Wonder Woman: 1984

> *"Nothing good is born from lies. And greatness is not what you think."*
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**Wonder Woman: 1984** (stylized as ***WW84***) is a superhero film based on the DC Comics superhero of the same name. The film is a sequel to *WWII*, taking place 44 years after. It is the thirty-seventh film in the DC Extended Universe and the eleventh film of Phase Four.

Directed by Chloé Zhao, the film is written by Allan Heinberg, Jason Fuchs and Zack Snyder, who produced alongside Deborah Snyder.

## Synopsis

Diana Prince lives quietly among mortals in the vibrant, sleek 1980s -- an era of excess driven by the pursuit of having it all. Though she's come into her full powers, she maintains a low profile, only performing heroic acts incognito. But soon, Diana will have to muster all of her strength, wisdom and courage as she finds herself squaring off against Maxwell Lord, powerful business magnate profiting off the Cold War and the Cheetah, a villainess who possesses superhuman strength and agility.

## Cast

* Gal Gadot as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman
	+ Lilly Aspell as Young Diana
* Chris Pine as Steve Trevor
* Lynda Carter as Asteria
* Emily Blunt as Dr. Barbara Minvera / Cheetah
* Pedro Pascal as Max Lord / Hades
* Robin Wright as General Antiope
* Connie Nielsen as Queen Hippolyta
* Tom Ellis as Viktor Yakuvic
* Oliver Cotton as Johnny Stagg
* Dana Abraham as Steve Abn' Sameer Ahmad

## Trivia

* Young Diana sneaks into the competition, and by the time Hippolyta and Antiope realize it’s already started. Before Diana can win the tournament, Antiope stops her. Hippolyta tells Diana she cannot partake in the games, reminding her that she is forbidden from training as a warrior. She tells her everyone must make sacrifices, similar to the legendary Amazonian Asteria, who sacrificed herself so the others could get away; the truth is that Diana is not going to be a warrior, and she must accept that truth.
* Diana currently lives in Washington D.C. and works at the Smithsonian Institution. She travels the world, saving people in secret while searching for magical artifacts enchanted by the Gods and scattered around the Earth. (Asteria’s armor, Artemis' Bow, Hermes’ Sandals, etc.)
* There would be an Easter egg where Barbara is reading from an ancient journal written by Vandal Savage that talks about the Mother Boxes, an ancient Anansi Totem and the healing Lazarus Pit.
* Dr. Barbara Minerva is a mousy gemologist and archeologist, working with the museum to study new artifacts they obtain.
* Throughout the movie, Barbara feels preyed upon by the people in her life. When she makes the wish, she wishes to be the **predator instead of the prey**, and this creates a werewolf effect. She's able to transform back and forth from Barbara to the Cheetah, but each time she looses more and more of her humanity and by the end of the film the wish is permanent.
* Maxwell Lord is Hades in disguise, using the power of the Dreamstone to grant wishes to humans, stealing their lifeforce and resorting his power in the process.
* The film slightly touches on the AIDS epidemic, set around three years after the epidemic started.
* Diana wears a leather jacket over her Wonder Woman outfit for most of the film, resembling that of her comic counterpart and fitting more in line with the '80s aesthetic.
* More exploration of Diana's bisexuality.
* Barbara and Diana are shown to be very good friends, with hints of flirting, before Barbara turns into the Cheetah.
* Diana is slowly getting weaker and weaker throughout the film. She chooses to suit up in Asteria's armor to have an equal playing field while fighting Cheetah.
* Hades reveals he was the one that brought Steve back, '*borrowing*' her magic in return. He saw how much Diana had suffered and he knows the feeling of losing one's true love all too well. Hades brings up Ares and laments how wrong he was, stating that humanity doesn't need to be destroyed but guided— they have gone astray and needs to be ushered back to prosperity, back to when they worshipped the Gods.
* At the end of the film, Diana wishes that the entire world forgets she, or the Wonder Woman legend ever existed.
* In the mid-credits scene, it reveals Asteria is alive and has been saving people all this time in secret like Diana.

## Gallery

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