Wonder Woman villains?

[DieSmiling]

Let's say hypothetically a Wonder Woman trilogy is going to be made... What villains should be included?

Ares? Circe? Dr. Psycho? Cheetah? Just wondering what people think.

 

[DieSmiling]

Sorry for the double post. If a mod could get rid of one of these that would be great.

 

[The Question]

Ares. He's definately the most cinematic villain.

 

[az824]

Yea, thats what i was thinking, Ares or Circe

 

[Penismightier]

Circe, so as to bridge the origin with Wonder Woman's mythological context.

 

[ClarkLuther55]

Either Ares or Circe would be great for a main villain. Cheetah or some mythical monsters could be used for the regular fights in the movie.

 

[Warhammer]

Ares

...or the military.

 

[Lobo]

Circe and Ares. Giganta, and Dr Psycho. Silver Swan could work as well

 

[GL1]

Ares as the villain of the whole trilogy
1: Cheetah, Veronica Cale
2: Silver Swan, Dr. Psycho
3: Circe, major focus on Greek Pantheon/Ares

 

[Steelsheen]

they could probably start with Cheetah, but amp up her powers a bit more, like what they did in the Justice storyline by Alex Ross

next film can feature Circe. more powerful and more powerhungry than Cheetah, also more deadly.

then they can finish off with the big man himself-- Ares. heck Ares can feature as early as film1 but keep him in the background, elusive, using pawns like Cheetah to further his plans, then he can just come out in a blaze of glory come film3.

 

[jmc]

If and when the film ever gets made, Ares is the most logical choice for villain, he'd be the easiest to translate onto film. In truth, WW has a fairly weak rogues gallery compared to other DC characters so I doubt we'd see the likes of Cheetah appearing ahead of Ares.

 

[Speedball]

Ares and Nazis would be pretty neat to see actually. WW and the American army fight the forces of Hitler and Ares.

 

[Steelsheen]

If and when the film ever gets made, Ares is the most logical choice for villain, he'd be the easiest to translate onto film. In truth, WW has a fairly weak rogues gallery compared to other DC characters so I doubt we'd see the likes of Cheetah appearing ahead of Ares.

the problem with that thinking is if you bring out the big guns first, what are you gonna do for follow up?

as i said, Cheetah can work so long as she's amped up, bring in the whole aztec/ demonic worship mumbo jumbo and you can have a pretty powerful villain. if not Cheetah they can use a slew of other villains like Dr Psycho and so on. or to keep things on the magical/ mythic front start off with Faust, leading it into Circe then Ares.

i've been a long time WW fan, and in all honesty the only "weak" rogue she has is Giganta-- mostly because her threat factor is pretty limited (theres only so much a giant can do after crushing all the buildings in the area), everybody else are pretty nasty if the writer has enough imagination to run with it.

 

[Lobo]

the problem with that thinking is if you bring out the big guns first, what are you gonna do for follow up?

as i said, Cheetah can work so long as she's amped up, bring in the whole aztec/ demonic worship mumbo jumbo and you can have a pretty powerful villain. if not Cheetah they can use a slew of other villains like Dr Psycho and so on. or to keep things on the magical/ mythic front start off with Faust, leading it into Circe then Ares.

i've been a long time WW fan, and in all honesty the only "weak" rogue she has is Giganta-- mostly because her threat factor is pretty limited (theres only so much a giant can do after crushing all the buildings in the area), everybody else are pretty nasty if the writer has enough imagination to run with it.

But what if there is no follow up?

 

[The Shredder]

Ares for sure.

Cheetah has great potential as well.

 

[The Guard]

Circe for sure. It's time for a memorable female villain. Ares and Circe would be cool.

 

[ClarkLuther55]

But what if there is no follow up?

Exactly. Superhero movies should always use the most well known or iconic villain, just in case another movie is never made. Spider-Man used Green Goblin. 1989's Batman used the Joker (Batman Begins didn't because the previous Batman franchise was still fresh in people's minds, and it still had the sense to end with a Joker tease). X-Men used Magneto. Superman used Lex Luthor.

