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    Default Joss Whedon's Wonder Woman & The Justice League

    Man, oh, man, am I happy that Joss Whedon's Wonder Woman never got to see the light of day. Makes me wonder how they plan to portray her in the Justice League as I heard they are doing massive reshoots.

    His script didn't portray Diana in the most competent light; in fact she lost two major battles, and she lost all of her power in this one film. Say what you will about Snyder but at least he portrayed her as a tank in BvS; in those few minutes, I never saw a weak Wonder Woman.

    I am a bit uneasy knowing that Snyder will be stepping away for awhile, and Whedon will be taking over after reading this: http://collider.com/wonder-woman-joss-whedon/#poster

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    I'm not worried. Diana is Diana now. She's $$. I think they are reshooting the middle/end of Act 3, so that now Diana and Dark Kal have a big battle, that ends with Diana using the lasso to break Kal free to become the New Superman. Then they defeat Steppenwolf, only to rrealize Darkseid is the Big Bad for the sequel.
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    Eh. It was a script. Probably not the final one.

    Sure, I enjoy Patty Jenkins' actual film more than Joss Whedon's theoretical film, but it also sounds as though Wonder Woman was written by Jenkins and others partially "on the fly" with a fair amount of improvisation by Gal and Chris thrown in as well. So, if I read the "shooting script" for Jenkins' film, then it may have sounded as misguided (in parts) as Whedon's film.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Agent 86 View Post
    Eh. It was a script. Probably not the final one.

    Sure, I enjoy Patty Jenkins' actual film more than Joss Whedon's theoretical film, but it also sounds as though Wonder Woman was written by Jenkins and others partially "on the fly" with a fair amount of improvisation by Gal and Chris thrown in as well. So, if I read the "shooting script" for Jenkins' film, then it may have sounded as misguided (in parts) as Whedon's film.
    I've heard nothing to that effect. We only know that a script was written for WW. It went through some changes, as all scripts do. Rumor has it Geoff Johns may have done some uncredited work to touch some things up, but nothing has been said about Gal and Pine improving a lot.

    To answer the issue?

    1.) The "massive reshoots" rumor is just that. A rumor. There are going to be reshoots and even some new scenes, but it remains unclear as to their extent.

    2.) Until and unless we hear otherwise, the plan is still to pursue Snyder's vision for the movie. Joss is just the "hired gun" who's been brought in to finish the execution of the plan. Now, that may end up being inaccurate. They may be radically changing the movie in response to Wonder Woman's success. If that's the case? Then that's just further proof that Joss Whedon won't be making any big changes to Diana's character. THIS Diana just made big bucks and may have influenced the direction of the DCEU going forward. WB won't LET him make any big changes to her.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Agent 86 View Post
    Eh. It was a script. Probably not the final one.

    Sure, I enjoy Patty Jenkins' actual film more than Joss Whedon's theoretical film, but it also sounds as though Wonder Woman was written by Jenkins and others partially "on the fly" with a fair amount of improvisation by Gal and Chris thrown in as well. So, if I read the "shooting script" for Jenkins' film, then it may have sounded as misguided (in parts) as Whedon's film.
    That is rather speculative. I am comparing the elements of each story (as is) and concluding that Whedon has no clue as to how to write Wonder Woman. He probably believed that because he included the invisible jet, it was authentically a Wonder Woman story.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dianafan1985 View Post
    That is rather speculative. I am comparing the elements of each story (as is) and concluding that Whedon has no clue as to how to write Wonder Woman. He probably believed that because he included the invisible jet, it was authentically a Wonder Woman story.
    Yeah, for all his success at MCU movies, I do worry a bit about Whedon coming to the DCEU. By his own admission, he's always been a "Marvel Boy." He acknowledged quiet a while ago that he really doesn't know DC characters very well.

    As I said, I doubt he'll have the chance to make any radical changes to Diana, but he better have done his homework on Batgirl.
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    I'm more worried about Snyder's original plot than I am about the fact that Whedon's been brought in as a script doctor. I have zero confidence in Snyder's ability to handle the characters.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveGus View Post
    I'm more worried about Snyder's original plot than I am about the fact that Whedon's been brought in as a script doctor. I have zero confidence in Snyder's ability to handle the characters.
    He handled Diana just fine in BvS, and he had at least some influence on the story of her own movie.

