Wonder Woman - A Symbol of Progress
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And with this, the Kaptain completed the Trinity! I'm so proud of him!
Wonder what he will do next?
Qwerty Bastard the movie comes out soon, so the timing seems fitting.
Besides, there are plenty of essays you can do on Wonder Woman apart from just her lack of representation (which sadly, is something that a lot of heroines had for a long time, some of them even today)
Earth Fire Water all their backgrounds on the thumbnails are primary colors too. This mans TH-cam channel is more neat and organized than my life.
Carter Harris I have that "thing" for colors too, for example the Trinity logos should be the primary ones (Superman red, Batman blue and Wonder Woman yellow)
And the same with the Justice League with the six main colors (Flash red, Aquaman orange, Wonder Woman yellow, *Green* Lantern, Superman blue and Batman purple)
Green Lantern!
Afonso Lucas yeah, I didn't knew what color would fit with him
praise be our Lord, King of Editing
well put
Rodrigo Salles Dude this is not even a joke. I'm trying to make a similar video essay about the latest Glass Animals album and I want it to be well presented but damn I have a such a new found respect for the actual art of editing. The stuff this guy does must take so fucking long, it took me like 2 hours to do my intro and it's still really shitty.
Oh Kaptain my Kaptain. lol
Rodrigo Salles no hes just unique,stylish,yet not a king
Rodrigo Salles the two lords: Kaptain Kristian and the Internet Historian
"A woman from a foreign land, wrapped in the American flag, coming to defend and protect the values of a world her people turned their back on because she saw something worth saving."
Yes! This perfectly captures the core of her character. I couldn't have said it any better myself.
Oh, how I hate that "argument" about WW not being a recognizable character. Pretty much all my family and friends, who are not familiar with superhero comic books, can easily recognize WW as much as Batman and Superman because of how symbolic they are to the pop culture. If that's not a recignizable character, then I don't know what it is.
Anyway, beautiful video, as usual. Loved it.
Yeah everyone knows Wonder Woman
@@Jondoe297.. Yes,either from the Carter show or the JL shows.
I personal think you have the best channel on youtube. I'm not even really into a lot of the topics you cover, but you are undoubtedly the platinum standard when it comes to editing and execution. Keep it up!
Didn't expect to see you here.
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"Wonder Woman can't be marketable"
Meanwhile a movie about a raccoon and talking tree saving the galaxy makes a ton of money.
the raccoon move is better than all dcu
"Later became the couple's lover"... what? lmao
Austin Krentz they were a polyamorous couple that had and raised children together and it was pretty neat
A TRIAD! How nice!
I actually backed up the video to make sure I heard that correctly! haha
that means they had sex with her
That shows zero understanding of the poly lifestyle looked at through the lens of your average movie frat boy.
Your videos are so high quality, I WONDER how you do it.
I completely agree. I love his videos! They're so clear, concise, and informative!
After Effects and a lot of time cropping images.
woah man. nice pun
I see what you did there.
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With the final season of samurai jack ending in less than a month, are you considering doing a video on it?
That would be awesome.
Aww man, spoilers... I didn't know this was a final season.... wtf.
that's in no way a spoiler, joan eunice. There's four episodes left. We don't know what they'll be about or whats going to happen in them
Monarch Doge Only 4 more episodes left. Tis a tragedy :(
Joan Eunice how it was advertised as the last season
Yes! Finally some more quality content on TH-cam. :-)
you're not watching a whole lot of vidyos, are you
-xX666Archain666Xx- Well I do. I just watch a lot of shitposting.
-xX666Archain666Xx- Also it was meant as a way of implying that kaptainkristian makes quality content that's some of the best, if not the best, on TH-cam.
Well duh "me," but just wanted to explain.
man you really want to earn those likes
-xX666Archain666Xx- Um no. Not intentionally anyway. I just want to support one of my favourite creators.
Beautifully made, and I agree with every word.
Hey Pat!!!!!!
Hey it's Patrick Willems!!
Superman, Batman and now Wonder Woman. The Trinity has been completed.
