“Is She With You?”
This is the question Superman asks of Batman, after Wonder Woman questions the wisdom of drawing the monstrous Doomsday to a particular location. “I thought she was with you,” comes Batman’s reply, as both seem indignant at this mysterious woman having the tenacity to demand that they justify their decisions.
This is a glorious, triumphant moment because, not only is it the first appearance of Wonder Woman in full costume, but it is also the moment she saves Batman from certain death, and reveals some of her own awesome powers in the process. But, more than that – and as is the case with much of Chris Terrio’s script – it works on a different level.
Wonder Woman, as a character, is the only female superhero currently depicted onscreen who is not a spinoff from a male character – in the entire superhero movie genre. To be clear, Wonder Woman isn’t ‘with’ anybody. In history, she is the lead of her own story, and in Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, she appears – from her own story, with her own agenda – to help save the day, because Batman and Superman need her.