- That's bad ass.
- (excitedly) Oh my god!
- My daughter is so excited.
Finally a girl who can kick some butt.
♪ (industrial music) ♪
♪ (slow music) ♪
- (woman) Diana.
- Oh, baby. I know what this is.
- (gasps)
Oh my god! I love Wonder Woman.
- Oh, Wonder Woman.
- (woman) Fighting does not make you a hero.
Be careful with mankind, Diana. - (excitedly) Oh.
Is this Wonder Woman?
- I'm so excited about this.
- (woman) I do not deserve you.
- (Diana) You've told me this story.
- I would be hyped for this,
but DC has let me down so hard with their movies.
- (man) What is this place? Who are you people?
- (Diana) We are the bridge to a greater understanding.
- It's so dramatic.
- (man) Right.
♪ (dramatic music) ♪
- (woman) What is your mission?
- You got the Lasso of Truth.
- (man) Here's the thing.
You are in more danger than you think.
- I like that it's set in the '40s.
- (man) ...boys in the trenches called her Dr. Poison.
♪ (epic musical riff) ♪
Millions would die if the war would never end.
- Oh yeah, I can't wait.
- (excitedly) Oh my god!
- ♪ When you'll have to rise ♪
- Look at my warrior with her magic lasso.
- The lasso.
- How perfect is Gal Gadot though? Oh!!
- This looks very exciting.
- (Diana) How can a woman fight in this?
- How can a woman fight in that? That's a good question.
- (man) Who's this young woman?
- That's bad ass.
- (man) She's my, um...
- Oh! Yeah! Get it!!!
- (man) Um...
♪ (sweeping metal) ♪
- There we go.
- (Diana) Diana, Princess of Themysc--
- (man) Prince. Diana Prince.
- She can kick all your butts.
- Ooh, my gosh. It looks good. But I'm so scared.
I'm so scared it's not gonna be good.
- Wonder Woman's not my favorite character.
- (man) If you believe that this war should stop,
help me stop it right now. - (sighing) Oh.
I've got chills.
- (man) What are you?
- (Diana) You will soon find out. - This does look hype.
- I'm so freakin' excited! It's about time.
- I never in my life thought I would see
a Wonder Woman feature-length film, and I'm so thrilled.
- (croaky gasp)
- (man) Diana!
- I can't wait for this.
- Damn!
- Ooh!
- Oh my god! YES!
- Gosh, dude.
- (announcer) Wonder Woman.
- She's a bad ass. Oh my god. My woman.
- It's gonna cover so much ground. I hope they do it well.
But it just looks unbelievable.
- Everything about this movie
just has me at the edge of my seat with excitement.
I am-- I'm so ready.
- We've been waiting for Wonder Woman for 8 million years.
She's bad ass. It's time.
- (FBE) So following Man of Steel, Batman v Superman,
and Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman continues
the DC cinematic universe.
Are DC films something you keep up with?
- Not that much. I mean, I think recent years,
they became a little bit too much.
- I keep up with them, and I know what's going on.
But I'm not gonna be spending a lot of money
on a movie ticket for 'em anymore.
Suicide Squad was supposed to be awesome, and it was shit.
- Marvel just kinda dominates everything.
So it's hard to look away from, you know,
all those amazing movies and say--
DC is a little-- they got some catch-up.
Like, I'm happy they finally got their act together
for Wonder Woman, 'cause she's my girl.
- I love DC. I actually prefer the DC universe
over the Marvel universe.
- Absolutely.
I am the one person that is so gung-ho about the DCEU.
The DC stories resonate with me, more so than the Marvel stories.
- Growing up, I was a DC kid.
So I would have to say I prefer DC.
I think that Wonder Woman is gonna be phenomenal.
My daughter is so excited.
I mean, even she made the statement of,
"Finally, a girl who can kick some butt."
- (FBE) Well, Wonder Woman was first created back in 1941,
but last year's Batman v Superman
was the first live theatrical film appearance for her.
- Oh my gosh. I didn't realize that.
I mean, I grew up in the '70s with Lynda Carter on TV.
- I went to see Batman v Superman.
The second that the music drops and you hear the Wonder Woman
♪ (imitates rocking theme) ♪
and Wonder Woman just appears,
the entire theater stood up and started cheering.
- (FBE) What are your thoughts about Wonder Woman
going 75 years without being on the big screen?
- Well, it's taken a long time.
It's time for something like that to happen.
- We just have to look at our entire world
and see how women are treated, and it just makes sense
that Wonder Woman would be relegated to the dustbin basically,
even though she's such a beloved character.
