The VERY Weird Wonder Woman TV Show You Never Saw
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2023
- It should be no surprise that the DCEU wasn't the first attempt at creating an interconnected universe of characters from DC Comics. Though one attempt at creating a Wonder Woman TV show was destined to fail. Even though shows like Smallville found success on television, a show surrounding Wonder Woman couldn't find the same footing. So why exactly did they fire this version of Wonder Woman, and what could it have led to within DC Comic properties?
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I think it boils down to something very basic. People who don't like superheroes make bad superhero shows. If you think the idea of someone dressing up in a crazy costume and fighting bad guys under an alias is silly, then you shouldn't try to tell a story about a character who does that.
Exactly this. 💯
I read a description once, aparently they took away her lasso of truth and turned her into Jack Bauer.
Unless your name is Alan Moore. :P
He was the first guy i thought about when it came to normalizing torture. 24 a show about a teleporting hero who's super power is hooking batteries up to people's balls.@@markusbarten455
Facts
Lynda Carter has talked about this. She basically said that they missed the point of the character. I saw the pilot and I agree. This was NOT Wonder Woman but Angry Woman.
It wasn't WW it was Ally McBeal COSPLAYING Wonder Woman.
@@bhart3321Ally Mcbeal😂😂
or in SFDebris terms; Captain Janeway of Voyager reincarnated by an idiot Q.
😂All Women are Angry!
I watched the remake of The Bionic Woman . Very bad ! I never watched this show however .
That realization at 6:13 that WW84 wasn't Pedro Pascal's first Wonder Woman related role.
Was about to say lol
It was so weird to see him standing there hahahahaha what are the odds.
My realization came at 4:45
She did get to play a character in a superhero TV show. She was Mockingbird in Agents of SHIELD for quite a few episodes. Here character, along with another from the show, was supposed to be starring in a spin off show which had a pilot, but like with WW, never made it to a full series.
That cancellation was actually disappointing in comparison. She was good in AOS and i would’ve loved more in that universe
@@raidengoodman8754I liked Nick Blood as Lance Hunter
She also played 2 other super characters on called Kara (but was an earth human given superpowers named Lindsey) on Smallville in 2 episodes not to be confused with later Kara on show from Krypton. Another a Siren (mermaid with sharp teeth and claws that tried to kill Aquaman) in Aquaman made for TV movie starring Justin Hartley that later played Green Arrow on Smallville later.
@@hydrolitoshe was only in the finale of season 3
She was also in another failed DC superhero TV series. Aquaman (2006)
Lynda Carter still casts a very long shadow, doesn't she? One look at her and you immediately see why. Just perfection.
Yea this chick looks like a female Ogre or an Orc in comparison to Lynda Carter or Gal Gadot.
That's just nostalgia, my dude...
Gal gadot does a great wonder woman. The problem was they strayed from the formula that made the first movie work.
@@thewolfofwallstreet627 No, they took away the sword, brightened her costume and made her more like Wonder Woman. The problem was the plot sucked and the action scenes were terrible.
@@dabigdikdangler Exactly
Well I saw this Wonder Woman pilot on CZcams and the reason it was canceled is easy to state. IT WAS AWFUL IN EVERYWAY! Acting, writing, production everything was bad. And having Wonder Woman being played as 100% psychopath didn't help.
Psychopath? What?
Wait, psychopath???
@@ChineduOpara Yes she tortured a bad guy while he was laying in a hospital bed.
@khathaway414 Well now I am glad I didn't watch that pilot...
@@khathaway414 was he a bad guy?
I think part of the problem with the pilot (on top of David E. Kelley just being absolutely the wrong person to put in charge) was that they had two civilian IDs for Diana, and hadn't decided which one to use before they started filming, so they used both. That's something that absolutely should have been fixed, and that even Kelley should have been able to figure out well in advance of recording.
I've never watched the pilot but when does Diana sleep?
I agree. I think it could be coherent show if they just focus on Wonder Woman and Diana Prince, the regular girl neighbor (but honestly this is boring), or Wonder Woman and Diana the CEO of multi million enterprise that knowingly exploit WW for more profit with merchandises. I think the second take could be a very good show that at least will develop cult following. It's a fresh take on good guy protagonist especially in movie or TV media. But they can't see it and Marvel get it, run the idea with Tony Stark, and the rest is history.
when I heard he was in charge of this, I immediately knew it was not gonna be good.
