Dec. 25th, 2020

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Soooooo many Easter eggs in Wonder Woman 1984. A few I spotted (may be spoilery!)
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--Young Diana dives into the water in a shot that exactly duplicates panels from the Perez comics, except in the comic she flies away just before she hits--and part of the movie is about Diana learning to fly
--The origin of the invisible jet. (I still can't decide if this works for me or not, but it was still fun.)
--A jar of jellybabies in the background of the oval office
--The Middle Eastern prince who made the wish is from Bialya, a fake country created in the comics to be a wink at Libya and which evolved into a major source of conflict over the years
--Diana flying by gliding on air currents as she did in the original comics
--Diana riding the lightning as she does in the more modern comics
--The mid-credits scene with Lynda Carter as Asteria
--The gold armor, which made a brief (and unpopular) appearance in the comics
--Antiope appearing in a flashback scene
--Arabic lettering on the side of the Egyptian cars actually does read "Abydos," the city where the scene took place (I checked with a translator app)
--Max Lord's investor is Simon Stagg, a character originally associated with Metamorpho but who got yanked into villain duty in other comics
--After Diana reads the inscription on the Dream Stone and realizes what the artifact is, she mentions the Duke of Deception, a lackey of Ares who goes way WAY back into the old days of the comics.
And that's not counting all the 80s references, of course.
Also I noticed that shoes are a recurring image in the movie.
--Several shots give close-ups of character's shoes, including (especially) Diana's armored feet
--The first thing we see of adult Diana is her foot kicking a car away from a jogger
--Steve is hugely fascinated with his new Nikes (and they continue to be the focus of several shots--some product placement at work, I'm sure)
--In Barbara's first appearance, she has trouble walking in high heels. Later in the same scene, she comments that scientists probably shouldn't wear high heels, and Diana replies, "Some of us do." We then see Diana's ultra-high heels with a leopard (Cheetah) print, which Barbara remarks on.
--When Barbara is assaulted by the guy in the park, she has trouble fending him off because she's wearing high heels. Later, when Barbara encounters the guy again, she's switched to sneakers, and she kicks the snot out of him. Not punches--kicks. With her shoes.
--A custodian spills water in front of Barbara, and she agilely leaps onto a chair to avoid it, foreshadowing her new Cheetah powers. We get a closeup shot of her shoes, and the custodian says, "Thank god you're good in heels."
--When Barbara tries on a slinky new outfit, the camera spends a lot of time on her high-heeled shoes.
Not sure what the shoe thing is about. That shoes can be both a shackle and a source of power, maybe? That shoes show who you really are?

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