![]() Diana found it when she came to the World of Men, but she never found Asteria…Ĭheetah claws her way through the armor’s wings, but Diana doesn’t need those-not really. That person was Asteria, wearing armor forged from all of the Amazonian armor. When the Amazons escaped to Themyscira, someone had to stay behind to keep the encroaching men at bay. As we learned earlier in the film, Asteria was the Amazonian’s fiercest warrior. ![]() While Barbara pretty easily dealt with a wish-weakened Diana at the White House, tossing her around like she was nothing, Cheetah ultimately proves to be no match for Diana at her full strength, in Asteria’s Golden Armor. Wonder Woman 1984 Post Credits Scene Explained By Mike Cecchini would be sent back to “where they came from.” An Irish man wishes that his partner would drop dead, and she does, only moments after she wishes that all of the Irish people in the U.K. A Chinese woman working in a restaurant wishes to be famous, and is immediately recognized through the window. Regardless of the logic, people around the world start wishing, not understanding the power of their words. Screenwriters Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns, and David Callaham seem to be making a statement about mass media with this plot point (which isn’t so surprising, given their professions): that media has the power to “touch” people. The Dreamstone rules require that people be touching the Stone, in this case Lord, when they make their wish. Using Marine One (with Barbara in tow), Lord travels to the satellite facility where he is able to simultaneously hijack every broadcast signal around the world to deliver his message: make a wish, and I will grant it. After visiting the Oval Office, he has gained access to the government’s Atmospheric Satellite Defense program (which POTUS tells us uses Star Wars technology). While Diana is going on an emotional journey about Steve, Max Lord is continuing his quest for MORE-more wishes, more power, more everything. Patty Jenkins told Den of Geek and other outlets during a recent press junket: “I love that she learns how to fly in this emotional way, and that that metaphor stands for something for all of us, which is you have to let go and embrace the truth and things for what they are to understand that it’s just wind and air.” Maxwell Lord Uses a Satellite to Grant the World’s Wishes In Wonder Woman 1984, it’s a skill she learns in the World of Men. In her post-Crisis origin story by George Perez, Diana was gifted the ability to fly from Hermes. During the Silver Age of Comics, Diana learned how to glide using the air currents, but it wasn’t until after the Crisis on Infinite Earths reboot that Diana full-on flew. What is the comic book precedent for this? In her original comic book incarnation, Diana couldn’t fly, but Wonder Woman has never been a character to accept limitations. She uses her Lasso to snag clouds and the occasional lightning bolt to propel her forward, and then she soars. She spreads her arms, and catches the wind. It’s wind and air, learning how to ride it, how to catch it,”) she uses her Lasso to snag the tail of a plane that pulls her far and fast up into the sky. Using what Steve taught her about how he understands flight (“It’s so easy, really. In her heartbreak over losing Steve (again), Diana runs. Chris Pine has to go play Dungeons & Dragons now. If Wonder Woman 3 were to bring Steve back again, it would be even harder to maintain the stakes and logic of the world and, honestly, Patty Jenkins is too good of a filmmaker to make a mistake like that. Wonder Woman 1984 goes out of its ways to maintain the weight of death in its world, creating a very specific scenario in which Steve and Diana can be temporarily reunited. Infinite Frontier and What’s Next for the DC Universe By Jim Dandeneauīut will he be back? It doesn’t seem likely.
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