They're trying to trick us with this new Wonder Woman poster. Look at all that COLOR. From WB/DC? Could it be possible? Mmmm yes and no.
Since it was Comic Con weekend the studios were working hard to inundate fans with new superhero footage and the second Wonder Woman trailer is here... which has some color to it but a lot of blue grays since that's how DC (and action movies) likes to play it these days. The trailer is a bit premature as the film is not due for 11 months but we'll take it. It looks pretty good and maybe, just maybe, they'll do right by the Amazon princess?
Our Yes No Maybe So is after the jump but first things first. You must know that we do deeply dig The Little Mermaid shoutout which begins the trailer. Steve Trevor is all washed up on shore like a Prince Eric thirst trap and Diana is eager to drink him up...
You're a man!
YAAAS We're there for Diana's Ariel cosplay.
MAYBE SO. Never sure what to make of set design in these superhero trailers. Not sure I get what they're going for with the Amazon cave palace?
Yeah sure, why not?
Connie Nielsen as Queen Hippolyta. Was this the role Nicole Kidman was going to play or was she up for Robin Write's General Antiope?
No
Early shots of war look generic. Will this be like Captain America: The First Avenger only without the kitsch factor of Captain America branding by the US Army?
Be careful, Diana
yes?no?maybeso?*headexplodes*
This little bit in the trailer when Diana walks into a party in gorgeous blue with a sword tucked behind her is giving me so many mixed signals. On the one hand. GORGEOUSNESS. FIERCE. EYE GRABBING. On the other. Gowns are not sword hilts, how is she not cutting her dress right off if she unsheaths that? They're not going to have Wonder Woman running about in her birthday suit. And why does it have to be Danny Huston. That's as unimaginative from the casting department as Christoph Waltz as the Euro villain in anything. Also this transports you right back to that Pride & Prejudice & Zombies trailer moment.
That's neat.
Maybe So
Diana's mythology might be a tough sell. It looks like they're hedging their bets by both taking it seriously and also trying to joke about it "that's neat". But in the trailer at least it's not particularly funny.
Maybe So
Lots of shots of Amazon battle on the seashore and the big WW riding a horse through the woods
YES
Kiss him, Diana, kiss him!
YAAAS
Wide array of shots of WW in action as well as closeups of paraphenalia (breastplate, lasso, sandals) ending with this bit with the shield. Can we hope that the action is great and doesn't just have cool gif-worthy bits?
Steve: I can't let you do this.
Diana: What I do is not up to you.
YES MAAM
Can they actually have fully absorbed the feminism of the most famous superheroine ever?
NoooooooOOOOooo
Coming off the high of the trailer's peak comes the worst bit. That boring Zach Snyder like action slo-mo. ZZZzzzz
No
Another quick montage of action with the Wonder Woman logo all shiny. Individually all these superhero logos we've been seeing from Marvel/DC are sexy cool but collectively they look like they were all designed by the same artist which makes the entire genre of movies look like one movie which is -- well, if you've seen one have you seen them all?
Yes
Fun stinger to this trailer with Steve's secretary Etta (Lucy Davis) describing her job to Diana who doesn't approve. You'll remember Lucy Davis from Shaun of the Dead and lots of British television
Bonus Tease
Justice League (2017) follows Wonder Woman into theaters five months later in November. Not a full trailer but more of a recruitment video...
What'cha think? It looks better than Batman v Superman but what wouldn't? Also isn't it wonderful that we're getting our first LGBTQ leading man in something as mainstream as a superhero movie (Ezra Miller, who identifies as "Queer" if not "Gay") and no one is making a fuss about it?!
Are you a yes no or maybe so to all of this?