Fucking Hell, even when Kristian plugs a sponsorship, note AT THE END of a video, he completely nails it.
I have a bad feeling about the Wonder Woman Movie because people might automatically label it as feminist propaganda bullshit. We are living in a time where if there is a woman on the cover of it, it is automatically feminist propaganda. Great video as always!
AnimalTruk Yes, I remember so many men calling The Force Awakens 'feminist propoganda'. Guess women can't be main characters without some men seeing it as a 'feminist statement' and becoming annoyed over it.
Nah the first movie wonder woman & the character are great!
Rey on the other hand is not
A really quality channel.
I'd say along with Every Frame a Painting
And now Mark Brown's Game Maker's Toolkit.
Also Nerdwriter1.
All these channels you guys typed are amazing.
I'm always hyped to watch one of your videos. It's informative for new viewers on these topics, but also fun to see your representation of the topics to knowledgeable fans.
GSDAkatsuki Would you mind giving a source for your profile pic?
The Hunter x Hunter 2011 Dickriding Association rabbitbrush
GSDAkatsuki Thanks so much!
I think Wonder woman is definitely one of the most important superheroes of all time. I mean growing up and reading the comics and watching the TV shows, it was quite obvious how important Diana's presence in the DC universe is/was (hoping this new movie could showcase that.) Why can't mainstream media see her as someone worth investing in?
This is brilliant. To be honest I don't read comics a lot. But I *love* learning about their stories, artistry, and history.
Rational Disconnect The history behind everything is just as fascinating as the product. I love it too :)
Such impressive animation.
Such interesting information.
Such good.
It really is time for a goddamn Wonder Woman game! Someone needs to get on that!
Your wish is granted
My favorite superhero of all time! I love the complexity and simplicity of her character. Her compassion, her resilience, her resolve to always do the right thing no matter what. I love it when she's written to still be compassionate and feminine even though she's a warrior. George Perez, Gail Simone, and Greg Rucka are my favorite Wonder Woman writers.
At least Wonder Woman can be your "mentor" in DC Universe Online. So there's ONE game she's at least IN. As much as Batman or Superman, at least.
Gwen Patton Injustice?
Ah, yes, I forgot about the game I don't have a console to play. Thanks for catching that for me! (That's a veiled plea for the publisher to make a PC edition.)
She's in pretty much every Justice League or general DCU game, but the point was that she never got a video game all to her own like Batman and Superman had.
Wonder Woman has appeared in plenty of games its just that in almost all cases its a Justice League game not a Wonder Woman game unlike with Superman and Batman who have bunch of games with them as the primary focus.
Junglehero127 I'd prefer WW to NOT be the primary focus if it's gonna turn out like most Superman games....
I kinda low key hope we get Wonder Woman: The Animated Series one day.
Thank you.
That is all.
Shredder McScumbag wow
You're welcome.
See, when people complain about superhero stories being imbued with a social or moral message, they should watch/read stuff like this. Superman and Wonder Woman are only as everlasting as they are because of that impetus of social change deeply ingrained in their origins.
Great stuff, Kristian
EpicBeard815 Most don't complain about political/moral messages unless it's blatantly and condescendingly shoved down your throat.
You'd be surprised what people will define as "blatant" or "condescending"
Or maybe you won't. I could be talking to the wrong person.
EpicBeard815 I dunno. I've disliked things with political messages I've agreed with because of poor execution, in either the message or the work. And vice versa.
There's a difference between a superhero story standing for a social message because it had one of the first and most recognizable female characters in an industry where it was uncommon (Wonder Woman, which btw isn't quite as effective or unique of a thing in this day and age) and a superhero story who's idea of standing for a social message is to have an Asgardian being with no interest in human politics go on a rant about Israel that is completely out of character (An Asgardian God in a recent Thor comic iirc) or someone telling Spiderman not to assume an Alien baby's gender (yes, that was a thing) or portraying a mean comment on a blog post as an unbelievable, shocking act (can't remember what comic it was, but it was so out of touch with portraying the internet that it made me question if it was published by a 60-year old). I could go on. The reason people are so against social messages in comics nowadays is because 95% of it is done so insultingly pretentious. Back when comics with well-executed social messages like Maus where being made, comic fans where actually very supportive and celebratory of them.
