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by James Hibberd & Borys Kit | October 1, 2010 at 3:00 pm | View Comments
Wonder Woman is still heading to the screen, but instead of coming to a theater near you, the Amazon princess is returning to television.
Warner Bros. Television is developing a modern-day reboot of the classic DC comic book heroine and has lassoed an unlikely talent to potentially write and produce the superhero project: David E. Kelley, the showrunner behind legal dramas such as "Ally McBeal," "Boston Legal" and "The Practice."
The news comes after nearly a decade of attempts by Warner Bros. and producer Joel Silver to launch a big-screen version. Actresses ranging from Angelina Jolie to Beyonce Knowles to Megan Fox have thrown their hat in the ring for the starring role at one time or another.
In 2005, Warner Bros. announced Joss Whedon would write and direct the film adaptation. But Whedon said he never ended up being able to finish the draft, and two years later left the project (he's back in the superhero world, though, prepping "The Avengers" for a winter shoot).
"They just didn't like my take," Whedon said at the time. "It's pretty simple."
Any new "Wonder Woman" won't likely have an easy road to the small screen either.
Though the 1975-79 TV series starring Lynda Carter remains the most memorable version of the character in pop culture, major networks have struggled to make female-driven action series work beyond superhero shows work beyond NBC's "Heroes." NBC's "Bionic Woman," which was likewise best known for its 1970s TV version, and could haunt attempts to get a series launch, and Fox's "Dollhouse" struggled during its two seasons on Fox.
But if any place exists for a female-driven superhero series, it would be in TV land not film. While movies like "Daredevil" spin-off "Elektra," starring Jennifer Garner, bombed on the big screen, the small-screen has been home to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," a character which first failed as a movie, and "Alias," the spy series which starred Garner.
Warner Bros. had no comment.
You know I actually like David E. Kelley, but he seems an odd choice for this sort of project. I tend to associate him more with large quirky casts rather than a central character. Still I will give it a shot if it ever makes it to TV's.
Oh well... I still have her excellent showings in the DC animated features.
"But if any place exists for a female-driven superhero series, it would be in TV land not film. While movies like "Daredevil" spin-off "Elektra," starring Jennifer Garner, bombed on the big screen, the small-screen has been home to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," a character which first failed as a movie, and "Alias," the spy series which starred Garner."
That's just drek. Look at the Underworld stuff or Resident Evil seems pretty female driven to me. Only a hollywood analyst could think it would be different because it was a superhero rather than a non costumed superhuman. the idiots just learned the wrong lesson but better to not try at all than to get things right.
Neither of those movie series, however, while successful, are near the super blockbusters that they now expect out of superhero movies and major blockbusters. Prince of Persia, for example made a lot more than either of those but was considered a dissappointment and will likely not get a sequel because it was planned as a major blockbuster. That's what they're thinking here. If it doesn't make 500 million in the box office they don't want it, even if it makes 200. That's why their are no plans for any more Incredible Hulk movies even though the last one was a big money maker--it didn't make as much as Iron Man or the recent Batman films so it's still considered a failure.
Hollywood execs are really wierd, in other words.
But it also comes down to cost vs. returns - the Resident Evil and Underworld movies are relatively cheap, at least when compared to most superhero movies. For example, Iron Man's production budget is listed as $140 million, the Dark Knight's as $185 million, the Incredible Hulk's as $150 million - but none of that includes marketing costs, which add millions more.
Compare those to Underworld's budget, which is listed as $22 million.
If a movie costs over $200 million between its 'official' budget and worldwide marketing costs but then makes $200 million back, it's not really a financial success; if a movie costs 30 million and makes 60 million back, it's great.
And then there's the matter of perception: the first Iron Man came out of relatively nowhere and made $300+ million and was seen as a huge success; its sequel made $300+ million and was seen as underperforming in many quarters.
Yes, but the Underworld movies were not made as huge blockbusters and not budgeted as such.
