Lynda Carter vs Gal Gadot
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Wonder Woman
mercury4 — 10 years ago(April 01, 2016 06:20 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.
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merilee112 — 9 years ago(April 02, 2016 09:37 AM)
I just saw pictures of this new Wonder Woman movie coming out next yearARE YOU FRIKKIN KIDDING ME?!?!?! If you thought Batman Vs. Superman was an insult to her and to Lynda Carter, you ain't seen NOTHING yet!!!!
This imposter looks like a frigging anorexic prostitute, WHY THE HELL DOES SHE HAVE A SWORD AND SHIELD, she's wearing hardly anything, you can practically see her damn bones, the back story is ALL WRONG
THIS MOVIE IS GONNA BE PURE CRAP AND THEY'RE GONNA TURN MY CHILDHOOD HERO INTO NOTHING BUT A DAMN PAIR OF LEGS!!!
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lukejbarnett2002 — 9 years ago(October 08, 2016 03:10 PM)
what was so bad about gal gadot as wonder woman in batman vs. superman? also, sadly they do this all the time now ruin cherished movie memories with cheap, stupid, and pointless remakes or sequels that always tarnish our memories of these classic films. like ghostbusters, wtf? that is blasphemous.
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darkavenger77 — 9 years ago(April 04, 2016 02:07 PM)
I'd say the tag line from
Highlander (1986)
applies here:
There can be only one.
I totally agree Just saw Lynda In Season 1 of WW. She was absolute perfection as Wonder Woman..
Having lived during that time, she was the best thing to come out of the 70's! (Disco, gas prices, that
other
Carter, ugly bumpers on cars, etc.)
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srb-3 — 9 years ago(June 23, 2016 09:18 AM)
Right. Gal Godot does not look like Wonder Woman. If anything she looks like Electra. The so-called costume makes it worse as she looks like a Zena wanna be.
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mercury4 — 9 years ago(July 25, 2016 11:01 AM)
I already hate Gal Gadot in the role. She's getting her own Wonder Woman movie and is going to be in Justice League too. I've been saying all along that she was the wrong choice. Sadly, now it looks like we're stuck with her. Every time I watch the original Wonder Woman on TV now, I say to myself, "Now
that's
Wonder Woman." As far as I'm concerned, Lynda Carter is not just the original. She's the one and only Wonder Woman. I remember how it really took some getting used to when they got Henry Cavill to play Superman. I feel the same way about Christopher Reeve in his role as I do about Lynda Carter in her role. Christopher Reeve is the best Superman and always will be the one true Superman. Christopher Reeve looks like Superman right out of the comics and is better looking than any actor to play Superman, including Cavill. When Man of Steel came out, I was curious and I asked women who they thought was better looking; Christopher Reeve or Cavill. Some women actually said Cavill. But everyone agreed that when you looked at Christopher Reeve, that was Superman. But anyone that has the unmitigated gall to say Gal Gadot, Miss Plain Jane with no body, is more attractive than Lynda Carter, is crazy. For anyone to say she looks like Wonder Woman is crazy. For anyone to think she is just as attractive as Lynda Carter is crazy. Gal Gadot is not Wonder Woman. Lynda Carter is and always will be Wonder Woman. Nobody can top her, but they could've at least tried. They got such a poor choice. I just watched the trailer and I was wondering how any of the original fans are possibly going to buy it if they decide to see the new Wonder Woman. -
TVholic — 9 years ago(July 25, 2016 09:04 PM)
You guys are hilarious. The "perfect" Wonder Woman. Face it, the series was fun for its time but far from perfect. It was kitschy and very campy, although not high camp like the Batman series a decade earlier. You might as well be saying Adam West was the definitive Batman or George Reeves the definitive Superman. Growing up on the old shows, I was skeptical of Chris Reeve and especially Michael Keaton, but I gave them a chance and they won me over. Later, I didn't think Christian Bale could revive the role after the disasters of Kilmer and Clooney, but he also surprised me. On the flip side, I don't like Routh's or Cavill's Superman or Affleck's Batman, but not because they're not the heroes I grew up with, just because I don't think their characters or stories are well done. None of you are even willing to admit that your love for the show is based almost completely on nostalgia, not on any objective measure of quality.
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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.