Yep Adriana was just wrong cast choice she needs to admit that . At least Patty was able to save DC from themselves later in the future. 🎉
@@drjhale9801 agree to disagree. She looked great, but the writing was just terrible!
Much as I think that Adrianne Palicki is a really attractive woman and a pretty good actor, a bad script is still a bad script. Take a look at her success in The Orville as well as her story arc in Agents of Shield. Trying to modernize the Wonder Woman mythos TOO far is a recipe for failure.
She looked great. Too bad they chose the wrong guy to make this. They should have given her another chance.
Agree, changing lore from her works for CIA to business is huge Let down
She was great on the Orville.
The Awful is, well, Awful.
at least she wasn't a regular sized person ,and had the size and appearance of what wonder woman should look like ..gal gadot just got by but is to slim and not aggressive enough..
In among all the other terrible stuff (I saw it when it was leaked) the cherry on top of the ordure sundae for me was a scene where WW was pinned down by a mook who was shooting at her, and she wound up throwing something at him and killing him. Lynda Carter's WW would have deflected every shot with her bracers (remember them, Kelley?) walked up to the guy, smiling sweetly every step of the way, then knocked him out.
Thats because Lynda Carter is class.
@@leftcoaster67She also gave such an iconic performance that comic book artists changed how they drew WW to look more like her.
But the guy was trying to kill her, and I guess was a bandit and not a good guy doing a mistake of think that a woman in a costume was some dangerous criminal, so she acted correctly, dangerous crininals deserve to die, or else they will eventually cause more death and suffering.
@@daimonmau5097It was extremely out of character, and unilaterally executing criminals spits in the face of the justice system, so I very strongly disagree with you. Diana is Wonder Woman, not the frigging Punisher.
@@markchapman6800 It is not a question of agree or disagree, you are out of your mind in thinking that a bandit that is FIRING at you don't deserve to be killed. On some comics/animations Wonderwoman kills enemies, being not a coward like superman and batman.
You have to make a video on Palecki being one of the most unlucky actresses out there. Most of her series never gets picked up.
The Sean Bean of tv pilots...
She's very lucky in that she hit the genetic lottery for beauty, but her acting talent and fighting choreography is...okay. At least in my opinion.
@@markshaw510 Disagree. Her fight scenes as Mockingbird in Agents of SHIELD hold up a lot better than most on that series, especially her introduction.
Actually her analysis of them being a year too early seems flawed. I’m not sure whether she’s unlucky or just not very smart.
@@Rijnswaand She can't say the writing was bad or the production was bad or the producing was bad, because if she does, those "Hollywood coworkers" may not want to work with her again. She has to be careful with her words if she wants to keep getting acting roles. I'm sure she thought the show stunk.
I recall watching some of the unaired pilot a while back and thinking it was strange. The costume and effects didn't really bother me nearly as much as the characterization. Never read any of the comics, so maybe I don't know what I'm talking about.
Still, it seemed like they were trying to re-invent her as some rich corporate CEO type, who spends most of her time in strategy sessions with PR people, brainstorming new ways to improve her image. Just felt like they wanted the character to be sort of a female version of Bruce Wayne or something.
Guess I always pictured her more like Superman. Someone who cares a lot more about helping people than photo ops or money.
nah you know what you’re talking about. you’re familiar enough with the character to see that this feels out of pocket for some reason for sure. the whole double-life corporate ceo making a brand of herself doesn’t seem in line with Wonder Woman at all, among all the other stuff too
No you're right she is basically a female Superman with few more shades of grey.
Absolutely, you hit the nail on the head. Corporate CEO WW is, well, offensive to what she IS. Good referencing her with Superman.
Wonder Woman deserves an animated series.
Only if they get Susan Eisenberg to voice her again. Sane for the upcoming Wonder Woman video game.
Yes
Nowadays? Nope
@@benwasserman8223exactly I can imagine a God of War type game
Yes an adult one with lots.off Bondage and fem sub
pedro pascal did this and thought "that last wonder woman project was trash, but this next one is gonna be great"
I adore her as an actress. Shes spectacular in Orville and was great in Agents of Shield. Im selling her short im sure as im not to familiar with other things shes done.
