Posted March 30, 2011
Datajack2050
Om nom nom
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HoneyBakedHam
I'm juicy :-)
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Posted March 31, 2011
Okay... That made me laugh :-)
Post edited March 31, 2011 by HoneyBakedHam
Enemy Ace
Hammer Of Hell
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From United States
Posted March 31, 2011
it looks like a fan costume made for a convention.
carnival73
Zug Zug!
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From New Zealand
Posted March 31, 2011
She's cute, dig the lips.
svmariscal
n00b user
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From Spain
Posted March 31, 2011
According to myth, amazons had one of their breasts cut to improve their bow skill. Maybe they use rifles nowadays?
FlintlockJazz
Chaos Incarnate
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From United Kingdom
Posted March 31, 2011
I always found Wonder Woman to be exploitation masquerading as empowerment, rather like the Spice Girls with Girl Power. Though the pic of the current Wonder Woman outfit in the comics the OP put up looks better, I particularly like the jacket.
Delixe
Not Merry
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From Ireland
Posted March 31, 2011
Depends how she is portrayed. She has certainly meandered between the two over her history. I think the Wonder Woman in the Bruce Timm Justice League cartoon got the balance right. She was also rather good in the animated movie Justice League: New Frontier.
cogadh
Banned? Never.
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Posted March 31, 2011
FlintlockJazz: I always found Wonder Woman to be exploitation masquerading as empowerment, rather like the Spice Girls with Girl Power. Though the pic of the current Wonder Woman outfit in the comics the OP put up looks better, I particularly like the jacket.
The creator of Wonder Woman, William Moulton Marston (pen name Charles Moulton), was a polygamist psychologist with a penchant for bondage. Wonder Woman wasn't really exploitation masquerading as empowerment, it was Marston's own bondage fantasy (a powerful woman, likes to tie up her enemies with a lasso, only weakness is being bound herself, etc.). Fun fact: William Moulton Marston is also credited as one of the inventors of the polygraph, the real "lasso of truth".
Post edited March 31, 2011 by cogadh
orcishgamer
Mad and Green
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Posted March 31, 2011
cogadh: Fun fact: William Moulton Marston is also credited as one of the inventors of the polygraph, the real "lasso of truth".
Except it's so much bunk there's even a congressional act protecting you from having to take one (The Employee Polygraph Protection Act); of course it includes an exclusion for the government, which is why the NSA and the like can still use it. Polygraph results are not generally admissible in court, either. Interesting facts about Wonder Woman, though.
Navagon
Easily Persuaded
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Posted March 31, 2011
Arkose: Superman has had multiple rewrites; each time his powers get reset back to a more sensible level, but as the run goes on the writers want to put him in increasingly epic situations by throwing bigger and bigger villains at him (especially if they want the series climax to involve saving all of reality or whatever) so end up sequentially bumping his powers right back up to ludicrous levels (including "breathing" in space by holding his breath indefinitely).
The bottom line is: they can't save the character from himself.orcishgamer
Mad and Green
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Posted March 31, 2011
Arkose: Superman has had multiple rewrites; each time his powers get reset back to a more sensible level, but as the run goes on the writers want to put him in increasingly epic situations by throwing bigger and bigger villains at him (especially if they want the series climax to involve saving all of reality or whatever) so end up sequentially bumping his powers right back up to ludicrous levels (including "breathing" in space by holding his breath indefinitely).
Navagon: The bottom line is: they can't save the character from himself. Navagon
Easily Persuaded
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Posted March 31, 2011
Superman really should just have stayed dead, really. I don't see the merit in a character that powerful and even with the rewrites he's still out of date.
cogadh
Banned? Never.
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Posted March 31, 2011
Arkose: Superman has had multiple rewrites; each time his powers get reset back to a more sensible level, but as the run goes on the writers want to put him in increasingly epic situations by throwing bigger and bigger villains at him (especially if they want the series climax to involve saving all of reality or whatever) so end up sequentially bumping his powers right back up to ludicrous levels (including "breathing" in space by holding his breath indefinitely).
Navagon: The bottom line is: they can't save the character from himself. orcishgamer
Mad and Green
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Posted March 31, 2011
orcishgamer: They just make fun of him now, by putting him side by side with Bruce Wayne/Batman, a much more compelling character. He gets called "Boy Scout" a lot, in the most denigrating of ways.
Navagon: Superman really should just have stayed dead, really. I don't see the merit in a character that powerful and even with the rewrites he's still out of date. Navagon
Easily Persuaded
Navagon Sorry, data for given user is currently unavailable. Please, try again later. View profile View wishlist Start conversation Invite to friends Invite to friends Accept invitation Accept invitation Pending invitation... Unblock chat Registered: Dec 2008
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Posted March 31, 2011
cogadh: Basically, what was supposed to be a built-in flaw in the character (constantly growing power requires constantly stricter control) has become a major flaw in the story telling that the writers just can't seem to get away from.
Well they've used many explanations for his powers over the years. No matter how many times they change it they're going to run into problems like this. It doesn't really address the biggest problem of there not being a lot of point to the character though. Ideally they should stick to heroes that are relevant to the age we're living in. The reason Batman still works is because he's flawed and potentially vulnerable. There's also a nice array of gadgets and bad guys too.
Post edited March 31, 2011 by Navagon