Wonder Woman 3 Needs To Fix The DCEU’s Themyscira Mistake
The Wonder Woman films have largely wasted the potential of the Amazonian island of Themyscira – a mistake Wonder Woman 3 needs to correct.
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Wonder Woman 3 needs to fix the franchise’s Themyscira mistake – and see Diana return to her paradisiac island. Wonder Woman 1984 may have proved somewhat divisive among fans, but Warner Bros. announced the threequel just two days after its theatrical release, with Patty Jenkins returning as director. Jenkins and her co-writers have actually planned out the next two Wonder Woman movies, meaning the future looks bright for Gal Gadot’s Amazonian warrior woman.
Still, no doubt Warner Bros. will want Jenkins to take some of the feedback to heart and conduct some course-corrections. One of the most common criticisms is that Wonder Woman 3 needs to avoid being another period piece, and instead should be set in the current DCEU timeline. While this doesn’t necessarily mean the threequel should feature any cameos, it would allow the film to feel as though it continued the ongoing narrative of the DCEU rather than interrupted it. The sad truth is that Wonder Woman 1984 didn’t really do enough with its setting to justify being a period piece. A contemporary setting would also allow Wonder Woman 3 to address another major problem; it would mean the film could deal with Themyscira.
The island of Themyscira was easily one of the most fascinating elements of both Wonder Woman films. The first Wonder Woman spent quite some time on the island of the Amazons, with Patty Jenkins understanding viewers needed to have a firm grasp of their culture in order to relate effectively to Diana. DC Films’ design for Themyscira was absolutely stunning, and the fight choreography, in particular, was impressive, with a focus on the cooperative skills of the Amazons. Jenkins returned to Themyscira in a flashback in Wonder Woman 1984, this time stressing the more competitive side of Amazonian culture, and again it was one of the most interesting parts of the movie. There’s just one problem; as interesting as Themyscira may be, Patty Jenkins’ two Wonder Woman films have relegated it to the place Diana left behind. Her origin story means she has left Themyscira, never expecting to return.
A contemporary setting for Wonder Woman 3 would, however, allow the franchise to move on from this idea – by taking Diana back to Themyscira. Although Diana did not properly understand it, when she left Themyscira she was implicitly criticizing Hippolyta’s decisions, because she was insisting the Amazons should not be the ones who hide away from the world and allow it to be consumed by the God of War. “If I stay, who would I be,” Diana challenged her mother, choosing to become a solution to the world’s problems and unwittingly asking her mother just who she was choosing to be by hiding from them. A return to Themyscira would allow Diana an opportunity to understand she has not actually been representing the Amazons as they are, but rather as they were always intended to be – Zeus’ gift to the world, a symbol of hope.
Ideally, Wonder Woman 3 would conclude with the Amazons choosing to emerge from the shadows and engage with the world of man; Diana would therefore become the bridge between these two civilizations. This kind of plot twist is only possible in a contemporary setting, and it would help establish a fantastical future for the DCEU – the same kind of future envisioned by the final scenes of Aquaman, with the promise of interaction between the human race and Atlantis. Rather than become focused on the past, Wonder Woman 3 would therefore usher in a bright future for the DCEU.
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