I think a lot of this rewrite is great, the changes to Cheetah especially. Only thing is, I think the whole "Diana can't stay on Themyscira because of the law" thing feels a little odd. Like it didn't seem like anyone would actually care if they went back on their word and let Diana stay, everyone on the island seems to love Diana, and the conflict doesn't seem super necessary to the story. It might even work better if they do welcome Diana with open arms, but Diana still doesn't feel like she belongs back at home, like how Frodo can't really enjoy being back at the Shire at the end of LotR because of his quest. And it would make her subsequent leaving the island more of an emotional choice, like how getting rid of Steve was in the original WW84, choosing to leave to save Barbara and the island, instead of being forced to leave regardless.
I thought the same thing. I think it would work well and maybe even better if they accept her with open arts and she starts to settle into the life, training the young warriors, but ultimately discovers that it does not bring her the joy it though she would, and she starts remembering her friendships (Barbara and Erica) and the little things she liked about her life away from the island. Then later after a particularly challenging day, she picks up the mirror and sees the museum or whatever, and realizes that the mirror doesn't show her Themyscira but rather "home". Then we can get the realization about Max's plan and that cements that her returning to the world of man is the right decision.
Right, what sort of law is unchangeable when virtually everbody wants it changed? America passed an amendment banning the sale of alcohol, only to reverse that amendment 12 years later.
To be fair they did something similar in the animated series Justice League. Seems they're really strict on the whole not mingling with men thing to the point of fanatical. Which makes sense since I think they even kill any male babies. I can't remember if that's true.
Another post credit scene: Orm sits in the depths of the ocean, having escaped his underwater jail cell. In anger he punches a seawall, causing a shift. Suddenly a shadow passes over him. He turns around to see a Nuclear warhead sinking into the sea. He smiles. "This could work." END.
@@PixelAine1 nah it could just have been buried there for ages, like it sunk ages ago and the implication is that it would have been laying there and he found it
The final bit with the mirror was so clever. Like, if the thing he cared about was anything else than he would've picked up how the magic mirror works and been able to lie. Same if it had just been a stone that showed you what you cared about. But seeing yourself in a mirror is just what you expect. Brings a whole new interpretation at the last moment tied to it being a mirror. Really cool.
I liked it all, but tbh the main thing I focused on from this is that in Nando's rewrites, Diana and Barbara were "very close friends" probably to the point of "being roommates" someday.
So engrossing and filled to the brim with passion regarding even the tiniest details and character quirks. Simply beautiful. Listening to this rewrite almost makes spin-offs for Metamorpho but also Lord and Cheetah seem not only possible but necessary.
One small change: instead of the second invisible jet (which I think is a tad redundant), what if the way Diana returns to man’s world is through the Golden Armor for a great Wondy flight scene. I think it’s a great way to integrate that detail into the story in a meaningful way, maybe even make it a final gift from Hippolyta to her daughter.
Not a huge wonder woman fan, but I think the issue with the armor in general is that it's not nearly as iconic as other parts of her mythos. The jet is a pretty standard part of wonder woman's character in a lot of media, but the armor was a nearly forgotten piece of her character from the 90's (I think)
@@MrInvisibleJ plenty of forgotten comics material ends up in the movies. For example, every character in The Suicide Squad that wasn't in previous DCEU movies.
Well this is absolutely a gigantic improvement over the mess that was WW84. Bangup job, as always. I only have a couple of suggestions - first, I think Max's motivation to destroy Themyscira in this version is a little weak. He doesn't directly take control of anyone or anything, he just wants to have major influence and everyone in his pocket and it's kind of hard to see how or why Themyscira would threaten that. I can see how he would set Diana up with the surveillance on the jet just to see where she goes, so maybe something specific is triggered in him when he sees the island that we could establish earlier in the film which causes him to want to destroy or maybe expose and exploit it, like one of his big failed ambitions as a younger entrepreneur was always falling just short of a rival who would buy some pristine land and build on it before he could, causing him to lose millions in investments. That could also be tied into his desire to get the stone before the other guy in Act 1. Next, the plot point about Diana being forced to leave Themyscira seems a little forced and discordant. I think it would work well and maybe even better if the amazons accept her with open arms and she starts to settle into the life, training the young warriors, but ultimately discovers that it does not bring her the joy it though she would, and she starts remembering her friendships (Barbara and Erica) and the little things she liked about her life away from the island. Then later after a particularly challenging day, she picks up the mirror and sees the museum or whatever, and realizes that the mirror doesn't show her Themyscira but rather her greatest desire. Then we can get the realization about Max's plan and that cements that her returning to the world of man is the right decision. Lastly, it seems like Barbara's connection to Max is not really established well by the time she is willing to fight and die for him. Maybe we need to straight-up put them in a relationship, and sprinkle hints that he starts to become her main source of financial support, which begins to create a co-dependent relationship where she has to do things like ask permission for things, so it really drives the point home later with the excellent payoff with him seeing himself in the mirror at the end. I'm also not sure I buy her resentment of Diana at that point either. All Diana really did was leave. Maybe during the time when they are both fighting crime, Diana is constantly one-upping Barbara and it starts to wear on her to the point where she begins seeing Diana as a rival rather than a compatriot. And it culminates at one point where Barbara attempts to stretch herself too far by trying to catch the bad guy and rescue someone at the same time (something Diana could easily do), but fails at both, and Diana has to pick up the slack (like the ferry scene in Spider-man Homecoming). So besides her abilities failing, she also has a desire to become stronger than Diana, which further fuels her lust for greater power. And Burunda is from Marvel comics isn't it? Probably at the end show Barbara specifically researching the ancient plant god Urzkartaga, if we want to do an easter egg to the Cheetah origin story.
I totally agree with this. But instead of the motivation to leave Themyscira coming just from her own turmoil, I think she needs to be challenged on it a bit: She returns home, she starts training the young Amazons, all of whom consider her their hero and role model. They bombard her with questions about the world of man and talk all about how they want to be protectors of worlds other than their own, how they want to help the entire world, not just Themyscira. But some (maybe just one little girl in a one-on-one moment with Diana, maybe they're having a heart to heart because the young girl wants to give up on training, after seeing Diana give up on the world of man) also question why she would come back after so many of them dream of the adventure, but she doesn't have a good answer. She says she missed home, but the girl asks if that's enough to never go back. Diana says that man will never reach the peace she had hoped, the girl asks if that means that there's no point trying. Diana says that she's tried, the girl gets even more discouraged, so now Diana has to backtrack and reflect on the good she's done there and all of the "little things" that have really changed her for the better (mostly the relationships with humans). From there she has to sort out her longing for being back home and the knowledge that the world of man is where she belongs and is needed. She looks to the mirror for guidance, it shows her Barbara, then we're back into Nando's rewrite.
