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Makeover for Wonder Woman at 69 (J. Michael Straczynski takes over)
New York Times ^ | June 29, 2010 | GEORGE GENE GUSTINES

Posted on 06/30/2010 8:29:51 AM PDT by tlb

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I don't know. I think I prefer the classic costume. The new costume is what she might throw on to hit Olive Garden after work.


1 posted on 06/30/2010 8:30:01 AM PDT by tlb
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So the Left finally got around to slut-trashing Wonder Woman.

And now they’ll instruct all the liberal zombies to praise it as “liberation.”


2 posted on 06/30/2010 8:34:42 AM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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Never been a huge WW fan. In the realm of DC superheroes, she’s a distant follower to Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Aquaman, Hawkman, and the Flash.

But ... I like the new getup. Most of the DC characters have had at least some makeover since starting — either through movies, comic revisions, Smallville appearances, etc. Batman has been reinvented about 5 times. Superman was reinvented with Reeve, Smallville ... not to mention the Death of Superman stuff.

The old WW getup seems stale. She’s overdue for a revision.

SnakeDoc


3 posted on 06/30/2010 8:34:56 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("Shut it down" ... 00:00:03 ... 00:00:02 ... 00:00:01 ... 00:00:00.)
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4 posted on 06/30/2010 8:36:50 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.)
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The new costume is what she might throw on to hit Olive Garden after work.

LOL--Wonder Cougar Woman

5 posted on 06/30/2010 8:37:59 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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Seriously, are those stirrup pants?

6 posted on 06/30/2010 8:38:58 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.)
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Agreed.

But, most DC heros have always had limited fascination for me.

Superman is too invinceable. With him in your universe, do you really need anybody else?

Batman and Flash are probably my favorites, but Green Arrow has seen some interesting incarnations, as well.


7 posted on 06/30/2010 8:40:17 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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How is this outfit "slut trashing", instead of the short-short cleavage-fest that was the previous outfit?

My wife would be far more likely to wear something that looks similar to the new outfit than to wear knee-high boots, barely-below-the-crotch shorts, and a corset (at least outside of the house ... heh heh).

SnakeDoc

8 posted on 06/30/2010 8:45:14 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("Shut it down" ... 00:00:03 ... 00:00:02 ... 00:00:01 ... 00:00:00.)
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with JMS in the driver’s seat, this ought to be good


9 posted on 06/30/2010 8:50:59 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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“One of the first things I did was ask if we could give her breast-reduction surgery, because as a woman, I know you wouldn’t fight crime in a bustier. But I was somehow shot down by DC.”

Is this guy high or on some other drugs? Who does he think reads these comics and who does he think draws these comics?

10 posted on 06/30/2010 8:52:28 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (If I don't like you, it's most likely your culture or your ideology that pissed me off.)
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Apparently, nothing that even remotely suggests “American heroism” is permitted in popular culture any longer as evidenced by the fact that anything that resembles the “red, white and blue” has been stricken from the new costume. More PC run amuk!


11 posted on 06/30/2010 8:52:48 AM PDT by Jim Hill
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Is that one of the Russian spies?

He added, “What woman only wears only one outfit for 60-plus years?”

Guess he never heard of Old Crusty.

12 posted on 06/30/2010 8:57:20 AM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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That's more Rogue than WW. I'll pass. It is like taking Superman cape away. Terrible........
13 posted on 06/30/2010 9:02:13 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS.)
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Am I the only one who senses theme?

14 posted on 06/30/2010 9:05:42 AM PDT by stormer
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I like the new.

The look is great - And JMS gets it right whenever he touches sci-fi (I love the soap-operaesque demeanor of Babylon 5). He keeps it “real”.

The Amazonian story of WW is complete garbage. Make an American girl, and let her actions speak more of patriotism than her bra.


15 posted on 06/30/2010 9:20:33 AM PDT by Celerity
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Looks like the same style of 1970s failure wonder woman feminist remake. (pre hit tv series)

essentially it was the same cover it all up issue.

I thought the original was a pinochio theme for a childless amazon.


16 posted on 06/30/2010 9:21:05 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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>>> Am I the only one who senses theme?

Well let’s be delicate and just put it this way...

Dr. William Moulton Marston (May 9, 1893 – May 2, 1947), also known by the pen name Charles Moulton, was an American psychologist, feminist theorist, inventor, and comic book writer who created the character Wonder Woman. He wrote:

“The only hope for peace is to teach people who are full of pep and unbound force to enjoy being bound ... Only when the control of self by others is more pleasant than the unbound assertion of self in human relationships can we hope for a stable, peaceful human society. ... Giving to others, being controlled by them, submitting to other people cannot possibly be enjoyable without a strong erotic element”

About male readers, he later wrote: “Give them an alluring woman stronger than themselves to submit to, and they’ll be proud to become her willing slaves!”


17 posted on 06/30/2010 9:31:58 AM PDT by tlb
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This is the outfit that lost out to be the new one by a single vote.


18 posted on 06/30/2010 9:39:41 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (I Don't Want Obama to Kick Ass. I WANT HIM TO GET OFF HIS ASS!!!!)
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It’s actually a prototype for a new character called
“Wonder What’s Under”


19 posted on 06/30/2010 9:43:53 AM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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Thanks a lot. Can’t unsee the new costume. All my childhood fantasies have been ruined.


20 posted on 06/30/2010 9:46:56 AM PDT by TexasPatriot1 (Legalize the Constitution)
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