New Wonder Woman pics

Amusingly the first thing I thought of when reading this was a scene from an episode of Buffy where she is complaining about the lack of realism in the fighting depicted in a kung fu movie...

I agree with him, in a way. I'm ok with comic book characters like the little girl from Runways who are super strong despite not looking the part, but Wonder Woman is an Amazon, and that actress does not look the part of an Amazon.

I can't think of a single actress who has ever had the look of a DCU Amazon.

Strictly speaking, no it doesn't bother me because of the source of her strength and the lore behind the character.

I think people are misunderstanding the reason for my disbelief. It has less to do with the source of WW or Buffy's strength as it does with the lore of the character. WW is a Amazon, born and raised in a warrior culture, trained extensively in all manner of martial combat. This has been true through all known continuities of the character. With any kind of training of that sort comes fat loss, muscle developement, and a corresponding weight gain. It takes a concerted effort to train in that manner and not gain weight. This girl they have playing the role doesn't have that look. She doesn't look like she has ever spent more than 5 minutes at a time in a gym. She is soft. She can be 90 lbs of lean muscle, much like Callisto from Xena was, and be able to portray the character convincingly. This girl cannot.

The same is true of Supergirl for that matter. She is written as young and inexperienced, with virtually no actually fight training. She should be small and non-muscular for that reason. She has been able to get by on her powers and smarts without having to actually exert herself in a way that would cause muscle developement. However, compare her to her closest counterpart, Powergirl. Powergirl is older and has had far more training not just in the use of her powers, but in the use of her body as well. She is stronger and, more importantly, looks like she has had training. She is the embodiment of female strength and physical ability, and what I know a fight capable woman actually looks like.

She might be an Amazon by origin, but she's a magical creation. Magic beings can be super strong without being physically imposing, or even toned.

Yes, she trained to fight, but she's also got a few powers on her side as well.

Wonder Woman shouldn't look like she just stepped out of a Ms Fitness USA contest. She's never been depicted in a comic that way.

My favorite depiction of Wonder Woman is Alex Ross's, in which he depicts her as what she actually is...a lifelike clay golem, like Pygmalion.

Remember that show in the 1980s about the little judo kid? We always thought that was hilarious, with this teeny tiny 8-year-old smacking around these big guys, as if martial arts were magic.

Second comment from the top, "I'm not so wondered".

Rhona Mitra?

She was a magical creation....as a baby. She grew up and trained all her life as an Amazon. She would be buff and toned.

After seeing the new pictures, her top is too tight. It makes her boobs look deformed.

I remember the TV Movie “The Last Electric Knight” & its TV series spin-off “Sidekicks” starring the annoying kid from Red Sonja.

Since he glowed & had electricity crackling around him when he did his martial arts, I would say that it was magic.

No, it was a little Asian kid or maybe a little black kid. I mean, as in teeny-tiny.

Edit: Maybe it was a movie. I just recall it was a little kid and we mocked it relentlessly.

It was Ernie Reyes Jr.

As much as I like Alex Ross, I always find his version of WW looks transgendered.

Is this it?


Fight Scene - Without the glow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDgDH8DDnEs#t=1m28s


Meditation with the glow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x28qP2N_hrE#t=3m50s

I think that's it. I never really watched the show.

And holy crap, is that Don Cheadle?

It wasn't so much the woman he drew that I liked. There were these panels he drew where Wonder Woman has trying to hold up something beyon her regular super strength, and he drew her legs cracking litteraly under the strain like a clay or stone column would crack under that pressure. That imagery was sooo powerful, and my mind went...oh crap...I totally forgot she isn't human! I was floored!