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Started by garbon, March 31, 2011, 12:35:59 PM

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Viking

#15
March 31, 2011, 06:43:50 PM
Superheros today need to be dark and at least slightly plausible.. going camp is just silly... if you are going to do wonder woman you really really need to get rid of the costume
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#16
March 31, 2011, 06:49:47 PM
Not even dark, but plausible yeah.  The Age of Adam West and the Shazam Hour are over.
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garbon

#17
March 31, 2011, 07:58:19 PM
I don't think Wonder Woman would work as a "serious" series. Her whole background is ridiculous.
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#18
March 31, 2011, 07:58:26 PM
At least it isn't Ellen Page.
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Tonitrus

#19
March 31, 2011, 08:01:04 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 31, 2011, 07:58:19 PM
I don't think Wonder Woman would work as a "serious" series. Her whole background is ridiculous.

Indeed, same would go for an Aquaman series.

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#20
March 31, 2011, 08:01:16 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 31, 2011, 07:58:19 PM
I don't think Wonder Woman would work as a "serious" series. Her whole background is ridiculous.
The list of superheros without ridiculous backgrounds is rather low, yet that does not stop people from making serious movies/shows about them.
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Tonitrus

#21
March 31, 2011, 08:03:14 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 31, 2011, 08:01:16 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 31, 2011, 07:58:19 PM
I don't think Wonder Woman would work as a "serious" series. Her whole background is ridiculous.
The list of superheros without ridiculous backgrounds is rather low, yet that does not stop people from making serious movies/shows about them.

Well, even Superman is ridiculous.

However...Superman is ridiculous but workable.  Wonder Woman is ridiculous, but silly.

The only reason Wonder Woman is plausible, as a tv series, is big tits.

Tonitrus

#22
March 31, 2011, 08:05:10 PM
But then, the Hercules/Xena series's worked for a while....but this isn't the 90's anymore.

garbon

#23
March 31, 2011, 08:05:55 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on March 31, 2011, 08:03:14 PM
Wonder Woman is ridiculous, but silly.

:yes:

So if you leave out the camp and make it serious, you've pretty much made a whole new character.

Actually Wonder Woman seems perfect for a Xena-like series.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

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garbon

#24
March 31, 2011, 08:06:17 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on March 31, 2011, 08:05:10 PM
But then, the Hercules/Xena series's worked for a while....but this isn't the 90's anymore.

That's exactly what I was going to say. :hug:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

jimmy olsen

#25
March 31, 2011, 08:13:43 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on March 31, 2011, 08:03:14 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 31, 2011, 08:01:16 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 31, 2011, 07:58:19 PM
I don't think Wonder Woman would work as a "serious" series. Her whole background is ridiculous.
The list of superheros without ridiculous backgrounds is rather low, yet that does not stop people from making serious movies/shows about them.

Well, even Superman is ridiculous.

However...Superman is ridiculous but workable.  Wonder Woman is ridiculous, but silly.

Why? Aside from sexism?
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
--------------------------------------------
1 Karma Chameleon point

Darth Wagtaros

#26
March 31, 2011, 08:21:35 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 31, 2011, 07:58:19 PM
I don't think Wonder Woman would work as a "serious" series. Her whole background is ridiculous.
I agree.  Which is why this will bomb whether they make it camp or as gritty as Battlestar Galactica. 
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Eddie Teach

#27
March 31, 2011, 08:27:30 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 31, 2011, 08:13:43 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on March 31, 2011, 08:03:14 PM
Well, even Superman is ridiculous.

However...Superman is ridiculous but workable.  Wonder Woman is ridiculous, but silly.

Why? Aside from sexism?

Don't discount the importance of sexism.  :P

But really, the magic bracelets and invisible plane do seem a bit goofier than innate superpowers.
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garbon

#28
March 31, 2011, 08:37:04 PM
Don't forget the lasso of truth.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Darth Wagtaros

#29
March 31, 2011, 08:38:39 PM
A Sailor Moon movie would be about as ridiculous. 
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