First look at Wonder Woman in BvS:DOJ

[Iroscato]

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/dc/3146 ... nder-woman
Thoughts, denizens? Personally I'm rather impressed, though I'm still fearful this is gonna be one bloated damn film. There was also apparently a teaser for the movie shown at comic-con, descriptions of which are popping up on sites.

[Majin Gojira]

3 things stand out in the negative for me.

1) The heels. Platforms, really. It just doesn't look that good as opposed to sandals or boots in classical style. It's impractical and stupid, really.

2) The skirt is annoyingly short.

3) The DCU Films have a wonderful trend of not really being 'in color' to any degree.

Other than that, it's a workable costume.

[Batman]

High heels have pretty much always been part of Diana's getup. Superpowers are a great compensator for picking impractical footwear

Don't like the monochromatic look. For all its many faults, 'Man of Steel' at least managed to keep Clark in an iteration of his traditional colours. This is just brown all over. Surely they could've done something more like her usual colour scheme. I'm not asking bright primary colours like in the comics but this?

And yes, the skirt could be longer but then so could the sword.

[Iroscato]

If I squint, I don't think it's brown all over, that's just poor lighting. The skirt looks like it could be blue, the tunic (is that the correct term?) should be red, and I see what could be gold highlights on the suit. The colours will probably be muted likes Supes, but it works better on film.

[Batman]

I get some yellow/gold highlights from the torso but that's about it. This has to be either damned bad lighting or seriously muted colours to look like this, but you're right about this usually looking better on film so we'll see. I remember my initial reactions to the first stills of the Nolan suits

[Imperial Overlord]

The sword's fine. The short sword, in it's various forms, was a weapon widely and effectively used throughout the classical world.

[Batman]

I know. I just don't like short swords.

[Iroscato]

Saw a manip on CBM - christ, these guys work fast - and it shows more or less exactly what I envision the final product to look like.

[Batman]

That would be a considerable improvement, yes.

[mr friendly guy]

The sword's fine. The short sword, in it's various forms, was a weapon widely and effectively used throughout the classical world.

Wasn't the short sword supposed to work best in formation and with a shield, rather than as a weapon for a one on one combat.

[Imperial Overlord]

The sword's fine. The short sword, in it's various forms, was a weapon widely and effectively used throughout the classical world.

Wasn't the short sword supposed to work best in formation and with a shield, rather than as a weapon for a one on one combat.

Yes, but it also worked well in one on one combat. That's why it was so widely used and stayed in wide use for so long. It does suffer when having a large amount of reach or heft matters, which was why it was primarily an infantry weapon and cavalry tended to use longer blades.

[Guardsman Bass]

Maybe it's so she can use the sword in one hand and the lasso in the other.

I like it, although I don't have much to compare it to - I haven't read any of the Wonder Woman comics. The breastplate has a ancient Greek look to it even with the ridiculous "boobplate" element and the lack of any upper leg protection (like with a longer skirt with mail).

[madd0ct0r]

I think they took the hint, although I wish they'd gone for a regular chestpiece+ straps like achilles is modelling here:




I know she's invulnerable, but boobplate.

[Havok]

Who cares about the short skirt. Superman and Batman are going to be in dick and ass hugging tights, but oh no, we may see to much thigh!

I like it and hopefully they turn up the color a bit, but otherwise, it's how a live action non '70s Wonder Woman should look.

[Elheru Aran]

I like it and hopefully they turn up the color a bit, but otherwise, it's how a live action non '70s Wonder Woman should look.

Barring various other interpretations of the character in the comics, yes, this does check off all the essential parts of the outfit. Breastplate? Combat Skirt? Combat Panties? Headband? Boots? All check (though if I wanted to get picky, the boots are a bit too long and platforms are silly). Really, there are only 2 major deviations from this outfit besides civilian wear (both 'modern' and various togas) in the WW canon, and that's whether she wears pants with the outfit or the fancy golden fighting armour.

Honestly it's a difficult outfit to get wrong unless you depart dramatically from the form, such as giving her an all-over bodysuit or something like that. Or go vinyl, like they tried to do with Adrienne Palicki for the show.

All the damn movies are filtered these days, though...

[Ted C]

The sword's fine. The short sword, in it's various forms, was a weapon widely and effectively used throughout the classical world.

Wasn't the short sword supposed to work best in formation and with a shield, rather than as a weapon for a one on one combat.

For Greek hoplites, the sword was a backup weapon for when your spear was lost or broken. It was there to give you something to defend yourself with until you could get your hands on another spear.

[Purple]

Honestly I like the shape of the left one and the color of the right one. I wish they'd mix the two.

[Elheru Aran]

The colors are fine-- it's nice to see a superhero costume that's not horribly subdued versions of the original colours for once-- but the vinyl, plastic-y texture has got to go. Makes it look like a cheesy $10 Halloween costume. The new film version at least looks more like actual armour than a '50s swimsuit.

Boobplate, granted...

[Simon_Jester]

The sword's fine. The short sword, in it's various forms, was a weapon widely and effectively used throughout the classical world.

Wasn't the short sword supposed to work best in formation and with a shield, rather than as a weapon for a one on one combat.

For Greek hoplites, the sword was a backup weapon for when your spear was lost or broken. It was there to give you something to defend yourself with until you could get your hands on another spear.

Then again, the Romans made the short sword the dominant infantry arm and nobody thought this was weird. In my opinion, the spear was the dominant weapon for hoplites precisely because they were normally formation fighters.

In the Greek mythic tradition where single combat between champions and demigods fighting monsters were the norm, having the primary weapon be a sword makes about as much sense as a spear, and either is viable. And Wonder Woman derives her inspiration from Greek myth, not from the Peloponnesian War.