# Wonder Woman flat chested? That is some kind of series reboot. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2013, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348 "2013-12-28T10:24:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/21 "2013-12-28T16:27:10Z")
Normally I’d never care about the appearance of any actress in a role. Wonder Woman is different. There are comics of her from the early 1940’s up until the 90’s. She has a very distinctive appearance. Her large bosom and red,white and blue costume are iconic symbols of her character. Superman has his red codpiece and Wonder Woman wears a bustier. They are characters created in the 30’s and 40’s. Their image reflects that time period. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/22 "2013-12-28T16:28:08Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > The gypsy moth? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/23 "2013-12-28T16:45:47Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Superman has his red codpiece and Wonder Woman wears a bustier. Have you seen _Man of Steel_? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/24 "2013-12-28T17:00:35Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Superman has his red codpiece and Wonder Woman wears a bustier. I look forward to your thread complaining about the size of Henry Cavill’s junk. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/25 "2013-12-28T17:06:04Z")
don’t forget Batman’s nipples. ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/26 "2013-12-28T17:07:29Z")
I wouldn’t mind Snyder picking a thin Wonder Woman if the person playing her could act. On top of being a model, Gadoot knows nothing about the character. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/27 "2013-12-28T17:13:21Z")
It doesn’t matter a lot to me since there is no way in the Universe I’ll watch this movie, or anything else Snyder does, but that actress will make a lousy WW. I agree that a Xena-period Lucy Lawless would have been ideal. Of today’s crop, Melissa McCarthy is closer than Gal Gadot. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/28 "2013-12-28T17:16:46Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > When the old Wonder Woman show was on, starring Linda Carter, I remember a review of it. > > _“There are only two good things about this show, and they both hold up her costume.”_ My dad’s joke was, “She’s called ‘Wonder Woman’ because it’s a wonder that her costume stays up!” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/29 "2013-12-28T17:20:29Z")
Personally, I think Darwyn Cooke, the artist behind _DC: The New Frontier_ got it right, with a Wonder Woman [who was busty and meaty and looked like someone who could brawl with the best of them](http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091227225729/marvel_dc/images/d/d9/Wonder_Woman_(New_Frontier)_.jpg). If you took somebody like Robyn Lawley and put her on a serious strength training regimen… yikes. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/30 "2013-12-28T17:22:30Z")
Tina Fey or bust ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/31 "2013-12-28T18:05:44Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Personally, I think Darwyn Cooke, the artist behind _DC: The New Frontier_ got it right, with a Wonder Woman [who was busty and meaty and looked like someone who could brawl with the best of them](http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091227225729/marvel_dc/images/d/d9/Wonder_Woman_(New_Frontier)_.jpg). > > If you took somebody like Robyn Lawley and put her on a serious strength training regimen… yikes. Ugh, that is some seriously bad artwork. I’m glad I dumped comic books long ago. But really, just about every comic book heroine has dimensions that are as realistic as a Barbie doll. I can’t stand the fanboy bickering over looks everytime a comic book movie comes out. Just make a decent, fun movie. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/32 "2013-12-28T18:19:30Z")
> [@stegon66](#): > > I’ve heard Gadot is starting an exercise regimen so she’ll fit the part better. > > I love Summer Glau but I’m so used to seeing her in morose roles (River Tam, a Terminator) that it’s hard to imagine her as WW. 😃 Agreed. People forget that Brad Pitt didn’t look like Achilles before he started training for Troy and Liam Hemsworth put on lots of muscle to play Thor. Personally, I’d have thought Jamie Alexander(Sif) would have been a great choice, but I can understand being leery about her because she’s already tagged as Lady Sif. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/33 "2013-12-28T18:23:42Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Liam Hemsworth put on lots of muscle to play Thor. I swear, it was like seeing a completely different person in the role. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/34 "2013-12-28T18:48:08Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I swear, it was like seeing a completely different person in the role. Brother, you ain’t kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/35 "2013-12-28T18:55:47Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Man disproves existence of Gina Carano, film at eleven. Gina would look killer in the costume (heck, I’d buy a ticket based on that alone), but her acting ability leaves something to be desired. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/36 "2013-12-28T19:16:22Z")
One look at the new costume convinced me to stay home. I’m not of a fan of rebooting or even reinventing a series. If they don’t think classic Superman is marketable than retire him. Give him that dignity at least. The same goes for Wonder Woman. Don’t change the costume or cast someone that doesn’t fit the part. They can create their own superhero characters without changing what generations of fans grew up loving. > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Have you seen _Man of Steel_? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/37 "2013-12-28T19:37:52Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Gina would look killer in the costume (heck, I’d buy a ticket based on that alone), but her acting ability leaves something to be desired. The way I figure it, Superman grew up in Kansas, and Batman’s a high-society Gothamite, and someone will probably play Lex Luthor as the savviest local in Metropolis, and the fourth-billed-or-lower Wonder Woman will (a) get much fewer lines, and (b) be the archetypal fish-out-of-water type who Ain’t From Around Here in particular and has maybe never even been off Paradise Island before in general. It’s not Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist, or Dick Van Dyke attempting a British accent; it almost defaults to a point where she’s _ **supposed** _ to sound not-quite-right. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/38 "2013-12-28T19:44:33Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > The way I figure it, Superman grew up in Kansas, and Batman’s a high-society Gothamite, and someone will probably play Lex Luthor as the savviest local in Metropolis, and the fourth-billed-or-lower Wonder Woman will (a) get much fewer lines, and (b) be the archetypal fish-out-of-water type who Ain’t From Around Here in particular and has maybe never even been off Paradise Island before in general. Don’t Gadot’s Mediterranean looks and Israeli accent have that covered? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/39 "2013-12-28T19:52:49Z")
Gal Gadot has the role so I wish her well. It should be a could career boost for her. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/40 "2013-12-28T19:54:44Z")
You know, I would hope not, Alessan. Wonder Woman is - by definition - Mediterranean. She’s greek, after all. Having a woman play her who actually fits the description would be interesting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348.md?page=3)