Okay, calling the Yahoo homepage an outlet for news may be pretty generous. But I still thought it was interesting that someone wrote an article about something as trivial as a costume change on a superhero. You can read the article here:http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93808?fp=1
It's as though this guy was looking for something to write about and decided to look at a comic book for the very first time in order to find a story. I could be wrong, but he didn't seem to consult with any comic book fans before writing. He loses some serious points on his research credibility.
My hope is that with a new writing team taking over what has been a very well-written book, gimmicks like this are not an indication of what they hope will sell future issues. Dress these folks in whatever you want. Just give me interesting characters and good stories.
Regarding the Yahoo article, Wonder Woman changing her costume is not even worthy of a light entertainment news story. It just ain't news in the comics world. And below I've pasted the comments I left on that article to explain why:
An "obsessive comic fan" probably should have told Mr. Krumboltz that he doesn't really have a story here. These kinds of changes happen all the time and are eventually reversed. (Superman, Flash, Batman, Green Lantern. It's VERY common.) The only costume changes that stick are the ones where the updates/modifications are very subtle. This one will be fun for a while and get reversed just like all the others. It's only a matter of time. Oh, and her civilian name is "Prince", not Price. That one you can even find on Wikipedia.
Oh yeah. And Wonder Woman has already had her costume changed a few times as well. Switches back to the classic look every time.
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I think this could be news for people who don't follow comics that much. There is just so much story out there, I never really know where to start. As for costume change, I read about this over at G4TV.com. A comic critic there states, this change is being made so producers and directors can look once again into making a WW film with no need to worry about a "wardrobe malfunction". This paraphrasing what actually said, but if your curious, here's the link. http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/705922/breaking-news-wonder-woman-wears-pants.html#
I think you make a good point about this being news for non-comic fans. But hopefully they won't be under the impression that this change is actually significant within the comic industry itself.
And I'd agree that a costume modification is a no-brainer for a movie version. But I think you could do a great Wonder Woman flick using the costume worn by Hyppolyta (WW's mom) when she was standing in as Wonder Woman just a few years ago. The main difference was that instead of the star spangled undies she wore a skirt made of leather strips. A much more modest look and I think in a film the costume would be just as functional as what Lucy Lawless wore for Xena Warrior princess. And as a significant bonus, it wouldn't stray so radically from the source material.
To me it seems like an obvious choice. Hopefully the folks at DC and Warner will stop overthinking this and give the Hyppolyta costume consideration.
I could live with the costume, but no interest in this strange new origin that JMS is cooking up.
Yeah, what's THAT about? JMS has made it sound like just one story arc and that things will go back to normal afterward. But it's just a big gimmick to me. I'd rather just have a well-written, character driven story. If you change the costume and the origin you might as well just create a different character, or go play with this concept in the "All-Star" continuity.
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