Things I should have bet on - #1 in a series

[jack_ryder]

Joss Whedon is no longer connected with the Wonder Woman movie

Fortunately Russ Meyer is no longer available.

Comments

[mrteufel.livejournal.com]

Mixed feelings on this. I like Joss. But Joss Whedon writes like Jack Nicholsen* acts.

I wonder if Sam Raimi would be good for it? He had a lot to do with Xena, didn't he? And of course Spiderman.




*Except for "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest"

[jack-ryder.livejournal.com]

But Joss Whedon writes like Jack Nicholson* acts.

I think that's a very valid point, in that they've both constructed "brands" for themselves so there's a consistency between their performances, that suits their audience more than the surrounding work itself.

I would like to see a feminist (or rather female empowerment) version of "Wonder Woman", but if they haven't managed to accomplish that in the comics they're unlikely (and probably unwilling) to do it in a Hollywood film.

That being said, the animated Justice League managed it without turning her into a cross-dressing Superman (which I what I feared Joss' approach would be.)

I think she's the hardest of the DC triumvirate to make work consistently because her origins are so mired in her creator's sexual pathology.

[mrteufel.livejournal.com]

I've not seen the animated Justice League, more's the pitty.

[jack-ryder.livejournal.com]

That can be rectified ;)

[mrteufel.livejournal.com]

Kewl.