...So by now we've all seen the shots of the new Catwoman costume (above left) which isn't doing much for me. It's very "Uma Thurman as Emma Peel" (center left) which of course was just an update of Diana Rigg as the orignal "Emma Peel" from "the Avengers"(center right and right.) And don't even try to say it's "Julie Newmar" catwomanish because Emma Peel's Avengers costume came out before Julie's. It may have even influenced Julie's. Either way. It's been done. Nobody is impressed. At most you can say it's a combination of Catwoman's current goggle look and the thigh high boot and evening glove purple look of the 90's below. But why not do something different? Catwoman has had several looks. I would love to see the original purple ringmaster dress/green cape look finally put to use...
...or my other favorite---the short hairdo/black one piece/cat tail costume from the 70s. Many do not like this costume but, I do. Here's why, the ears/mask were combined as one, the short hairdo was on purpose to give her face cat whisker like points near her cheeks to make her look even more like a cat. the gloves had visible claws giving a certain menace to them, she had a freakin TAIL for once, and the pirate/buckle boots gave her a witch/wench type quality to the look. And once you add a cat-o-nine tails whip---she was was quite an S&M dominatrix fright. This costume was used in the 70s during a time when the romance between Catwoman and Batman was gone. No more miss nice pussy. This Catwoman didn't come to play...
...Oh well. But it should be noted this look was recently used to much fan delight in an episode of "Batman, Brave and the Bold." Where it got much praise. I think it may be a costume that works better in motion than it does standing still. But no matter. They've made their choice for the movie, and it's clearly "the Avengers Emma Peel: the 2012 version." Poor Emma, the most ripped off character ever ;)
...So by now we've all seen the shots of the new Catwoman costume (above left) which isn't doing much for me. It's very "Uma Thurman as Emma Peel" (center left) which of course was just an update of Diana Rigg as the orignal "Emma Peel" from "the Avengers"(center right and right.) And don't even try to say it's "Julie Newmar" catwomanish because Emma Peel's Avengers costume came out before Julie's. It may have even influenced Julie's. Either way. It's been done. Nobody is impressed. At most you can say it's a combination of Catwoman's current goggle look and the thigh high boot and evening glove purple look of the 90's below. But why not do something different? Catwoman has had several looks. I would love to see the original purple ringmaster dress/green cape look finally put to use...
...or my other favorite---the short hairdo/black one piece/cat tail costume from the 70s. Many do not like this costume but, I do. Here's why, the ears/mask were combined as one, the short hairdo was on purpose to give her face cat whisker like points near her cheeks to make her look even more like a cat. the gloves had visible claws giving a certain menace to them, she had a freakin TAIL for once, and the pirate/buckle boots gave her a witch/wench type quality to the look. And once you add a cat-o-nine tails whip---she was was quite an S&M dominatrix fright. This costume was used in the 70s during a time when the romance between Catwoman and Batman was gone. No more miss nice pussy. This Catwoman didn't come to play...
...Oh well. But it should be noted this look was recently used to much fan delight in an episode of "Batman, Brave and the Bold." Where it got much praise. I think it may be a costume that works better in motion than it does standing still. But no matter. They've made their choice for the movie, and it's clearly "the Avengers Emma Peel: the 2012 version." Poor Emma, the most ripped off character ever ;)
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