I agree that the relationship part needs a bit of improvement. Maybe some sort of a friendship triangle: Max leans more towards Diana, Diana leans towards Barbara, Barbara leans towards Diana. I know that for a real triangle someone needs to point towards Max, but I think this way it can still work and be even more realistic, Max being sort of a third wheel in this trio (though being liked in general), and Diana and Barbara having quite a strong bond. Then Diana leaves and both Max and Barbara re-focus on each other. Barbara is in more of disappointment and sorrow state and needs someone to fill the gap, and Max has more anger and starts to use Barbara. Then we have stronger, emotional connection for Barbara hating Diana and liking Max, which makes her be on his side. Then the mirror scene basically works the same, showing who really cares about who. This could show a) abandoning friends, even for family, is bad; b) treating people in a group as a third wheel could be even worse. Shallow? Stretched? Not realistic? Please share your thoughts :)
I dont know about Burunda but I agree with pretty much everything you said... I would definitely have enjoyed Nando's movie a lot though! flaws and all
Not to nitpick but Lords motivation to nuke the Amazon's was a bit shallow, I thought he wanted powerful people in debt to him not deep fried in nuclear waste.
One of the things that makes Nando rewrites so marketable, is that occasionally they still have the same eye-rolling handwavey tropes that you see in these kinds of movies all the time.
@@Taurusus yup. We'd never get a real comic book blockbuster movie where villians don't do absolutely stupid shit for no good reason. That's kinda what makes them villians or antagonists most of the time. So its mote realistic to still have some of that
Okay. That's...honestly pretty easy. Shockingly easy, in fact. "Powerful people in debt to him" requires EVERYONE to BE people that believe in debts and bargaining. Absolutely plausible that the Amazons...don't quite work like that?
@@Volvagia1927 ya that’s what I was going to say. The Amazon’s aren’t people that could be manipulated in that way so they would only be a threat to him.
An excellent rewrite! My only problem with this one is Max has no motivation to do whatever he does. His actions lack concrete motivation. Still, yours is miles better than the movie that was released. The choice to remove Steve was really good and I didn't realise it until you did it. Continue the great work!
In times long past, this video would have been 20 minutes long. The setup, Act one, a Nebula/Curiosity Stream plug, roll patreon subscribers. You have no idea how excited I was when I could feel Nando coming to a conclusion only for him to say, "Act 2" 😂
Rewrite Maxwell’s motivation for destroying paradise island Maybe he uses the dream stone to see the greatest threat to his power and the stone shows him paradise island. This sets up the idea that dark forces are trying to destroy paradise island behind the scenes Dark forces that come into play in part 3
@@jeremyarcus-goldberg9543 in this version of the dc universe Superman wouldn’t touch down until probably late nineties early 2000s given what we see in man of steel. And even if he had already hit earth he’d be like 8 or 9. So you’re hearts in the right place but it wouldn’t work. Maybe instead have her say something like “you’re an alien? But you look like a regular human! What are you some sort of super woman?” Which even that reeks of will smiths suicide squad joke so clearly further workshopping is required for this joke/reference to even land.
@@AnimatedTerror I actually love that joke because the evil wonder woman of the crime syndicate is called "superwoman". Maybe have her say "You're an alien? Oh no, is there some evil race of superwomen?"
I know this just came out today but this just reminded me that it would be so dope if u did a rewrite for Kingsman the Golden Circle. Maybe closer to when the kings man comes out
I liked it for the gonzo film it was (maybe because I wasn't that enamored with the first one, either?). It wasn't great, but I had to give it props for going all-out in its insanity.
Nice rewrite! Although not to nitpick, (not unlike your podcast, Mostly Nitpicking) the Mayans were on North and Central America, not South America. As a South American, it matters to me.
Tiny nitpick (not unlike your podcast, Mostly Nitpicking, please subscribe): I think Diana shouldn't name her archeology company Prince Archeology for the very reasons she shouldn't work at the Smithsonian. People will notice when she doesn't age. It should instead be called Antiope Archeology
@@AtomikaBlerd or throw it away and start over. This was a huge improvement, and I like a number of individual elements, but as a whole, it doesn't work for me. I like the stuff with Barbara. But Lord was arguably one of the hardest villains WW faced. He was way too weak in WW84, and this keeps a lot of those problems. Again, better - he's more evil here - but this still doesn't seem like a character that is so evil and so powerful that he goes down in comic history as one of the few characters (if not the only) that WW ever killed.
@@cryofpaine In truth, this is largely a problem with movie versions of comics in any regard. The villains almost always only last one movie each. Each hero is allowed like one arch nemesis that can persist, but once you hit the sequels, forget it. One and done. The solution would be to break the cycle. Allow Lord to escape, maybe using his wish stone, so who knows where, when, or how he ends up later. But instead of being defeated, he is merely thwarted. He needs time to truly figure out his powers. He was new at this and didn't want to use the stone for his own wishes, until he was backed into a corner. He'll be far scarier later.
Idk how I feel about this rewrite. His motivation for destroying Themyscira because he thinks they are a rival to his dream stone? Eh... alright. Diana and Barbara are suppose to be besties enough for Diana to come back? But not besties enough to tell her she's leaving?
Just one thing you said South America when talking about the dig site when the mayan civilization was rather in Central America, was that a mistake or was it intentional on Maxwell's part?
Such an incredible rewrite. Many people have pointed out valid criticism, but still this is miles better than anything WB could ever think of. This is my version of the story from now on.
@@RuNacken "It is more fitting with the superman movies." I choked on air when I read that. I would say that the pessimism is the reason the Superman moves **DON'T** work. At all. From the standalone, to BvS, through Justice League (both versions). The movies on the fringes of the DCCU can be salvaged with some Handwavium, but the core of the franchise needs a hard reboot.
@@amiths2523 , I agree with Starcat. I am old, and I want a version of Superman (and by extension the DCEU) that shows that heroes, and by extension super heroes, are extraordinary individuals that sacrifice their own well being to make the world a better place. They do the right thing by the third act, they get hurt protecting innocent ordinary individuals, and the world is overall better because they exist. They do more than stop super villains from taking over, they inspire us real people to try to be more like them within reason. Watchmen should be a dark parody of the DCEU, not the way the DCEU actually is.
i really like this rewrite as it fleshes out the dynamic and friendship of cheetah and wonder woman, and doesnt rely on the ‘nerdy girl wants to be more like popular girl and has to learn to be herself’, you built it into a more tangible desire to be powerful enough to save others *the way* diana does, admiring a specific quality and wanting to embody it in a literal way. overall a nice entertaining story too, i like the archeological excavation stuff alot!
Seeing how there's a kind of running gag where Max insists on people to refer to him as Max instead of names like Mr. Lord or Maxwell Lord, I think it would have been great if in the climax near the end, when Diana's trying to convince him to not nuke Themyscira or abuse the Dream Stone further, she'll be calling him "Max" and, he would retort with "That's Lord/Mr. Lord/Maxwell Lord to you!"
I wanted to love Wonder Woman 1984 so much, but watching it, I just felt.. let down.. It wasn't just the cheese factor, and it wasn't just the 'easy outs' that it used.. it felt.. lazy. I couldn't really put my finger on it, but you've definitely done so. I loved what they did do with Steve in the movie, but just like you, I felt like it ultimately shouldn't have been included. I must say, Nando, that your rewrite, if it had been the movie we got, would have absolutely been one I enjoyed. Thanks for doing this. It's just a shame we won't be able to see it on the big screen.