I think that sexism is rampant in all aspects of our life,
and entertainment just really reflects
what the general public seems to feel.
- The genre's kind of like a representation for our society.
So it kind of says more about our society than anything,
because we're the ones consuming it.
We've seen the guy superheroes, and it's great and all.
But I feel like there's a hungering for this, like,
female bad-ass lead.
- People are finally ready for a woman to be a hero.
You know, talk about 75 years ago.
People would go, "No, seriously."
But now women are getting stronger and more recognized.
- I think that Batman v Superman was a really good movie
for her to make an appearance.
Just kinda like test the temperature
and see how the fans will react.
That way DC will know,
"Should we move forward with this big-budget production?"
I think that was a very smart move.
- Wonder Woman is just a very basic superhero.
She's been seen on TV. She does have her own comic book.
It's not like she's not a highly praised superwoman, superhero.
I think it's been more of the pieces have finally come together
for Wonder Woman to have her time to shine
and get her solo thing.
- (FBE) So while Wonder Woman is not the first comic book movie
with a female lead, many fans of the genre have been complaining
for years that there aren't enough representations of women
in comic book movies, especially in leading roles.
Do you find this to be an issue? - Yes, completely.
There are such great characters in comic books.
And I think you're missing a huge gap.
- These characters really infuse our pop culture.
And so for children, it's like,
you gotta see that women are bad ass and that they can--
you know, all the things that those superheroes do,
all those magic powers that they have,
all that fighting crime and being the good guy,
that's important for women to be portrayed that way.
- The movie has to be made right.
Just by looking at that video,
I think it's gonna make a lot of money.
When you watch the movie
and you forget that you're watching a woman,
then that's what the goal is.
You don't want to say,
"Okay, this is a male, and this is a female."
You just want it to be a superhero.
- I find that the representation of the characters in general
is very shallow in films versus comics.
We have had so many years to develop her and get to know her
and had reboots and rehashes.
And it's super easy to take the lazy way out and say,
"This girl is a love interest. This girl's the funny one."
I guess just because there's a lot more male characters,
you can kinda see more of a diversity in personalities
in male characters.
And there's so few female characters that you don't.
- (FBE) Another first with this movie is the fact
that Patty Jenkins is directing the movie... - Oh.
- (FBE) ...marking the first time that a female director
has helmed a summer superhero tent-pole film.
- What? Really?
I think it's stupid that
that's the first time it's ever happened.
- Some mixed feeling of, you know, I'm so happy.
But I'm so angry, because why did it take so much years?
- This just really illustrates that the opportunities for women
are not the same as they are for men.
And I think it's awesome that there's a female director
behind Wonder Woman.
I got my fingers crossed on that note,
because any step forward is a step forward.
- It doesn't matter if it's female or male.
I think what's good is the fact that
Wonder Woman is a woman.
So having a woman director,
maybe it helps with understanding the character more.
- At first, I was kinda concerned
that it might be a little pander-y, that people would think,
"Oh, they're making a Wonder Woman movie.
So let's have female writers, female directors, blah-blah-blah."
But to me, it's more of a-- like, very talented people
are helming this, and, oh, they just so happen to also be women.
- (FBE) And finally, this is one of the first summer movies
this year. Do you feel that Wonder Woman
will be a box office success? - I hope so.
- I think that it will.
Just making her more of a bad ass.
I think that that's going to be key.
- I think it will. I think it will be a great movie.
I don't need to see Spider-Man's backstory again,
and I know about Batman and Bruce Wayne.
But I want to see something new, something different.
- I feel like it's gonna be a summer hit.
But I don't think it's gonna have--
I don't think it's gonna be popular.
- Any of these, it's a little bit of a crapshoot,
especially with DC.
But it will definitely open the door. Let's put it that way.
If Wonder Woman becomes the kind of franchise
that, say, Iron Man is, like, rock on.
- I think it's gonna be very successful.
This was probably gonna be the least polarizing
of the DCEU films.
There's so many people that are excited to see it
just because it's Wonder Woman.
- I think it's gonna be huge
because you have so many different groups:
comic book fans,
moms and dads that are looking to bring their daughters in
and say, "Hey, you gotta check this out.
This is gonna be awesome.
And then just like the average Joe is gonna be like,
"That looks pretty good."
- I hope it blows a ton of records, and it's like a trailblazer.
So a ton of female directors that are bad asses
can come and take all the other
crappy superhero movies that we have, direct them,
and make them even better for the DC franchise.
Like, please, for the love of God.
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