FOLLOWING SEVERAL LIVE action adaptations, this is the first and only animated WONDER WOMAN that we've heard about. And it was only recently that we became of its existence and miraculously found its being shown over one of our thousands of cable channels shortly thereafter.
WELL, YOU CAN call this old and venerable member of the Baby Boomer generation a fuddy-duddy, but it was both a sort of a shock and surprise. It displays some pretty near PG-13 or even higher a rating for violence and (to our way of thinking) has an overextended opening.
THIS SAID OPENING sequence provides us with the origin of Wonder Woman, one that delves deeper into her history as a Princess of the Amazons. This is done with that bloodletting battle scene that is crafted much like those we would see in an Epic Motion picture or on one of those docudrama shows on the History Channel.
THERE IS SO much emphasis placed on this set of happenings in the Ancient World that one begins to forget that our heroine is a lady of the contemporary worked? (or is it now politically correct to say only 'Hero' without regard to gender?)
FURTHERMORE THERE ARE several influences from outside sources that appear to have influenced the style and tone of the movie. We already have mentioned the great, bloody battle scenes; but there are others worth mentioning.
WHAT WITH THR foundation of the theme of Amazons being one of Ancient Hellenic origin. all of the references to the old mythologies of the region and especially the inclusion and invocation of the pagan Greco-Roman gods, one is reminded of how Stan Lee & company portrayed the world of THE MIGHTY THOR. Thor, of course, was of Germanic/Norse origin; but the comparison is valid.
WE SEE THAT the credits list both a female writer and a female director(Lauren Montgomery and Gail Simone respectively. We can only ask, is this how you Ladies view life here on Planet Earth?
WELL SCHULTZ, ALL we can say is: "So that's the gentler sex?"
WELL, YOU CAN call this old and venerable member of the Baby Boomer generation a fuddy-duddy, but it was both a sort of a shock and surprise. It displays some pretty near PG-13 or even higher a rating for violence and (to our way of thinking) has an overextended opening.
THIS SAID OPENING sequence provides us with the origin of Wonder Woman, one that delves deeper into her history as a Princess of the Amazons. This is done with that bloodletting battle scene that is crafted much like those we would see in an Epic Motion picture or on one of those docudrama shows on the History Channel.
THERE IS SO much emphasis placed on this set of happenings in the Ancient World that one begins to forget that our heroine is a lady of the contemporary worked? (or is it now politically correct to say only 'Hero' without regard to gender?)
FURTHERMORE THERE ARE several influences from outside sources that appear to have influenced the style and tone of the movie. We already have mentioned the great, bloody battle scenes; but there are others worth mentioning.
WHAT WITH THR foundation of the theme of Amazons being one of Ancient Hellenic origin. all of the references to the old mythologies of the region and especially the inclusion and invocation of the pagan Greco-Roman gods, one is reminded of how Stan Lee & company portrayed the world of THE MIGHTY THOR. Thor, of course, was of Germanic/Norse origin; but the comparison is valid.
WE SEE THAT the credits list both a female writer and a female director(Lauren Montgomery and Gail Simone respectively. We can only ask, is this how you Ladies view life here on Planet Earth?
WELL SCHULTZ, ALL we can say is: "So that's the gentler sex?"