Patty Jenkins has a typically great rationale for setting the new Wonder Woman in 1984
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Ever since plot and setting details for Patty Jenkins’ second Wonder Woman movie started leaking out onto the internet, there’s been one question (or two, if we count “Steve’s totally a ghost now, right?”) that’s been poking at fans of the series: Why 1984?