The Logic Problem in Wonder Woman #7

[crabby_lioness]

This is a sequel to my post yesterday http://crabby-lioness.livejournal.com/86813.html and to this post on noscans http://noscans-daily.livejournal.com/513387.html  If you're not up on the latest attempt to make Wonder Woman "edgy" read them first.  I say "edgy" and not "realistic" because I'm about to discuss why it doesn't work.



If all the females are having reproductive sex once in their lives and magically all getting pregnant at the same time, BUT 49% of the babies are males (that’s standard) who are discarded, that means the population is shrinking by HALF with every generation. That’s not going to work. Didn’t these men even check their biology before writing this crud?

I solved this problem in my headcanon 30 years ago. The Amazons magically gather unwanted female infants who have been abandoned to die — a horrific practice that occurs throughout the world and even occurred in this country as late as the early 20th Century. That solves the problem elegantly in a way that enhances their reputation instead of diminishing it.

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[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what it is! It looks like a giant flying robot snake, so that's what I call it. :) I'm still getting used to the idea that the Hulk isn't called David Banner...

They seem to be dressing him in purple shirts. Whether that's a nod to the shorts, I don't know.

[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

Dr. Banner is the most interesting part of the movie I've seen so far. Whedon appears to be taking him to the place writer Peter Anthony David first steered him toward back in the 90s and placed him at in the House of M AU, an enlightened soul at peace with himself who, while he can't control the Hulk, can control when he transforms so that the Hulk is positioned where he can do the most good.

In that case the purple shirts appear to be not only a nod to the giant purple shorts but to the New Age. Purple is the color of the crown chakra and the symbol of a fully enlightened individual.

That's far cooler than yet another round of "I must not get angry!" While the original is nice in small doses, it gets old eventually.

[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

That does sound interesting, yes. Fits in with the little snippet in the German trailer too, where Tony Stark is teasing him to try to get him to Hulk out, and he just finds it funny. Also the bit where the Hulk catches Iron Man after he gets knocked out of the sky.

I do still love the old TV series, which of course is very much about "Don't make me angry!", and a largely uncontrollable Hulk. That has been done, though. It would be good to see something a bit different.

[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

"Some things are worth getting angry about."

I can get behind that.