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philippos42) wrote2011-03-19 11:37 am
philippos42) wrote2011-03-19 11:37 am
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Wonder Palicki promotional picture costume #1
Thanks to fifthie for posting this in s_d.
First impression is good. Nice overall look at first glance.
The raised gold bits seem a bit plasticky to me--like something that's just going to get caught on things &/or break off. And I'm generally not fond of raised (nor recessed) stars on the bracelets.
The push-up effect on her boobs, I don't know. I don't have boobs, is that comfortable? It just looks strange to me. But the bodice is OK overall I guess.
Ideally, heels should be just a smidge lower, more riding boot than butt-shaping high heel. (Of course, the Pérez flats would be even finer.) But I expect they'll have opportunity to figure that out in production, if they haven't already.
Blue pantaloons into blue boots is a bit non-standard for superhero tights, but if it minimizes the sense of thick parallel bands of color, I can respect that.
I like that they're using the new circlet, that's a good design. Less fond of it being repeated as a belt.
Shininess is fine for Wondy, of all superheroes. It fits her where it wouldn't fit some others.
Lasso looks nice.
Overall, it's OK. I would tweak bits if I were art director, but I'm not, so as an outside observer, I'm pretty happy with it.
fifthie's take, in italics, my responses in roman: (in s_d)
WHOA okay now that everyone's put on their glare-resistant costume-viewing goggles
Things I like:
- Emphatically, unashamedly a SUPER HERO COSTUME. No muted colors, no "lol, jeans, hoodie t-shirt" shennanigans, pretty much as SUPER HERO as a super hero costume can get.
- Tiara, bracelets, lasso, gold chest-thingy/belt. I mean it's not like THE CLASSIC wonder woman costume but it's way more faithful than anything I expected
- PANTS. I am honestly pretty glad that they went with pants.
Agreed on all these.
Things I don't like:
- I don't personally care about the boots but people are gonna be upset about the boots, I am not gonna be a person who faults anyone for being upset about the boots
Well, we'll see how she moves in them.
- GLARE, jesus christ she is not gonna have to fight much after she has LITERALLY BLINDED her foes, I seriously hope they tone that down a bit on the show
As I said, I think Wondy can get away with that.
- They probably could have fit some stars somewhere on there, I mean come on
There are like five (red) stars on there! What do you want! I tease. No, I don't care, really. Someone else pointed out that there is a line of gold stars down the outer seam of the pantleg.
There's some stuff I would think it would've needed, like... shoulder straps, I was legit expecting to be really annoyed by the lack of shoulder straps but... in practice it kinda works without 'em?
I actually sort of disagree, almost the other way around, here. A strapless top, while not something I would rule out completely, is one of those things I'd have to see in action before signing off on if I were art director, costume designer, director, or producer. I'm not nuts about the chestbullets warheads, but if it works in motion, then I guess it's OK.
Overall honestly I think it still probably evens out to kinda terrible, I'm just surprised to see that it's so much less terrible than what I was expecting, and terrible in such a different direction from the kind of terrible they've done in every terrible superhero thing for the last like ten goddamn years.
Yeah, more or less. It's OK, really.
I'm sure some (re: a lot of) people's reaction will be THAT SHE LOOKS LIKE A HOOKER but honestly that was probably basically inevitable no matter what they did so I am kind of glad the people who made this went like THAT'S RIGHT EVERYBODY, BRIGHT RED AND BLUE VINYL, WE D.G.A.F.
e_e It's Wondy. She's going to look like a hooker to somebody. Of course.
First impression is good. Nice overall look at first glance.
The raised gold bits seem a bit plasticky to me--like something that's just going to get caught on things &/or break off. And I'm generally not fond of raised (nor recessed) stars on the bracelets.
The push-up effect on her boobs, I don't know. I don't have boobs, is that comfortable? It just looks strange to me. But the bodice is OK overall I guess.
Ideally, heels should be just a smidge lower, more riding boot than butt-shaping high heel. (Of course, the Pérez flats would be even finer.) But I expect they'll have opportunity to figure that out in production, if they haven't already.
Blue pantaloons into blue boots is a bit non-standard for superhero tights, but if it minimizes the sense of thick parallel bands of color, I can respect that.
I like that they're using the new circlet, that's a good design. Less fond of it being repeated as a belt.
Shininess is fine for Wondy, of all superheroes. It fits her where it wouldn't fit some others.
Lasso looks nice.
Overall, it's OK. I would tweak bits if I were art director, but I'm not, so as an outside observer, I'm pretty happy with it.
fifthie's take, in italics, my responses in roman: (in s_d)
WHOA okay now that everyone's put on their glare-resistant costume-viewing goggles
Things I like:
- Emphatically, unashamedly a SUPER HERO COSTUME. No muted colors, no "lol, jeans, hoodie t-shirt" shennanigans, pretty much as SUPER HERO as a super hero costume can get.
- Tiara, bracelets, lasso, gold chest-thingy/belt. I mean it's not like THE CLASSIC wonder woman costume but it's way more faithful than anything I expected
- PANTS. I am honestly pretty glad that they went with pants.
Agreed on all these.
Things I don't like:
- I don't personally care about the boots but people are gonna be upset about the boots, I am not gonna be a person who faults anyone for being upset about the boots
Well, we'll see how she moves in them.
- GLARE, jesus christ she is not gonna have to fight much after she has LITERALLY BLINDED her foes, I seriously hope they tone that down a bit on the show
As I said, I think Wondy can get away with that.
- They probably could have fit some stars somewhere on there, I mean come on
There are like five (red) stars on there! What do you want! I tease. No, I don't care, really. Someone else pointed out that there is a line of gold stars down the outer seam of the pantleg.
There's some stuff I would think it would've needed, like... shoulder straps, I was legit expecting to be really annoyed by the lack of shoulder straps but... in practice it kinda works without 'em?
I actually sort of disagree, almost the other way around, here. A strapless top, while not something I would rule out completely, is one of those things I'd have to see in action before signing off on if I were art director, costume designer, director, or producer. I'm not nuts about the chest
Overall honestly I think it still probably evens out to kinda terrible, I'm just surprised to see that it's so much less terrible than what I was expecting, and terrible in such a different direction from the kind of terrible they've done in every terrible superhero thing for the last like ten goddamn years.
Yeah, more or less. It's OK, really.
I'm sure some (re: a lot of) people's reaction will be THAT SHE LOOKS LIKE A HOOKER but honestly that was probably basically inevitable no matter what they did so I am kind of glad the people who made this went like THAT'S RIGHT EVERYBODY, BRIGHT RED AND BLUE VINYL, WE D.G.A.F.
e_e It's Wondy. She's going to look like a hooker to somebody. Of course.