Wonder Woman 1984: 5 things that make no sense

Wonder Woman 1984 could have been the perfect gift for the holiday season. Unfortunately, the expectation of jaw-dropping action was overshadowed by a lot of eye-rolling and head scratching. Spoilers ahead.

After the DCEU‘s first Wonder Woman film took place during the great war of the 1910s, Patty Jenkins transports her heroine to seedy 1980s Washington D.C. for Wonder Woman 1984. The hair, the clothes, and the sleaziness are all on display. While the setting is used as an excuse for Diana to take down low-level goofball criminals in a decisively cheesy mall set piece, there really is no excusing the senseless plot points that are littered throughout the sequel.

Here are the five most egregious missteps in Wonder Woman 1984:

5. Lynda Carter’s cameo

Let’s begin with the very end – the actress who famously portrayed the Amazonian princess on TV in the 1970’s makes a cameo appearance during a mid-credits spot. Lynda Carter briefly takes on the role of Asteria, the ancient golden warrior. However, the fact that she was tacked onto the end just made the whole idea seem like an afterthought.

Lynda Carter’s scene added nothing to the narrative and only opens the door for more questions about where her character has been all these years; Diana has been searching for Asteria for decades and here she is casually strolling through an outdoor market with a smile on her face. If Carter would have been featured as Asteria in the flashback scene when Diana teaches Steve about her heroic deeds and her golden armor, that would have been more rousing a surprise and would have aligned better to the larger story.