GIJOE Retaliation
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I wonder if she wouldve been good as her but well written
*She's
*I'm
*not too familiar (different meaning)
I have always loved her too!
Pedro Pascal dodged a clip full of bullets with this.
But he/none of us could dodge WW84.
Hilarious
@@hwelsh201 his lack of facial hair in that one was a travesty.
Or rather, a magazine of bullets.
The problem was Kelley. His shows always portray their characters as tongue in cheek lampoons of their real life counterparts. I think that’s because Kelley dislikes those real life people and wants to portray them in a negative, buffoonish way in order to vilify them. He likely thinks the concept of a superhero is silly and wanted to make Wonder Woman a comical and hypocritical person. Wrong audience for that. That’s too bad,because bad costume or not, Adrianne had the perfect look for Wonder Woman and is gorgeous.
I watched it when it leaked. Adrianne would have been a perfect Wonder Woman if the show had been actually good. She made her fight choreography look amazing.
turned WW into Ally frickin' McBeal!
Linda Carter though. Goddamn.
I say again: Goddamn.
It was the hospital torture scene that got me the most about this show. I could see Batman or the Punisher doing something like that. But Wonder Woman? No. She might not be as much of a Boy Scout as Superman but that was a step too far. That scene more than anything is emblematic of how little the writers and producers understood the character.
That scene plus the fight scene where the shipping crates are visibly being pulled around by wires is all that remains clear in my memory from watching the pilot once a dozen years ago. The rest was bland and unedifying, while these were wrong and unfinished. NBC were right to abandon the project.
Actually in comic, Wonder woman can kill any men. I remember she snapped maxwell lord's neck in comic. She's actually feminist if you didnt know, thats why she can kill any men
@@boboboy8189 People hated that comic for exactly the same reason.
yea but for some odd reason non of the feminists ever mention her ...because she isnt this new type of feminist and represents the old feminist views...
Kelley showed the biggest issue with Hollywood nowadays: picking up an existing IP without understanding it, and thinking they can “correct” down the line instead of getting it right from the get go.
And it isn’t about ‘lack of resources’. Plenty of directors and show-runners have done a ton with very little. The issue is the arrogance of taking a successful, existing IP and thinking that the audience wants to see you change it to your sensibilities, all because you couldn’t sell the idea you actually wanted to produce on its own.
The main problem was Kelly. He had a niche within television, a writing style and focus. So instead of changing that style or focus to a whole new genre, he tried to change the genre to fit his focus. And it failed miserably. There is no way to fix that trainwreak.
Is that pedro pascal at 4:46? It’s just a crazy coincidence that he would later appear in WW84 lol
I met Rosenbaum who played Lex Luthor in Smallville. He is so awesome.
I thought she was great as Wonder Woman, but the scene where she tortures a guy to get info, which she doesn’t need to do, because she has her lasso. A Diana coming to a new world and trying to fit in, having actual gods as your enemies, etc.
I always found it weird how this was the *only* time between Lynda Carter's show and Gal Gadot's movies in which an adaptation of Wonder Woman was tried out. In fact, I still think it's weird that, even in the days where you have multiple versions of Batman, Superman, The Flash or even Black Canary onscreen, there has only been one Wonder Woman
Its expensive
Imagine if Warner Brothers had Christopher Reeve, Lynda Carter, Michael Keaton, and John Wesley Shipp teaming up together as the first live action Justice League
Let’s be honest: this wasn’t David E. Kelley doing Wonder Woman. This was David E. Kelley doing the cartoon Jem by way of Ally McBeal WITH a Wonder Woman costume.
I wish this would have been good. Adrianne Palicki was great as Bobbi Morse in Agents of Shield. And I love the pants costume. Even being bright blue.
The problem is not the actress is the script. 3 identities? Thank God they haven't got their hands on Batman
So, it's basically She-Hulk with a different character and it actually made it to TV.
Underrated comment
no series can be as garbage as she hulk,even a few seconds on screen is bad enough..
Adrianne shines in her role as Commander Grayson on the Orville. Probably her best role to date with good writing of her character. I haven't watched Agents of Shield.
She kicked ass on AoS, even if it was for only a couple of seasons. Definitely better than the schizophrenic cluster-Frak that was the WW pilot.