And with the weird way that hollywood expectations work, a movie can still net millions and yet be considered a major dissappointment. The Hulk movie, for example, did make money after all expenses. A LOT of it, but not as much as Iron Man, so it gets dropped in favor of other superhero movies that they hope will rake in even more.
So I think that's what's happening with Wonder Woman. They think other superheroes stand the chance of making a lot more money. Sure as a medium budget affair like those other female centric adaptations, it could make money, but that's not what they want out of superhero movies, they want big budget box office smashers.
I would agree that TV has been kinder to the female action star than movies have... also think Dark Angel, Dollhouse, Xena... these where all big budget for TV, no doubt.
In movies only Angelina seems able to be a full "action blockbuster star" while everyone else is relegated to B movies and damsels that sometimes fight back.
I don't know what Warner has planned for this project, but I'd take a TV show over a movie any day.
That said I have little interest in Wonder Woman.
I think Wonder Woman would make an interesting miniseries. I think it would get kind of stale after a while as a full blown series and probably get canceled before it's story was told.
OK so its rationalized drek, but its still drek just combined with idiot expectations. It puts less money ultimately in their pockets and fewer movies I would watch personally.
I'm not saying I don't understand that's the way it is. I'm just venting how stupid it is.
I've a different take on this.
To date, the biggest issues with doing a Wonder Woman movie have been THE SCRIPT and CASTING WONDER WOMAN.
I've said for a while that I am not sure that Wonder Woman IS castable currently. This is based on a number of factors. The biggest of these factors is the fact that in order for a big budget film like this to get green lit then there is going to have to be a "marquee name" attached. Most of the female names that would be able to get such a budget on a film either are a) not interested, b) too old, c) not capable either from the acting side or the physical side, or d) not right for the role based on various factors. Some of the actress that might could do the role would not merit the kind of budget that the film would deserve.
The script. There have been some floating around Hollywood for a while now. Most of them probably suck. The ones that don't are probably too much of a period piece or do not really do any sort of merit to the character. Let's be honest here, though, the writing on the comic is not luring readers in either.
Thus, the dangers of doing a film like this with a character that most people are "familiar with but really don't know" is too big of a risk.
Doing it for television has a lot of advantages. It establishes a concrete "mainstream" fan base. Now before anyone here gets their knickers in a bunch, (Steamteck, Benton, Cat, the rest of you) by mainstream I'm meaning building the same kind of fan base that a show like Smallville has plus creating a more generalized awareness of who the character is. Another advantage is in the casting. It is easier to get an unknown cast into a TV role and get them established than it is in a film role. It's not impossible on film but it's easier on television. As for the script, you're not dealing with the confines of a two-hour movie. And down the road, you can do a feature and use the series as your backstory even if a different actress is playing the lead.
I am still hesitant to say the role is capable of being cast. Just mostly due to the way most casting directors behave. They are going to look at the look of the actress usually over what the character should look like. Unless you a really good actress who does her research into the role and knows what she needs to be to do the character justice going into it.
You actually make some good points but using Smallville as an example did make me cringe.
Yeah, Smallville really isn't very popular. On any other network, it would have been dumped a long time ago.
I'll be honest, I have not given Smallville the attention it deserves but I hate the modern overpowered wonderwoman so TV might tone her down into a character I can care about.
Also I dont feel she has been that well explored as a character and you know TV writers will get her out of her shell... sometimes I feel the animated wonder woman is deeper than the comic one.
I hope they actually make her as powerfull as superman. This tv show has no other purpose than introducing WW to a all new generation (not everybody saw the linda carter version) so that they will go see the movie version in a few year.
So there's a lot of chance that the tv show version and the future movie version will look a lot alike. And for the sake of the future Justice League movie, i want Wonder Woman to be able to kick superman's arse if needed.
Quote from: Trelau on October 06, 2010, 09:18:31 AM
I hope they actually make her as powerfull as superman. This tv show has no other purpose than introducing WW to a all new generation (not everybody saw the linda carter version) so that they will go see the movie version in a few year.
