Wonder Woman film (2017)

[LoweGear]

So far, all of the trailers for Wonder Woman have been impressive, which considering that BvS and Justice League trailers didn't do much for me says a lot.

Also, I'd totally pay for a Wonder Woman DLC for Battlefield 1

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

An early screening has been confirmed and some early reactions have come.

And according to an interview on Reddit with someone who already watched the movie, it sounds like WW will be decent at least. (take it with a grain of salt of course)

[sunset]

I just wanted her to fly.
Just that.

F"#$ you very much, Snyder....

[quigonkenny]

"Some people are saying the story is similar to Captain America TFA." Well, duh. "Origin story set in a World War" pretty much satisfies that description right there. Also glad to see that Chris Pine apparently gets enough to do in the movie that some are saying he overshadows Gadot. I've always been a fan of his, and I'm glad to see that at least one secondary character in the Snyderverse gets to be more than a cardboard cutout...

[Toukairin]

Well, it was clear that Chris Pine would gather a good share of the spotlight if he pushed his own performance to the levels of what we saw of him as James T. Kirk.

[MrTerrorist]

[quigonkenny]

Well, if nothing else, DC sure knows how to make good trailers... I really hope WW breaks their chain of disappointing films. They need an unmitigated success to unapologetically copy serve at a touchstone for their upcoming vision. The future looks too bleak between the shitshow that everything coming out of JL implies, and whatever issues there were that caused Affleck to lose the director's chair for the Batman standalone.

[B214]

Pretty sure Affleck chose not to be the director. Well not really that surprising since he has lots of issues at hand like his wife wanting divorce etc.

[quigonkenny]

His "stepping down" coming so soon after a movie he starred in and directed bombed doesn't seem suspicious to you? Pretty sure he was "asked" to do so.

[Vallen Chaos Valiant]

Originally Posted by quigonkenny

His "stepping down" coming so soon after a movie he starred in and directed bombed doesn't seem suspicious to you? Pretty sure he was "asked" to do so.

The leaks suggest otherwise. That film was a vanity project and Warner had no expectations for it. Remember that Affleck himself said that "if the script isn't good enough, I would not direct The Batman."

The fact that he tried to make up an excuse for leaving the chair is suspicious.

[Toukairin]

The final trailer came out 2 weeks ago. I'm surprised no one posted it.

I'm quite pleasantly surprised to see David Thewlis in this, and he has a much bigger role than what people might have anticipated. After portraying William Stryker once, Danny Huston portrays Erich Ludendorff. I guess that Huston's inclusion is quite sensible once you read what kind of general Ludendorff was.

[Toukairin]

We have a little featurette on the making of Wonder Woman:

Originally Posted by sunset

I just wanted her to fly.
Just that.

Based on the most recent trailer and TV spots, she will definitely fly from the moment she discovers the full extent of her own powers.

[saya_leviathan]

The review embargo has been lifted. Looks like they're very positive as it's around 96% in RT. I guess this means that there's hope for the DCEU and more female superhero movies in the future.

[quigonkenny]

I don't doubt it will be the best DCEU movie to date, but if there's one thing the last couple years has taught us, it's that RT ratings can't​ really be trusted. Especially the critic ratings, as so many are determined more by money or ideology than by merit or lack thereof. Viewer ratings still seem to be a pretty good indicator, though.

[darkchibi07]

Originally Posted by quigonkenny

I don't doubt it will be the best DCEU movie to date, but if there's one thing the last couple years has taught us, it's that RT ratings can't​ really be trusted. Especially the critic ratings, as so many are determined more by money or ideology than by merit or lack thereof. Viewer ratings still seem to be a pretty good indicator, though.

Unless the viewer ratings get spammed with "bad scores" on that same ideological basis.

[Yui Is My Wife]

No spoilers at all but:

WHOA!

DC managed to keep Diana a Mighty Warrior and Brave Heroine and keep her a sweet and adorable girl who is caring, compassionate and kind-hearted, and not a mean, violent, snarling masculine she-gorilla like Xena, Black Widow and Sarah Conor.
And make it convincing, no less!

Wow, never thought we would ever see a sweet-kind-motherly-and-adorable Master-Swordswoman like Asuna of Sword Art Online in a Major Live Action Hollywood Picture.

[Triple_R]

Originally Posted by Yui Is My Wife

No spoilers at all but:

WHOA!

DC managed to keep Diana a Mighty Warrior and Brave Heroine and keep her a sweet and adorable girl who is caring, compassionate and kind-hearted, and not a mean, violent, snarling masculine she-gorilla like Xena, Black Widow and Sarah Conor.
And make it convincing, no less!

Wow, never thought we would ever see a sweet-kind-motherly-and-adorable Master-Swordswoman like Asuna of Sword Art Online in a Major Live Action Hollywood Picture.

This is a very encouraging post. Thanks a lot for sharing your take on the movie and it's lead character, YimW.

Between this movie's current scoring on Rotten Tomatoes, this movie's current opening weekend tracking, and YimW's post, it now looks very very good for this movie. It might not be a perfect movie, but it's increasingly sounding like a very good one.

Maybe DCCU has learned some lessons, and is about to turn the corner in a big way.

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Originally Posted by Triple_R

Maybe DCCU has learned some lessons, and is about to turn the corner in a big way.

After tripped and fell three times, I'll be surprised if they didn't learn some lessons from it .

[Yui Is My Wife]

OOh, Thank you Triple R

It is "lucky accidents" like these that make me glad Taiwan is used as "testing waters" sometimes up to a *week* before the official American release date, just in case a film may trip over.

Sometimes we get pleasantly surprised like with "Wonder Woman" and "Fate of the Furious"

Most of the time? Taiwan gets to see "feel good comedies" like "Green Lantern", "Ghostbusters 2016" and "Alien Covenant" a week in advance before it internationally tanks at the box office and globally gets taken out of the theatres

[quigonkenny]

Originally Posted by Yui Is My Wife

...and not a mean, violent, snarling masculine she-gorilla like Xena, Black Widow and Sarah Conor.

I can see that description fitting Xena and Sarah Connor (though not necessarily all iterations of the latter), but I thought they did a pretty good job of keeping Black Widow quite a natural, feminine (asskicking) character. Didn't Whedon even get run off of Twitter at one point for making her too human?