Friday night lights
never even knew, i really like these breakdown videos of lost or forgotten or unmade in this case media
I downloaded the pilot not long after it was made. It’s a little rough, and the effects aren’t complete but the show had promise. There’s a warehouse fight near the end that was actually damn good.
1967 first actress I am aware of that played Wonder Woman for TV was Ellie Wood Walker in Wonder Woman : Who's afraid of Diana Prince. Where said Strong as Hercules, faster as Mercury and thinks she's as beautiful as Aphrodite where better looking Image supposedly in Mirror was played by Linda Harrison that also played Nova in Planet of the apes. Julie Bennet voiced Wonder Girl in 1967 in Teen Titans which also had Aqualad, Kid Flash and Speedy the teenage archer. where part of Superman Aquaman Hour of adventure which Aquaman episodes also included Aqualad and Mera(although not in all). Kathy Lee Crosby played Wonder Woman in 1974 in made for TV movie.
First Animated Wonder Woman appeared in an episode of The Brady Kids.
Thank you for making this video. It’s a very interesting topic and I agree that the pilot looks very flawed. DC television shows can certainly be tricky. Arrowverse is truly amazing but it had some storytelling issues from time to time. I’m rewatching Smallvile on Hulu right now and the first season holds up very well because they made Clark Kent a very relatable character in this series. However this pilot for WW looks quite rough and I can easily see why it wasn’t popular. Good work on this video.
Omg.. I bought this Pilot episode on DVD at a ComicCon in Toronto years ago.
wow! 4:45 Pedro Pascal! He was on the show and made hsi way to WW84. What a legend.
Pedro Pascal. The definition of aging like wine.
Funny how the actress looks a lot like the CG version of She Hulk. Thanks for reminding me about this show Nerdstalgic! Cool vid.
She would have ruled in that role, if bad writing wasn't a problem.*sigh*
They had a real tall stand in for she hulk. Instead they went with CGI.
@@sitoudien9816 They used her as a reference for the CGI.
Adrianna looks hotter than tatiana
@@boboboy8189 Yeah, Adrianna wins. Mostly because she isn't computer generated.
Honestly, I agree that this show was cancelled for the better. Even though Im a big fan of Wonder Woman, I still think the character deserves better and should allow her to dive more into fantastical adventures that embrace her history and character as a beacon of truth and compassion, while still allowing her to dive into nuanced and compelling stories surrounding her as a character, and interesting compelling themes. Not to mention a lot of people tend to forget how expansive Wonder Woman's mythos are the sheer scope of what you can do with the character and her vast assortment of characters and villains. Gal Gadot Wonder Woman was a solid interpretation of the character, however, the DCEU as a whole was a huge mess and Wonder Woman was rather surface-level of who Diana is while also losing sight of her character in WW1984, which was a very confusing disaster.
I hope in future adaptions of the character like her eventual rebooted interpretation in James Gunn's DCU with the announced Paradise Lost show, her upcoming Monolith videogame, and the confirmed Wonder Woman animated series that is in the works, we can go back to what makes her one of the most timeless and important heroes in fiction
I actually not fan of wonder woman.maybe I miss the mark , but I see her as a man hating brute.
Where her compassion display and what she really stand for?
@@Watch-0w1 I would say you probably have definitely missed the mark, I can understand why as a lot of Wonder Woman media has suffered from using Wonder Woman as a self-insert of certain writers and people's negative feelings towards feminism, which is hardly what the character is about. Wonder Woman is a nuanced character that represents the embodiment of truth, compassion and peace among all living beings and acts as both a warrior, ambassador and princess to share the wisdom and teaching of those who seek said guidance and lack self-love in themselves.
If you want to check out good Wonder Woman stories that treat her as an actual character then I highly recommend reading George Perez's Wonder Woman comics run you can read them as separate Volumes, or check Greg Rucka's Rebirth Wonder Woman comic run.
@@Watch-0w1the Amazons hate men for whatever reason the writers choose. Diana is raised by them, but she learns to be more nuanced about the matter once she leaves the Island. That's kind of the point.
Oh, and she's basically a warrior demigod that could kill anyone with a move, but she doesn't. I don't see how this is being a brute.
Whatever happened to the wonder woman in legends of tomorrow. They only had one episode with her. Well, they brought her to Themascara. I felt they could’ve done more with her. What do you think?