Seriously Nando, archaeology in the 1980s couldn't do stuff Indiana Jones did. At least not if you wanted stay on the right side of the law. You don't just travel to South America, dig without permission and keep it for yourself. International laws made it illegal. Maxwell Lord wouldn't care, but Diana would. (Completely agree on nixing Steve Trevor though)
For god’s sake, it's a fictional South America in the 80s in an American film. I’m pretty sure talking to the right people there and offering them the right amount of money would grant anyone the privacy they seek to excavate wherever they wanted. It would be illegal, but it would still be believable for the time period.
You raise a good point! Maybe the fix is to emphasize that. So then the audience gets the feeling that Lord and Stagg are both questionable when it comes to legality. Diana can be put off by this, but maybe she decides to stick around to keep an eye on them.
In Nando's rewrite, Maxwell Lord quite literally says paying the right people off for them to get the stone is apart of the plan. And why would Diana care about the laws of man and following them? Especially if no one is getting hurt?
Honestly thought Diana's wish would be something lik "I wish I was back on Themyscira" or something, and we get a Shrek 4 scenario where time is rewritten and Diana never left. Show her the effect she had on the world, how even if he felt nothing was changed the world was worst without her
The original film didn't justify the choice of Barbara becoming a Cheetah very well but I think there could still be *some* justification rather than just her 80s cheetah prints. If the dream stone came from a culture with a particular set of legends (like the jaguar warrior in ancient Mayan culture or the cat-headed gods from egyptian culture), I think that would add a lot of meaning to it (even if its a legend that is just made up for the movie) because then it would show that while Barbara thinks she's choosing her own fate by becoming a powerful person, she's really just becoming a stooge for a power structure that has existed time and time again.
I wonder how you'd work around stupider restrictions, like, say, "Someone, anybody, has to die, come back no more than an hour's runtime afterward, and it has to be a big emotional beat." Or a rule of "Wishing for the right thing there are no moral or emotional or anything problems with must be bad purely because it is a wish not because of contents of it."
or even just the restriction of the new "metoo code" as it was called i cant find what those are tbh just several articles that this was the first superhero movie written to follow them
This rewrite was pretty good. I had similar thoughts on how/why Barbara would wish for super powers. It would have made way more sense to know Diana's secret and they just be friends from the start of the movie.
Personally I would have used Dan Garrett the first Blue Beatle instead of Rex Mason, because he's an archeologist who discovered the blue beatle scarab in Egypt.
The most confusing thing for me is that the film had no reason to be set in 1984, like none of the plot points could have been any different in 1975 or 1996 or 2010
I don't know what's wrong with you people Whedon has never made a bad movie, tv show, or even comic except for Snyder's movie. Mean while Zack Snyder has never in his entire career made a good movie and I feel pretty safe and saying he never will and the entire Snyder universe will suck so bad that I'm not even going to watch it. cuz he's an awful writer. Great director, awful writer. If Joss Wheldon made this movie, it would be good, just like everything else he's ever made. Name anything that wasn't good that wasn't written by Zack Synder. The man literally has a nearly Flawless record of writing for years
@@mr.e7541 Zack Snyder has never written anything good? Excuse me, 1) the Snyder Cut is actually very good and makes the Wheadon cut look like garbage 2) he directed watchmen one of the best comic book movies ever created in my opinion
Villainous if Post-JL Whedon wrote it. I heard his original pitch (2007) and it sounded like everything you'd want in a WW movie - possibly even better than 2017 WW. Inspiration from George Perez, Circe and Ares teaming up (possible casting suggested - Sean Bean and Eva Green), Diana as both diplomat and warrior, colorful action, solid moments that ran g true to the character - what's not to like?
I will say I did like the original movie's version of Max better, and the twist of Barbara going unapologetic as Max became better. This Max... is weaker. Otherwise though, this was a lot better. A connection between Barbara and Diana, Rex, the shout outs to Bialya and Markovia in a way that doesn't feel forced... excellent.
This is a great rewrite. The only thing I'd change would be the Bialya-Markovia conflict. Bialya is usually in the Middle East, while Markovia is... somehow simultaneously in Eastern Europe and in the Low Countries. I think a Bialya-Qurac conflict would work better, since both of those are in roughly the same area, and in some versions (like the Young Justice cartoon) those two countries do have a history with each other
Listened to this while running the last two mornings. After all the Wonder Woman videos that have come out, this is as a great rewrite. Thanks for the content, and glad it was so long!
Only 2 gripes are Cheetah seems like a normal, sensible person until Diana visits Themyscira for like 3 minutes and she gets pissy. Showing that the plane or whatever saw Diana offer to stay would help Cheetah feel abandoned. And the reason he wanted to kill all amazons makes him a bit more of a stereotypical villain. Not sure how to fix this just yet. The rest is great. The little tidbits really show care and polish.
I feel like if they didn’t use Ares already it’d be fun to see him use Chris Pine’s face Like as a psychological tactic where he just tries to torment Diana and it’d be such a fun bit of stunt casting
I know it's weird for Diana to be pinning for a guy for some 70 years or what have you, but I had my own idea for fixing that. The movie could set up that Diana has been in other relationships between those times. Maybe in act one we see Diana in a mid break up. And all those relationships have ended sour because Diana trying to maintain a secret identity. She can't connect with new people because they can't know about her real self or understand who she truly is. Trevor was the one person who knew all about her and understood what she is. He was on the island, he was there for her through her first time in man's world. There's no baggage with Steve. And, just because, make that one night be the anniversary of Steve's death, so that's why he's specifically on her mind the night of the wish. Steve is the dream boyfriend she can finally be open with, and having him back would seemingly fix her problems, where the actual answer is she has to be willing to let other people be close to her and be her true self. just an idea pitch.
I feel if nando himself had gone to see this movie, we'd get "a one small change" video lamenting rex madon just disappearing half way thru and him not getting his due. So if i may be so bold...max and barb are headed to go claim the item to destroy the island, and rex catches them and attempts to stop them maybe he has been following the dream stone and got a glimps of maxs plan (i dont know) max tries to buy him but masy boy is having none of it....barb: (voice from offscreen) whats with you rex, you're not usually the hero type. Rex: ehn, ever since our little retreat, ive been in a state of metomorphasis...he goes to stop them maybe a gun or other weapon...a blurred cheetah takes him down, but doesnt kill him. It both acknowledges how before barb beat him properly, and shows how corrupted she is with power when she beats him physically, further more it builds up cheetah a bit before the big debut...just a thought
My problem with the movie is that it doesn't really feel like a sequels to the first. It didn't really follow on the themes and plot threads of the first. One idea for a sequel would be that by killing Ares, Diana pissed of Hera which is still alive because Ares was kinda a mamas boy and she was in on the plan of killing all Olympians. Hera wanting to ruin the live of Diana makes actually a lot of sense in the new continuity, because she is another one of Zeus bastard's etc. etc.
