{"id":48537,"date":"2014-11-25T21:48:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T04:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/25\/the-origins-of-the-new-cinematic-wonder-woman.html"},"modified":"2015-05-08T13:27:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T19:27:56","slug":"the-origins-of-the-new-cinematic-wonder-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/25\/the-origins-of-the-new-cinematic-wonder-woman.html","title":{"rendered":"The Origins of the new cinematic Wonder Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

This essay goes into much greater (and read-worthy) detail, but in my generalized opinion (as a regular WW reader since the Perez reboot) …<\/p>\n

Both the original WW origin (clay form given life by the goddesses as the sole child of the Amazons) and the New52 origin (byblow of Zeus and Hippolyta) have their own merit. In some ways, the new origin (excluding some further tweaking from Azarello) is more classic and mythological: Zeus chases after anything in a skirt, and his offspring are often famous heroes (or, occasionally, villains) of great power. Tying Diana directly into Olympus, making her a demigod, has a stupid sense to it.<\/p>\n

But I prefer the traditional Moulton origin. It makes Diana something special, not just another demigod. It ties her to Earth, it ties her to love, and it gives her a perspective and direction intrinsically unlike any other costumed hero — not the "warrior woman" that even pre-New 52 writers were trying to make her, but a creature of peace who's willing to fight when need be, who has something to teach Man's World that is not dependent on the point of a sword.<\/p>\n

It can seem cheesy, naive, out of touch with the grimdark that is DC Comics (and not just them) today, and which seems to be the leitmotif<\/i> of the new DC Cinematic Universe as it's being framed. But that's even more reason why I like it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nWonder Woman’s New 52 Origin Should Not Be Used in Film (or At All)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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This essay goes into much greater (and read-worthy) detail, but in my generalized opinion (as a regular WW reader since the Perez reboot) … Both the original WW origin (clay form given life by the goddesses as the sole child of the Amazons) and the New52 origin (byblow of Zeus and Hippolyta) have their own … Continue reading “The Origins of the new cinematic Wonder Woman”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,852],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-dc-cinematic-univese"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7818,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/08\/07\/bt05_those_who.html","url_meta":{"origin":48537,"position":0},"title":"BT05 – Those Who Would Blogathon!","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 7-Aug-05 2:56am","format":false,"excerpt":"(Insert witty comments here.)...","rel":"","context":"In "Blogathon"","block_context":{"text":"Blogathon","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/blogathon"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":45971,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/16\/on-the-origin-resurgence-and-persistence-of-high-heels.html","url_meta":{"origin":48537,"position":1},"title":"On the origin, resurgence, and persistence of high heels","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 16-Oct-14 6:36am","format":false,"excerpt":"On the one hand, if a woman wants to wear heels for some special dress-up occasion -- well, I sometimes wear ties, too, so a bit of discomfort for a limited period of time is just part of life.(Back in my youth (since that youth included the 70s), I did\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/803-18b1bdaa8a51f1cd90fa9f72fdf3f296.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/803-18b1bdaa8a51f1cd90fa9f72fdf3f296.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/803-18b1bdaa8a51f1cd90fa9f72fdf3f296.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41602,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/03\/movie-review-the-incredible-hulk-2008.html","url_meta":{"origin":48537,"position":2},"title":"Movie Review: "The Incredible Hulk" (2008)","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 3-Apr-14 6:08pm","format":false,"excerpt":"No, I never saw it in the theaters, or on disc since then. 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