Meet the New Wonder Woman! (Gal Gadot Cast in ‘Batman vs. Superman’)

Meet the New Wonder Woman! (Gal Gadot Cast in ‘Batman vs. Superman’)

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So, Gal Gadot has been cast as Wonder Woman. I have a doubt or two about the whole project frankly.

Lynda Carter was well cast as Wonder Woman for one reason. She had no sex appeal. No intrinsic allurement. Don't get me wrong, she had a killer a body but on the screen she seemed more asexual than Sheldon Cooper. The sparks never flew...with anyone. She just didn't come across as interested.

That totally worked for Wonder Woman.

Wonder Woman's sexuality has always been a problem. Until recently, you could still dance around the fact that for three thousand years Diana lived on an island populated solely by women. Not today.

However DC/Warner stoutly maintains that (A) she did not 'experiment' and (B) she's straight and 'interested.' Which presents the problem of feminine hypergamy. What man can Wonder Woman look up to?

Steve Trevor? Face it, he was the male Lois Lane. Who could expect her to be attracted to an idiot she has to keep rescuing.

Recently DC Comics gave up altogether and just had her start dating Superman.

Superman's...uh...romantic difficulties were covered by Larry Niven's classic "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex." Enough said.

If this was the volcanic culmination of a fiery passion that had been smoldering for decades that would be one thing. But it's not. It looks like a 'friends with benefits' relationship that hooked up because there was no one else available. Just a couple of lonely people that started dating because, it was each other or nothing.

Neither Wonderful nor Super. It's just sad."