Wonder Woman, as an outsider trying to fight to protect and unite 2 worlds that used to be one. I think that's a concept that will never be dated. Based on the fact that humans seem more and more distant everyday.
This was so well done and emotional. Thank you for always making quality.
Kendrick Lamar Next Please !!!!!!
If he does do Kendrick Lamar, ya gonna have to wait 4 videos, he does his videos in a colour scheme and saves musicians for purple.
***** whoa I never noticed
DannyBReviews that's both amazing and ridiculously observant
Holy shit, never noticed. That is awesome.
Also awesome is that the only break in the pattern is the Alien video, as it should be.
Safari Virtual But the one right after that is the purple Childish Gambino episode. Before that is the blue Bugs Bunny.
And I just noticed that the Toonami episode is the same. Guess the pattern is VIBGYOR, excluding the first set.
You know Zack Snyder ain't gonna get any of this right.
12234d Fuck Snyder as his washed out, mellowdramatic bullshit
While Zack wrote a lot of Wonder Woman's movie. The film is much more a passion project of Patty Jenkins whom I have high hopes for.
Stellermeerkat Yeah but that's the problem. Snyder is a shit writer (and I'm a poet and I didn't realize it)
In Geoff Johns we trust.
He's not directing it. It's going to be great.
The "not as marketable" argument kind of goes out the window when you consider that Marvel launched it's massive film empire on the back of Iron Man, who, let's be real, prior to Robert Downey Jr., was definitely way less known than Wonder Woman. It's almost like there might be a different reason...
Because female superhero characters don't sell as well?
So why would a company trying to make money, make a movie that wont generate as much money?
Don't sell as well as what? Based on what?
Because comics, were originally targeted at the male demographic, as a result, more males read comics - obviously it's more relatable to said males, when the protagonist has similar qualities to you, be that race, gender (male in this case), age.
Now in the modern era, comics are now able to appeal to a wide range of audiences, of different gender, race etc. That's something anyone can admire. But it's important to apply logic when thinking about why some characters are more popular than others.
You should maybe brush up on your comics history. There were all kinds of comics in the early days, aimed at all kinds of readers, including romance and comedy books with female readership.
But that still doesn't address Wonder Woman in particular who, again, prior to Marvel taking a chance on Iron Man, was considerably more popular than characters like Thor and Iron Man and definitely any of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Yeah, they made a Jonah Hex movie because someone wrote a script, and they thought it'd make money, this isn't about popularity or sexism, this is about where a company can see a way to make money.
I am a longtime comic book reader I love always thought Wonder woman was one of the most underrated superheroes ever created because she's a lot stronger the Batman Green lantern The flash she's right up there with Superman and to be honest the reasons why she didn't get that much love is simply because she is a woman nobody wants to admit it but that's the truth
I left my grandmas funeral for this.
Same
Ezekiel Starling loving that profile pic bro
#noragrets
Viniso We're The Millers?
you do realise you can watch this anytime you like don't you?
Kap's closing statements are always so impactful.
That's why I love comic. In Golden age, DC focus on feminism while Marvel focus on ethnic minority. It proved that comic books are more than stories for children.
Silverk Well I think we've just about had our fill of feminism and focusing on ethnic minorities.
I am Superman are you saying this because all the problems in these areas are solved?
I notice the thumbnail for most your videos regarding comics feature the artwork of Alex Ross. He certainly influences a lot of the popular images we associate with superheroes. Perhaps he'd be a good subject for another video...?
Just wanna say: I'm glad to see an ad on this video that's appropriate to the content and nestled nicely at the end. I always enjoy these videos and I'm glad that you can get a bit more for your effort from a respectful advertisement.
After watching the Superman and Batman videos this is the one that got me to subscribe. Keep the excellent work coming.
I genuinely believe you make some of the best quality content on TH-cam. Thanks for all the hard work you put in to these videos.
