I don't mind if Cap, Diana or the Rocketeer wants to wave the flag, but I do want to say that I really couldn't stand how it was pushed into the "Spider-Man" movies. Sam Raimi tried to turn Peter Parker into a red-white-and-blue all-American superhero, but forgot to make him a New Yorker. Speaking as one myself, I really missed the quips and wisecracks that he always had in the comics, replaced by that stoic, serious sensibility that dragged everything down. The closest we got to a classic friendly neighborhood crack was in the cage-match with Macho Man in the first film, hassling the wrestler about his costume-- "Did your husband make it for you?"
Charlie don't surf, and Spidey don't gay-bash.
That outfit on Wonder Woman does look absolutely attrocious, I will say. I could understand if you wanted to emphasize her ties to Greek mythology rather than the all-American thing (she IS an Amazon princess, after all), but this is just plain generic. Give her a Xena-style leather skirt and armor. Make it red-white-and-blue in subtle tones that could work for her mythic or modern adventures. It is possible to do it both ways, here. You don't have to go for something as utterly boring as this.
Perhaps they're trying to match the skirt-less look she has in the comics now, which is also boring, and has been criticized? Reminds me of how Gloria Steinham complained when DC depowered Wonder Woman and dressed her in an all-white Emma Peel outfit in the 60's (that was Gloria Steinham, right?).
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Date: 2011-03-19 02:49 am (UTC)Charlie don't surf, and Spidey don't gay-bash.
That outfit on Wonder Woman does look absolutely attrocious, I will say. I could understand if you wanted to emphasize her ties to Greek mythology rather than the all-American thing (she IS an Amazon princess, after all), but this is just plain generic. Give her a Xena-style leather skirt and armor. Make it red-white-and-blue in subtle tones that could work for her mythic or modern adventures. It is possible to do it both ways, here. You don't have to go for something as utterly boring as this.
Perhaps they're trying to match the skirt-less look she has in the comics now, which is also boring, and has been criticized? Reminds me of how Gloria Steinham complained when DC depowered Wonder Woman and dressed her in an all-white Emma Peel outfit in the 60's (that was Gloria Steinham, right?).