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Fawbish FIrst off I am very aware of the difference between WW1 and WW2. Secondarily if you want to bust my balls I don't mind but I think (on the surface anyway) this is an easy comparison to make. My main point being (and I'm sorry if it didn't come through in my last post) is that DC execs are playing catch up and I don't think we will argue that. So IMO they are looking at something that worked in Marvel's world building and just using it instead of laying their own ground work. There is something to be said about familiarity. Many people (I believe) will draw the same comparison and see this movie based on what I have already said.
I know chief, was just being silly. I'm not out to bust anything, its friendly discussion at the end of the day.
However, I don't agree on your overall point at all.
Wonder Woman's comic origin is WWII, no? So if they were doing what you say, they would surely choose to keep the WWII story - it would be even closer to the comics heritage. But they haven't. They've gone with another story, another time period. The similarities in terms of the overall film end at the fact it is a World War, and all that War entails, really.
Of course there will be a small band of soldiers who come together with her to fight through an engagement etc - we've seen that in the photograph - that is a trope in many, many movies that include War.
I know what you're getting at, I understand it. As there is an obvious "easy" comparison of War, but to use that as the single reason Wonder Woman may succeed... :confused
If it ends up being familiar on a much deeper level to TFA after release, and is then successful, we'll come back and discuss the story beats in WW that didn't influence the success I suppose.
Maybe we just run in different circles, but I doubt many people at all (and sure there may be some, I wasn't arguing that) will see WW because of Captain America - and certainly not in enough numbers to influence a "successful" box office, whatever that may be.