Patty Jenkins replies to James Cameron

Patty Jenkins replies to James Cameron Aug 26, 2017 23:47:06 GMT

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Post by ThatGuy on Aug 26, 2017 23:47:06 GMT

Aug 26, 2017 21:22:31 GMT Primemovermithrax Pejorative said:

Aug 26, 2017 20:49:44 GMT ThatGuy said:

Being ready for it in 1915 is not the same as being ready for it in 1994. Remember that the 80s and early 90s were male dominated testosterone fueled action extravaganzas. You really think Wonder Woman would have competed with all those Stallone and Van Damme and Arnold and Seagal movies? The closest we got was T2 and that was mostly Arnold.

By 1994 the action man caricature film was waning--the Last Action Hero didnt do so well.

The Mask on the other hand did very well.
And Carrey was no action man.

Geena Davis was given a couple of leading parts of an action variety--Cutthroat Island faltered but there was many reasons--including that she was miscast. Lawless would have been much better for it.
The problem is entirely with the studio management and what they choose to make/market.
It is not audience decided-the management of the studios decide what to make and audiences can only choose between what they offer.

Lucy Lawless was the ideal 90s Wonder Woman. The other potential contenders were Terry Farrell and Famke Janssen but Lawless had more of a heroic screen presence.

The big action man caricature was indeed waning, but they were still big named actors until the "smarter" everyday-man action movies started coming in. And The Mask was more comedy than action movie. Did he do anything actiony in that movie besides the big dance number?

Both Geena Davis's action movies were kinda small. The mention Cutthroat Island was just bad and The Long Kiss Goodnight (in which I like mostly because of Jackson) wasn't really a big market movie.

Exactly. Remember when I said they would have made Wonder Woman into something like Steel? I wasn't talking about the audience.

And yeah, I don't think they would have given the part to any of those women. Maybe Lucy if whoever was directing it really wanted her. I think back then they might have given it to the other Bond girl in Goldeneye (Izabella Scorupco) before Famke.