Wonder woman 20119/25/2023 It's beyond laughable and while the script tries to poke fun at Wonder Woman's look (via the action figure scene), it all comes off as forced and stupid. It's just impossible to take the show seriously when Diana's running around in red and blue leather with her ginormous bosom hanging out. The outfit is beyond embarrassing and I literally couldn't keep a straight face every time it made an appearance. Moreover, the dialogue is horrid and the little tidbits of political intrigue (the justice department is not happy with Wonder Woman's tactics) fail to make much of an impact in just one episode.Ī lot of the pilot's cheesiness stems from Wonder Woman's (or should I say Diana's) cringe-worthy jet which she uses to fly around LA, and of course her hooker costume. It's insulting to women and I doubt that's the message Kelley should have been going for while tackling one of the most famous superheroines of all time. The fact that our heroine cries over The Notebook and the pilot ends with her sitting on her couch watching TV and heartbroken, speaks volumes over how pathetic Kelley's take on the character actually is. This pilot tries to position itself as a feminist venture, but it's ironically quite exploitative and 1950s-esque as it depicts Wonder Woman as a lovesick vigilante in a super cleavage-y outfit. Now I don't know much about the character's history (she never struck me as a particularly intriguing superhero as opposed to Batman, or Elektra if we're talking superheroines), but I'm sure those who originally brought her to life would not be happy with this incarnation. Kelley, the man responsible for a ton of influential TV shows over the past two decades, Wonder Woman is an unmitigated disaster on practically every level. The episode itself actually never saw the light of day (you can download an unfinished version online), and with good reason, it's pretty darn awful.īrought to life by David E. Seeing as how I'm a huge fan of superhero projects (both in film and television), I decided that NBC's 2011 Wonder Woman pilot would be an interesting production to watch and review. "Trust me, if the law doesn't get you, I will."
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