4.25.2008
Joel Silver wants to ruin Wonder Woman
Producer Joel Silver has revealed that he wants the new Wonder Woman film to be a "genesis" story. This is what ruins most superhero films in my opinion. The least interesting thing about a super hero is usually his origin. Who cares that Hal Jordan was a test pilot? Now he's Green Lantern, he's a space cop with a magic wishing ring! Isn't that infinitely more interesting? When David Fincher was attached to do Spider Man he proposed that the entire origin story be told over a opening credits montage rather than an entire film. I'm pretty sure Wonder Woman is doomed now, but please someone bring me a superhero film without a training montage!
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As a counter-point, the most recent batman was almost all genesis, and the parts that weren't were the worst parts of the movie. Granted, that's probably because the genesis portions were heavily indebted to Miller's Year One. As a whole, while not perfect, it was orders of magnitude better than every non-genesis containing batman sequel.
Agreed, and I feel like Year One in general is a sort of the 'exception that proves the rule.'
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