So there's a lot of chance that the tv show version and the future movie version will look a lot alike. And for the sake of the future Justice League movie, i want Wonder Woman to be able to kick superman's arse if needed.
I'd definitely pay to see Wonder Woman kick Brandon Routh around. Maybe she can beat some sense into Bryan Singer too! Grrr.
BTW Resident Evil Afterlife has done 239 million worldwide so far. Budget was just under 60 million. 200 million of that is foreign interestingly enough.
Incredible hulk made about 263 million with a 150 million budget
That's a pretty good return both ways
Quote from: steamteck on October 06, 2010, 11:10:11 AM
BTW Resident Evil Afterlife has done 239 million worldwide so far. Budget was just under 60 million. 200 million of that is foreign interestingly enough.
Incredible hulk made about 263 million with a 150 million budget
That's a pretty good return both ways
Add unspecified marketing costs of millions more - which isn't included in a film's budget - and the Incredible Hulk starts turning into a squeaker of profitability. It got over the line, but probably not by that much.
Resident Evil and the Underworld were both examples of good returns on investment - that's why they keep making them. But if a Wonder Woman movie ever gets made, it won't be for $60 million.
Quote from: Talavar on October 06, 2010, 12:40:13 PM
Resident Evil and the Underworld were both examples of good returns on investment - that's why they keep making them. But if a Wonder Woman movie ever gets made, it won't be for $60 million.
True enough although sometimes I wonder where the money in these things goes relatively speaking. The ptroducts often don't look as different as their budgets would indicate. I get the star power expednditure but FX and action sequences etc. I'd often guess the wrong one had the bigger budget. Definately true in the script department
Believe it or not comfort is a big expenditure. This includes:
Shorter work days (so more days are required)
Better acomodations (cost multiplied by more days)
More staff (so people dont feel overworked)
Convenient location (why movies are often made in foreign countries even though everyone lives in hollywood and NY)
Etc.
Every time you find a cheap movie the interviews will be like "We put in 14 hour work days in the antartic and got it wrapped up in 5 weeks".
But yeah, thank god for Resident Evil (I LOVE the first one btw) and Underworld. Past movies with strong female leads like Long Kiss Goodnight (where Samuel Jackson is usually the damsel in distress) and La Femme Nikita. Hopefully it will become more common, but TV is still a kinder place for women right now (I feel).
Quote from: Trelau on October 06, 2010, 09:18:31 AM
I hope they actually make her as powerfull as superman. This tv show has no other purpose than introducing WW to a all new generation (not everybody saw the linda carter version) so that they will go see the movie version in a few year.
So there's a lot of chance that the tv show version and the future movie version will look a lot alike. And for the sake of the future Justice League movie, i want Wonder Woman to be able to kick superman's arse if needed.
Bah. I've always hated the overpowered Wonder Woman. She should be a bit stronger than Aquaman, basically in the tier below Supes and MM. She's got other things going for her besides just strength.
Quote from: BentonGrey on October 06, 2010, 03:39:28 PM
Bah. I've always hated the overpowered Wonder Woman. She should be a bit stronger than Aquaman, basically in the tier below Supes and MM. She's got other things going for her besides just strength.
Yeah she does...giggidy.
Hah! :lol:
Quote from: BentonGrey on October 06, 2010, 03:39:28 PM
Bah. I've always hated the overpowered Wonder Woman. She should be a bit stronger than Aquaman, basically in the tier below Supes and MM. She's got other things going for her besides just strength.
I disagree. I've always thought of Wonder Woman as being in the same general level of strength as Superman, MM, and Captain Marvel, but with far less resistance to injury than any of them.
Quote from: Alaric on October 06, 2010, 04:15:57 PM
Quote from: BentonGrey on October 06, 2010, 03:39:28 PM
Bah. I've always hated the overpowered Wonder Woman. She should be a bit stronger than Aquaman, basically in the tier below Supes and MM. She's got other things going for her besides just strength.
