# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/41 "2013-12-28T20:58:36Z")
> [@planetcory](#): > > Gal Gadot is 5’9" and will be subject to the same intensive weight-gaining, muscle-building regimen as every other skinny guy who became Superman/Batman/etc. > > She won’t have gigantic boobs,[but that’s not really](http://www.parade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/wonder-woman-comic-5-things-you-need-to-know-ftr.jpg) [a crucial part of](http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100509215850/marvel_dc/images/e/e5/Wonder_Woman_Vol_2_64.jpg) [her visual.](http://talkingcomicbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ww1chiang-e1342547861952.jpeg) That’s good to hear - I too find it distracting that the actress picked to play Wonder Woman looks like she’d fall over if she picked up a sword. > [@Alessan](#): > > Don’t Gadot’s Mediterranean looks and Israeli accent have that covered? I like the idea of Wonder Woman with an exotic accent - she is from away, after all. And now my choice for what Wonder Woman _should_ look like - [Laura Prepon.](http://www.hawtcelebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/LAURA-PREPON-at-The-2012-South-South-Awards-in-New-York-7.jpg) Tall and with a nice, big, lumberjack frame. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/42 "2013-12-28T21:03:32Z")
> [@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. I thought she was fine in \*Haywire - A good director should be able to…oh, crap. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/43 "2013-12-28T21:14:48Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Have you seen _Man of Steel_? No, but neither has anyone else. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Stormcrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@Stormcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stormcrow)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/44 "2013-12-28T21:17:34Z")
How many of the actresses you’re proposing instead have served in the military? Gal did two years in the Israeli Defense Forces. As far as boobs go, by the standards of comic book artists, I think WW probably _is_ flat-chested… ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/45 "2013-12-28T21:41:18Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > The gypsy moth? The ladybug. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/46 "2013-12-28T21:58:55Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > 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. No, it’s some of the very finest comic book art. Cooke is one of the best in the industry. His run on The Spirit, his New Frontier graphic novel, and his Parker adaptations are all fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/47 "2013-12-28T22:23:44Z")
> [@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. 😃 Morose you say? Well, she will fit right in with the Man Of Steel Superman. > [@Rachellelogram](#): > > Tina Fey or bust That’s the problem. There is no Fey **or** bust. No matter who plays Wonder Woman I would like Amy Poehler to play Etta Candy. The super perfect woman needs someone next to her to fill the “yeah, really?” part. Poehler or Fey could do that and actually be funny and not predictable. They should at least be writing a WW movie. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/48 "2013-12-28T22:29:44Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Ugh, that is some seriously bad artwork. I’m glad I dumped comic books long ago. Meaning you didn’t see [WW in Identity Crisis](http://www.shiggypop.com/Prints/Images/IdentityCrisis4.jpg)? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/49 "2013-12-28T22:31:09Z")
Apologies if I missed the link in the thread, but I rather like [this ‘mock’ trailer for a Wonder Woman film](http://youtu.be/XATiV3gmy-Q), and their choice of [lead](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1893111/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) and costume. (She shows up starting at the 30 second mark.) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/50 "2013-12-28T23:15:31Z")
There was also another WW fanfilm trailer made earlier this year that was [quite well done](http://vimeo.com/60594348). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/51 "2013-12-29T01:36:21Z")
> [@Reverse](#): > > And the award for the most vile, sexist, misogynist thread of the year goes to You say that as if it were a bad thing…? 😕 ---
**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 29, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/52 "2013-12-29T01:44:05Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > No, it’s some of the very finest comic book art. Cooke is one of the best in the industry. His run on The Spirit, his New Frontier graphic novel, and his Parker adaptations are all fantastic. Unless that is supposed to be a room full of clones that is some crappy artwork. Childish and sloppy. But I only have that one picture to go by. ---
**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 29, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/53 "2013-12-29T01:45:18Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Meaning you didn’t see [WW in Identity Crisis](http://www.shiggypop.com/Prints/Images/IdentityCrisis4.jpg)? 😃 That I do like.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/54 "2013-12-29T01:45:58Z")
> [@Reverse](#): > > And the award for the most vile, sexist, misogynist thread of the year goes to > [@aceplace57](#): > > 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. This. For all the various actor changes, Batman has never been cast as as a tall, skinny black guy or an Asian dwarf. There’s a reason for that. There’s a reason to cast WW with an actress who does or can resemble the iconic image. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/55 "2013-12-29T02:25:02Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > For all the various actor changes, Batman has never been cast as as a tall, skinny black guy or an Asian dwarf. There’s a reason for that. There’s a reason to cast WW with an actress who does or can resemble the iconic image. But Wonder Woman doesn’t have an iconic image. The costume has changed a dozen times over the years, so there’s no standard look for the character like there is for Batman or Superman. And the character has been both flat-chested and big-bosomed over the years, so saying that she HAS TO have big gazongas isn’t being any more true to the character than a slimmer Wonder Woman would be. And Wonder Woman has only really been portrayed on screen once. Lynda Carter was memorable, but the show was almost 40 years ago. And her appearances in the DCAU have always been overshadowed by Batman and Superman. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/56 "2013-12-29T02:32:46Z")
I’ve never seen a depiction of Wonder Woman as flat-chested, including the links posted earlier in this thread. I have seen other comic-book characters depicted with small bosoms (yes, it really does happen occasionally), but never WW. I mean, sure, she’s no Power Girl, but nor is she a waif. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/57 "2013-12-29T02:38:19Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > 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 change hero costumes all the time in the comics. All you can really count on is the same logo and a similar color scheme. What I miss about the old costume is it included the inevitable line “Thanks - my mom made it.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/58 "2013-12-29T02:38:41Z")
Her recent reboot featured pretty modest measurements. [http://www.theawl.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/alg\_costume\_wonder-woman.jpg](http://www.theawl.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/alg_costume_wonder-woman.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/59 "2013-12-29T02:54:51Z")
I always thought the Smulders [mock-up](http://fanartexhibit.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/wonder_woman_new.jpg) did the costume right. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348/60 "2013-12-29T02:55:43Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > All you can really count on is the same logo Can’t even count on that. Even ignoring distinctly different variations on a theme like the evolution of the S-shield or the bat-logo, Wondy’s had at least two completely unrelated ‘logos’ - the original eagle, and the 70s-onward double-W. A few designs have tried to combine them - like having the middle of the Ws bend down to form a beaked head turning them into a VERY stylized bird. [The current design doesn’t bother with that](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AzxYCtvyYeg/UGUGUv6RLWI/AAAAAAAAfDw/z3jkPh-qpIo/s1600/new%2B52%2Bwonder%2Bwoman.jpg). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-flat-chested-that-is-some-kind-of-series-reboot/677348.md?page=4)