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Detective Comics Cinematic Universe (formerly Man of Steel)
Thrillho:
I much prefer that version of Wonder Woman. I have absolutely zero desire to see her hook up with Superman.
Nor do I want her to be some Sapphic fantasy for the inevitably male writers. If they can write her as a believable, compelling lesbian then sure, fuck it, that'd actually be a good thing and break down some barriers, but given that the DC movies at the moment can't even be trusted to make a comic-coherent movie at all...
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 16 Dec 2014, 05:37 ---Diana's always been unusual for leaving the island, although if JL/JLU are any indication her and BATMAN are made for each other.
--- End quote ---
Philip Jose Farmer, who was a serious comic books nerd as well as a brilliant sci-fi writer, was working on something he called "The Wold Newton Universe", an attempt to rationalise and combine every single comics continuity in English-speaking literature, at the time of his death.
He suggested that, whilst the Amazons may have been culturally lesbians (this wouldn't have been a serious issue in a Hellenic culture that didn't have the Judeo-Christian rejection of homosexuality), they regularly raided neighbouring countries or conveniently nearby fishing grounds to obtain... er... 'breeding stock'. These were invariably liquidated after completing their task because, again culturally, Amazons traditionally view men in general as inherently inferior; few are considered 'worthy' in their eyes and those are most notable beings indeed.
Based on this, Diana's willingness to develop a lasting and two-way relationship with a Man was considered shocking to say the least. The fact that her younger sister, Donna, actually married was a major scandal, although Hyppolyta recognised the marriage and even let Donna wear the variant on their people's traditional bracelets that indicated that she had 'willingly enslaved' herself to a man and therefore did not need rescuing.
I also note that, in all versions of the comics canon of which I am aware, Diana and her younger sister are not human but golems - magically-vivified statues. This has the interesting consequence that any ship including Wonder Woman instantly becomes a robot-ship. Despite being arguably an AI, she is one of her world's greatest heroes and held in equal esteem to her fully-biological colleagues. I wonder if Diana is one of Momo's personal heroines?
Neko_Ali:
I would argue against the golem orgin of Diana impling that she is a robot by any definition. She was a clay statue that the gods brought to life for Hippolyta. She was not an animated statue but a real, living and breathing human being. Just of unusual origin. The New 52 version of her back story is much simpler though, and probably what they will go with since it is the current version, if it's mentioned at all. Diana is a result of a tryst between Hippolyta and Ares, making her a demi-goddess.
Edguy:
Wouldn't it be typical if they did some stupid retcon to tie everything together, like Diana's dad being the old king of Atlantis (Khal Drogo's father) or somthing?
Edguy:
Lex Luthor revealed
Whaddya know, Eissenberg kinda looks like Luthor.
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