Killing off the Olympians was and is the stupidest thing the first movie did,considering Hippolyta didn't tell the truth,she easily could be lying about how many gods perished.
maybe having Maxwell knowing the legend of the amazons, so knewing that an army of guardians of the natural order exist would make Max's motives to wipe them out more reasonable: legendary beings that could opossed to his schemes of wishes that will destroy reality making the amazons step up to fulfill their divine duty.
I love this rewrite, but I just think the whole Barbara feeling abandoned by Diana is a little forced. They knew each other for what, a few weeks at the maximum? Diana went home and that's pretty reasonable. It's not like they made some promise to be by each other's side forever.
What a masterclass in writing this is! Just 16 minutes in and I'm sold, new fan! So much thought and heart put into it. I'm clicking like and subscribing now! 🎇🤯🎇
Did I miss the part where are you explained Maxwell Lord’s motivation for wanting to destroy Themyscira? This whole thing kind of fell apart for me when I had no idea why he felt spite toward Amazonians.
"Someone else wrote WW1984, but apparently he sucks". Who? If you're referring to Joss Whedon, he had nothing to do with writing WW84. Granted, if the allegedly leaked WW script from several years ago was actually written by Whedon, then it's a good thing he didn't write a WW film.
It is definitely a lot less messy than the original. It feels kinda packed but much better than the original. Mainly sorting out the wishes and saving Trevor for pater makes a world of difference
Damn it Nando! "The good in one person is stronger than all the evil of this world." Are you trying to kill me? This shit is too good for UA-cam. Write a book! A screenplay. Something.
This is mostly fantastic, but there's a huge missed opportunity here to improve the emotional arc for Barbara. She's an archaeologist interested in ancient legends, right? So surely she's heard of the lost island of Themyscira or at minimum the Amazons. Finding out Diana is from there and knows all this stuff Barbara has long wanted to know, but lied to her about it, that'd leave her feeling betrayed and made a stooge of. It can still tie into the feeling like the weakling, because Barbara could see it as a sign of Diana's disregard for her. Though then we still have a hole of Barbara, the archaeologist, being willing to destroy an ancient hitherto-unknown location. Probably could patch this with some more lies from Maxwell.
Potential Maxwell lies: These /are/ the ruins of Themiscyra, but Diana wasn't quite lying, Barbara, she just didn't tell you the whole truth--she and the "Amazons" /are/ aliens, and they've taken over this ancient ruin and are destroying the historical knowledge here, but I have Wished for a weapon that will eliminate the aliens without harming what was originally here, you just need to clear the way.
Also your mirror twist was great in concept, but you didn't really build up enough any idea that Barbara likes Maxwell so much that he'd be what she sees in the mirror or that she'd feel that betrayed by not being what he sees in the mirror. So maybe futz with that some. If you did these Maxwell lies, you could skip that and just have Barbara think Maxwell cares about salvaging the "pre-invasion" Themiscyra, only to find out he only cares about himself.
In this case after the battle is over and Barbara knows the actual truth about things, Barbara asks the Amazons if she can stay on Themiscyra. She's human, but she's not a man, so they might be down for her sticking around. They can teach her strength stuff and she can learn about their ancient culture, both of which would satisfy these two character interests.
I think a lot of this rewrite is great, the changes to Cheetah especially. Only thing is, I think the whole "Diana can't stay on Themyscira because of the law" thing feels a little odd. Like it didn't seem like anyone would actually care if they went back on their word and let Diana stay, everyone on the island seems to love Diana, and the conflict doesn't seem super necessary to the story. It might even work better if they do welcome Diana with open arms, but Diana still doesn't feel like she belongs back at home, like how Frodo can't really enjoy being back at the Shire at the end of LotR because of his quest. And it would make her subsequent leaving the island more of an emotional choice, like how getting rid of Steve was in the original WW84, choosing to leave to save Barbara and the island, instead of being forced to leave regardless.
I thought the same thing. I think it would work well and maybe even better if they accept her with open arts and she starts to settle into the life, training the young warriors, but ultimately discovers that it does not bring her the joy it though she would, and she starts remembering her friendships (Barbara and Erica) and the little things she liked about her life away from the island. Then later after a particularly challenging day, she picks up the mirror and sees the museum or whatever, and realizes that the mirror doesn't show her Themyscira but rather "home". Then we can get the realization about Max's plan and that cements that her returning to the world of man is the right decision.
Right, what sort of law is unchangeable when virtually everbody wants it changed? America passed an amendment banning the sale of alcohol, only to reverse that amendment 12 years later.
I feel like the law was just an excuse by Hippolyta to make Diana remain the world’s protector rather than stay on the island.
To be fair they did something similar in the animated series Justice League. Seems they're really strict on the whole not mingling with men thing to the point of fanatical. Which makes sense since I think they even kill any male babies. I can't remember if that's true.
I still wish they would've done a comic accurate cheetah.
Another post credit scene: Orm sits in the depths of the ocean, having escaped his underwater jail cell. In anger he punches a seawall, causing a shift. Suddenly a shadow passes over him. He turns around to see a Nuclear warhead sinking into the sea. He smiles. "This could work." END.
Ooooh that's fun
It would, though I would have it behi
Coming across it already sunk, otherwise the timelines dont line up.
Would it still work after submersion? I guess he could fix it....
@@PixelAine1 sure but the post credits scene doesn't need to
@@PixelAine1 nah it could just have been buried there for ages, like it sunk ages ago and the implication is that it would have been laying there and he found it
The final bit with the mirror was so clever. Like, if the thing he cared about was anything else than he would've picked up how the magic mirror works and been able to lie. Same if it had just been a stone that showed you what you cared about. But seeing yourself in a mirror is just what you expect. Brings a whole new interpretation at the last moment tied to it being a mirror. Really cool.
true, but the motivation was still bad
Yeah that was very created.
Yeah, that was incredibly genius!
_Worst thing to happen in 2020:_
*Everyone in the world:* Covid-19
*Nando:* Artemis Fowl
I was expecting him to say that to lol.
To be fair, Artemis Fowl did make anyone it came in contact with get sick and die too.
Covid-19 happened in 2019, bro.
@@thebigdawgj COVID-19 was discovered in 2019. It became a pandemic in 2020.
Indeed,
Quite terrible but may get the Riordan PJ treatment at some point
I liked it all, but tbh the main thing I focused on from this is that in Nando's rewrites, Diana and Barbara were "very close friends" probably to the point of "being roommates" someday.
So engrossing and filled to the brim with passion regarding even the tiniest details and character quirks. Simply beautiful. Listening to this rewrite almost makes spin-offs for Metamorpho but also Lord and Cheetah seem not only possible but necessary.
"I've seen the paintings that look like flowers, but.....hehe....I know what they are."
That line killed me.
One small change: instead of the second invisible jet (which I think is a tad redundant), what if the way Diana returns to man’s world is through the Golden Armor for a great Wondy flight scene. I think it’s a great way to integrate that detail into the story in a meaningful way, maybe even make it a final gift from Hippolyta to her daughter.
