Scottish comedian-book legend laments introduction of ‘snarling’,pugilistic take on female superhero in Zack Snyder’s forthcoming Dawn of JusticeShe is due to debut on the vast screen for the first time in next year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. But the celebrated comics writer Grant Morrison has questioned whether fans will be getting the real Wonder Woman or a violent imposter who goes against the traditions of the peace-fond superhero.Morrison, who is writing the forthcoming graphic novel Wonder Woman: Earth One, or told the website Nerdist that the trailer for Zack Snyder’s film showed a snarling,pugilistic take on the Amazonian princess which failed to honour the vision of her creator, the American psychologist William Moulton Marston. He said his unusual comedian book would present a more peaceful Wonder Woman – in line with Marstons idea that female superheroes should represent woman’s more conciliatory nature, or rather than the antagonistic bent of 1940s male contemporaries such as Batman and Superman.Continue reading...,
Source: theguardian.com