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seriousficOkay, so Nicolas Winding Refn, the director of Bronson, wants to make a Wonder Woman movie. Okay, any movie could benefit from having an auteur instead of hack, and certainly any story could use someone with a clear creative vision instead of "How much side-boob can I show in a PG-13 movie?" But, uh...
...the real origin of Wonder Woman is: What if women were more powerful than men? What would the world be like? That’s a subliminal theme. [...]But she does have her whole world that she comes from, which is fascinating. The whole idea of a woman who is basically more powerful than any man — and who will always be that, and comes from a society of women who are more powerful than men — is an interesting theme that I think can be very contemporary.
Waat?
I'm... not sure if he phrased that the best way. Perhaps I'm hopelessly literal. But A. The Amazons aren't literally powerful. The canon is inconsistent on this, because it's the Wonder Woman canon, and it's inconsistent on literally everything except that Wonder Woman is a woman, but generally Wonder Woman is the only (or one of a very few) Amazon with superpowers. B. There are no men on Paradise Island. C'mon, we've all heard the jokes. It's not a matriarchal society, because there's no men to deny power to. You could argue that there's xenophobia and misandry there, but I don't think it would fly far.
Are we sure Joss Whedon isn't still interested?
...the real origin of Wonder Woman is: What if women were more powerful than men? What would the world be like? That’s a subliminal theme. [...]But she does have her whole world that she comes from, which is fascinating. The whole idea of a woman who is basically more powerful than any man — and who will always be that, and comes from a society of women who are more powerful than men — is an interesting theme that I think can be very contemporary.
Waat?
I'm... not sure if he phrased that the best way. Perhaps I'm hopelessly literal. But A. The Amazons aren't literally powerful. The canon is inconsistent on this, because it's the Wonder Woman canon, and it's inconsistent on literally everything except that Wonder Woman is a woman, but generally Wonder Woman is the only (or one of a very few) Amazon with superpowers. B. There are no men on Paradise Island. C'mon, we've all heard the jokes. It's not a matriarchal society, because there's no men to deny power to. You could argue that there's xenophobia and misandry there, but I don't think it would fly far.
Are we sure Joss Whedon isn't still interested?
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Date: 2010-06-16 02:39 pm (UTC)Sounds more like Frank Miller's take on the character, to me.
Honestly, I'm not sure how anyone could possibly view this as a good take on things. "Sure, there have been plenty of female heroes and action heroes. And sure, they simply demonstrated their ability and worthiness rather than it necessarily having to be a huge point that a woman could be powerful and competent. So that's why, for this female hero, we're going to make her really, really preachy and point out every couple of minutes how amazing and strange it is that a woman can be more powerful than a man. It'll be awesome."