That definitely works
👍👍
Not a huge wonder woman fan, but I think the issue with the armor in general is that it's not nearly as iconic as other parts of her mythos. The jet is a pretty standard part of wonder woman's character in a lot of media, but the armor was a nearly forgotten piece of her character from the 90's (I think)
@@MrInvisibleJ plenty of forgotten comics material ends up in the movies. For example, every character in The Suicide Squad that wasn't in previous DCEU movies.
69th like up top!
Well this is absolutely a gigantic improvement over the mess that was WW84. Bangup job, as always. I only have a couple of suggestions - first, I think Max's motivation to destroy Themyscira in this version is a little weak. He doesn't directly take control of anyone or anything, he just wants to have major influence and everyone in his pocket and it's kind of hard to see how or why Themyscira would threaten that. I can see how he would set Diana up with the surveillance on the jet just to see where she goes, so maybe something specific is triggered in him when he sees the island that we could establish earlier in the film which causes him to want to destroy or maybe expose and exploit it, like one of his big failed ambitions as a younger entrepreneur was always falling just short of a rival who would buy some pristine land and build on it before he could, causing him to lose millions in investments. That could also be tied into his desire to get the stone before the other guy in Act 1.
Next, the plot point about Diana being forced to leave Themyscira seems a little forced and discordant. I think it would work well and maybe even better if the amazons accept her with open arms and she starts to settle into the life, training the young warriors, but ultimately discovers that it does not bring her the joy it though she would, and she starts remembering her friendships (Barbara and Erica) and the little things she liked about her life away from the island. Then later after a particularly challenging day, she picks up the mirror and sees the museum or whatever, and realizes that the mirror doesn't show her Themyscira but rather her greatest desire. Then we can get the realization about Max's plan and that cements that her returning to the world of man is the right decision.
Lastly, it seems like Barbara's connection to Max is not really established well by the time she is willing to fight and die for him. Maybe we need to straight-up put them in a relationship, and sprinkle hints that he starts to become her main source of financial support, which begins to create a co-dependent relationship where she has to do things like ask permission for things, so it really drives the point home later with the excellent payoff with him seeing himself in the mirror at the end. I'm also not sure I buy her resentment of Diana at that point either. All Diana really did was leave. Maybe during the time when they are both fighting crime, Diana is constantly one-upping Barbara and it starts to wear on her to the point where she begins seeing Diana as a rival rather than a compatriot. And it culminates at one point where Barbara attempts to stretch herself too far by trying to catch the bad guy and rescue someone at the same time (something Diana could easily do), but fails at both, and Diana has to pick up the slack (like the ferry scene in Spider-man Homecoming). So besides her abilities failing, she also has a desire to become stronger than Diana, which further fuels her lust for greater power.
And Burunda is from Marvel comics isn't it? Probably at the end show Barbara specifically researching the ancient plant god Urzkartaga, if we want to do an easter egg to the Cheetah origin story.
I totally agree with this. But instead of the motivation to leave Themyscira coming just from her own turmoil, I think she needs to be challenged on it a bit: She returns home, she starts training the young Amazons, all of whom consider her their hero and role model. They bombard her with questions about the world of man and talk all about how they want to be protectors of worlds other than their own, how they want to help the entire world, not just Themyscira.
But some (maybe just one little girl in a one-on-one moment with Diana, maybe they're having a heart to heart because the young girl wants to give up on training, after seeing Diana give up on the world of man) also question why she would come back after so many of them dream of the adventure, but she doesn't have a good answer.
She says she missed home, but the girl asks if that's enough to never go back. Diana says that man will never reach the peace she had hoped, the girl asks if that means that there's no point trying. Diana says that she's tried, the girl gets even more discouraged, so now Diana has to backtrack and reflect on the good she's done there and all of the "little things" that have really changed her for the better (mostly the relationships with humans).
From there she has to sort out her longing for being back home and the knowledge that the world of man is where she belongs and is needed. She looks to the mirror for guidance, it shows her Barbara, then we're back into Nando's rewrite.
Completely agree.
I agree that the relationship part needs a bit of improvement. Maybe some sort of a friendship triangle: Max leans more towards Diana, Diana leans towards Barbara, Barbara leans towards Diana. I know that for a real triangle someone needs to point towards Max, but I think this way it can still work and be even more realistic, Max being sort of a third wheel in this trio (though being liked in general), and Diana and Barbara having quite a strong bond.
Then Diana leaves and both Max and Barbara re-focus on each other. Barbara is in more of disappointment and sorrow state and needs someone to fill the gap, and Max has more anger and starts to use Barbara. Then we have stronger, emotional connection for Barbara hating Diana and liking Max, which makes her be on his side. Then the mirror scene basically works the same, showing who really cares about who.
This could show a) abandoning friends, even for family, is bad; b) treating people in a group as a third wheel could be even worse.
Shallow? Stretched? Not realistic? Please share your thoughts :)
I dont know about Burunda but I agree with pretty much everything you said...
I would definitely have enjoyed Nando's movie a lot though! flaws and all
Nah have it be Circe that creates her, considering she turns women into animals too
Me: Oh I'm enjoying this
Nando: The Dream Stone was created by the Endless.
Me: YOU NOW HAVE MY ATTENTION
I practically squeed at that moment.
I absolutely jumped down to the comments as soon as he mentioned that
"The good inside one person is stronger than all the evil in the world"
Fuck, what a good line :D
Not to nitpick but Lords motivation to nuke the Amazon's was a bit shallow, I thought he wanted powerful people in debt to him not deep fried in nuclear waste.
One of the things that makes Nando rewrites so marketable, is that occasionally they still have the same eye-rolling handwavey tropes that you see in these kinds of movies all the time.
@@Taurusus yup. We'd never get a real comic book blockbuster movie where villians don't do absolutely stupid shit for no good reason. That's kinda what makes them villians or antagonists most of the time. So its mote realistic to still have some of that
Unlike your podcast, mostly nitpicking
Okay. That's...honestly pretty easy. Shockingly easy, in fact. "Powerful people in debt to him" requires EVERYONE to BE people that believe in debts and bargaining. Absolutely plausible that the Amazons...don't quite work like that?
@@Volvagia1927 ya that’s what I was going to say. The Amazon’s aren’t people that could be manipulated in that way so they would only be a threat to him.
I'm here like, "Oh Wonder Woman rewrite in one video, that's very ambitious"
Clicks video
"Ohhhh"
An excellent rewrite! My only problem with this one is Max has no motivation to do whatever he does. His actions lack concrete motivation. Still, yours is miles better than the movie that was released. The choice to remove Steve was really good and I didn't realise it until you did it. Continue the great work!
He clearly states that he wants powerful people to owe him favors. And he calls in at least two of those favors during Nando's movie.
In times long past, this video would have been 20 minutes long. The setup, Act one, a Nebula/Curiosity Stream plug, roll patreon subscribers. You have no idea how excited I was when I could feel Nando coming to a conclusion only for him to say, "Act 2" 😂
It's a whole new world
Legend has it that when you’re early, Nando responds.
The legends are true! Hi!
@@NandovMovies love your stuff dude ✨
Rewrite Maxwell’s motivation for destroying paradise island
Maybe he uses the dream stone to see the greatest threat to his power and the stone shows him paradise island.
