More like a sale at Wal-mart.Maybe Diana bought that suit from Amazon.com.
Wonder Woman's new look: At long last, pants!
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Really, the tights and "wonder-kini" is whats holding them back? And shouldn't a "wonderk-ini" be a two piece?
The new costume is boring and generic. Looks like something Sandy would wear at the end of "Grease".
Why do you think they are "panties"? They're shorts that have gotten shorter over the years.
So, predictably, the responses are:
1) I like it! WW has needed a makeover for ages!
2) It's horrible! You can't change WW! She's an icon!
3) Meh. She needs a makeover, but not this one.
Gotta wonder how many of the people weighing in at yahoo and cnn and salon, etcetera, actually read comics anyway?
1) I like it! WW has needed a makeover for ages!
2) It's horrible! You can't change WW! She's an icon!
3) Meh. She needs a makeover, but not this one.
Gotta wonder how many of the people weighing in at yahoo and cnn and salon, etcetera, actually read comics anyway?
If comics fans in the '60s had been like comics fans today, they'd be calling for Carmine Infantino's blood for designing a Flash costume that was a red leotard and cowl rather than a red T-shirt, blue jeans, and a Mercury helmet that inexplicably failed to fly off when the Flash ran. Not to mention the cardinal sin of replacing Jay Garrick with some guy named Barry Allen! How dare they!
I admit that I've rarely read Wonder Woman's own title (knowing her mostly from JLA), and I can't say that this will motivate me to do so. But if you must redesign, this isn't a bad choice. An outfit like this will look better on screen as well, if the WW movie is ever made.
Nah, the Infantino design was cool. Though they really didn't need "Barry Allen".
I see Iron Man doesn't retain his nose. I don't see why everyone has to be lumped into a single pool just because they don't like a given redesign.
As opposed to what? 4) "It's OK...I guess"?
Looks pretty cool to me. While I never had much of a problem with the top half of the costume, those skimpy little 80s-style bikini bottoms always looked ridiculous as hell to me.
Of course you can't really get too bothered or excited about it, since you know they'll bring back the original costume in a year or so. Like they always do.
Of course you can't really get too bothered or excited about it, since you know they'll bring back the original costume in a year or so. Like they always do.
The top half of the costume is the more problematical part, from the perspective of a woman who actually has to wear the thing and move around in it. She could manage okay in shorts or briefs; plenty of female athletes wear short shorts or skirts with briefs under them. But for a woman with Diana's proportions to wear a strapless top with a plunging back? It's inexplicable enough how she keeps that on just standing still, let alone in frenetic action. I imagine Lynda Carter needed generous amounts of double-sided tape or spirit gum to keep her costume on, and even so, I bet there were some verrrry interesting bloopers now and then.
Yeah, the bottom half was always the part that looked weird for me. I never had a problem with the top half.
Edit: Regarding Christopher's comments:
I'm analyzing more from a stylistic/aesthetic perspective than one of practicality. I can see why the top half would be difficulty to use in battle.
At least then they had the common decency *to* make it a new Flash, rather than so radically redesigning the existing one as to be unrecognizable.
Good thing the WW in comics is jut a drawing.
The real explanation, of course, is that back then there was no such thing as grown-up comic book fans. You had an entirely new crop of readers every generation or so, who had no knowledge of the previous version.
Other than Roy Thomas.
Not to mention Garrick showed up a mere 5 years into Barry Allen's career, and Earth 2 with him.
^ Exactly! And we got a lot of good stories out of the multiverse, so it's win-win there.
If this new Wonder Woman reboot can somehow cross over to the original, then I'd be OK with that. If the real Diana can meet the rebooted version and bitchslap her for being a punk.
If this new Wonder Woman reboot can somehow cross over to the original, then I'd be OK with that. If the real Diana can meet the rebooted version and bitchslap her for being a punk.
The DC Amazons are not a direct translation of the mythical Amazons, and never have been. They're Greek in terms of their motifs, they're immortal (Diana's powers are from the gods), and they're a society of warriors dedicated to live-and-let-live. It's really not that complicated, despite many people seemingly getting stuck on it.
I like the top, it vaguely resembles some kind of splint armour, hopefully it IS armour, WW is not quite so invulnerable as Supes, but she is plenty tough and we need an explanation for why her clothes don't get blown off in every explosion that hits her.
I like the jacket, for about 10 minutes. It's a decent design, I might buy one for myself. It doesn't scream Wonder Woman at me, it just looks like she is halfway through changing from her civies into her costume.
I am imagining the shoulder pads from the jacket in red, and a part of her red top, so instead of the spagetti strap bathing suit it starts to resemble actual armour. Without seeing it drawn, maybe it would be hideous but I think I'd like it more than the jacket.
Lose the choker, no point, just makes me want to choke her. The jewel on it is too large and I can't imagine wearing something like that and not getting constantly annoyed.
The tiara/headband is not bad, understated, but it should keep the hair out of her eyes, or what's the point. Of course they will draw her sexy with hair all over the place.
Like the belt, she could have a pouch hanging off the opposite side as the lasso, that could hold her cellphone and credit cards. The costume is supposed to be more practical but she isn't going to be carrying her housekeys in her pants.
I can live with the boots, I've seen the gold straps described as "spurs", I guess by someone who's never had motorcycle boots. They are just straps to hod the boots firm, you can almost run in them without looking foolish. I'd like to see the costume with those boots in red, giving the same colour scheme as her gloves/bracers. Might not like it, but I'd like to check it out as an option.
I'd move the pants to a clear navy, close to the jacket. Just because I'm sick of "To make it cool and modern, make it black!!" You could actually go navy pants, black boots and it would be fairly easy for a woman to do half the costume for a comics con straight out of her closet.
Overall I like it, like it better than the star shorts, a lot better than the star thong that crawls up her ass (that's my job). Jacket will look dated in a year.
I like the jacket, for about 10 minutes. It's a decent design, I might buy one for myself. It doesn't scream Wonder Woman at me, it just looks like she is halfway through changing from her civies into her costume.
I am imagining the shoulder pads from the jacket in red, and a part of her red top, so instead of the spagetti strap bathing suit it starts to resemble actual armour. Without seeing it drawn, maybe it would be hideous but I think I'd like it more than the jacket.
Lose the choker, no point, just makes me want to choke her. The jewel on it is too large and I can't imagine wearing something like that and not getting constantly annoyed.
The tiara/headband is not bad, understated, but it should keep the hair out of her eyes, or what's the point. Of course they will draw her sexy with hair all over the place.
Like the belt, she could have a pouch hanging off the opposite side as the lasso, that could hold her cellphone and credit cards. The costume is supposed to be more practical but she isn't going to be carrying her housekeys in her pants.
I can live with the boots, I've seen the gold straps described as "spurs", I guess by someone who's never had motorcycle boots. They are just straps to hod the boots firm, you can almost run in them without looking foolish. I'd like to see the costume with those boots in red, giving the same colour scheme as her gloves/bracers. Might not like it, but I'd like to check it out as an option.
I'd move the pants to a clear navy, close to the jacket. Just because I'm sick of "To make it cool and modern, make it black!!" You could actually go navy pants, black boots and it would be fairly easy for a woman to do half the costume for a comics con straight out of her closet.
Overall I like it, like it better than the star shorts, a lot better than the star thong that crawls up her ass (that's my job). Jacket will look dated in a year.
I like the look quite a bit.
