Lynda Carter vs Gal Gadot
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misbegotten — 9 years ago(July 30, 2016 06:09 AM)
Lynda Carter is still, hands down, the hottest Wonder Woman. Gal Gadot can't even compare to her. They should've got someone better than Gal Gadot.
Next to Lynda Carter, she's a plain Jane.
Let's be honest - compared to Lynda Carter in her 1970s prime, almost every woman alive is a plain Jane.
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darkavenger77 — 9 years ago(July 30, 2016 09:01 AM)
Let's be honest - compared to Lynda Carter in her 1970s prime, almost every woman alive is a plain Jane.
Agreed, and it extends beyond the 70's IMO. I got a laugh out of the premise in
Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories (1991)
where Lynda was an "ordinary" housewife and mother/bowling alley owner. Yeah, right, just like a Ferrari is an "ordinary" coupe. I'm presuming due to the movie coming out, her photo page on IMDB has exploded- there are 128 of them as of right now, and a bunch of HQ pictures from her WW days.
I didn't see many episodes of
Hawkeye (1994)
, which was 20 years after WW, but as I recall she was still very beautiful as a "plain" frontier type woman. There are not too many pictures from that show here, but I found one online:
http://i2.sell.com/9/68/632978/60/66/3944151-l.jpg
IMO, it's not unique to Lynda. I watched
Becker (1998)
in the 90's. IMO
Nancy Travis
looks better almost 20 years later in
Last Man Standing (2011)
(at least until she chopped off most of her hair) than she did back in the 90's.
As to the topic and a sub-discussion, I think the casting folks could have done a better job as I've heard there are always a lot of actresses looking for work. The more I see of Galdot the less I see her as WW, but that is the way of the world. Plenty of younger folks seem to like her as the character, and they are the target audience, not me.
Having seen both, I liked Cavill as Superman. I really liked parts of
Man of Steel (2013)
such as when he took down the drone, the scene with "This man is not our enemy", and the part when his dad was killed (I didn't like that his dad was killed, I thought it was a good performance). I do not plan on seeing
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
since I find the premise stupid.
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lukejbarnett2002 — 9 years ago(October 08, 2016 03:20 PM)
yeah and that proves how amazingly beautiful Lynda carter was, that's the point!!! so, you are saying that gal deserves a break on her beauty? well, that's ok I guess but at least get a woman significantly more beautiful than her for wonder woman.
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darkavenger77 — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 05:36 PM)
so, you are saying that gal deserves a break on her beauty?
IMO, it's apples to oranges, and the attraction seems to be generational. Older folks that saw the show seem to favor Lynda, while younger ones seem to like Galdot. As I mentioned, I'm not a target audience for movies, so my opinion counts for little with movie makers.
I read your description of Lynda in another post, and you're spot-on. IMO she's even more beautiful in the 70's version of the series (as opposed to the 40's version).
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lukejbarnett2002 — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 06:32 PM)
you're wrong. it's not apples to oranges comparison and younger ones don't favor gal gadot. it's not a generational comparison or difference of opinion. it's a fact that Lynda carter as wonder woman was at least a star better in terms of beauty and allure and cuteness, and adorableness, and prettiness, and sexiness. what do you mean in the '40s version? she wasn't in the '40s version of wonder woman.
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darkavenger77 — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 08:04 PM)
I'm not going to argue with you or tell you you're wrong regarding an
opinion
, as we each have our own. What I posted was based upon what I've read and people I've talked to in real life from both eras.
When I said 70's version, I meant seasons 2 and 3 of
Wonder Woman
. The shortened first season was
set in the 40's
, while seasons 2 and 3 were set in the 70's.
