![]() ![]() Had Wonder Woman 1984 come out a month later, it might have been received very differently. But can she renounce her heart’s desire in order to set an example? Once Diana realizes what’s going on, she understands that Lord’s insatiable greed, combined with the wishes of everyone he meets, will inevitably lead to societal collapse. Meanwhile, her klutzy new friend, Barbara Minerva (Kristen Wiig), accidentally wishes to be as powerful as Diana, unaware that doing so will give her super powers. Huckster Maxwell Lord ( Pedro Pascal) obtains the powers of a magical wishing stone, causing Diana/ Wonder Woman ( Gal Gadot) to inadvertently wish her long-lost love Steve Trevor ( Chris Pine) back to life. RELATED: Wonder Woman 1984’s Gag Reel Highlights Gal Gadot’s Giggle Fitsīy now, the plot of Wonder Woman 1984 is known to everyone who saw it in December and January. And that ties into the whole theme - getting something unearned frequently comes at great cost. Some misconstrued the scene as penalizing Diana for creative thinking, when instead it meant her skipping a step that was crucial. It’s not ingenious if she misses one of the markers she was supposed to hit along the way. Diana needs to learn that taking a shortcut means not doing the work. Ultimately, Asteria is revealed to be alive and living among humanity in secret, very much like Diana.Not that visuals alone justify inclusion, of course. Some time later, Diana meets the man whose body Steve was inhabiting, while she continues to protect the world. Maxwell renounces his wish and returns home to reunite with his son, averting global thermonuclear war. She also shows Maxwell a vision of his son, Alistair, wandering the street as chaos ensues from his fulfillment of everyone's desires. After defeating Barbara, Diana confronts Maxwell and uses her Lasso of Truth to communicate with the world through him, convincing everyone to renounce their wishes. She returns home and dons the armor of the legendary Amazon warrior Asteria, then heads to the broadcast station and battles Barbara, who has been transformed into a being of pure rage after wishing to become an "apex predator". Steve convinces Diana to let go of him and renounce her wish, regaining her strength. ![]() Barbara joins forces with Maxwell to prevent Diana from harming him. ![]() Maxwell, upon learning from the President of the United States that the US satellite broadcast system can transmit signals globally, decides to use it to grant wishes to the entire world, inadvertently giving the United States more nuclear weapons which threatens to start a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Both Diana and Barbara are unwilling to renounce their wishes, so they try to find alternative solutions. Steve realizes that his existence comes at the cost of Diana's power. The only way to reverse the exchange is by renouncing the wish or destroying the stone itself. The stone grants a user their wish but exacts a toll. Barbara, Diana and Steve investigate the Dreamstone's powers further and discover that it was created by Dechalafrea Ero - the god of treachery and mischief. Maxwell becomes a powerful and influential figure as his body begins to slowly die, while leaving chaos and destruction in his wake as his wishes trigger instability and conflict. He wishes to become the embodiment of the stone and gains its power to grant wishes, while also able to take whatever he desires in return. During a gala night at the Smithsonian, she meets Maxwell, who seduces her in order to gain access to her office so he can take the Dreamstone. Barbara wishes to become strong and beautiful like Diana. Diana wishes for her deceased lover, Steve Trevor, to return, causing his soul to take over another man's body. Both Diana and Barbara unknowingly use the stone to fulfill their own desires. ![]() Secretly, he covets the "Dreamstone," hoping to save his failing oil company. Businessman Maxwell Lord visits the Smithsonian under the guise of making a donation. One item both women take notice of has an inscription in Latin. After Wonder Woman foils an attempted robbery, the FBI asks Barbara to identify a cache of stolen antiquities from the robbery. At work, she meets Barbara Ann Minerva, an insecure woman who idolizes and envies Diana for her beauty and confidence and befriends her. Diana continues to fight crime as Wonder Woman, albeit while maintaining some anonymity. In 1984, decades after the events of World War I, Diana works as a senior anthropologist at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., specializing in the culture of ancient Mediterranean civilizations. Diana's mother, Queen Hippolyta, and her aunt Antiope lecture her on the importance of truth, because "no hero is born from lies". After falling from her horse and taking a shortcut, she is disqualified. As a young girl, Diana Prince participates in a multi-stage athletic competition on Themyscira against older Amazons. ![]()
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