I disagree. I've always thought of Wonder Woman as being in the same general level of strength as Superman, MM, and Captain Marvel, but with far less resistance to injury than any of them.
I always felt she was a bit less powerful but way more skilled and that let her be competative. Not to be Benton light here but JLU got it pretty right. Also did pretty well on the general power level. Very impressive but not invincible.
Oh... My... #%!&&!@... GOD!!!! What in the #@$$ are they thinking!!!?
Quote from: deadline.comWONDER WOMAN Goes on NBC After All
In spite of reports from a few weeks back that all networks have passed on David E. Kelley's Wonder Woman TV show, Deadline.com reported on the weekend that NBC has reversed it's decision and picked up the show after all.
The initial "rejection" was more due to an executive shuffle at the net then an lack of interest. Now that entertainment president Bob Greenblatt has settled in, he went ahead and greenlit the show.
According to Deadline, "The project is described as a reinvention of the iconic D.C. comic in which Wonder Woman -- aka Diana Prince -- is a vigilante crime fighter in L.A. but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman trying to balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life."
Okay--that ain't Wonder Woman. It isn't necessarily a bad concept for a TV show, but call her something other than Wonder Woman, because she ain't.
Sounds more like a description of a female Batman (not any of the Batgirls/women) than Wonder Woman. I'm surprised they just didn't push this through on CW. I could stomach this if they, in a season or less, reveal that she's really an Amazonian, with some kind of amnesia, and steer it towards the more iconic WW every one knows.
Yeah, I know, not holdin' my breath.
Quote"The project is described as a reinvention of the iconic D.C. comic in which Wonder Woman -- aka Diana Prince -- is a vigilante crime fighter in L.A. but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman trying to balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life."
That would fit Black Carney better than Wonder Woman.
Quote from: Shogunn2517 on January 24, 2011, 11:41:37 PM
Oh... My... #%!&&!@... GOD!!!! What in the #@$$ are they thinking!!!?
Quote from: deadline.comWONDER WOMAN Goes on NBC After All
In spite of reports from a few weeks back that all networks have passed on David E. Kelley's Wonder Woman TV show, Deadline.com reported on the weekend that NBC has reversed it's decision and picked up the show after all.
The initial "rejection" was more due to an executive shuffle at the net then an lack of interest. Now that entertainment president Bob Greenblatt has settled in, he went ahead and greenlit the show.
According to Deadline, "The project is described as a reinvention of the iconic D.C. comic in which Wonder Woman -- aka Diana Prince -- is a vigilante crime fighter in L.A. but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman trying to balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life."
And this is why Marvel kicks their butts in live action superheroes they don't try to make the character into something its not.
Before anyone gets too worked up, it's only been picked as a pilot - meaning one episode will be produced and aired for network execs. Odds are good that it won't ever see the light of day - most pilots don't.
Yeah, but this is NBC we're talking about.
Yep, business as usual. An empty suit makes a decision, and this is what you get.
If anyone can make sure this goes horribly, it's NBC! It's like they're the coalition of horrible decisions. Wonder Woman needs a total revamp to be the A-list character DC sometimes pretends she is, but I doubt this is it.
So... they are turning Wonder Woman into Batman?
Quote from: BWPS on January 25, 2011, 05:00:52 AM
If anyone can make sure this goes horribly, it's NBC! It's like they're the coalition of horrible decisions. Wonder Woman needs a total revamp to be the A-list character DC sometimes pretends she is, but I doubt this is it.
I disagree. She has decades of history to cherry pick from. The Perez era alone could be used to make something as cool as Thor or the lord of Rings. DC just needs someone smart enough to pick out the best parts and translate them preoperly to the screen like Iron Man or the DCAU.
DC just really really neeeds to have faith in their properties and do them justice when they translate them not try to make them into something else. Until they figure ths out Marvel will have the edge.
Quote from: steamteck on January 25, 2011, 12:14:42 PM
Quote from: BWPS on January 25, 2011, 05:00:52 AM
If anyone can make sure this goes horribly, it's NBC! It's like they're the coalition of horrible decisions. Wonder Woman needs a total revamp to be the A-list character DC sometimes pretends she is, but I doubt this is it.
I disagree. She has decades of history to cherry pick from. The Perez era alone could be used to make something as cool as Thor or the lord of Rings. DC just needs someone smart enough to pick out the best parts and translate them preoperly to the screen like Iron Man or the DCAU.
DC just really really neeeds to have faith in their properties and do them justice when they translate them not try to make them into something else. Until they figure ths out Marvel will have the edge.
Emphasis added.
Very well said there, Steamteck. DC does need to have faith in their properties, but even more so, WB needs to have faith in them. They have to figure out that these characters have existed and endured for half a century for a reason. They don't have to be "fixed" to make them marketable. There is obviously something in them that is compelling. It is precisely that type of mindset that has crippled so many of their characters, chief among them being my favorite, Aquaman.
I hate getting involved in this debate/discussion/debacle.
However, the term "Amazon" has a whole different meaning outside of "Wonder Woman" and "Xena" lore. (Some positive and some not as much so depending on the context.) To mesh that with actual Wonder Woman lore has some potential.
That said, I don't have much hopes for this project.
On the other hand, Wonder Woman has always been one of the hardest character to connect with mainstream audiences. I think even Aquaman would be easier to get crossed over at this point thanks to Smallville.
That's what they should have done. Put Wonder Woman on Smallville and see how the people would react to it.
Quote from: JeyNyce on January 25, 2011, 09:53:09 PM
That's what they should have done. Put Wonder Woman on Smallville and see how the people would react to it.
I agree. but put her on there as an emissary from Themyscera (or however it's spelled, I'm too tired to look it up) and have her revealed at the end to be the Princess of there.
You know, I have an idea.
Why not have the Amazons from Themyscera discover Man's World and through a contest select the Queen's daughter Diana as the emissary.
I know it's a little different, but I think it might work.
Quote from: Shogunn2517 on January 26, 2011, 09:38:25 AM
You know, I have an idea.
Why not have the Amazons from Themyscera discover Man's World and through a contest select the Queen's daughter Diana as the emissary.
I know it's a little different, but I think it might work.
Was referring to if Diana was shown on Smallville. No one is saying that there is anything redeeming about the NBC idea.
And since you are so keen on that, should the Amazons be most male haters the way Amazons are traditionally portrayed and the way most of the Themyscera Amazons were portrayed early on? (With Diana being somewhat of an exception, she was simply distrustful.)
I don't think the NBC adaptation sounds like a good idea, but...
I don't think a faithful take on Wonder Woman works seriously outside of comics. It's too hard of a sell to a mainstream audience - even one now familiar with a lot of comic book tropes - and there are too many weird, seemingly unrelated elements that must be accepted. I mean, Wonder Woman is the daughter, moulded from clay and brought to life by the Greek gods, of the queen of a secret race of super-powered Amazons who also have advanced technology and live in secret civilization, who has extra super-powers on top of those of the other Amazons and goes to "Man's World" to fight crime dressed like a beauty pageant contestant.
Did the old Wonder Woman show from the '70s deal with all of that stuff? Even if it did, it was fairly camp from what I remember. Even Justice League did their best to avoid Wonder Woman's origin, not really explaining it fully until the last season.
If they did it right, there's no reason why they would have to do a full reveal of her origins in the very first episode. They could work into it more gradually. To start with, the only thing they would really need is Diana Prince showing up, trying to fit in, and becoming Wonder Woman when she needed to.
But since they're already not doing it right, there's not a whole lot of reason to worry about it.
Quote from: Talavar on January 26, 2011, 01:47:05 PM
I don't think the NBC adaptation sounds like a good idea, but...
I don't think a faithful take on Wonder Woman works seriously outside of comics. It's too hard of a sell to a mainstream audience -
I disagree again. Classic reason to not go ahead with stuff before someone does it right and its a hit. You don't need to go into every little detail to make an amazon and basically herself.
Smallville is in it's 10th season, which I think makes it one of the two longest running series on the CW/WB and it's a show about an alien, that features martians, survivors from fictional, civilizations and dimensions, and beings of unimaginable abilities.
ABC's television lineup has shows about a family with super powers and an alien invasion of earth. One of the network's most successful shows was about a hodge-podge of supernatural situations not tied to reality.
People may think that a general public won't accept a non-realistic take on a fictional character, but that's what the character is. I mean this is not Night Man or Manimal. It's Wonder Woman. She is literally a literary icon. The fact that Smallville has gone on for 10 seasons isn't because the writing is great or the acting is Emmy winning. The engine that drives that is the character Superman. Granted, Wonder Woman is no Superman, but like Superman, she has a name she already has a built in following and a wealth of stories to tell.
Now, I can understand tweaking stories to make them more realistic and less fantastic. But I don't fully accept that audiences will completely reject a premise that's not based in a reality they're only familiar with.
People have no trouble accepting the fantastic if presented well enough. The classic amazon princess would work if done well.
As for the old series, I do remember seeing the relaunch episode which takes place on Themiscira, which was portrayed as an all female Amazon society rules by Dianna's mother. They didn't go into the details of her origin and the island and the invisible plane were both mostly forgotten about afterwords, but both were at least shown.
Quote from: Shogunn2517 on January 27, 2011, 09:16:19 AM
Smallville is in it's 10th season, which I think makes it one of the two longest running series on the CW/WB and it's a show about an alien, that features martians, survivors from fictional, civilizations and dimensions, and beings of unimaginable abilities.
ABC's television lineup has shows about a family with super powers and an alien invasion of earth. One of the network's most successful shows was about a hodge-podge of supernatural situations not tied to reality.
People may think that a general public won't accept a non-realistic take on a fictional character, but that's what the character is. I mean this is not Night Man or Manimal. It's Wonder Woman. She is literally a literary icon. The fact that Smallville has gone on for 10 seasons isn't because the writing is great or the acting is Emmy winning. The engine that drives that is the character Superman. Granted, Wonder Woman is no Superman, but like Superman, she has a name she already has a built in following and a wealth of stories to tell.
Now, I can understand tweaking stories to make them more realistic and less fantastic. But I don't fully accept that audiences will completely reject a premise that's not based in a reality they're only familiar with.
It's not about realism or familiarity - it's about verisimilitude and the suspension of disbelief; the non-realistic aspects of a work of fiction should seem true within their setting, and doing so makes them less likely to break the audience's suspension of disbelief.
Smallville is about Superman, and Superman is an alien. Everything else builds from that - he has powers because he's an alien, he was sent here because his home planet was destroyed, chunks of his homeworld are dangerous to him, and Smallville ran with the idea that those radioactive chunks could also effect humans to give young Superman weekly antagonists. Eventually (the part Smallville's had trouble with) he decides to use his alien powers to prevent anything bad happening to his adoptive home, like what happened to his homeworld. His costume and symbol are ties to his alien heritage. Superman's core concept is internally consistent in a way that Wonder Woman's is not.
The other show's you've referenced are 'No Ordinary Family,' the remake of 'V,' and I'm not sure about the third. Still, V and No Ordinary Family have some attempt at verisimilitude: V is about an alien invasion - everything else builds around that concept - and No Ordinary Family uses the commonest superhero tropes - an accident grants the family their powers through exaggerated science, which is also used to give other, more antagonistic characters their powers.
Wonder Woman, despite being a very old character, doesn't use common superhero tropes. Her superpowers come from a mishmash of inherent Amazon abilities, her origin as a divinely-blessed clay sculpture, and her equipment, both magical and super high tech. What is her motivation to be a superhero? To serve as an ambassador from her secret high tech/mythological society. Her outfit comes from a weird mix of American patriotic imagery, and comic book artists liking to draw women as close to naked as possible. She's the result of a hodgepodge of ideas that have no unifying force or theme, lacking internal consistency or verisimilitude.