This was beautiful, really made me think about my own personal disinterest in Wonder Woman. Growing up I never saw the symbolism, just a superhero with a lasso of truth. (Not cool in my adolescent or even adult mind) Which I suppose could be attributed to the lack of exposure of the Super Hero. I never read comics, and most of my love for Batman stemmed from the films and Animated series. Perhaps if WW was given the same care and exposure she too could be fully understood and admired. But after this, I am very excited to see the WW film in theaters June 2nd. Hopefully the hero will finally get the exposure deserved of such a symbol.
Honestly, it's really weird dc hasn't already made alot of wonderwoman games, movies etc. Because she's a goldmine in our current political climate with all these women marches and hardcore feminist's.
TheGameRage1 it already is... it already is :(
+ I'd argue that with the ghost busters the difference between them and someone like wonderwoman is that ghost busters did it for attention. Much like how the new power puff girls advertised having a pro trans episode (even though it wasn't intended to be related to that topic at all and relating it to that topic actually makes it come off as very anti trans) they did it to be trend and for attention. It was a pure marketing ploy with very little actual substance and it had nothing to actually say about the movement it was banking on tapping and exploiting. It was basically a shallow and half heartedly sleazy attempt to use a movement for its own gain without adding anything to it while acting like it's adding to it in the process, like a parasite. And just like parasites all it does is hurt and make what its leaching off of look worse in the processs, which it did. Wonderwoman on the other hand could actually be used to comment on the current political and social climate. Although that's all up to DC with how they treat her.
I agree wholeheartedly, Isaac. Ghostbusters was not only not a feaux feminist film, despite the fact that naive feminists flocked toward it. But it was actually damaging to feminism, as well as perpetuating a lot of anti-feminist ideals. Treating men as intellectually inferior, and treating Black women as a stereotype. It was a man's caricature of feminism, and not even remotely a staple of modern feminism.
Plus, and this is one of the most important parts. The studio heads, the actresses, even the director accused the moviegoing audience told the audience what they were if they didn't see the Ghostbusters remake. Even though the accusation was completely false. Despite the fact that the film was an insult to actual feminism, as well as racist, they accused those who didn't see it as sexist for not doing so.
Wonder Woman is being advertised as a World War I period piece crossed with a Greek epic. The focus is on her as a warrior. As someone who fights against evil. Obviously they are using female pronouns and referring to her by a female name. But it's not the central focus of her story. They aren't having the characters going "SHE'S A WOMAN AND SHE'S DOING THIS" or "SHE'S A WOMAN AND SHE'S DOING THAT" in every scene like they did with the Ghostbusters remake. They are following her as a heroine who wants to do the right thing for her people and for the world they are sworn to protect. They are letting her heroic deeds speak for her. Not her gender. That's what true feminism is.
Hardcore, modern feminists will find something to hate about Wonder Woman and her representation regardless of how fair and realistic it may be. And, if they don't then that means Wonder Woman has been bastardized by hardcore, modern feminist values of gender inequality. I'd rather more Wonder Woman media to be made for Wonder Woman fans, and that's all.
Most third wave feminists typically don't like videogames, and will praise a movie or comic for its political relevance without ever reading it or buying it. Its the principle that matters to them not the actual stories or characters. Thats why marvel's been experiencing such a slump in sales even with their "progressive" comic books
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Two most important women in his life? His wife yeah ok that's a given, and the other one must be his moth- WHAT THE HELL
Never realized how under-appreciated a character WW was. I was never a huge fan of her, but the new film has definitely encouraged me to dive deeper. Great video!
I cried, this is beautiful. Thank you :-)
I've never been so proud to have the last name of Marston until this moment.
William Moulton Marston wrote The History of "The Amazing Amazon" How her character reflects the truth ? She brings peace to restore the broken world back to life.
Please do Rick and Morty!!! Love you Kristian!
HazzBro a Samurai Jack episode would be amazing!!
I would be the bomb if he did a samurai jack episode and a rick and morty episode
kaptain on my birthday!! hells yes
Happy Birthday!
NyneFuld Happy birthday!
NyneFuld happy birthday!
