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Wonder Woman 2 Logo - Image Analysis


A Couple of days ago, former Co-Head of the DCEU Geoff Johns (Wonder Woman, Justice League) posted this image on social media. A cryptic image suggesting the setting for the upcoming Wonder Woman 2 (2019, Patty Jenkins). After which, director Patty Jenkins (Monster, Wonder Woman) changed her Twitter background to the image. Further confirming the

Look and Tone

The first thing fans will notice about this is that it's quite different to the look of the first Wonder Woman film. And I believe that to be intentional. The film is now confirmed to be set in the 1980's, which was around the time of the Cold War, so this logo gives off more of a Black Ops vibe than anything else. It's also worth mentioning that 1984 was when the first Macintosh computers were released, which could explain the Computer Screen aesthetic for this logo. However, from this image, it looks like the sequel will have a darker tone compared to the original. Somewhat similar to Atomic Blonde (2017, David Leitch) which featured a strong female character during the Cold War.

1984

What's really interesting is the choice to have the film set in 1984. Grace Randolph, host of Beyond The Trailer on YouTube, when analysing this poster brought up that perhaps the filmmakers chose 1984 as the backdrop for the film was because they were drawing inspiration from George Orwell's famous novel 1984 where a totalitarian Government controls and spies on its citizens. So perhaps that's what this new film will also dive into the same topics that the book covered. Such as What's the fine line between security and surveillance? I think that could work rather well and it'd be interesting to see how the filmmakers tackle such a topic in a Superhero film.

Captain America

My only concern with this creative choice, if they do choose to go down the George Orwell route is that Wonder Woman may face even more criticism in her many parallels to Captain America (Chris Evans). The first film already had many critics pointing out the similarities between that film and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011, Joe Johnston). From the War setting to the fact that the protagonist uses a shield as a weapon to even the ending with the sacrifice of a character concerning a plane. And now Wonder Woman looks like she could be tackling just the issue with Government surveillance. Much like how Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014, Joe & Anthony Russo) did. I hope that Wonder Woman does it in a unique way that separates it from Winter Soldier. But I am concerned that critics will make those parallels once again.

Another Greek God Villain?

Much like how in the first Wonder Woman film, the God Ares (David Thewlis) was controlling World War One, perhaps another God is also silently controlling the Cold War. We already know that Wonder Woman villain Cheetah (Kristen Wiig) will be starring in the film. But I suspect that they will bring in another God to be the film's main villain. As to which one, I have no idea. But either way. I am looking forward to finding out how if it turns out to be the case.

Conclusion

This new Logo sets Wonder Woman 2 to be a darker story compared to the original but also suggests a few plot points, such as looking into Government surveillance and a potentially hidden villain. Overall, this has me more excited for the film that is set to come out next year!

So that's my analysis of the new Wonder Woman 2 Logo. What do you think of the logo? IS there anything that I missed out? If so then leave a comment down below. And, if you liked this post then you can follow this blog for more content. Thank you for reading. :)

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