This sets up the idea that dark forces are trying to destroy paradise island behind the scenes
Dark forces that come into play in part 3
I love the part where Barbara asks Diana if she's an alien 😂
Also I think your easter eggs are executed pretty cleverly
In the movie universe, maybe she should ask if she is Superman's sister? He is also a powerful alien.
@@jeremyarcus-goldberg9543 in this version of the dc universe Superman wouldn’t touch down until probably late nineties early 2000s given what we see in man of steel.
And even if he had already hit earth he’d be like 8 or 9. So you’re hearts in the right place but it wouldn’t work.
Maybe instead have her say something like “you’re an alien? But you look like a regular human! What are you some sort of super woman?”
Which even that reeks of will smiths suicide squad joke so clearly further workshopping is required for this joke/reference to even land.
@@AnimatedTerror I actually love that joke because the evil wonder woman of the crime syndicate is called "superwoman". Maybe have her say "You're an alien? Oh no, is there some evil race of superwomen?"
I know this just came out today but this just reminded me that it would be so dope if u did a rewrite for Kingsman the Golden Circle. Maybe closer to when the kings man comes out
ok i need this now
Pleaaaaase do this Nando omggg
Yes!!!!
I liked it for the gonzo film it was (maybe because I wasn't that enamored with the first one, either?). It wasn't great, but I had to give it props for going all-out in its insanity.
I have no idea why Warner Bros haven't contacted you to write their movies
im willing to send you back in time is more of the response
That requires foresight and an understanding of people's skills.
Do you think they are Kevin fiege?
Let's hope they have and that he's the ghost writer for their next movies 😁
Nice rewrite! Although not to nitpick, (not unlike your podcast, Mostly Nitpicking) the Mayans were on North and Central America, not South America.
As a South American, it matters to me.
Tiny nitpick (not unlike your podcast, Mostly Nitpicking, please subscribe): I think Diana shouldn't name her archeology company Prince Archeology for the very reasons she shouldn't work at the Smithsonian. People will notice when she doesn't age.
It should instead be called Antiope Archeology
This movie was in desperate need of several rewrites
Seriously. One or two more passes during the scripting phase would have really rocked.
@@AtomikaBlerd or throw it away and start over. This was a huge improvement, and I like a number of individual elements, but as a whole, it doesn't work for me. I like the stuff with Barbara. But Lord was arguably one of the hardest villains WW faced. He was way too weak in WW84, and this keeps a lot of those problems. Again, better - he's more evil here - but this still doesn't seem like a character that is so evil and so powerful that he goes down in comic history as one of the few characters (if not the only) that WW ever killed.
@@cryofpaine In truth, this is largely a problem with movie versions of comics in any regard. The villains almost always only last one movie each. Each hero is allowed like one arch nemesis that can persist, but once you hit the sequels, forget it. One and done.
The solution would be to break the cycle. Allow Lord to escape, maybe using his wish stone, so who knows where, when, or how he ends up later. But instead of being defeated, he is merely thwarted. He needs time to truly figure out his powers. He was new at this and didn't want to use the stone for his own wishes, until he was backed into a corner. He'll be far scarier later.
This movie was trash… didn’t give ANY respect to who wonder woman really is as well as Barbara.
Had anyone else forgotten about Artemis Fowl until Nando mentioned it?
I thought it happened like 4 years ago
I wish I did
I feel like we've all blocked that out
What's that about? Just saw a trailer and based from a book.
"The Materioptikon"
My jaw dropped. And you went all out with it too, you didn't just take the name.
Great rewrite!
Also, each time you cut to Diana and Barbara having dinner it gets funnier and funnier, since there’s only so much footage available
This is the first rewrite that gave me goosebumps. Hope someone hires you for one of these movies some day
This is exactly what I needed today. I pulled up UA-cam randomly, and now I'm gonna sit for an hour an watch this. I can't . . . not do that now
The way I gasped when you said "Rex Mason" I'm such a nerd
I did that too!
Idk how I feel about this rewrite. His motivation for destroying Themyscira because he thinks they are a rival to his dream stone? Eh... alright. Diana and Barbara are suppose to be besties enough for Diana to come back? But not besties enough to tell her she's leaving?
It's because their so close that Diana can't bring herself to say goodbye.
Honestly, if it bothers you, just have her tell her.
"Barbara..? You were right"
"Thanks! About what?"
"I'm going home"
Just one thing you said South America when talking about the dig site when the mayan civilization was rather in Central America, was that a mistake or was it intentional on Maxwell's part?
They went to Belize if I heard correctly, so it probably is on purpose!
Such an incredible rewrite. Many people have pointed out valid criticism, but still this is miles better than anything WB could ever think of. This is my version of the story from now on.
"Some monster or demon, like ET but terrible at a McDonald's"
That's such a wonderful quick reference to Mac and Me, amazing.
"The world presented in WW84 is an incredibly pessimistic one."
Well, yeah, it is the DCEU.
Yeah, I get your point. This pessimistic tone bugged me, but it is more fitting with the superman movies.
@@RuNacken "It is more fitting with the superman movies." I choked on air when I read that. I would say that the pessimism is the reason the Superman moves **DON'T** work. At all. From the standalone, to BvS, through Justice League (both versions). The movies on the fringes of the DCCU can be salvaged with some Handwavium, but the core of the franchise needs a hard reboot.
@@Starcat5 Can you explain why?
@@amiths2523 , I agree with Starcat. I am old, and I want a version of Superman (and by extension the DCEU) that shows that heroes, and by extension super heroes, are extraordinary individuals that sacrifice their own well being to make the world a better place. They do the right thing by the third act, they get hurt protecting innocent ordinary individuals, and the world is overall better because they exist. They do more than stop super villains from taking over, they inspire us real people to try to be more like them within reason. Watchmen should be a dark parody of the DCEU, not the way the DCEU actually is.
The DCEU is literally about hope persevering through darkness. That's the opposite of pessimism
I just saw the post about this literally 30 seconds ago and was like “I hope it comes out soon!”
i really like this rewrite as it fleshes out the dynamic and friendship of cheetah and wonder woman, and doesnt rely on the ‘nerdy girl wants to be more like popular girl and has to learn to be herself’, you built it into a more tangible desire to be powerful enough to save others *the way* diana does, admiring a specific quality and wanting to embody it in a literal way. overall a nice entertaining story too, i like the archeological excavation stuff alot!
Seeing how there's a kind of running gag where Max insists on people to refer to him as Max instead of names like Mr. Lord or Maxwell Lord, I think it would have been great if in the climax near the end, when Diana's trying to convince him to not nuke Themyscira or abuse the Dream Stone further, she'll be calling him "Max" and, he would retort with "That's Lord/Mr. Lord/Maxwell Lord to you!"
I wanted to love Wonder Woman 1984 so much, but watching it, I just felt.. let down.. It wasn't just the cheese factor, and it wasn't just the 'easy outs' that it used.. it felt.. lazy. I couldn't really put my finger on it, but you've definitely done so. I loved what they did do with Steve in the movie, but just like you, I felt like it ultimately shouldn't have been included. I must say, Nando, that your rewrite, if it had been the movie we got, would have absolutely been one I enjoyed. Thanks for doing this. It's just a shame we won't be able to see it on the big screen.
