Post your picks for Wonder Woman
POSTED BY: PhoenixRose
UPDATED: Sunday, February 11, 2007 18:28
VIEWED: 34734
PAGE 11 of 14
Yes Yinyang on occasion silly can be hilarious. And I can be a good sport too. Here's a picture of Halle Berry. I'm not sure if we have one or not, this thread is getting large and wonderful to visit thanks to Phoenixrose and all the contributers. Keep them coming.
Here is a picture of Halle Berry that Phoenixrose just mentioned. I think if we mention a possible Wonder Woman we should show people an image of them. I just hope this is a good one.
I wanted her as Storm so you can see her as super hero. This looks good. I think she would be a good choice. I actually was a little angry she didn't get more time in last X-Men.
Traveler
PS I am not getting notifications of replies so I may not always know of people repling to me and I suspect people do not know when I am repling to them. So until Haken can repair this will do my best to keep up.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Personally I felt she was horrible as Storm (they should have gotten Angela Bassett), she made the character too weak. Plus, she's already done Catwoman (another character she ruined). I think enough is enough. I think they should impose a one-comic-book-character-per-actor/actress limit.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'll be in my bunk.
http://www.myspace.com/babywiththepower
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
I'm all for an unknown with knock your socks off talent.
I enjoy seeing a performer and saying "wow, who's that? They're GOOD!"
That was my response to Serenity.
I'm also for a box office smash that will give Joss more weight to throw around in Hollywood.
This would give him the ability to get his "pet projects" greenlighted more easily.
300 lb gorilla, here we come!
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
I wouldn’t prefer an African-American looking woman playing Wonder Woman anymore then I’d prefer my own sister doing so (who is Irish-American, and looks it). As far as catwoman is concerned, I think Halle Berry looked the part, since the implied ethnicity was Egyptian. (Whatever other problems may have afflicted the film, it wasn’t Berry’s ethnicity.) I don’t, however, think Halle Berry looks like how ethnically Greek is generally considered to look. But for that matter I don’t think Selma Hayek does either. In fact, Anne Hathaway looks more Greek then either of them.
I did find this model, however. Her name is Valia Kakouti (Βαλια Κακουτη). She is 6’0” Greek model. I think she looks very Wonder Womanish, but I have no idea if she could actually act.
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
My vote -- is either for Lucy Lawless. Or as a distant second maybe Jessica Alba.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
The Amazons are associated with the Sarmatians who lived to the east of the Scythians. A grave site of a warrior woman was found near Tiflis that is considered of Sarmatian origin. Coming from the east may imply that they had Asian ancestry. But this region seems to be a melting pot of east and west so it is difficult to place ethnic background. As for size. Most people were smaller in stature in the ancient world. It is the the better nutrition and living standards that have helped increase our height. So an Amazon would also benefit from this. So any height could be be considered.
So there are a lot of women who would fit the part. Even if an actress does not have muscular body could start working out to build one. It would not be the first and actress or actor has altered their body for a role.
An unknown actress may me Joss's choice, but I think he may stick with an established face, since it is only one person and not nine, like Firefly, he would have to pay. But it is only my guess. I'm not River Tam and so can't read Joss's mind.
Traveler
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Ever since I heard Summer say it I've been for it - Gina Torres for Wonder Woman.
I forget which premier she was at when she said it, but I know that's where I heard it first.
"I'm not going to say Serenity is the greatest SciFi movie ever; oh wait yes I am." - Orson Scott Card
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Strictly speaking there is no historical argument for choosing one ethnicity over another, and Greeks aren’t all dark-eyed brunettes. I just simply prefer the typical Greek “look,” because the whole concept of the Amazons is Greek in origin, regardless of whatever particular people were being referenced, if any, by the Greeks. This is a preference of dilettante artistic license not historical accuracy.
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Actually, I have to debate that the ancients were of shoter stature. There's quite a bit of evidence that when the main diet was protien, veggies, and some fruit, people were quite a bit taller and also had larger frames. I just saw a re-constructed ancient skeleton in Discover magazine, in fact, and it was quite a bit bigger than the modern. When folk stopped hunting and started farming, the frame shrunk. No one is quite sure why, but it's true. Better nutrition has helped us in modern times be healthier and maybe taller than those a few hundred years ago, but what about before that? Before farming or the concept of farming existed at all and people were always on the move and ate a lot of meat? Just something to consider.
I like the pictures of that model, she does look very Wonder Woman. Can she act? Can she even speak English all that well? Those are likely to be the big questions. But I could see it...
PS Halle Berry is not Wonder Woman and should not be considered. I don't know how many times I'm going to need to restate that. I did not mention her in the context of thinking she should have the role and never would. I like her fine, but no. She doesn't have the power, the presence. She doesn't hold herself like Wonder Woman.
Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good. - Gautama Siddharta
NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
PS Halle Berry is not Wonder Woman and should not be considered.
Amen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'll be in my bunk.
http://www.myspace.com/babywiththepower
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME