Amph "What I do is not up to you." - Wonder Woman 1984

So much better than it’s him/his offspring.

 

Is that Christie Brinkley in the red Ferrari? Flirting with Chevy Chase on his family vacation?

 

Wow, yeah, it is. I'd forgotten about that (admittedly, I was a wee!kid when the movie originally came out, but I have seen that scene!)!

 

One theory I like that I heard on nerdist is that it's Martian Manhunter.

 

It was a continuous stream of fads. The neon phase. Denim jackets. The workout look. Parachute pants. Pleather pants. It was like subconsciously everyone knew it all sucked and they just kept jumping from one look to another trying to find something that they didn't feel ridiculous wearing. The preppy look hung around for a while. I suppose looking shallow and materialistic was preferable to all of the other fashion insanity that was going on.

 

So a star spangled, kind of naive hero has super strength and decides to go fight in a World War to prevent a scarred German wearing a facial prosthetic from unleashing a new weapon of mass destruction.
During the fight, the hero’s best friend/sidekick winds up dying (but we never see the body), and years later said best friend/sidekick shows up again much to the surprise of everyone.

I think it’s obvious here: Chris Pine is the Winter Soldier.

Only with a Casio instead of a metal arm.


EDIT - Then we learn that Steve Trevor was the one who assassinated Thomas and Martha Wayne, leading to “Wonder Woman: Civil War”....while Supes goes to another planet to battle the Hulk.

 

And both DC and Marvel have villains named Ares. If there's ever a Captain America 4, that should be the villain.

 

I thought Marvel’s Ares was a Thor villain?

 

Possibly. Although, that could work for a new Thor movie. Like Wonder Woman, he's the offspring of a monarch, was "exiled" (at one point), has super strength...

 

That's certainly plausible and a possibility I hadn't considered up till now.

 

I saw that this morning. Not really a fan of it though and I don't think that will be the case. I just don't think Wonder Woman will partner up with another super hero. Additionally, I just don't see any benefit for J'onn J'onzz to be Steve Trevor.

And with a "Member's Only" jacket, to which I rocked myself as a youth.

But, I think this is likely to be the case.




For now, I'm going to believe that is World War I Steve Trevor and he has been transported through time and arrives in 1984 by means of Barbara Minerva's study/obsession of Wonder Woman and ancient human history. This could be a retcon/time altering event aka "Butterfly Effect," clearing the way for a soft reboot of the DCFU. Or it could be a multiverse time of thing, where this Steve Trevor from Earth 2 or something like that, and he has to return to his Earth before films end, which would allow for the DCFU to keep it's continuity. I mean, we did see a "future" or "alternative earth" Flash in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, so that aspect is already built into the DCFU.

 

Well, if Steve Trevor would be the DCFU's Bucky, I don't think it would be a big deal. I mean, Wonder Woman herself is pretty much the Steve Rogers/Captain America of the DCFU and no one really raised an eyebrow. Moreover, I don't think Trevor will be hunting down Diana or be an assassin like Bucky.

The reintroduction of Trevor in 1984 already takes away any weight and gravitas to the Snyder-verse films. Which is why, I'm leaning towards the "butter fly" effect and soft reboot/new timeline theory. This way, they don't have to kill off Trevor again.

I remember reading this 2014 Bleeding Cool article where is stated that Wonder Woman was planned for a trilogy, with the first film taking place in the 1920's, the sequel in 1930's World War I and the third in modern day. And then later, an 2015 JoBlo article about the then upcoming Wonder Woman film, which plot now seems like the first draft for Wonder Woman 1984, as the article presents the following:

The basics of the plot above, seems like it would be applicable to a 1984 setting were the Doomsday Clock is ticking ever so close to all out nuclear war between the US and Soviet Union. Potentially, Ares would be replaced by Cheetah and Circe could be in play for the film. And since this is a comic book film, Ares could potentially appear as well.

 

Some bystander footage taken during a shoot. Another big 80's reference:

Spoiler

 

They could just do Rambo III and have Diana and Steve help the US fight a proxy war in Afganistan and help the Mujahadeen Freedom Fighters against Red Menace communist oppression.

 

So... a disco scene?

 

I'm thinking a pause in a fight against probably Cheetah. There are deep scratches on her bracer and chest armor. Maybe at a nightclub?

 

She can save me any day.

 

Giving Wonder Woman a rewatch tonighter just cuz. I'll try to look real hard if Steve jumps at the end there.

 

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Please load the rifle and point it this way, @Ender Sai

 

Some speculation about WW84's male characters:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/wonder-woman-1984-male-character-rumors/

Those rumours could also amount to misdirection… (The "hidden god" thing seems a retread of WW1, unless there's a twist.) We'll see.

 

Deimos has been a popular guess for Pedro Pascal's character.

 

I could see it. The servant seeking to avenge his master's demise. It would be logical, at least.

 

How dare you, those Italians were cutting edge.