Seriously Nando, archaeology in the 1980s couldn't do stuff Indiana Jones did. At least not if you wanted stay on the right side of the law. You don't just travel to South America, dig without permission and keep it for yourself. International laws made it illegal. Maxwell Lord wouldn't care, but Diana would. (Completely agree on nixing Steve Trevor though)
Thank you for saying that! That’s a detail that should feel obvious to people but somehow they forget
For god’s sake, it's a fictional South America in the 80s in an American film. I’m pretty sure talking to the right people there and offering them the right amount of money would grant anyone the privacy they seek to excavate wherever they wanted. It would be illegal, but it would still be believable for the time period.
You raise a good point! Maybe the fix is to emphasize that. So then the audience gets the feeling that Lord and Stagg are both questionable when it comes to legality. Diana can be put off by this, but maybe she decides to stick around to keep an eye on them.
In Nando's rewrite, Maxwell Lord quite literally says paying the right people off for them to get the stone is apart of the plan. And why would Diana care about the laws of man and following them? Especially if no one is getting hurt?
For added moral safety, he could add that there is a skirmish innthe area that is likely to destroy all important historical matterials.
It's a lot better than what we actually got, I give it that.
Honestly thought Diana's wish would be something lik "I wish I was back on Themyscira" or something, and we get a Shrek 4 scenario where time is rewritten and Diana never left. Show her the effect she had on the world, how even if he felt nothing was changed the world was worst without her
The original film didn't justify the choice of Barbara becoming a Cheetah very well but I think there could still be *some* justification rather than just her 80s cheetah prints.
If the dream stone came from a culture with a particular set of legends (like the jaguar warrior in ancient Mayan culture or the cat-headed gods from egyptian culture), I think that would add a lot of meaning to it (even if its a legend that is just made up for the movie) because then it would show that while Barbara thinks she's choosing her own fate by becoming a powerful person, she's really just becoming a stooge for a power structure that has existed time and time again.
Definitively love this take!
Ooh, nice!
Thank you so much for trying to fix this. I love your channel ❤️
I wonder how you'd work around stupider restrictions, like, say, "Someone, anybody, has to die, come back no more than an hour's runtime afterward, and it has to be a big emotional beat."
Or a rule of "Wishing for the right thing there are no moral or emotional or anything problems with must be bad purely because it is a wish not because of contents of it."
or even just the restriction of the new "metoo code" as it was called i cant find what those are tbh just several articles that this was the first superhero movie written to follow them
You may have used Brendan Frasier as Rex, but let's be honest: those lines and that reading, you were thinking Patrick Warburton weren't you?
Same!
No one can deliver a line like Patrick Warburton!
This rewrite was pretty good. I had similar thoughts on how/why Barbara would wish for super powers. It would have made way more sense to know Diana's secret and they just be friends from the start of the movie.
Personally I would have used Dan Garrett the first Blue Beatle instead of Rex Mason, because he's an archeologist who discovered the blue beatle scarab in Egypt.
Jeez, our buddy Nando should be a writer. I've listened to so many of his rewrites and felt moved and all kinds of other stuff
Why is no one talking about how the way you write Rex’s is hilarious?! “Those paintings of flowers” 😂
Shang-Chi, Dawn of Chromatica, and now a new rewrite video from Nando?
This is an amazing week for me!
The most confusing thing for me is that the film had no reason to be set in 1984, like none of the plot points could have been any different in 1975 or 1996 or 2010
46:50 this dude got me emotional reading his fan fic
Looove these! I literally enjoy these as actual movies, or audiobooks.. Just all around great job!
You pick perfect clips to go along with your stories which makes these rewrites magnificent.
I love the recuts you do. It adds a ton of life to your rewrites.
One villainous Scene pitch: Joss Whedon writing his Wonder Woman script
We don't talk about that.
I don't know what's wrong with you people Whedon has never made a bad movie, tv show, or even comic except for Snyder's movie.
Mean while Zack Snyder has never in his entire career made a good movie and I feel pretty safe and saying he never will and the entire Snyder universe will suck so bad that I'm not even going to watch it. cuz he's an awful writer. Great director, awful writer.
If Joss Wheldon made this movie, it would be good, just like everything else he's ever made. Name anything that wasn't good that wasn't written by Zack Synder. The man literally has a nearly Flawless record of writing for years
@@mr.e7541 Zack Snyder has never written anything good? Excuse me,
1) the Snyder Cut is actually very good and makes the Wheadon cut look like garbage
2) he directed watchmen one of the best comic book movies ever created in my opinion
Villainous if Post-JL Whedon wrote it. I heard his original pitch (2007) and it sounded like everything you'd want in a WW movie - possibly even better than 2017 WW. Inspiration from George Perez, Circe and Ares teaming up (possible casting suggested - Sean Bean and Eva Green), Diana as both diplomat and warrior, colorful action, solid moments that ran g true to the character - what's not to like?
Only movies I'd call undisputedly *good* from Snyder are 300 and Dawn of the Dead.
Your rewrites are very good. I always enjoy them. This one is awesome
I will say I did like the original movie's version of Max better, and the twist of Barbara going unapologetic as Max became better. This Max... is weaker.
Otherwise though, this was a lot better. A connection between Barbara and Diana, Rex, the shout outs to Bialya and Markovia in a way that doesn't feel forced... excellent.
This is a great rewrite. The only thing I'd change would be the Bialya-Markovia conflict. Bialya is usually in the Middle East, while Markovia is... somehow simultaneously in Eastern Europe and in the Low Countries. I think a Bialya-Qurac conflict would work better, since both of those are in roughly the same area, and in some versions (like the Young Justice cartoon) those two countries do have a history with each other
A The Mummy reunion was very cool to imagine, and also your distaste for Kingsman 2 was funny!
"You had my curiosity but now you have my attention..."
The emotional core is great. Teared up twice.
Please do more of these. This was absolutely amazing and I wish this movie was real.
Aw thanks
Listened to this while running the last two mornings. After all the Wonder Woman videos that have come out, this is as a great rewrite. Thanks for the content, and glad it was so long!
Love this wanted a rewrite for months
Only 2 gripes are Cheetah seems like a normal, sensible person until Diana visits Themyscira for like 3 minutes and she gets pissy.
Showing that the plane or whatever saw Diana offer to stay would help Cheetah feel abandoned.
And the reason he wanted to kill all amazons makes him a bit more of a stereotypical villain.
Not sure how to fix this just yet.
The rest is great. The little tidbits really show care and polish.
I feel like if they didn’t use Ares already it’d be fun to see him use Chris Pine’s face
Like as a psychological tactic where he just tries to torment Diana and it’d be such a fun bit of stunt casting
30:19 I'm thinking that it could be like those airplane games people use to do. It was a literal pyramid scheme.
