Wonder Woman collage by Phil Jimenez
For a long time now, Warner Bros. has teased audiences
with prospects of a Justice League team-up film. This year, the
Superman/Batman:
Dawn Of Justice project has been on the tips of everyone’s tongues, and recently
we were titillated with casting choices. One of the most talked about casting
choices was that of Gal Gadot in the role of the iconic original female
super heroine Wonder Woman. However, the dust has since settled on that news, and
it isn’t the actor in the role which concerns people anymore, it is the costume
which said actor will wear. During the Warner Brothers panel last
month, at Comic Con 2014, Zack Snyder’s vision was finally unveiled to the public.
This is what it looked like:
The feedback that I’ve seen on this costume has all been very
close to an equal 50/50 split of favor vs. disdain. The support of the costume
has mostly centered around the fact that the character is overdue for an update,
and the criticisms generally boiled down to these three: no originality, no
functionality, and no respect for the source material. Having written a
previous article which utilized history as a predictive factor to remind
costume designers that a more traditional
iconic design for an
iconic character
has always been more successful (Hence, why the character would be
ICONIC...She's easily recognizable!), I’d like to address each of these topics one
by one. However, my findings may surprise you.
