Whedon for Wonder Woman Movie?
POSTED BY: Hardy
UPDATED: Saturday, December 25, 2004 00:11
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I'm sure Joss could do something er..wonderful with Wonder Woman but haven't we just about tapped out the superhero genre for this go around? I mean for every one good comic-inspired movie there's about five flops. It just seems we've been pounded on by so many recently that It's hard to get excited anymore.
Don't get me wrong, I'd like to see this movie, just not for about five years.
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I'm sure Joss could do something er..wonderful with Wonder Woman but haven't we just about tapped out the superhero genre for this go around? I mean for every one good comic-inspired movie there's about five flops. It just seems we've been pounded on by so many recently that It's hard to get excited anymore.
Don't get me wrong, I'd like to see this movie, just not for about five years.
I have to second this. Frankly the superhero genre has been buggered to death. We still have another regurgitation of batman to endure.
Let it rest for a while.
I'd kinda like to see Joss tackle something new - for him anyway.... Wonderwoman would be OK but y'know..... Old ground.....
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I am a comics specialized geek, but I do think that Wonder Woman is fresh territory. Because the classic Wonder Woman story has never been told in ANY medium. Comics, text, TV, cinema, there's never been a defining and classic version.
This is why Wonder Woman needs Mr. Whedon, and this is why I'm afraid it'll be a full time job getting it right.
What is Wonder Woman's great struggle? Who is her great nemesis? She doesn't have a compelling narrative built into her history. It will by Joss Whedon's job to create this.
So the writing a great story (and getting past the producers) will be very hard. There's no agreed upon story to start with.
Casting will be hard. You'll need someone with massive screen presence. 90% of current actresses (ie SM Gellar) are too dainty and girly. Also, she needs to look intimidating in a bustier.
I hope he's got the time and energy to get all of his projects right. I do suspect he'll have a different take than everyone else. He's never been SFX driven.
PS I think Selma Hayek would be perfect.
Yeah, all those years of priest training and you get taken out by one bounty hunter.
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