Another incredible video. Please do a video about Samurai Jack since the final season is almost over!
Nobody ever talks about who Wonder Woman is as a character. Only who she is as a concept. I feel sorry for her.
I love Wonder Woman. One of my favorite characters ever
I feel like you should have at least mentioned the NBC Adrienne Palicki TV pilot.
I love it when you upload :^)
I'd love to see your essay on Paul Thomas Anderson movies.
As a long time Comic fan....I have to say that I really appreciated this video. Thanks!
to be fair, Ww doesnt got a lot of attention in media because she is basically female Superman. Batman and Superman have very distinct personalities, while the more characteristic thing about Diana ls that she has a whip.
Wouldn't it be great if kaptainkristian did a video on One Punch Man ?
Not really.
it's really not deep and there's not enough meaning behind it for a video
Panda - 5 bucks he could pull some insightful shit out of his ass and drop a bombshell on you
to be fair kristian could smear shit on a wall for an hour and make it interesting
Personally, I'd say looking at the author One might have been a better option.
WHO IS HYPED FOR WONDER WOMAN LIVE ACTION?!
Fuck no, the "actress" isn't even Greek and she's a fucking supermodel instead of an actress. Also, it will likely be just as trashy as the other DC Cinematic films, making this the literal worst time to try to make this character marketable in movies.
Henry Cavill is not a real fucking Kryptonian either, your point is?
Maybe it won't be good, but setting it in the Crimean War and making it a blend of a superhero movie and a piece of historical fiction has me excited that it will be more like marvel's multi genre movies rather than the crap DC has been making recently
im hyped yes! finally a wonder woman big production!
i can only quenstion one thing about it
imo it would be nicer to portrait a sorta bigger woman, sorta bulkier, amazonian style. Gal Gadot is wonderfull but shes verry much hollywood fashion style of a super skinny woman. and wonder woman is a warrior!
idk maybe they adress this on the movie but i still think she just looks like a modern top model. feels verry out of place for me
Shes been acting since 2009....
Thank you.
Kaptain oh Kaptain!!! How I've missed your thoughtful videos Kaptain!!!
wow I never knew the history behind her.
The stand alone straight to video animated movie is very much worth watching.
Thumbs up if you went to googled Wonder Woman games to prove him wrong, and then realised he was right
Man. My boyfriend intro'd me to you, and you've been pretty cool so far, but this definitely skyrocketed you up to fave subs. Rock tf on.
I can still remember wearing a bedsheet as a kid and twirling around like Wonder Woman. I will definitely catch the movie when it comes out this summer.
For all those saying that a Wonder Woman game was never made because guys play games the most or that men would not play with a female video game character have never played Tomb Raider, Metroid Prime and so on....
also my girlfriend would kick your ass at Rocket League.
Edit: Ms. Pac-man also.
I do wonder what the numbers would be if we took out all the trash games from superman and batman. Just curious. Cause it would only hurt if wonder woman got a bad game. If wonder woman could have a game that provides something new I'd be interested maybe, but im not sure what she could do different to other games especially unlicensed ones. batman may have a bunch but most are trash the lego ones are ok kids games and the arkham series declined REALLY fast after city.
It was always a terrible argument, but I think it gets even worse as some publishing execs were disappointed in the sales for the Tomb Raider reboot, claiming that it was Lara Croft that wasn't marketable (in comparison to Nathan Drake etc.) when they allocated a far smaller marketing budget to the game than any they compared it to. There's a really awful circular logic to these sorts of arguments that goes along the line of 'women aren't marketable so we won't market them' and the attitude becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Another pet peeve of mine is the argument that powerful women wouldn't be realistic - you see that one pop up every time someone mentions a fantasy game/movie/TV show - as though it's more of a narrative stretch to portray women that are just as capable as men than it is to populate the world with literal dragons and magic.
VARIOUS videos theres also the point that not everyone knows how to sell a game. I will neer buy a rebooted tob raoder game cause they made lora a whiny annoying character because emotion? Her original character might be a little flat, but she was fun and it was a funny idea since it was a millionaire heiress deciding to be a treasure hunter explorer instead of another paris hilton.
