They do an outstanding job with the finely crafted dialougue the writers came up with. Keri Russel, Alfred Molina and Rosario Dawson. This is THE definitive Wonder Woman origin story! The voice cast is awesome with big names like Nathan Fillion. There are great issues and themes there are addressed (I especially love the dialogue on feminism) for adults to enjoy, and there are some great winks at the comic book audience. Speaking of characters, the characters have enough depth for you to care about them. The backgrounds are beautiful and the characters are nicely posed. The character designs are different enough from the Bruce Timm Justice League style that it sets itself in a league of its own. The animation is nice and smooth with subtle blur and gradient filters, reminiscent of many current anime features. Finally, after years of Wonder Woman just being part of the Justice League (or Super Friends), there is a Wonder Woman origin story that is told properly. That seems like a lot of story to tell in only 75 minutes, but surprisingly the writing was sharp and the progression of the story was so smooth that I didn’t realize that all that stuff in the previous paragraph was covered (pretty thoroughly I might add). Wonder Woman tells the epic story of how the Amazons came to live on Themyscira, how Princess Diana was born, how she met Steve Trevor, how she battled Ares, how she became the ambassador of Themyscira to the outisde world, and ultimately how she became Wonder Woman. (Hit the jump for the rest of the review) With Bruce Timm producing, this Wonder Woman sets herself apart from the other iterations of animated Wonder Women. Still not her own show, at least she gets her own animated film. This all changed with the release of the Wonder Woman animated film. Alas, Wonder Woman was always part of the “team”, and unlike the other of the big 2 DC Superheroes (Batman & Superman), she never had a solo show of her own. This version of Wonder Woman (the Bruce Timm version) was hardcore and was one of my favorite characters in that series. And the Bruce Timm Justice League Wonder Woman, where she kicked more ass than Superman. The Super Friends version, which was cool, albeit a watered-downed kiddy version of Wonder Woman (still classic though!). Lauren Montgomery/ 2009įrom what I remember, there have only been two iterations of Wonder Woman in animation history.
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