Sure thing, Wonder Woman will arrive next year, in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. And sure thing, she will arrive sooner than Marvel's big superheroine Captain Marvel, with a difference of one year between the two movies.
But why did it take so long for these two to have their own solo films? Why did DC and Warner Bros wait for so long to bring Wonder Woman to the big screens? After all, Batman and Superman had their fair share of solo movies until now"¦
Wonder Woman - from a child's point of view
Here is what 11 years old Rowan has to say about DC's superheroines - in a nutshell, the girl says that he has always enjoyed the cartoons coming from them, but she couldn't understand where the girls were. Sure, se also mentions the male parts of DC's trinity, as well as the new Flash show - but still, no superheroine receives the credit she should have.
In the same way, the girl mentions some Justice League Chibis figurines - 10 boys and only 2 girls. And the background for the girls is always pink. Imagine how proud Wonder Woman would be of herself if she knew that.
The tree and the raccoon
Little Rowan also mentions the fact that there is a movie out there about a talking tree and a raccoon - how come Wonder Woman has never made an appearance on the big screens?
The letter ends in quite a note, since the girl herself made a small inquiry among her friends (adults and children alike) and they all agreed they would watch a movie or a TV show in which a superheroine is the main character.
There is a point in here somewhere
There is a point to all of these, besides the cuteness of the letter (which can be seen at the end of the article). And the point is that we need superheroines as much as we need superheroes. Wonder Woman is just one of these girls - she also names Hawkgirl and Catwoman.
Why do we need them? We educated ourselves into reading comic books with superheroes, into watching compelling stories about male superheroes. Why shouldn't we educate ourselves with the likes of Wonder Woman too? This goes far beyond the equality between the genders and beyond feminism and other movements like that.
We need Wonder Woman for little girls like Rowan to have more than just one kind of role model.
Please RT: An 11 year old girl writes to @DCComics – Girls read comics too, and they care. http://t.co/P6fhuHPDYa pic.twitter.com/gxqUDGlEBm
"” David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) January 28, 2015