Well, most of the women are less strong than men but there are many exeptions, and superheros are exeptions. It would be very realistic to its universe, considering that most of the heros are males, and some females. But I think I get your point, powerful shit with more muscles and the known historical concept of men as warriors and heros makes males more marketable.
She would.
Another amazing entry into your catalog. Really was excited to see you dip into all of the different aspects of Wonder Woman's creator. I've heard these stories before of Marston before, i.e. the Ménage à trois, his bondage fetish and the invention of the polygraph. A lot of these aspects of Marston's life certainly informed his progressive stance on making a powerful female character.
Keep up the great work. Can't wait to see more.
I've always wondered, does Kap edit his own videos? Or is there a team behind these?
***** Source?
good work kap.
just because Marsten(?) didn't intentionally mean to be sexist doesn't mean it can't be sexist.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
MadMrMatter Actually yes it does. Context and intention are all too often ignored these days. It's not sexist.
Yoooooo I just watched HarmonQuest a couple weeks ago for the first time, ended up bingewatching the whole first season. So much fun and I recommend it to anybody interested. kk your editing is, as always, flawless and I'm already looking forward to the next video.
It still boggles my mind that after all this time, we are finally getting Diana on the big screen. I really hope it does well. She deserves it more than any other character.
Action Comics, Detective Comics, Sensation Comics. Really captures the thematics of the three characters perfectly.
Kendrick next !
“Wonder Freaking Woman isn’t marketable” It is truly remarkable that DC kept thinking this for almost 80 years. You can make radically different Batmen, but can’t do the same with her.
Meanwhile, Marvel makes Guardians of the Galaxy and freaking Ant-Man rockstars. They even made Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) a cartoon! Fox made two Ghost Rider movies for frak’s sake!
“Wonder Woman has no adaptations except for 3”
To be fair, a lot of Batman and Superman adaptations are pretty bad. Superman, after 2, became dead on cinema. Smallvile should have ended with the Justice League. Batman almost killed the genre after Returns. Batman has only one great game series, being the Arkham games. Superman has no good games, minus the side scroller beat up game. I’d love to have an Assassin Creed Odyssey style game for her, or God of War style.
Wonder Woman is the best female superhero. Like if you agree
FRISHR then you must only know one. cause every other women in the league is leagues better than her.
TacoKhan Please go into detail.
TacoKhan
pun intended?
TacoKhan nope. The only woman that can be better than her isn't from the Legaue but from the Teen Titans, and she's called Starfire.
Wonder Woman is dope, but, I like Black Cat so much better. More intelligent, more complex, more liberated, straddles the line of what it is to be good and bad, and doesn't have over powered abilities that allow her to whatever she wants.
Do a video on Horror artist Junji Ito?
A video essay about Wonder Woman that is not feminist circle jerk and is actually based on the character and it's authors history? This is fucking great!
Her comics are one of my favorites. Really good stuff.
She was in Injustice, Injustice 2, DC Online, Infinite Crisis, and a few other games. While not standalone titles...she really has no reason to be. However it would be pretty cool.
"While not standalone titles...she really has no reason to be". Why? And why Bats and Sups would/should?
Sexism can be implicit and unintended.
hyphenkee You can perceive it as sexism, but that doesn't make it sexism. Context and intention must be taken into account.
Speaking of sexism, why have there been so many Wolverine films and no one Storm film? She's the most fascinating Marvel superhero.
Apparently before X-Men: First Class, Fox was looking to develop a number of X-Men Origins films focused solely on individual characters rather than the teams - Origins Wolverine was the first to be released, and the poor reception led to the others being reworked or canceled. The proposed Magneto solo film, which would have focused on Magneto hunting Nazis across 1960s Europe, was eventually combined with other ideas into the script for X-Men First Class, while another proposed film focused on Storm's upbringing in Africa was cancelled outright. It's a shame we lost out on the Storm film, but at least we got First Class and DoFP in return I guess?
The reason I make all my heroes female in my stories and animations is just for the lack of them.