@@Watch-0w1How can you say you hate her and obviously don’t know much about her
The shame of this one is I think the casting was great but everything else was absolutely horrendous.
Pedro Pascal didn’t remember of being on the pilot 😂
Probably needed a lot of drugs to get through it.
Now you know where Wonder Woman's design from the first Injustice game came from.😊
oh yeah, i remember coming across the pilot for this ages ago.
i didn't entirely remember what was in it until watching this video, but I remember not really liking it.
Yeah, suit was really cheesey and first drafty. It really was for the best that they didn't pick up on this show. I'm glad to see all those other DC superhero shows on CW became a thing over the style this WW pilot went for.
I think Gunn has a WW spin-off show in mind for his line up at DC. I hope that does better and does the character and her world and style/story aesthetic justice.
Woah was that Pedro Pascal? That's crazy, because later went on to play Max Lord in WW84, almost as crazy and Amy Adams, Mackenzie Gray and Alessandro Juliani being in Smallville
That was indeed Pedro! He played Ed and was Wonder Woman's police liaison
@peanutsinspace that's crazy, well I'm glad he had a chance to be in another wonder woman project that actually got released, even if it wasn't the most successful film
We got Palecki in Agents of s.h.i.e.l.d., and she was great there. So we least got that. And that show had the honor of being by far the longest lasting non movie MCU property and I really enjoyed it and it was better what we saw on Disney+! Screw you Disney Plus!
For Smallville you pick a scene from the final episode where fans VERY BRIEFLY got to see Clark in the Superman outfit, then end of series! People are still bitter about that.
Oh tell me about it. Imagine 10 years of waiting and building up in the last few years, only to see him just wearing what is obviously a shirt that looks more believable on Sheldon Cooper than on Clark fuckin Kent.
Well said. I did have the mispleasure of seeing the full episode and it wasn’t anything a Wonder Woman fan would’ve asked for.
Adrianne Palicki should be given her redemption in comic book project.
Paliki has a great look for WW and she has always had a great “on a mission” boss walk.
The whole Diana Themyscira persona felt a bit like ordering a Hannah Montana from Wish. A contrived plot generator where none was really needed.
Wait, anyone else catch The Mandalorian's cameo at 4:45? Mando and WW would be the perfect team up.
Thank Zeus they cancelled this POS- Wonder McBeal is the last thing anyone needs.
I remember those spray on pants of hers catching some flack at the time and her anguishing over that Wonder Woman action figure in that pilot and any possible potential for that series pretty much just fizzling out.
Pelecki looks great as WW, though. She went on to Orville too.
I like oddities like this, the offbeat takes that miss the mark. I remember the 90s having a lot of that in the sequel and straight to video market for various IP's
This is actually better than the CBS Pilot for the Justice League. The One where the Martian Manhunter had a Gut.
Palecki with brunette hair is so… odd. It literally looks AI generated.
She had it for some time and in Agents of SHIELD also where she played Mockingbird
@@rolandbaldwinI wish we would’ve gotten Marvel’s Most Wanted
I mean she is a brunette
@@rolandbaldwinShe also has it on the Orville, and looks pretty good.
We got Palecki Agents of s.h.i.e.l.d., so we at least got that.😊
I think one of the biggest reasons Wonder Woman hasn’t gotten many adaptations is because the Characters history and origins change every few years. Not to mention the character’s personality seems to be split. There’s Diana the Warrior and Diana the Lover and that also splits the fandom. You can see this difference very well comparing Synder’s Wonder Woman to Patty Jenkins 1984 Wonder Woman.
Which is stupid. Warrior or not she's still a person & people are multifaceted. I think writers need to get over not allowing heroes to be married & happy cuz somehow they'll just throw in the hero gig & never go back. Like do you numbskulls not understand how basic human psychology works?
These people are heroes they'll never stop being heroes. Even when they do quit it can't last cuz the calling of responsibility is too strong. Then you add on that how they suppose to give others hope if they have none of their own.
Bottomline is comics have so much leeway in the way they can illustrate sociopolitical issues as well as interpersonal relationships but they just don't or seemingly can't in a well written nuanced way anymore. Our political climate has just made nuance impossible probably cuz the people writing these things aren't as talented as they think they are or are so ignorant of the actual nuances of social & interpersonal issues that they literally don't understand they exist, probably both. Both possibilities don't speak well to them as well read, well informed people most of them claim to be. It also could be that despite their protests to the contrary they don't actually care about these issues & see them as just fodder to get ahead by chasing clout.
