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If I know what I’m talking about that’s Vonda Ward. She played basketball at Tennessee, then got into boxing. Met her in person once upon a time during her Tennessee Vol days. She is an amazon, but more like 6’5. 6’6 tops. She didn’t look much like this in those days.

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Viking goddess!

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[quote=”unkn0wnx” post=115702]Lynda Carter was 5’9 and stick thin too.

Linda Carter was a different Era. she actually lost weight for the role.[/quote]

This. In the 1970’s if Cheryl Tiegs had any visible muscle tone, magazines would airbrush it out. Even for the entertainment industry, Gadot looks pretty emaciated. It would have been encouraging if the production team showed any guts in casting. Ideally I would have liked to see Maria Wattel in the role B) , but that’s a flight of fancy.

That said, I’m willing to keep an open mind about Gadot. Perhaps she can move into the gym till filming. How are we coming on myostatin blockers?

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Wonder what her measurements are. Her waist looks impossibly small.

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Beautiful smile. And other things. B)

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this article left out something very important
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something we need to consider when throwing out names
Princess Di has to be as tall as Bats OR Supes & needs to be prettier than Lois lane
Solve those 2 issues & we can then worry about muscle mass;etc.

Just read a press release that a speedster {aka The Flash} will be appearing on CW’s Arrow
So this Justice League thing may all be a pipe dream

Although I personally agree with this sentiment, we all know that it won’t happen.

I think there are multiple complications with a WW feature film. While everyone vaguely knows who Wonder Woman is, some have kept up with DC faithfully, others think of the 1970’s tv reruns, others through the Timmverse. When you have an enduring character who has survived 70 years in print, as a standalone character and as JL member, frequently retconned, you have a lot of choices of where to take her in a movie. I’m hoping Warner just picks a mythology and runs with it. You can’t keep everybody happy, but you can make a fun flick.

Disney has dug through the Marvel toybox and found hit gold, and Warner must feel like they’re tripping over their own feet. I’m sure they must want to build up to their own Justice league blockbuster, but they can’t do it without a strong WW entry. It would be disappointing if they whiff just because they can’t figure out how to make a principle female character.

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Oh, the things you miss on this site when you don’t post for many a moon.

This is a factor in fmg and transformation stories that I think is woefully underexplored. It’s not just the lack of character depth, but I think there is one important limiting factor, which is that inherently most authors in this subgenre are male, and I don’t think we have the ability to get inside the head of a female character. One problem I think that brings is that a common cliche in the milieu is for the newly powerful female to utilize her awesome power the way a young male would — through crude displays of force, violence, and vengeance.

The characteristics that I think get shorted are wonderment, fear, curiosity of how and why, and the aetherial euphoria. As mentioned earlier in this thread, Jimmy Dimples has done an admirable job exploring some of these themes. As have stmercy2020, kittykatrina, and megster. Plus many others that I’m just haven’t discovered yet. Since this genre is accessible on more mainstream art sites, I think we’ve seen it expand in more interesting directions. Hopefully this continues.

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Indeed. Come to think of it, I think Gea was trying to launch a fitness modeling career at the time, so she may have submitted her own vital stats out of professional vanity, and most people wouldn’t think to question it. People in mainstream marketing may have ideas about a woman’s body weight that have nothing to do with reality, so she might have listed a weight that she could hit if a gig required it.

Still, being into athletic woman as I am (and was), I couldn’t help but scoff at the numbers on the screen. Glad to see Lolo is comfortable with what she is.

Those statistics are often outdated and got from god knows where. Gea also used to be track athlete so I guess that weight was from those days.

She was really massive (this photo might still be shopped) and liked to flex unlike most olympic athletes. I’d love to see the video of this talk shot

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[quote=”Ashlee” post=114455]there also talking about a TV show

If that’s the case, I’m going to ask something that has probably been discussed before…

Supposing that a live action She-Hulk show gets off the ground somehow, how well do you think would people receive it?

Even if has excellent casting, directing, writing, and acting, there’s still the issue of FMG in the room.

Although most people in this community like it, and although society seems to be slowly becoming more receptive to the idea of a girl having muscle, FMG is hardly mainstream.

What do you think would have to be done in order for it to be more widespread?[/quote]

It isn’t mainstream, and 20 years ago, I think that would have been an issue. But I think a few things have changed over the years that make a non-terrible She-Hulk series possible.

1. TV is split up into so many channels that there is room for splinter programming. A show doesn’t need 10 million viewers to stay on the air, as long as it gets a gainfully employed demographic.
2. Even Syfy original productions (with similarly fringe tf sequences) can get made with passable visual effects.
3. Disney has multiple networks. If Miss Walters doesn’t work on ABC, there are plenty of channels where they can stick her show. Lifetime? 😛
4. Speaking of Disney, they might want to get as much mileage out of their properties as they can. And rather than overexpose Spider-Man/Hulk/Iron Man/Avengers , they can get experimental with their less valued properties, and fill some broadcast minutes. Even though She-Hulk occupies a lower rung, she still carries a built-in audience, so long as such a series doesn’t suck.
5. If not mainstream, we’re not alone. http://www.toplessrobot.com/2013/09/10_more_marvel_shows_we_want_to_see.php?page=2

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If she is up 30 lbs, you can’t really tell it from those pics.

One thing I thought was interesting in the 2002 olympics was that Gea Johnson was listed as 5’7 and 135 during a broadcast. She had to have been 175 then if she was a pound.

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