Dragon Skunk there is absolutely nothing wrong about you making female protagonist but try creating heroes for more than just what gender they are; go for more concrete and deeper reasons/symbols to the core of the character and they'll come out WAY better. If wonder woman was a guy, the core message would still be delivered.
I sometimes do the same. Unfortunately, characters that are created for inclusion rather than sincerity, usually lack depth.
I see this response all the time, and to me it feels misused. An extra thrown in to meet some sort of representation quota (like token black guy, token girl, etc) may lack depth, but making your main characters (like Dragon Skunk said!) female/minority has no impact on that. When you say things like that about main characters, all people hear is "female characters are inherently shallow, because they are women."
I don't think the message of women being just as capable as men could be delivered if Wonder Woman was a guy.
432neptune that's not all of who she is though. I get what you mean as it is a part of her initial design by the creator but she is one of a group who turned their back on humans but she fond some worth protecting them. In other words, a glimmer of hope in humanity worthy of protection to grow out towards the future.
Holyshit man, by far your most amazing video yet. The editing was just so sublime. Amazing. Amazing.
Wonder Woman gets the shaft because outside of being an icon, she is boring as hell. She doesn't have an interesting personality, she has two notable villains who still take a back seat, she doesn't have that many stand out stories, and when she is with other characters she is treated as either a super butch independent third wave feminist, or a love interest to Batman or Superman. Superman and Batman both have character flaws (Superman more than Batman) and engaging personalities that don't make them seem pretentious and douchey each time they get into a conflict with one of their peers. Clark will fight over dishonest journalism, Bruce will fight over someone going to far, Wonder Woman will fight any time someone says something that can be tied to sexism. Being a feminist is all she is, and it's not enough to garner mass appeal outside of the fact that she is the first.
truth!
JoeyfilmingTv Brian azzarello new 52 run on Wonder Woman was pretty good if you want to read a good Wonder Woman comic
you don't read many wonder woman comics if you don't think she has flaws huh?
First of all you don't read comics. Second, If any of that is true at all it's because she gets shafted. That's the paradox where most writers don't seem to know what to do with her because other writers were too lazy to know what to do with her. But if you think its because there is nothing interesting about her than you've just fallen into the trap. Good writers have written her well more than enough times that people should get it by now. She's a warrior princess who's lost in time and will never quite understand the modern world but fights for it's people anyway. She was Thor before Thor was Thor but nobody complains about Thor. Since I know you don't read comics(Clark is more "flawed" than Bruce?) much less Wonder Woman comics ill recommend the current run by Greg Rucka. Super easy to find. Or Grant Morrison's Earth One. Both will tell you everything you need to know.
Also you might know about Circe of Dr. Psycho Did you know Giganta was her villain? Now you do.
TheOutlawed1000 Well i do read comics, and i know she has good stories. Im just saying that she is only one of the "big three" because of how old she is. There are much better characters out there and as for Bruce Wayne, I think his level of infallibility and plot armor make the mild mannered and lonely alien Clark Kent seem just a tad more tragic.
vrv aint available where i live yet :(.... besides that.. amazing video once again, we do need more wonder woman! Not because its needed, but because she deserves it
I think a reason why Wonder Woman has taken so long to finally appear in bigger media is the fear of her not staying true to her message. It could be argued that if she appeared much earlier she would be mistaken either as misogynistic sexualization of women or an attempt to appeal to the radically yet pointless modern SJW movements
Cheekist Breeki You're wrong. Warner Brothers would rather use DC's two most popular characters over and over again than giving anyone else a shot. That point Kristian mad about the movies and games, how many movies and games have you seen for Aquaman? Green Lantern? Flash? Relatively little compared to Superman and Batman. Warner Brothers played it safe and it came back to bite them because now all anyone really cares about is Batman if they don't read comics
Considering stuff like DC/warner bros cancelling both the original Teen titans and young justice JUST because it had a large group of female fans, from what I remember at least, does really make it come off that the execs are probably sexist
Wonder-Woman is one of my top three personal favorite superheroes., alongside Batman & Spider-Man., but like Bats' and Spidey she's an EXTREMELY-IMPORTANT part in my life., she's more than a stunningly beautiful woman., i love all aspects of her., mind., personality., as well as beauty., such a shame there never been a Wonder-Woman video-game., but i've have a freaking-huge collection of Wonder-Woman merchandise from toys to DVDs of the 1970's tv-series starring Lynda-Carter and animated DTV., and i will go see the new movie when it comes out.,,.