    As to the rest? Geoff Johns is also involved in this movie and he definitely helped make Wonder Woman awesome. He recently tweeted Heroic Hollywood, telling them they would soon have to revise their "Top Five Best Superman Moments in the DCEU So Far" list.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RealWonderman View Post
    I'm not worried. Diana is Diana now. She's $$. I think they are reshooting the middle/end of Act 3, so that now Diana and Dark Kal have a big battle, that ends with Diana using the lasso to break Kal free to become the New Superman. Then they defeat Steppenwolf, only to rrealize Darkseid is the Big Bad for the sequel.
    I'm hoping that's not in there. And apparently the planned sequel was folded into this anyways.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LordTrump View Post
    I'm hoping that's not in there. And apparently the planned sequel was folded into this anyways.
    According to Geoff Johns, we've got at least one REALLY epic Superman moment coming up, so I'm guessing Superman either doesn't turn evil at all, or if he does, it'll be brief and he'll make up for it in a big way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveGus View Post
    I'm more worried about Snyder's original plot than I am about the fact that Whedon's been brought in as a script doctor. I have zero confidence in Snyder's ability to handle the characters.
    I dunno. His take on Supes and Bats may be divisive but it looks like he completely got Diana.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Confuzzled View Post
    I dunno. His take on Supes and Bats may be divisive but it looks like he completely got Diana.

    I think Snyder's characterization so far in the dceu has been the best thing about the films the problem for me are the plots and i think we've had too many consecutive bad/convoluted plots to just ignore that it could be his fault. I do worry about Whendon though he may have been progressive in the early 2000's but he hasn't improved at all with how he's handled his female characters and after reading his WW script I am a little worried how things will work out for her in this movie.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vanguard-01 View Post
    I've heard nothing to that effect. We only know that a script was written for WW. It went through some changes, as all scripts do. Rumor has it Geoff Johns may have done some uncredited work to touch some things up, but nothing has been said about Gal and Pine improving a lot.
    Supposedly they "completely improvised" the boat scene; see https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/9/157...r-woman-improv

    Granted, that's just one scene, albeit an important one. I don't know if they improvised anything else.

    2.) Until and unless we hear otherwise, the plan is still to pursue Snyder's vision for the movie. Joss is just the "hired gun" who's been brought in to finish the execution of the plan. Now, that may end up being inaccurate. They may be radically changing the movie in response to Wonder Woman's success. If that's the case? Then that's just further proof that Joss Whedon won't be making any big changes to Diana's character. THIS Diana just made big bucks and may have influenced the direction of the DCEU going forward. WB won't LET him make any big changes to her.
    This seems right.

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    I think the thing we learn from WONDER WOMAN and THE DARK KNIGHT is that it's best to pick a story and tell that story. WONDER WOMAN doesn't have to concern itself with setting up other storylines, establishing an extended universe. You could even take the bookends off the movie and have the essential story, because the bookends are only there to connect the movie to the others.

    The problem for SUICIDE SQUAD and even moreso BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE is that they were over-burdened with telling too many other stories, besides the central story that should have been the whole movie.

    And this is what worries me about JUSTICE LEAGUE. I don't doubt we'll have great actors, great characters and great scenes--but it might be pushed to tell too many stories all in one go--rather than just sticking with the one story about this hapless band of heroes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aphrodite's Champion View Post
    I think Snyder's characterization so far in the dceu has been the best thing about the films the problem for me are the plots and i think we've had too many consecutive bad/convoluted plots to just ignore that it could be his fault. I do worry about Whendon though he may have been progressive in the early 2000's but he hasn't improved at all with how he's handled his female characters and after reading his WW script I am a little worried how things will work out for her in this movie.
    I agree. I admire and respect Whedon for standing up for positive women's representation in media when few of his male peers did. But now it is apparent that he too has limitations of a "male feminist" and his approach to depicting women characters and their story arcs is very one-note and hence capable of annoying actual, real life women.

    I don't think he will make major changes to Snyder's characterization of Diana though.

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