First Picture of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman

Gail Gadot as Wonder Woman

DC Comics has released the first image of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman from their upcoming super hero flick, Batman v. Superman.

No one was more excited to hear that Wonder Woman was finally coming to the big screen than I was.  But that excitement was tempered by my nerd rage over Man of Steel.  Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, which is easily the dumbest title of any super hero movie ever, is from the same creative team of writer David Goyer and director Zach Snyder that made a Superman movie that could have had “You will believe a man can end a conflict by snapping his opponent’s neck” as a tagline.  Or even “You will believe a man can stand by and watch his adopted father die pointlessly”.  Yes, those are Man of Steel spoilers.  Man of Steel sucks.  Get over it.

If these guys couldn’t get Superman right, what were the odds they would get Wonder Woman right?  Slim to none.  But my desire to see a Wonder Woman movie gave me some glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe they would pull it off.  The casting of Ben Affleck as Batman deflated my enthusiasm.  The casting of a waif-like super model as Wonder Woman did little to help.  And recent pictures like Sad Batman and Superman in the Rain just about squashed those hopes.  But now we have our first glimpse of Wonder Woman and…

Hopes are officially dead now.  This image would be perfect for a Xena movie.  Doesn’t anyone at Warner Brothers realize that super heroes have never been more popular than they are right now?!?  Why do they insist on down playing the super hero elements in their super hero movies.  Although Wonder Woman has elements of a warrior princess, I don’t want to see Wonder Woman reduced to a female Conan.

Also, is this movie in black and white?  Why don’t any of the promotional images have any color in them.  Super hero movies are supposed to be colorful.

Well, at least Guardians of the Galaxy is supposed to be good.

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Craig Hansen
Craig Hansen
9 years ago

That doesn’t look like Wonder Woman in any way, shape, or form. Lynda Carter will always personify Wonder Woman to me. I understand Warners might want to revamp the costume some from the colorful 70’s-era one, but looking at that pic above, it just looks NOTHING like a Wonder Woman costume. They didn’t incorporate any of the iconic elements of Wonder Woman’s classic costume at all. You hit the nail on the head, this belongs in Xena: Warrior Princess, not WW. Way, way too drab, dark and generic looking. Warners really missed the mark on this one. Sheesh.

Craig Hansen
Craig Hansen
9 years ago

The middle pic really works for me. Is that Cobie Smulders from How I Met Your Mother in the Wonder Woman costume? It sure looks like her. But it looks great, it has the key iconic colors and elements in there, red, blue, gold. A shame Gal Gadot couldn’t wear this instead.

Craig Hansen
Craig Hansen
9 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

I was just reading an article on EmpireOnline about how the Wonder Woman costume was premiered at Comic Con over the weekend, and they mentioned “Which the online snarkers immediately began comparing to Xena: Warrior Princess”. That comment immediately made me think of what you said! Ha ha Spot on.

frug
frug
9 years ago
Reply to  Craig Hansen

Is that Cobie Smulders from How I Met Your Mother in the Wonder Woman costume?

Probably. She was going to star as Wonder Woman back when Joss Whedon was attached to the project a few years back.

Michael Wayne
9 years ago

How come they shot that Wonder Woman TV pilot down seemingly by committee yet this boring design has come so far along? Zzzz

Michael Wayne
9 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

I wonder if you’d even realise this was Wonder Woman if they hadn’t told you so?

Craig Hansen
Craig Hansen
9 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

My first reaction was the very same. If I wasn’t told that this is Wonder Woman, and if I didn’t know who Gal Gadot was, would I (or anyone else) even guess that this is supposed to be Wonder Woman? I don’t think I would.

dwmcguff
dwmcguff
9 years ago

God I hate this movie. Everything about it. I’d say I’ll never watch it but morbid curiosity is going to get the better of me

valgal
valgal
9 years ago

Another sign the zombie apocalypse is almost upon us!

frug
frug
9 years ago

Doesn’t anyone at Warner Brothers realize that super heroes have never been more popular than they are right now?!? Why do they insist on down playing the super hero elements in their super hero movies.

It’s actually pretty simple; Catwoman, Green Lantern and Superman Returns were all “superheroey” and the first two were disasters and SR underperformed studio expectations.

Meanwhile, the Nolan Batman trilogy obliterated box office records and the Nolan produced MoS made $668 million.

From a business perspective it’s tough to blame them for sticking with what has worked for them.

Craig Hansen
Craig Hansen
9 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

One central flaw in the plot of Superman Returns, to me, is the whole idea that Superman left Earth for a few years to fly to Krypton, just to make sure that Krypton truly is gone. The flaw there is, Isn’t the whole premise of Superman that he gained his superhuman powers because on Earth he lives under a yellow sun, instead of Krypton’s red sun? If that is how Superman has superpowers, then the further away he flies from our sun, shouldn’t his powers gradually fade, until he is so far away that he is just a mere mortal,… Read more »

frug
frug
9 years ago
Reply to  Craig Hansen

My big problem is that based on Kate Bosworth’s age, Lois Lane would have been 17 years old when she got knocked up by Superman.

(Seriously, though has any movie in recent history combined Superman Returns’ critical and commercial success and still been more hated?)

Craig Hansen
Craig Hansen
9 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane is one of the worst casting decisions I have ever seen in a film. I’m not just saying that, I really mean it. Even putting the age issue aside for a moment (she was too young to play Lois), Bosworth was just so boring and bland in that role, back in the original films Margot Kidder was magnificent as Lois. Heck, even Amy Adams was pretty good as Lois in the recent Superman reboot. But Bosworth? Horribly, horribly miscast.

Craig Hansen
Craig Hansen
9 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

You’re right. Superman Returns’ flaws don’t begin, or end, with Kate Bosworth’s casting. Bryan Singer made two excellent X-Men films just prior to this (Usual Suspects was great too, as is his current X-Men Days Of Future Past), so Singer is definately a skilled director capable of making very enjoyable films, yet for a self-proclaimed Superman fan it’s surprising to see just how off-the-mark he was with SR. I have no doubt Singer had the best of intentions, and his love and sincerity for Superman 1 and 2 does shine through as this was meant to be a spiritual sequel… Read more »

frug
frug
9 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

I will question the notion that Catwoman and Green Lantern were “superheroey”. Catwoman is an antihero. That movie was dark and intended to be moody. The character was virtually unrecognizable from any previous incarnation. Green Lantern downplayed the super hero elements in favor of sci fi. And once again, it took great liberties with the character starting with a very ill-advised redesign of the costume. Also casting Reynolds was probably a critical blunder. I’ll admit that I have probably seen fifteen minutes of Green Lantern and Catwoman combined, so I can’t really judge fairly, but I meant “superheroey” relative to… Read more »

Craig Hansen
Craig Hansen
9 years ago

Any thoughts on Warner’s decision to change the Batman V Superman release date? I certainly have some of my own, but I’d be interested in hearing yours first.

Craig Hansen
Craig Hansen
9 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

GOTG absolutely had a hand in Warner’s decision, no doubt. This has all played out like a soap opera. Warners attempted to play bully with Marvel, and they failed. Marvel claimed the May 6th, 2016 date for one of their movies, then what Warners did next is shocking: they then announced their Batman V Superman movie for the same exact date. Warners felt they had two (three if you count Wonder Woman) of the biggest comic book characters in history in their upcoming film, and they would show their strength to the world and force big bad Marvel off their… Read more »

Craig Hansen
Craig Hansen
9 years ago

You know what would really crack me up? If Marvel quickly moved Captain America 3 to March 25, 2016, just to see what happens. I totally mean that as a joke, by the way.

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