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lukejbarnett2002 — 9 years ago(November 05, 2016 08:38 PM)
you're wrong about it being an opinion that gal gadot is more beautiful or just as beautiful as Lynda carter as wonder woman. it's not just an opinion that Lynda is more beautiful than gal as wonder woman. it is a fact.
perception of beauty is not always an opinion, it's not always in the "eye of the beholder." if you look at Lynda carter as wonder woman and gal gadot as wonder woman you will see and know and come to the conclusion that Lynda carter was a more beautiful woman than gal gadot as wonder woman. if beauty was always an opinion then any homely woman would be just as beautiful as a really beautiful woman.
also keep in mind that I talked to my mom about gal not being as beautiful as Lynda as wonder woman and she agreed that back in the '70s actresses were more beautiful than actresses of nowadays. she said nowadays actresses aren't as beautiful as they were back in the '50s and '60s or before then. -
darkavenger77 — 9 years ago(November 06, 2016 01:06 AM)
you're wrong about it being an opinion that gal gadot is more beautiful or just as beautiful as Lynda carter as wonder woman. it's not just an opinion that Lynda is more beautiful than gal as wonder woman. it is a fact.
You may want to take the time to read the very first reply in this thread and see what I think about the subject. We agree as to who is more beautiful and made the best WW, but then you have to repeatedly insult me by telling me I'm wrong by mentioning the opinions of others for which I have personal knowledge.
You're right! You're so "right" (a/k/a close-minded) you can go find someone else to argue with, there are plenty on the Internet willing to do so. You made my ignore list.
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lukejbarnett2002 — 9 years ago(October 08, 2016 03:18 PM)
not true at all that all they are basing their opinion on is about nostalgia. no, Lynda carter was the full embodiment of wonder woman because she was unparalleled beautiful and so glamorous, and so elegant.
also she acted so well as wonder woman. she was so skillful, resourceful, elegant acting, graceful, perfectly handled dangerous situations, was lovable with her charming, bubbly, effervescent, and noble personality and actions and all around she acted as wonder woman. so all of this proves that she is the ultimate, best, and only wonder woman. -
Milk_Tray_Guy — 9 years ago(November 04, 2016 07:22 PM)
Gal Godot is a truly beautiful woman but no one compares to Lynda in 1978
This. Gadot is breath-takingly beautiful - and looks great in the costume IMO - but I grew up watching Carter's Wonder Woman (she helped make my formative years extremely enjoyable) and she was/is a real goddess!
"A big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff"
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lukejbarnett2002 — 9 years ago(November 06, 2016 01:30 AM)
exactly Lynda is the real goddess in this competition. it's so amazing how as magically and stunningly and exotically and inhumanly rarely and other worldly beautiful and alluring that gal gadot is as wonder woman, she's not as beautiful as Lynda as wonder woman. Lynda is a star above gal when it comes to beauty, cuteness, adorableness, prettiness, alluringness, and over all attractiveness and also sexiness.
in a scene in batman v.s superman gal has kind of a common, movie actress average look to her face. so, that means that she is not a ground breaking or never seen before beauty, she isn't that beautiful. whereas Lynda as wonder woman was always ground breaking and never seen before beautiful and she was also always heart stoppingly and overwhelmingly beautiful and also she was so exquisitely beautiful and so painfully beautiful and painfully adorable. -
tpcorless — 9 years ago(August 14, 2016 08:16 PM)
I'm willing to give Gal a chance, providing the script is good and Wonder Woman (the movie) doesn't turn into Catwoman (the movie).
Nobody can compare with Lynda Carter, definitely one of the all-time perfect casting choices. -
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lukejbarnett2002 — 9 years ago(October 08, 2016 03:26 PM)
isnt' that interesting? why on earth did they cast an anorexic girl as wonder woman? I mean wonder woman is supposed to be incredibly strong and muscular. not scrawny, anorexic and model like. what in the world were they thinking?
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lukejbarnett2002 — 9 years ago(October 08, 2016 03:06 PM)
you know what as unimaginably hard for me to believe this you are right. man it's so hard to make gal gadot look plain jane but somehow Lynda carter does. I mean gal gadot is without a doubt one of the most beautiful women who has ever lived, so exotically beautiful but compared to lynda carter she is a plain jane which is the ultimate testament to how beautiful that Lynda carter was as wonder woman. oh my gosh, she was a ten on her show. unbelievably gorgeous and pretty. I can't imagine a woman looking a lot more beautiful than her and that is impossible.
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