It's not that audiences won't accept the fantastic - that's easy enough to disprove - it's that the fantastic is harder to swallow if it isn't presented in a manner that is consistent with the setting's internal logic, and that that logic seems plausible to the audience. Wonder Woman's package of contradictory elements is about as internally consistent as Harry Potter finally defeating Voldemort with a hand phaser.
There are somethings you could use to tie some of Wondy's more diverse elements. If the Amazon's can see into man's world either by magic, if Diana is being sent as an emissary, and the USA is the first place Diana will be sent, they would probably use devises that would when America's attention the quickest. It would be easy for an other-worldly spy to assume that Americans respond quickly to patriotic imagery and female flesh. Maybe, if she were to go to Britain, France, or somewhere else, she would where their patriotic colors and dress to their sensibilities, or the Amazon's could send different emissaries to those nations and have them dress appropriately. It's a little lame, but I think it's workable.
I think the simplest way to do it would be for the Amazons to be guarding some of sort of mythological creature, which escapes their custody into man's world, forcing them to send a champion to reclaim it in order to regain their honor. In the course of doing so, Diana realizes that such creature are on the rise and that the world is ill equiped to dealing with them, causing the Amazons to appoint her to remain and help them. Add Steve Trevor as the member or possibly leader of a special task force, either military, or maybe FPI, created to deal with these sorts of supernatural creatures, who ends up working with WW.
The series as a whole would be based heavily on greek/roman mythological elements, probably even more so than the comics.
The Greco/Roman was one of the appeals that WW had on me as a kid. That and the idea of an island inhabited by nothing but women.
http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2011/02/02/kelleys-wonder-woman-longs-for-steve-trevor-loves-pop-music/
[facedesk]
So basically they're inventing a whole new character, pasting on a few familiar names and calling that Wonder Woman? Expect an outright rebellion from fans if this actually makes series.
Now if they just change all the names around again to make it a whole new character, I will give it a shot.
Kind of what I was thinking Cat. I mean, what's the point of using the name "Wonder Woman" when it has nothing to do with her? If you want to use this concept, come up with an original character, don't try to sell this as "Wonder Woman".
[sigh]
*tastes bile*
As a stand alone character, this latest rendition would be rather interesting. It seems they are only cashing in on the name, but Wonder Woman is one of those interesting characters that is hard to get right. Maybe, a complete reboot could help the character past its image problems, but how are they going to work in her super strength if she is technological industrialist and how did she find a magic lasso? Sounds like yet another attempt at fixing things by breaking them.
Maybe the writer grew up on "The New Wonder Woman", from WW #178 to #203. Give her an Asian mentor, and they get around all those nasty super-powers and cuts the budget per episode to something manageble. Lots of chic new clothes (no costume, doncha know), play it up in the media as "Wonder Woman for the 21st Century". Bring in a whole new audience, since any old time Wonder Woman fans are too old to have the kind of disposable income to spend on all the merchandies they will be showing each week.
Sounds like a gold mine.
The Lost Dutchman Mine.
Ughhhh.....*shudder*
No. Stop. This is stupid. Make a good show instead.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/17/us-wonderwoman-idUSTRE71G57V20110217
I have no idea if this is a good think or not, but I thought I'd pass it along . . .
Quote from: Uncle Yuan on February 17, 2011, 06:34:20 PM
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/17/us-wonderwoman-idUSTRE71G57V20110217
I have no idea if this is a good think or not, but I thought I'd pass it along . . .
Well, she is at least the right height. (She's 5'11") and looks like she could do the physical stuff with the right training.
Still... this will probably go the route of the attempted Bionic Woman remake (which sucks because I LIKED MICHELLE RYAN. I like Michelle Ryan still... A LOT) and get canceled fairly quick due to poor writing. So... no need to worry.
I actually think she is the closest live doppleganger of the Timm wonder woman. Look at the eyes specifically. and i LOVED the new bionic woman! So i hope if this has a short run, then i hope it is good.