1. Travis Perry says:

    It’s nice to read three obviously intelligent guys having an intelligent conversation about something (and I know Kerry and Stephen personally and know you are not just intelligent, but also nice and engaging guys), but I am going to play the role of party pooper a little bit.

    Wonder Woman is hardly worth the conversation you guys had. The movie is fairly simplistic and WW herself would have to be honestly categorized as a bit, well, dim. She does not understand the human condition and even when she does understand it, she still doesn’t go through a complete transformation of understanding. Yes, she shows some mercy and learns to offer all people a benign smile, but she never questions her own actions in having killed a bunch of Germans as being of dubious value. She never self-reflects deeply. (In other words, she may indeed have Power, Grace, and Wonder, but lacks Wisdom.)

    It’s painful to say that because her character is likable in her sincerity, in fact, perhaps beyond likable–some fans adore her. But this character is no super genius to put things mildly. What she figures out about human beings is actually pretty obvious and Ares has to spell it out for her before she gets it.

    She is sincere and we can say the movie is too as a whole, for the most part, anyway. That’s a refreshing change.

    The film is worth watching, but the superhero genre as a whole stirs up my resentment because I feel it steals oxygen from more worthy artistic endeavors. Sorry again to be Mr. Negative, but really I would like to see Speculative Faith talk less about superhero movies and talk more about other kinds of speculative films/books. Please.

  2. Sparks of Ember says:

    I loved the twist. The trailers did a great job not spoiling things. I was actually expecting Dr Poison to turn out to be an Amazonian so it was a nice surprise when the story did not go in that direction.

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