Stuff like this is might be a result of the current social climates. Due process has all been thrown out the window and no one actually investigates anything anymore. Of course assholes are going to start randomly spreading lies or accusations about people even if they arent deserving. Its been happening for the past…

From the comments of the Variety article

Yea but these trolls can’t mass-harass children. I mean they can, and probably do, but not through this.

Most of the usual AV club comments are trolls, if you don’t think for yourselves you’re hated

Wonder Woman singlehandedly wins the Invasion of Grenada!

Easy. I just hope it relates to themes explored in the movie. It looks great.

It’s the 80s! Do a lot of coke and vote for Ronald Reagan!

This. Although considering that it takes place 70 years after the first one... we might be looking at Steve Trevor III.

No chance this is some grandchild?

But where’s the freaky frizzy perm??

C’mon. Where’s your sense of history? They’re obviously taking a page out of the campy 70's TV show. The first season was set in the 40's, with Lyle Waggoner as Steve Trevor, and the 2nd and 3rd season set in the 70's, with Lyle Waggoner as his own son, Steve Trevor, Jr.

“shows Diana of Themyscira pondering the neon aesthetics of the Me Generation in front of that universal signifier of the 1980s”

I swear if Wonder Woman doesn’t wear a leather jacket for the entirety of the film, I’m going to bully Patty Jenkins off of Instagram.

It’s Steve Trevor, Jr. Natch.

The fact that Wonder Woman is wearing shoulder pads tells you everything you need to know about 80's fashion.

Getting a Quantum Leap vibe from that second photo. Maybe Steve will be Diana’s Al, appearing as a hologram.

Super excited! The shot of Wonder Woman looking at the TVs is also very cool. Really hoping that the 1984 setting isn’t coincidental. Looks great!

I get what you’re saying about Scary Movie 3 but I also really like this scene so I dunno. Something about the way the aliens walk just makes it great, even if it can use a bit less dog humping.

These men have taken a supreme vow of celibacy, like their fathers, and their fathers before them.

I mostly agree with the piece, but I detect the author slightly turning his nose up at the “anything-for-a-laugh” movies that came after Airplane. Some of my absolute favourite spoof movies are from that era, and I don’t think there’s anything necessarily wrong with prioritising the yuks over “character” or “theme”.…