@@bhart3321no DC fans remember when she's became the lover in comic, DC fans only remember the warrior because they read superhero comic for action and story, not for love. I love when she fought deathstroke and cheetah. Doesn't give any shit when they keep forcing Wonder woman to be lover
I think the reason is that in comparison to the other trinity members, WWs origin/backstory is complicated. You can sum the others up eady; Sups was Moses'd from a doomed world, Bats lost his folks and uses his resources to try and do good.
I saw the pilot. It was a bit out there, but it had some potential.
"Never Saw" - except for everyone who downloaded it when it was released online.
Ms Palecki would have suited the character, if the writing had been stronger and if it had been set in the Arrowverse, rather then in some alternate universe that seemed inconsistent with any version of WW.
The costume looked fine, when posed, but in motion, it looked uncomfortable, like it was going to squeeze her additional assets right out through the skin.
That show was kinda weak but I still like Adrianne Palicki. She's awesome.
Loved her in Friday Night Lights and John Wick
She's can act if you watch the orville tv shows, sadly this shows script didnt know how to do it
My favorite part of the pilot is when Diana goes on TV to accuse Veronica Cale of illegal activities... with zero evidence. The fact that she doesn't get sued to oblivion after pulling that stunt is evidence that the writer was just winging it.
One of my favorite actors, Pedro Pascal, was in this! I got a couple quick glimpses of him in the clips they show.
He played a Detective.
@4:44. Hahah no way, is that Pedro Pascal in the wonder woman pilot from years ago?!
I remember the absolute online hate when they first revealed pictures from this show. Even I was disgusted by what I saw. It looked cheap.
I remember watching the pilot on CZcams. I understand it wasn't a finished show, but I don't know if there was ever going to be enough time to "fix" it. It was just flawed. WW was pretty unlikeable and not really a hero.
I loved it
I'm kinda glad that it the show never became a thing. If it had and it became a big hit, there's a chance that it would have had an affect on another actual good show, The Orvile, which Adrianne Palicki is one of the main stars. The Orvile's first season was in 2017, which could have been during a season 6 of Wonder Woman.
Seems like he was trying to Ally McBeal Wonder Woman and that would never work. Her character is always posed and confident.
I thought the WW pilot was the perfect example of a 'Protagonist centered morality'. To sum up it means "The main character is good because we say they are and as such all actions they take are good no matter what, don't examine further."
Both the main character and side characters might do morally questionable things but we spend the most time with our protagonist, so we can better see and understand where their actions are coming from and give them the most empathy and benefit of the doubt. Other characters don't get that time and empathy so we can just write off their actions being bad, end of discussion.
I personally see it as really frustrating writing because the audience is encouraged to NOT explore deeper.
What you described is called lazy writing.
@@bhart3321 yes, but a lot of things can be put under the umbrella of 'lazy writing' and I'm talking specifically about how a writer handles the topic of morality in their story.
I was a big fan of Kelley's other shows; Ally McBeal, The Practice, Boston Legal, Boston Public. I was open to his doing an interpretation of Wonder Woman. I was a long time fan of Wonder Woman. Her's was the first comic book I ever subscribed to back when I was about 9. Oh, and I loved Adrienne Palecki as Holly Rocket in Women In Trouble and Elektra Luxx.
So someone found me a bootleg copy of the Wonder Woman pilot. I've watched it a few times and... it had a lot of room for improvement. Especially some of the special effects. A magic lasso is not easy to do with a low budget.
Elektra Luxx sounds like a vacuum cleaner.
Yellow rope is sold at hardware stores.
Sledge hammers are also sold at hardware stores if want to play Thor.
Tool belts sold at hardware stores if want to play batman.
The VFX were unfinished. There was no point in completing them once it was learned that NBC passed on the pilot.
Gal Gadot's WonderWoman have the best and cool outfit. and Mattel was released Barbie WonderWoman version based Gadot's outfit.
I saw it years ago. I like the action scene near the end. The problem is they didn't know who Wonder Woman was? They had leading all these people as an ambassador and CEO, but would disappear to this tiny apartment to cry that she had no man.
