hercules has more than its fair share of eye candy but this takes the cake
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys really did seem to have some strange issues when it came to female character attire. I personally will never forget the “Ancient Greek” they gave to Atlanta to best take advantage of them casting champion body builder Corinna Everson:
And of course, it was also a battle thong:
Because… what better way to make a cheesey show set in Ancient Greek that promotes great values like gender equality?
Sigh.
– wincenworks
15 slimy frogs submitted (and Ozzie bingoed):
So this is an ad for the game Heroes of Incredible Tales on the App Store, and I noticed some differences in the attire of the male and female characters. The Lady in the front and centre seems like she’s quite eligible for the bingo.
Wow, another design that makes me regret not having a “(Only) random patches of skin COVERED” square on the card. Also, bingo breaker missing three bingos only by the virtue of neither her heels or back of her panties being shown in here (though I’m 99% certain it’s supposed to be thong).
The amount of thought artist spent on how that costume is supposed to physically work would be conveyed only in negative numbers, I believe.
~Ozzie
edit: This thing actually got a bingo and I didn’t notice (the joys of late night bingoing). Thanks to @ thenerdygirly123 for the heads up!
I find it very worrying that while even Entertainment Weekly could appreciate the importance of Wonder Woman having a face and a cool pose, Warner Brothers apparently decided the only thing we need to know is that Gal’s outfit is basically painted on.
Honestly, DC Comics got slammed for this when it happened originally, but apparently Frank Miller’s vision is all Warner Bros care about:
The trailer is not really any better for depicting her or the other amazons either, basically all the issues from Justice League Action but with real actors:
Sure would have been nice if the costume and promotions departments for our first super heroine live action movie could have had some direction other than:
Rather than say… I dunno… look at the intro to the 2009 animated movie.
– wincenworks
