How The Arrowverse Could Incorporate WonderGirl
“You should see my other jet.” - Olivia Marsdin, SuperGirl
WonderWoman was a massive success for DC Entertainment after mixed to lukewarm responses to its previous entries Man of Steel, Batman vs. Superman and Suicide Squad. Not to mention, it was directed by a woman and starred a female superhero - outdoing Marvel. Ha! Take that Marvel Entertainment! Sorry. I couldn’t help it. In June this year, the Patty Jenkins superheroine made its male oriented flicks quiver in their knee high boots. Why? The film broke massive box office records and pulled the DCEU out of dangerous territory.
In DC’s television universe affectionately dubbed the ‘Arrowverse’ by fans, there are already two shows that have leading female heroes. In the form of Supergirl and Vixen, the Arrowverse is leading the way for more female heroes to take the lead. A
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Who Is WonderGirl?
Before we go into how WonderGirl would be introduced, we need to ask the very simple question of ‘who is WonderGirl’?
The original WonderGirl was Donna Troy, the lookalike little sister of Wonder Woman, Diana Prince. Raised by Diana’s mother, Queen Hippolyta as her adoptive daughter, Donna was raised as a human rather than an Amazon like Diana. She married Terry Long and bore him a son, Robert and became the stepmother to his daughter, Jennifer. Because of her uncanny likeness to Diana, Donna was constantly at risk of being kidnapped in the thought she was Diana. Her marriage to Terry becomes troubled, leading to divorce before he and Robert are killed in a car accident.
The second WonderGirl was Cassandra “Cassie” Sandsmark, a daughter of Zeus and Helena Sandsmark.
Where Donna Would Fit Into The Arrowverse
Now we know who WonderGirl is. There’s one other question we need to address - just where would she fit in to the Arrowverse. My theory is
Modern day superheroes still reflect the misogynistic and chauvinist society in which they were first created and this will be argued with reference to two of the films studied.
Let’s discuss a little bit of comic book history for starters. The most iconic superhero in all of American comic book history has got to be Superman. He was created near the beginning of superhero comic books and debuted in Action Comics #1 in 1938[1]. He would remain as the blueprint for many superheroes for years to come as the atypical white American male. But as the years go by there were comic book heroes that came out that go against this archetype such as Wonder
Cape And Cowl: A Look At What ‘Batgirl’ Could Be About Caution! This article contains minor spoilers for the 2017 WonderWoman Film #Batgirl is just as important to the Batman universe as well, Batman himself. With this year’s #SDCC come and gone, it was only a matter of time before got information on upcoming film projects.
The audience wanted more pop inspired comic books. Many comic book purists were quite unhappy with this new portrayal of the Caped Crusader as well as the silliness of the Dynamic Duo. The world of superheroes was now “Pop culture.” This did have its benefits, especially in merchandising and establishing a place in television. However, with many “Pop culture” references, what is new, became old.
Superhero movies have become the new rage over the past few years through movies and comics. The Guardians of the Galaxy is just one of the examples of a comic strip coming to the big screen and taking off like a rocket. People have fell in love with the on-screen team consisting of Starlord, Gamora, Rocket, Drax, and Groot, alongside villains like Yondu, Nebula, Ronin, and Ego. Even people that are not fans of superheroes have grown to like the story line and characters. They are both entertaining to people all around the world, but one will sometimes surpass the other in popularity.
Gender role in Hollywood is something that needs to be broke, by taking an all men cast movie and changing it too women it crosses a barrier that is hard to reach. It portrays that women are equivalent to men which is why it so negatively received. “Gillian Anderson and Priyanka Chopra were both suggested as possible replacements for James Bond following Daniel Craig’s retirement from the role” By even bring up that women could play a role where a very masculine man played a role as a secret agent and went through dire missions where he could have died, is crossing a barrier that America not ready for yet. In society women are still locked in the box of roles they can, and cannot play simply because they are female. They are supposed to the
More female comics are being created and two females may even make their own individual on screen appearance. Marvel is starting an all female ensemble team with many different heroines from the Marvel Universe. A poster of which heroines the team will include has been released (Maggs). The new ensemble, The A-Force, will include She-Hulk, Dazzler, and a new heroine called Singularity (Maggs).
Among the highest-grossing movies of all time are numerous landmark films, such as Titanic, Avatar, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Taking their place alongside these cultural touchstones are mammoth blockbusters of a new breed: action-packed superhero epics. Each year, the number of superhero movies due for release seems to grow exponentially. One glance at a list of upcoming movies for this year reveals that the box office is absolutely saturated with superhero films. Some highly-anticipated installments feature heroes already well-acquainted with the big screen, such as Captain America and the X-Men, while others are introducing relatively unfamiliar characters to contemporary movie-going audiences, as in the cases of Doctor Strange and
Another marginalization is through gender; women are often under represented or misrepresented (Rawok 1990). Although three women have key roles both of which have romantic storylines. Which is not uncommon for marvel films that regularly been accused of marginalizing women characters. (Roz, Kaveney 2008) Despite their moves into more female characters many are still romantically linked to a male character (usually of a higher stance) particularly Vanessa Marianna who’s only role is Wilson Fisk’s love interest with little substance and no
Then, they introduced Batman with Batman v Superman and used a great amount of time showing Batman’s story which was redundant because we have seen Batman movies a lot of times. He has the most number of reboots in the history of cinema. They introduced wonder woman in Batman v Superman and half of the viewers don’t know who she was. Now upcoming Justice league movie has three new characters, The flash, Aquaman and Cyborg. The Flash is still known to people since there have been a few shows about him in the past but the other two characters are completely new for most of the viewers.
It also influence the reader’s standpoint especially the younger generation who read comics daily that women in comics should be the same to women in the real