Professor Marston and the Wonder Women which was released on October 13th, 2017, got an 87% on Rotten Tomatoes and word of mouth has continued to be great, with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League director Zack Snyder praising the film as well.
However one person who is not a fan of the film is Christie Marston, the granddaughter of William Moulton Marston, who says that the film is not a true story and more of an imagination on how the character was created.
Often times a biopic or other types of based on a true story films will take liberties with the content, usually to add more dramatic affects to the story, so this isn’t surprising. But she does go on to say that the real story is even better.
#LassoTheTruth pic.twitter.com/w29UcFqUfC
— Christie Marston (@ChristieMarston) October 14, 2017
She also shared a series of tweets about what she thought of the film and how the family was not consulted due to the writer wanting to keep their own interpretations solid for the film.
The writer said that she didn't want to talk to us because she wanted to use her own 'interpretation'. And then sold it as 'the true story'!
— Christie Marston (@ChristieMarston) October 13, 2017
this goes beyond sensationalized – it is purely from the writer's imagination [which she has now admitted, after selling as 'the true story'
— Christie Marston (@ChristieMarston) October 13, 2017
Me, too! Gram would be taking a few people down right now!
— Christie Marston (@ChristieMarston) October 13, 2017
None. The writer/director said she didn't want to because she wanted to use her own interpretation…and then sold it as 'the true story'!!
— Christie Marston (@ChristieMarston) October 13, 2017
Annnnd extremely annoying!! Telling lies about Wonder Woman and her family and selling it as 'the true story'?!? NOT cool!!!
— Christie Marston (@ChristieMarston) October 13, 2017
To be fair, I think she really, really wished that it happened her way. But not finding out is not cool. And advertising 'the true story'…
— Christie Marston (@ChristieMarston) October 13, 2017
She also goes on to criticize the marketing team as they used some of the marketing design that Warner Bros. used to sell Wonder Woman:
This is SO wrong. Wonder Woman should be about Truth! pic.twitter.com/u5MxYiNLqt
— Christie Marston (@ChristieMarston) October 13, 2017
If they jusy hadn't promoted it as 'the true story' for months! (And copied the Wonder Woman movie poster…)
— Christie Marston (@ChristieMarston) October 13, 2017
The writer/director admitted it is made up last week. (After months of promoting 'the true story'…)
— Christie Marston (@ChristieMarston) October 13, 2017
Correct. Last week, the writer/director said that she did not want to talk to family because she wanted to go with her own imaginings.
— Christie Marston (@ChristieMarston) October 13, 2017
Christie Marston, shared an article which showcased a Q&A done at New York Comic Con with Angela Robinson, stating that her source had studied them and the film was more of her interpretation, admitting that it’s not necessarily a true story.
The true story, as opposed to the made up movie story https://t.co/uBPhBgUkvp
— Christie Marston (@ChristieMarston) October 13, 2017
Christie Marston also points out that Elizabeth was in no way a skeptic but more connected to the creation of Wonder Woman
Yes, that was reallllly off!! She's the one who said to make the hero a woman!! And she was the most positive person i have ever met!!
— Christie Marston (@ChristieMarston) October 13, 2017
Finally Christie Marston does share that the film never consulted her or anyone in the family for accuracy:
Thank you! Messing with Wonder Woman's origins is not acceptable! #LassoTheTruth !
— Christie Marston (@ChristieMarston) October 14, 2017
Lynda Carter, who played Wonder Woman in the 1970’s series and helped to market the film starring Gal Gadot, also shared her opinion and her hopes that the audiences would take Christie Marston’s opinion seriously.
@RealLyndaCarter Thank you, Lynda! #LassoTheTruth pic.twitter.com/SsPKbrqoc9
— Christie Marston (@ChristieMarston) October 14, 2017
It looks like the audience can look forward to a great but fictional film about the creators of Wonder Woman. Christie Marston spoke a lot on her twitter, what is shown here are the highlights, so check out her Twitter account for more.
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