"that diana is either bound chained gagged on the cover of the majority of her books but that was also an attempt to combat the damsel in distress trope that was commonly found in comics those days "
yeah i think it was an attempt to combat the lack of good porn those days and the fact that sex sells , stop the bullshit
It's nice that he acknowledged that first, before rattling off the line you've quoted.
no he gave a bullshit excuse not an acknowledgement
To an extent but it was always done with the intention of subverting people's expectations at the time once they actually read the comic.
"Oh no! Wonder Woman is tied and bound! Who's going to save her?"
The answer: "Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman saves Wonder Woman"
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Yeah no, the crator has admitted he tied Wonder Woman up to appear less threatening to the male audience and more sub.
it can be multiple things at once
That was really nice but I also believed that wonder woman was never that well represented in recent years because they were cautious not to do it wrong or afraid to mess up one of their most recognizable characters.
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how about fuck off
Got damn. That side by side profile at 0:15 was amazing. I never realized how similar she looks to wonder woman.
Isn't there a skin in injustice gods among us?
As a lifelong fan of Wonder Woman I knew in my heart as a child she was someone worth looking up to, especially when it came to my lack of "stronger" female rolemodels. She rarely sees the limelight but when she does it's so great to see!
The argument that Wonder Woman isn't as marketable because she's not as familiar a character as Batman or Superman was always dodgy but it was completely blown out of the water at the point they started making films about characters like Daredevil, Iron Man and Ant-Man. Heck, we got Spawn, Steel, Green Hornet and Witchblade movies before a Wonder Woman movie. That's insane.
And that's not including completely new original superhero films that, by definition, noone had ever heard of before like Unbreakable, Chronicle, My Super Ex-Girlfriend and Sky High.
Wonder Woman has a single solo-animation. Yet it is so good, so freaking good that I urge for anyone who cares for the character to watch it. Whenever I show this animation for the uninitiated they become fans on the spot.
Lynda Carter is a very hard act to follow. She portrayed a character who was strong and unyielding, yet likeable and kind. Firm and resolute, yet warm and relatable. Like Christopher Reeve she was practically born to play the role she was most famous for. And also like Christopher Reeve she was also the victim of bad writing and bad directing. To date, the best Superman movies are still Superman from 1978 and Superman II from 1980.
Basically, I'm suggesting that the reason a decent Wonder Woman movie hasn't been made isn't so much the result of sexism as it is the lack of imaginative writers and directors, and a studio system that is increasingly unwilling to take chances.
This is the BEST video about Wonder Woman on all of youtube! You did that shit bruh!
**STANDING OVATION**
It's amazing how one of the most iconic female characters of all time has been around almost as long as freaking Batman and Superman, and she has little to nothing in terms of media exposure. I'm glad DC and WB are finally giving Diana a shot, but the fact it took them this long is still baffling. Hopefully they make more content with her such as games and even a new tv show. I'd be down for a cartoon based on Diana's epic quests against mythological creatures and helping people as a superheroine.
Love it. A short video, but still gets to the core. WW is one of my favorite characters and has been for a while. She is the wildcard of the trinity.
Best pop culture channel on youtube right now, not just with editing and the imagery, but the research done for each and every video, its honestly outstanding. Fave channel, and this video about my fave super hero just made me so goddamn happy. The history behind ww and what ww means today is just ridiculously awesome. Bravo dude
I fucking love your videos. The style, the voice, the editing. What programme do you use? Are you doing this as a full time job now ?
Can i just say, hell flipping yes to this!!! Another insightful and engrossing entry. Wonder Woman is my favourite superhero and it is positively disgusting how badly the character has been generally treated. it's a real testemant to her, however, that in spite of it all, she continues to endure. I