Daily Dialogue — March 21, 2019

Steve Trevor: This is no man’s land, Diana! It means no man can cross it, alright? This battalion has been here for nearly a year and they’ve barely gained an inch. All right? Because on the other side there are a bunch of Germans pointing machine guns at every square inch of this place. This is not something you can cross. It’s not possible.
Diana Prince: So… what? So we do nothing?
Steve Trevor: No, we are doing something! We are! We just… we can’t save everyone in this war. This is not what we came here to do.
Diana Prince: No. But it’s what I’m going to do.

— Wonder Woman (2017), screenplay by Allan Heinberg, story by Zack Snyder & Allan Heinberg and Jason Fuchs

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: World War I.

Trivia: In the comics, Steve Trevor and Diana met in the Second World War (1939–45). However, in the film, they meet in the First World War (1914–18). The change in World Wars was made because the filmmakers thought that era was more suitable: “World War I was the first time that civilization as we know it was finding its roots, but it’s not something that we really know the history of. In this world, there are questions about women’s rights, about a mechanized war where you don’t see who you are killing. It’s such an interesting time.”

Dialogue On Dialogue: The dialogue above is a great way to kick off the inspirational “no man’s land scene.”