab drivel like Man of Steel.

 

[SeeDarkly_Xero]

Of course this site is Marvel fan boy central and everything about this film is reviled in accordance with what MovieBob tells you guys to think.

Many people who dislike the tone and direction of DC comics and film also might not actually know much about MovieBob's views. I like him, but you're giving him a little much credit there.
And I would have my views even without Bob reflecting some of them.

But it's cool. I think it's good, there is room for a fun, over the top, colourful superhero franchise and a more drab, mature, and brooding one, because if DC wen for the exact same tone as Marvel they would also be accused of "ripping off".

There's a degree to which they will never escape that accusation no matter what, but I for one don't think their flaws are a product of copying Marvel. If anything they've learned the wrong lessons from Marvel's successes.

Also Arrow is an amazing TV show, and Flash looks promising, hopefully they can both be in the Justice League.

I agree on the first part of that point. As I just said over on the Escapist's "SDCC 2014 Arrow trailer" news, I maintain that Arrow is the singular thing DC has done right ever since New 52 began. I believe Flash will double down as the second.
But NO... they should not crossover into the film universe. Let them keep doing TV right and keep their stories separate, unmarred by the films. Even if the films do well... the TV existing and satisfying the fanbase would not harm the eventual inclusion of a different Flash in the films. Last heard though, they haven't considered adding Arrow to the lineup at all. (You did worry some about accusations of copying Marvel afterall. I'm sure they've considered it some as well.)

Oh, and my opinion of the costume design? All their costume designs function perfectly fine for updated styling of the characters. Costumes, however, don't make stories entertaining and don't inspire me to see DoJ instead of Captain America on the weekend it opens.

 

[Eri]

Not a great choice. Not only does she not look muscular like she should, she also needs a bigger bust. Wonder Woman is a D cup, if not DD.

 

[[Kira Must Die]]

I think it looks pretty cool.

Then again, I'm not a big enough comic nerd (or at all even) to get upset, but as someone who knows next to little about any superhero, I think it looks fine.

 

[Adamantium93]

However, the fact that a warrior woman who often fights people of equal power to herself is also bone thin without a lick of muscle is not plausible either in the world of the IP or in the real world. Same goes for fighting in high heels. You simply cannot maneuver quickly enough or gain enough leverage when you have to worry about landing the heels just right.

The heels aren't even heels, they are wedges, giving more surface area.

Anyway, Wonder Woman has super strength and can fly, why do you need to worry about fighting in high heels when you can just levitate?

That would carry more weight if half the population of the DC universe did not also possess super strength and flight. Those heels/wedges negate a lot of her strength. So long as she's flying, everything is good. But if she has to face someone one the ground (and she will because, as pointed out, half the cast can negate her inherent strength advantage and a super strong character in mid air is much weaker than a super strong character with both feet on the ground), she loses out on both mobility and solid footing, two things that are crucial to a fight. If that person happens to be stronger than her, she's screwed because her other strengths (martial prowess, mobility) are lost when she can't plant her feet properly and shift her stance effortlessly. And don't get me started on the impracticality of trying to lasso something in heels. A woman who was raised to be a warrior would know this.

Besides, the whole "how much do they really impede her fighting" discussion is moot. She has no reason to have them on her costume, except to emphasize her sexual appeal. And I highly doubt a warrior on a mission of...well, war...cares so much about looking good that she would sacrifice her own combat prowess so she can occasionally strike a sexy pose in the middle of a fight.

She's designed that way to titillate male viewers. That's the crux of the issue, not so much that its unrealistic, but that its a sacrifice of her character (a powerful warrior who would never trade combat potential for OMG THOSE HEELZ!) for the sake of making young male viewers feel good.


If this was...idk...Zatanna, I wouldn't care because her powers aren't based around martial prowess and she wasn't raised to be a warrior (besides, they would fit with that half suit she wears and her stage magician theme). But this isn't Zatanna, and if anyone in the DC universe would wear a practical outfit, it would be Wonder Woman.