‘Single Female Lawyer’ as written by Phillip J Fry was a better show.
Smallville hit the mark because it connected well with young people and their lives.
Palicky is the only good thing about that pilot. I've seen it, and everything else just sucks.
It was an unaired pilot; never made it past test audiences. It was a half-hearted effort from the get go.
I remember coming across some footage of this year's ago I thought it was a fan project..... I didn't know this was official
Palecki is hot tho.
@@darthkai8242 That dude! He can't handle what she got.
This actress is 100x hotter than Gadot. She reminds me of DCAU Wonder Woman
No way. Gal is much better
How hard is it to 'Read the comics... Understand the characters... Make a film...?' Anyone who is unable to do the first two steps should NOT be allowed to do the third!
A few years ago, Linkara (formerly of Channel Awesome) and two others did a review on this cancelled series. I think it might be still on CZcams, uploaded by someone else, or it could be archived on the old website. It was a hilarious review. Wonder Woman is my favourite character other than Green Lantern, so the characterization of WW kinda bothered me. I feel the superhero fatigue is starting. I like it when they give Wondy pants. 🤷🏻♀️
To be honest - I thought it was a porn version
Gal Gadot was far better as Wonder Woman. They even went more classic with her costume hailing back to the original wearing a skirt.
Jamie Alexander will make a perfect Wonder Woman.
I actually *did* see this a few years ago on Dailymotion. It wasn't good, but I didn't completely hate it either.
I'd love to see you cover The Tick live action shows.
Oh, that's Adrianne Palicki, aka Kelly Grayson from The Orville. Never realized that before. Here's to hoping The Orville comes back for a 4th season.
I would have tried it. Any chance to see an episode?
Even just watching brief snippets of that show made me uneasy. It seems like it was beyond salvageable.
I think the 2011 production could pass as a made-for-TV movie but not the pilot for a TV show. The lack of a backstory for the main character hurt it as well as changes from the original source material.
I saw that pilot. Although it had some unfinished fx it was not that bad of a pilot. The casting was great, but it would indeed have benefited from some major fixes. This said, I love Gal Gadot's version of the character so I'm glad this is the version we got to get.
It is Snyder version. Snyder often has a dark approach for filming, but when it comes to women, he makes the lost epic battle scenes ever. Wonder Woman was not dark, because Jenkins changed the tone and made it lighter. So if it was music, Snyder composed it, Jenkins made the orchestration arrangements.
"Zooms in on two attributes for Wonder Woman"...yeah he does ;)
Looks better than most actually. Nice concept - funded by action figures, and a corrupt system. That's actually pretty good.
Kathy Lee Crosby's Wonder Woman was the pilot that turned into the Lynda Carter series.
Steve Trevor was going to be married to someone else?
I saw this pilot, I read the script for this pilot and I even went up and watched them film on Hollywood Blvd. one night.
Will check this out
the video quality of the series looks like Gerard Christopher's kal-el t.v. series. Keye Luke was in an episode of that series
But Elizabeth Hurley.
I'd watch her read a washing machine manual.
The use of David E. Kelly to develop a Wonder Woman series was a mistake. He doesn't have the gravitas to take on the character. Think Ally McBeal in spandex, doesn't work.
Oh, I saw it. Pictures leaked of her in the costume when they shut down a road to shoot (presumably the pilot). The backlash on how bad the costume looked became huge in the comic book community and presumably killed the show.
Also, Smallville had just finished, so it missed its opportunity by like a decade or so to be able to tie in, get some momentum and springboard off of that based on fan reaction. Look at the Arrow and all the spin-offs from that. First, Flash then Supergirl. Superman and Lois got made because the character got started on Supergirl and fans liked it. That is what allowed the studio to justify making a pilot with the actor, suit, ect all ready received by an audience well.
So, bottom line, when you see what happens behind the scenes. It is absolutely no surprise.
On top of that, it is VERY common for pilots to never be picked up by a network.
"How will the world survive without yet another superhero tv series re written for 'modern audiences' this is THE thing everyone should be talking about until it is resolved it is an absolute traves..." are you going to finish those chips?
what they should've done was ask each potential director to write a paper on who and what wonder woman was to them. the one that understood wonder woman's true roots and meaning would be picked