 

[Lobo]

I wrote an outline for how I'd do a wonder woman film. Anyone who's interested just pm and I'll send it to you

 

[phoenixflight]

For the trilogy, I would set it up like this:

Movie #1...
Cheetah (played by Thandie Newton) and Dr. Psycho (played by Peter Dinklage)

Movie #2...
Ares (played by Pierce Brosnan) and Circe (played by Claudia Black)

Movie #3...
Giganta (played by Amy Dumas aka Lita) and Silver Swan (played by Jolene Blalock)

I would also introduce Artemis in Movie #1, Troia in Movie #2, and Wonder Girl in Movie #3.

Also, both Queen Hippolyta and Steve Trevor would be introduced in Movie #1, however they would have recurring roles in #2 and #3.

 

[jmc]

the problem with that thinking is if you bring out the big guns first, what are you gonna do for follow up?

as i said, Cheetah can work so long as she's amped up, bring in the whole aztec/ demonic worship mumbo jumbo and you can have a pretty powerful villain. if not Cheetah they can use a slew of other villains like Dr Psycho and so on. or to keep things on the magical/ mythic front start off with Faust, leading it into Circe then Ares.

i've been a long time WW fan, and in all honesty the only "weak" rogue she has is Giganta-- mostly because her threat factor is pretty limited (theres only so much a giant can do after crushing all the buildings in the area), everybody else are pretty nasty if the writer has enough imagination to run with it.

So you'd rather start with a lesser villain other than Ares? As someone said, what if it's only one film and you waste the villain role on someone like Silver Swan? If and when the film gets made there's no guarantee it will lead to sequels. I'm not saying other characters couldn't work, but surely common sense says that Ares is the most logical choice, he's the God of War, just imagine the final battle sequence!

 

[The Guard]

If there's a WONDER WOMAN film, you can't bank on there being sequels. So I think you have to use the top villains right off the bat. If you can't make an appropriate sequel with other villains, what's that tell you about Wonder Woman's rogues gallery? Ares and Circe in the first movie, Cheetah and Circe for sequel. Ares could show up again in the third movie. Hell, initial villains can easily play a role in all three movies if need be.

 

[Caliber]

Ares. He's definately the most cinematic villain.

By the sounds of it, hes the only one worth doing in a film. It'd be funny to see them chose Dr Psycho.

 

[GL1]

For the trilogy, I would set it up like this:

Movie #1...
Cheetah (played by Thandie Newton) and Dr. Psycho (played by Peter Dinklage)

Movie #2...
Ares (played by Pierce Brosnan) and Circe (played by Claudia Black)

Movie #3...
Giganta (played by Amy Dumas aka Lita) and Silver Swan (played by Jolene Blalock)

I would also introduce Artemis in Movie #1, Troia in Movie #2, and Wonder Girl in Movie #3.

Also, both Queen Hippolyta and Steve Trevor would be introduced in Movie #1, however they would have recurring roles in #2 and #3.

GREAT Casting. I'd switch Ares to #1 and Psycho to #2 (for Ares Iconic and classicness and because Psycho plays better sub-villain to Circe just as Cheetah plays better subvillain to Ares)

Then I'd use some super-epic trilogy finisher villain to round out #3, maybe a fight with Zeus or Hercules or something. Maybe bring Ares back.

 

[The Question]

Dr. Psycho wouldn't be a very good sub villain for Circe. His whole schtick is that he's a mysoginist.

 

[Steelsheen]

But what if there is no follow up?

what if there is?
aw c'mon Lobo, you and i both know very well that in big movie franchises like this TPTB always plan that there could be a sequel.

So you'd rather start with a lesser villain other than Ares? As someone said, what if it's only one film and you waste the villain role on someone like Silver Swan? If and when the film gets made there's no guarantee it will lead to sequels. I'm not saying other characters couldn't work, but surely common sense says that Ares is the most logical choice, he's the God of War, just imagine the final battle sequence!

listen its easy to bring out the big guns first-- write Ares into the story and call it a day. but as i mentioned above, studios dont always think its a one shot deal. WW is a big franchise-- of course they're gonna milk this for all its got, and that includes providing for the possibilities of sequels.

i ask you now, lets say WW vs Ares was a super monster hit it makes Spidey's numbers look like chump change, which villain are you gonna use for a followup?