Why So Blu?

I'd sniff her crotch.

Paul_SD

I can see right now this is going to be the new "Ewoks are the main reason people claim to not like ROTJ as much as the other two"

Her body was never that big an issue with me. My reservations have always been that nothing I have seen her in shows me that she projects believable authority or has any serious on camera charisma.

And frankly I'm a bit shocked at the response to this cover because, for as attractive as she looks, her "means business" expression still translates as "derp" to where I sit.

Maybe she'll be just fine and truly surprise the hell out of me. But at this point it would be a huge surprise.

-from Scott Mendelson's article at Forbes entitled 'Batman V Superman' Images Reveal Film Will Be In Color. I find that hilarious as there are clearly only three dominant colors in all the stills released- various shades of orange, teal and black. And when you squint and look at the cover, all three costumes read as black. Looks to me to be another needlessly joyless, desaturated, blue/green skewed, contrast jacked affair just like MoS which I found to be anything but natural looking.

Supermallet

Yeah, naturalistic is the last word I would choose to describe Man of Steel. It was desaturated to hell.

Hazel Motes

I still think Gina Carano would have been a great Wonder Woman if it wasn't for her complete lack of ability as an actor getting in the way.

slop101

Yeah, that acting thing... It's actually easier to find someone who looks the part than it is to find someone who can act the part. We take good acting for granted.

andy434343

I agree that those athletic chicks look great. But so does this actress playing Wonder Woman. Usually a superpower has noting to do with the musculature in a female movie character.

Uma Thurman comes to mind in Kill Bill. Her acting made you see how badass her character was, not her body type.

If this Gal lady can act; and be directed by a director who truly cares about establishing good/enjoyable characters, then she might turn out to be a great Wonder Woman.

But I don't really think Zack Snyder will pull that off.

kgrogers1979

Wonder Woman is quite literally an Amazon warrior. She is supposed to be muscular and athletic.

Casting Wonder Woman as a skinny chick with no muscle tone is like if they would have cast the Spartan warriors in the 300 movie as skinny dudes with no muscles.

Gal Gadot simply does not look like a "warrior."

Obey The D

Thank god the internet wasn't around years ago, or else nerds would be bitching about how scrawny she is.

kgrogers1979

Oh come on now. That is in no way comparable at all. That was a completely different era. Adam West and Christopher Reeve weren't very muscular either. You can't compare the 60s/70s era to the modern era. That's dumb.

RoboDad

Christopher Reeve did bulk up a bit for the role, just not to the extent that Henry Cavill has.

kgrogers1979

True, but it was still a completely different era with different expectations, so it's not comparable to the modern era. Sean Connery wasn't as bulked up either in comparison to Daniel Craig. Back then bulking up wasn't considered getting ripped with single digit body fat and six pack abs. That started with the 80s with action stars like Arnold and Sly. Connery and Reeve were acceptable back then, but they would be laughed at today if they were cast, just like Gadot is being laughed at, because they don't fit the modern perception of an action star with the very low body fat and ripped abs.

Mike86

Even in the Batman films starring Keaton, Kilmer, Clooney, and Bale none of those actors were really ripped. They were all in good shape but none of them were huge.

kgrogers1979

True, but didn't Keaton get a lot of people doubting him because he wasn't bulked up?

Also, those movies are pretty campy. Even the first Burton movie is really campy. It is darker than any Batman media outside the comics before it, but it is still pretty campy in retrospect.

The modern movies are more serious, and so I think that's part of the reason why people want the actors to look more like the role they are supposed to be portraying. Keaton just wouldn't work well at all as the Batman of the Nolan movies for example. He just wouldn't be perceived well as a more serious Batman.

Edit to add: I just noticed you mentioned Bale as not being ripped. That's not really 100% accurate. He may not have been super ripped with single digit body fat and six pack abs, but he was still pretty big with big muscles.

Brack

They would have been like "schwinnnng!!!!"

Solid Snake

That's not a great image to post for your point. Bale got BB after he did The Machinist. When Nolan told him to bulk up for the roll... he bulked up too much. He was still too massive during that time on set. They toned him down a bit by the end of the shooting. For TDK and TDKR he was plenty fit towards the physical expectations of what Bats should be in size for the role.

The mention of Supes and eras. Reeve was Supes when the character was not a physically massive as he normally is now. His era's Superman was pretty much the size that Reeve got. He was a little smaller but whatever he sold it, minor size difference or not.

Obi-Wanma

If we were casting just based on looks without any consideration for acting ability, I vote Katy Perry.

VHS?

Bale was pretty fit but I imagine now, fans and directors would want 'American Psycho', fit Bale.

fumanstan

It's funny, because for all the criticism people have for Gadot's physical appearance at the end of the day I don't think anyone has come up with a significantly better suggestion. Actresses either don't have the build people seem to want, or the acting ability. Maybe there's an unknown out there that's closer, but otherwise i still feel fine with Gadot's look at the moment given all the other options and names thrown out there.

VHS?

I know I, and probably a few others, suggested Adrianne Palicki.

Mike86

There was a whole thread on the topic of her casting too.

Kal-El

When does this issue hit the stands? Or is it out now?

Paul_SD

I would think most fans would want a relative unknown- so it's kind of hard to suggest actresses that most people aren't familiar with.

I will say this about Gadot- her facial features, moreso in profile, have an ethnic hint that serves the character. Personally I think she is far from drop dead stunning- but the cover photo is the first one of her that I find honestly attractive. And I think that has to do with her hair appearing to have more body compared to the first in costume promo shot though it's probably just the angle.

Obi-Wanma

Agree with this 100%

VHS?

Rileah Vanderbilt isn't a name most know. I think I posted this in the other WW thread.

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DJariya

I think Gadot looks pretty good as a modern day Wonder Women. She's pretty and doesn't look too thin.

My only concern is her pretty distinctive accent that she had in the F&F movies. I know she's Israeli. Hopefully she has a decent American accent.