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The first DC movie of 2017,Wonder Wonder Woman,is a few days away from release.With the DC Extended University (DCEU) so far(27) ______ (look)dangerously underpowered compared with Marvel's Chinematic University,the pressure is on to ensure this latest comic book adaptation from Warner Bros is a hit.
The DCEU has offered the world a handful of heroes,but it seems to be confused about what makes a good hero.We've seen a Superman suffering from doubt and lacking his unusual optimism,and a hopeless Batman who(28) ______ (motivate) almost entirely by evil.So untrustworthy are the supposed good guys in the DCEU,the world turned to a group of super villains (恶棍) when it wanted to take down a villain in Suicide Squad.
Wonder Woman,an Amazonian princess warrior who is a demigoddess (半神),is supposed to be different.She presents a very feminine sense of peace,justice and(29) ______ Gal Gadot has described as"emotional intelligence."In Wonder Woman,(30) ______ American pilot Steve Trevor crashes on Themyscira and tells Princess Diana of the island nation about Word War I,she leaves her home to try to stop the war and becomes Wonder Woman.
(31) ______ the upcoming movie,DC has an opportunity to steal a march on Marvel,because the Disney-owned studio has yet to deliver a movie led by a female superhero.Besides,director Patty Jenkins has (32) ______ impressive history of telling women's stories,including writing and directing the Oscar-winning crime drama Monster.
Making her first comic book appearance in October 1941,Wonder Woman was the brainchild of the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston,(33) ______ intended her as a feminist icon.But is her impressive physical beauty a problem for a feminist reading of the character?Jenkins doesn't think so,describing her take on the character as"total wish-fulfillment."
"I,(34) ______ a woman,want Wonder Woman to be hot as hell,fight bad guys and look great at the same time,"she said,"the same way men want Superman to have huge chest muscles and an impractically big body.That makes them feel like the the hero they want to be.And my hero,in my head,has really long legs."