Wonder Woman WTF Round-Up

As you can probably tell from my icon here and on twitter, I am rather fond of Wonder Woman. When I was five years old, my mother had to explain to me that my Wonder Woman underoos were not appropriate outside clothes no matter what Lynda Carter did. In theory I should be thrilled that they're making a new Wonder Woman series so Baby Razor can run around in WW underoos too. Yeah, not so much. The costume is the least of the project's problems, but it's the most recent. So here it is, along with a collection of reactions to the hideousness:



Tom & Lorenzo give a fashion perspective.

E!'s fashion police say 'ick.'

Comic Book Movie fixes the color story, including the awful lipstick, bless.

Movieline wonders if you can guess the difference between the professional costume and one from the party store.

Best Week Ever offers other options. (#3 is Project Runway vet Chris March!)

Comics Alliance actually likes it, but Pajiba is the same combo of sad/horrified that I am.

Vulture wonders what the costume designers were thinking.

ETA: Wonderella offers another possible explanation.

Fox News is annoyed that it's not patriotic enough. Yes, that's clearly the main issue.

Finally, io9's headline nicely captures the internet's general consensus: First Wonder Woman Costume Photo Will Make Your Eyes Bleed.

All right, I think that may be everything there is to say about the costume itself, so I will lament the horrible photoshopping. This is what Adrianne Palicki usually looks like:





See how she has a beauty mark between her eyebrows? And a chin? And normal, human-sized lips? Where did all those things go in the promo pic? And if they were going to photoshop the bejesus out of her face, why couldn't they put a little shine onto that nasty cheap wig? Sigh. That is a lot of questions for a Saturday morning.