I know it's weird for Diana to be pinning for a guy for some 70 years or what have you, but I had my own idea for fixing that. The movie could set up that Diana has been in other relationships between those times. Maybe in act one we see Diana in a mid break up. And all those relationships have ended sour because Diana trying to maintain a secret identity. She can't connect with new people because they can't know about her real self or understand who she truly is. Trevor was the one person who knew all about her and understood what she is. He was on the island, he was there for her through her first time in man's world. There's no baggage with Steve.
And, just because, make that one night be the anniversary of Steve's death, so that's why he's specifically on her mind the night of the wish.
Steve is the dream boyfriend she can finally be open with, and having him back would seemingly fix her problems, where the actual answer is she has to be willing to let other people be close to her and be her true self.
just an idea pitch.
I feel if nando himself had gone to see this movie, we'd get "a one small change" video lamenting rex madon just disappearing half way thru and him not getting his due. So if i may be so bold...max and barb are headed to go claim the item to destroy the island, and rex catches them and attempts to stop them maybe he has been following the dream stone and got a glimps of maxs plan (i dont know) max tries to buy him but masy boy is having none of it....barb: (voice from offscreen) whats with you rex, you're not usually the hero type. Rex: ehn, ever since our little retreat, ive been in a state of metomorphasis...he goes to stop them maybe a gun or other weapon...a blurred cheetah takes him down, but doesnt kill him. It both acknowledges how before barb beat him properly, and shows how corrupted she is with power when she beats him physically, further more it builds up cheetah a bit before the big debut...just a thought
43:08 Ha! Mac & me reference!
Love that your rex mason voice sounds eerily like Patrick Warburton
Also if Brendan Fraser was not already machine man in doom patrol , seeing him be element man would be great!
I've been waiting for your rewrite since the movie came out
This 1 hour format is so much better than the one where you release part by part. I never have the headspace to remember your version that way.
How about a rewrite that takes care of Diana's KISS boots. Fighting crime in giant heels seems unwieldy.
I love this rewrite! Nice work, Nando!
I’m obsessed with your rewrites. This was fantastic and would have worked perfectly. Love the Barbara changes. As well as the call to adventure.
My problem with the movie is that it doesn't really feel like a sequels to the first. It didn't really follow on the themes and plot threads of the first. One idea for a sequel would be that by killing Ares, Diana pissed of Hera which is still alive because Ares was kinda a mamas boy and she was in on the plan of killing all Olympians. Hera wanting to ruin the live of Diana makes actually a lot of sense in the new continuity, because she is another one of Zeus bastard's etc. etc.
Killing off the Olympians was and is the stupidest thing the first movie did,considering Hippolyta didn't tell the truth,she easily could be lying about how many gods perished.
Saw the run time of this and went "Jesus dude." 😂
INSANE! Loved It! You should consider some videos explaining how you would create your own DCEU from the start.
maybe having Maxwell knowing the legend of the amazons, so knewing that an army of guardians of the natural order exist would make Max's motives to wipe them out more reasonable: legendary beings that could opossed to his schemes of wishes that will destroy reality making the amazons step up to fulfill their divine duty.
One of my most favorite rewrites you've done. Hit all the right notes for me.
I feel like max is the weakest link in this version of the movie.
As soon as he said Rex Mason I was like YOOO ELEMENT MAN?!?
psyche I have no idea who tf that is
Boy if any film needed this improvement.
EDIT: KGBeast for the 'Terminator-type villain with a mini-gun'!
I love this rewrite, but I just think the whole Barbara feeling abandoned by Diana is a little forced. They knew each other for what, a few weeks at the maximum? Diana went home and that's pretty reasonable. It's not like they made some promise to be by each other's side forever.
What a masterclass in writing this is! Just 16 minutes in and I'm sold, new fan! So much thought and heart put into it. I'm clicking like and subscribing now! 🎇🤯🎇
Did I miss the part where are you explained Maxwell Lord’s motivation for wanting to destroy Themyscira? This whole thing kind of fell apart for me when I had no idea why he felt spite toward Amazonians.
As much as I enjoy this, I think Maxwell Lord's motivation rings pretty hollow and generic. This is the one point the original movie did better.
I enjoy coming up with ideas to fix movies I've seen. I love and hate that you always do it better.
actually the guy wanted a farm, not a zoo, which he didn't even get. Looked like he only got a couple a cows, wack.
Still is that really selfish?
"Someone else wrote WW1984, but apparently he sucks".
Who? If you're referring to Joss Whedon, he had nothing to do with writing WW84. Granted, if the allegedly leaked WW script from several years ago was actually written by Whedon, then it's a good thing he didn't write a WW film.
Emilia Clarke or Sophia Di Martino could be great choices for Cheetah IMO.
Noice I can see that especially Sophia
@@madtitan0825 She could also pull off red hair so it’s sort of a win-win.
i'd love hayley atwell
@@donb7519 She’d be good as well.
I was thinking Kaya Scodelario
...I NEED TO GET NEBULA! Spectacular video, we appreciate it Nando, THANK YOU !🙌🙌🙌😄
Re Casting "British, red head?"
sounds like Karen GIllan
Who else is the most iconic British, Red Head?
It is definitely a lot less messy than the original. It feels kinda packed but much better than the original. Mainly sorting out the wishes and saving Trevor for pater makes a world of difference
Damn it Nando! "The good in one person is stronger than all the evil of this world." Are you trying to kill me? This shit is too good for UA-cam. Write a book! A screenplay. Something.
Okay, I definitely need another hour long video where you pitch an in-depth Wonder Woman 3. I want to see how this all goes down.
This is mostly fantastic, but there's a huge missed opportunity here to improve the emotional arc for Barbara. She's an archaeologist interested in ancient legends, right? So surely she's heard of the lost island of Themyscira or at minimum the Amazons. Finding out Diana is from there and knows all this stuff Barbara has long wanted to know, but lied to her about it, that'd leave her feeling betrayed and made a stooge of. It can still tie into the feeling like the weakling, because Barbara could see it as a sign of Diana's disregard for her. Though then we still have a hole of Barbara, the archaeologist, being willing to destroy an ancient hitherto-unknown location. Probably could patch this with some more lies from Maxwell.
Potential Maxwell lies: These /are/ the ruins of Themiscyra, but Diana wasn't quite lying, Barbara, she just didn't tell you the whole truth--she and the "Amazons" /are/ aliens, and they've taken over this ancient ruin and are destroying the historical knowledge here, but I have Wished for a weapon that will eliminate the aliens without harming what was originally here, you just need to clear the way.
Also your mirror twist was great in concept, but you didn't really build up enough any idea that Barbara likes Maxwell so much that he'd be what she sees in the mirror or that she'd feel that betrayed by not being what he sees in the mirror. So maybe futz with that some. If you did these Maxwell lies, you could skip that and just have Barbara think Maxwell cares about salvaging the "pre-invasion" Themiscyra, only to find out he only cares about himself.
In this case after the battle is over and Barbara knows the actual truth about things, Barbara asks the Amazons if she can stay on Themiscyra. She's human, but she's not a man, so they might be down for her sticking around. They can teach her strength stuff and she can learn about their ancient culture, both of which would satisfy these two character interests.
Just listening to the beginning of the 1st act and it’s so much more engaging then the original movie