Broken Frontier

Last week, the comic book world exploded as DC Comics revealed their uber-lame "reinvention" of Wonder Woman (read: J. Michael Straczynski ego stroking). While that's been covered to death, an interesting thought hit me. DC/Warner Brothers have been struggling forever to make a live action Wonder Woman, and the costume was surely part of that eternal struggle. Will this "hip" new version of the costume and origin make her more cinematically appealing?

Well, no. Not really. But coincidentally, this big change comes only weeks after Jonah Hex flopped miserably, thanks in part to the awful Megan Fox. About a year or so ago, when a fan-made Wonder Woman poster hit the interwebs, Fox was asked if there was any truth to her playing the iconic Amazon. Her response was:

"Wonder Woman is a lame superhero. She flies around in her invisible jet and her weaponry is a lasso that makes you tell the truth. I just don't get it. Somebody has a big challenge on their hands whoever takes that role but I don't want to do it."

Because if some Hollywood sucker with deep pockets offered her the role of her flash-in-the-pan career, she'd turn it down, right? That's like me being plucked from obscurity and turning down the role of James Bond. I'm not English, smooth talking, in prime physical condition or know how to handle a weapon, but you better be damn sure I'd take what was given to me, regardless of how terribly wrong I am for the role. This is Fox's way of avoiding ridicule. She knows she sucks ass, which I give her credit for. Instead of admitting that she doesn't have the talent to pull of such a difficult (and beloved) character, she instead blames Wonder Woman for being "lame", essentially stating that the role isn't good enough for her.

That's all old news by now. What's interesting to me is that if DC Entertainment were to go the route of this updated Wonder Woman, would Megan Fox reconsider Diana's "lame"-ness? After all, now she's a modern 21st century woman that wears tight pants and speaks like a teenager, but with an edge. Surprise! It's Fox's character from Transformers. By updating Wonder Woman, DC has made her completely cookie cutter and cliche, a role that Megan Fox could surely sink her teeth right into with ease.

Her star is already dimming, so if she were lucky enough to get offered a part in this "revamped" Wonder Woman movie (assuming I'm correct, of course, which I'm most certainly not), she shouldn't be so quick to bash a nearly 70-year-old character that has been relevant for multiple generations.

Then again, this is giving the benefit of the doubt to Hollywood - which is always dangerous - that they wouldn't be foolish enough to offer such a major role.