Fanboy Paranoia

There is a lot of optimism and excitement in this author and the DC fanboy world about the casting of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman for the upcoming tier of DC films. But at the same time, there is plenty of apprehension on whether Gal Gadot was the right choice or whether Wonder Woman will even have the desired impact as a superhero on screen. Despite being among the DC's trinity, Wonder Woman never made it to the screen with as much fanfare as Batman or Superman did, except for a successful 1970s' TV show which is consider a cult classic (and a benchmark). There were attempts made to bring her back to the small screen but neither made it past the pilot. Making a Wonder Woman stand-alone film may not seem as exciting as even a second tier DC superhero film to most of us.
“The problem lies in how people define a superhero,” says comic book enthusiast Ishaqur Rahman. “Superheroes are more commonly seen as brooding men lifting tall buildings or chasing bad guys.”

The core problem with doubts about how Wonder Woman may be accepted is a lack of properly portrayed female superheroes on screen. Hollywood has a very poor track record in that area. Such failures include “Catwoman” (Halle Berry) and “Elektra” (Jennifer Garner). The superhero stereotype is enough to make even fairly decent films with strong female leads (such as “Aeon Flux”, or the “Underworld” trilogy) go under appreciated.
“Look at Black Widow,” says Ishaqur, referring to Scarlett Johansson's role from “The Avengers”. “There wasn't much to her due to the over sexualisation.”
Wonder Woman suffering the same fate in the upcoming DC movies is exactly what the fans are afraid of. Wonder Woman's portrayal shall be a tough one to pull off for numerous reasons -- one of them being incorporating her 'origin story' properly into the shared DC Movie Universe. Recently there were rumours about Wonder Woman in the upcoming film being Kryptonian (which were thankfully refuted later on). Her origins are heavily tied to Greek mythology, and not sticking to that would disappoint many fanboys (and girls).
Another pressing issue director Zach Snyder will have to face regarding her character is to logically show why an Amazon warrior princess from Paradise Island would come to foreign soil as an ambassador of peace and end up fighting super-criminals. The director will have a mountain to climb to give a newcomer like Gal Gadot the necessary position in the film and she will have very large shoes to fill. The fans would love nothing more than Wonder Woman to be portrayed just the way she is and doing justice to that exact image will be an uphill climb considering how different Gal Gadot looks from THE Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter (the actress who played WW in the 1970s' TV Series).
One could argue that female characters aren't Zach Snyder's forte. In his films, for example, “The Watchmen”, a female character is never used to her full potential as done in “Sucker Punch”. This was one of the reasons why the adaptation of “The Watchmen” was hated by fans of the comic, including yours truly. Superman fans would point at how well Lois Lane was portrayed by Amy Adams but to that I'd say her time on screen was too limited to really infer that Wonder Woman will be handled as perfectly.
Snyder is no Christopher Nolan, but if “Man of Steel” proved anything, it was Snyder's passion to stay true to characters if not their origins. Despite all the difficulties, he might even pull it off with flying colours. So all hope is not gone!