At first, I didn't know what to make of this trailer last night when I first watched it. After rewatching it another two times, I think I understand what they are going for.
Maxwell Lord (The Mandalorian's Pedro Pascal) and The Cheetah (Kristen Wiig) are the two main villains for this film as Diana copes with continuing to move on following the demise of her friends and allies in her original film - namely Steve Trevor (Chris Pine). But wait, we see Steve Trevor in this trailer!? I think that's what this film WANTS us to think. It's a clever "twist" of sorts as the comic book version of Maxwell Lord has telepathic powers. Throughout this trailer, he's going on about "making sure to give everyone what they want the most". For Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, she wants nothing more than to spend time with the man she loved the most. Steve Trevor could exist as entirely in her head (much like The Joker in Batman: Arkham Knight), until she comes to her senses. I can see how Maxwell Lord's manipulative actions could coerce the nerdy archaeologist (the Dr. Barbara Minerva version of the Cheetah) that Diana spoke with about love into giving her what she wants most - clearly envious of Wonder Woman's fame and beauty, only to whatever Lord does to her to backfire and transform her into The Cheetah.
The golden armor (from the Kingdom Come storyline of the same name) that Diana dons by the end of the trailer is call back to the comics, but she's going to need that if the Cheetah is going to be as powerful of an opponent to take down as I'm expecting by the time the credits roll.
Even though I fall into the minority that weren't overly impressed with her initial live-action cinematic debut, I think this COULD be promising. The biggest issue I see this film dealing with is going to be convincing people of the plothole left from her debut in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice where she told Bruce Wayne that she wasn't in action in over 40 years. No one isn't going to forget seeing a star-pangled themed Amazonian warrior fighting crime. That's something that would be the talk of the town, even well before the internet came into existence. Is it just me or does Gal Gadot look thinner in this film than in the original when she was reportedly pregnant when they shot that film? Jesus Christ, I thought she would have put on some muscle mass for this part by now...
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