Wonder Woman's "No Man's Land" scene was the best superhero moment of 2017

[yallerdawg]

Wonder Woman shined in 2017. This scene was a big reason why.

Source: Vox, by Alex Abad-Santos

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Throughout our pop culture history of superheroes, there are iconic, indelible moments that are intertwined with our heroes. For Batman, it’s witnessing the murder of his parents, which makes him feel utterly helpless and inspires him to fight back. For Spider-Man, it’s the death of his Uncle Ben and his regret over the role he played in it, which burns the “with great power comes great responsibility” mantra into his brain. For the X-Men, it’s watching their friend Jean Grey become the Dark Phoenix and realizing the primal evil she’s capable of.

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In glorious slow motion, Diana shrugs off her costume and appears in her Amazonian battle armor. She emerges from a bunker, shield in tow. Then she deflects a bullet. Then one more. Then the German army begins to focus all their fire on her, as she digs her heels into the ground, tightens her grip on her shield, and deflects a storm of gunfire.

What’s brilliant about this scene is that it’s not only representative of Diana standing up for what she believes in, nor is it solely an instance where she succeeds in doing what was previously thought to be impossible — all while inspiring her handlers and her allies to push forward. Rather, it’s a beautiful combination of those things.

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“No Man’s Land” crystallizes Wonder Woman’s heroism in such a beautiful way that as of that moment, you don’t need to know anything about the character’s past to understand her. You almost don’t even need to see the rest of the movie. This amazing scene tells you all you need to know about Wonder Woman’s place in the world.

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Read it all at: https://www.vox.com/2017-in-review/2017/12/15/16767902/wonder-womans-no-mans-land-scene

[sheshe2]

1. Brava

Thanks so much for sharing that scene, yallerdawg.

Magnificent.

[yallerdawg]

2. It symbolizes a lot, she!

The idea that women don't have to wait for any men to give them permission to do what is right - to break the "old" rules and change everything - and telling the men to just stay back, "We got this!"

Seems "Wonder Woman" is a very timely and inspirational movie for all of us!

[sheshe2]

5. I haven't seen it yet, but I want to.

....and that women's march was a sight to behold. I was at the one in Boston, a huge turnout of empowered women and men that supported us.

[hlthe2b]

3. I haven't seen the movie and didn't realize it had WWI as a backdrop...

Interesting and a wonderful scene.

[RandomAccess]

4. Hmmmmm

And not long after women find their voices to fight off their attackers and detractors to go up against their predators. Interesting.

[Demtexan]

6. The movie is great.

I bought the dvd.

I bet I watched the movie 100 times.

There is more to the scene.