Barbara Minerva/Cheetah is actually supposed to be Wonder Woman’s most famous adversary, similar to how Batman has the Joker or Superman has Lex Luthor. But they really fumbled her hard in the DC Extended Universe, and I don’t exactly blame Kristen Wiig for it, but rather the script and the direction. She starts out as…
Tag: Wonder Woman
Things I Hate: Maxwell Lord (DCEU)
Maxwell Lord was technically the main antagonist of Wonder Woman 1984, but he’s probably the least threatening villain in the entire DC Extended Universe. It seems like they cast Pedro Pascal simply because he was popular from Game of Thrones and The Mandalorian. And while his acting isn’t technically terrible here, it just didn’t work….
(Not So) Fun Fact: Gal Gadot’s Ridiculously Low Salary For Wonder Woman
Gal Gadot only made $300,000 for the very first Wonder Woman motion picture. Her pay was bumped up to 10 million dollars for Wonder Woman 1984.
Things I Like: Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023 Film)
I was tempted to watch Shazam 2 in theaters earlier this year, but I decided against it. Apparently a lot of people thought like me, because it apparently was the worst performing DC movie in a long time in terms of making money. Mainly because James Gunn is taking over the DC Universe and people…
Things I Like: Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015 Film)
Justice League: Gods and Monsters was on my watch list on HBO Max and I decided to give it a try the other day. I honestly had no idea that this movie was about an entirely different universe of superheroes from DC Comics. In this universe, the main change was instead of Jor-El being the…