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Wonder Woman TV Series (first Wonder Woman picture)

Discussion in 'Archive: Your Jedi Council Community' started by slimybug, Feb 17, 2011.

  1. slimybug

    slimybug Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    So apparently this is just a pilot right now, but Adrienne Palicki has been cast as WW in David E. Kelley's take on the character. Palicki may be recognized form Friday Night Lights. She also has experience with superheroes from her one appearance on Smallville and in the not-picked-up Aquaman pilot.

    So what do you guys think? Are you looking forward to it or do you think they should make a movie instead? Share your thoughts here.

    Slimy!
     
  2. solojones

    solojones Chosen One star 10

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    No idea how this will go. The only things I know about the character come from her appearance in Superman or collective DCU stories. I don't really have interest in seeing a show or film about her, quite frankly (unless played by Cobie Smulders, who is awesome).

    The actress is good in FNL, though.


    -sj loves kevin spacey
     
  3. hear+soul

    hear+soul Jedi Master star 6

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    google images told me this was a good decision:

    [image=http://celebrityscreensaver4free.com/wp-content/themes/djsense/apalicki/adrianne%20palicki1.jpg]

    but if WW's history is any indication, this will be stupid or not last for any significant period of time.

    but I'll be sure to check it out, at least, due to evidence submitted above.

    [wonder how she'll look with black hair...]

    edit:

    answer: fantastic.

    [image=http://www.bittenandbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Adrianne-Palicki-is-the-new-Wonder-Woman.jpg]
     
  4. A Chorus of Disapproval

    A Chorus of Disapproval Head Admin & TV Screaming Service star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    If it's 1/3 the quality of Smallville, we should expect 3 really strong seasons, followed by a decade of former fanatics wondering why the network won't just let it die. Followed by a strong final few seasons.
     
  5. hear+soul

    hear+soul Jedi Master star 6

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    It won't be. expect one good season max. maybe two.

    hell, expect mediocrity right off the bat.

    skin and fanboy fapping will be the only thing that perpetuates this show.
     
  6. A Chorus of Disapproval

    A Chorus of Disapproval Head Admin & TV Screaming Service star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    I see you are familiar with the creative team's former work.

    I haven't seen much by them, so I couldn't draw such a quality comparison.
     
  7. hear+soul

    hear+soul Jedi Master star 6

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    I am not. I am simply familiar with Wonder Woman.

    wikipedia her if you need proof of her FTL nature.

    DC wants her to be a major player so bad, but she just isn't.

    Grant Morrison on Wonder Woman:

    "I think one of the things that was lost on the Wonder Woman strip early on was a kind of slightly strange sexuality that the creator, William Marston, brought to the book,"

    "So, I think over the years a lot of people have had trouble dealing with the character - you know, she's an icon, she's a representation of women, but at the same time there has been a sexuality there that most people don't want to go near, which is quite understandable.

    "But because the character was so rooted in it, I think she kind of lost a little bit of her 'sauce'. There have been great versions - I'm not saying there haven't been good Wonder Womans over the years, but I think there's always that little bit of something that Marston took with him.

    "So, that's my feeling on Wonder Woman: it'd be nice to restore a little bit of that without being purient or sensationalistic."

    edit:

    I'm being pretty hard on her, but I stick behind what I'm saying. She's just so convoluted.
     
  8. A Chorus of Disapproval

    A Chorus of Disapproval Head Admin & TV Screaming Service star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    I'm quite familiar with the character, and more interested in Marston. Child educator, psychologist, pervert, adulterer. He literally lived in a Hugh Hefner marital situation decades before the Playboy Mansion existed. It's pretty deep.

    But, the sad truth, is as amazing as that part of Wonder Woman's creative history is, it wasn't all that original. Prize comics and Eisner's factories were blasting out jungle girl fetish comics since the birth of the industry with NEW FUN.

    If you are interested in seeing some really suggestive stuff, look into WWII era SKY GIRL comics. She appeared in features in a few group titles. Comics Code eat your heart out.
     
  9. hear+soul

    hear+soul Jedi Master star 6

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    And that's how she always come off to me. She's Superman Lite: female.

    I wish she had a more distinct vibe.

    One of the problems is, and I'm talking out my ass here [as I am wont to do], everyone is always trying to fix her and make her the definitive version. I think if she took some side roads and went down some not so beaten paths [Batman has been explored every which way], she would grow organically as a character.
     
  10. A Chorus of Disapproval

    A Chorus of Disapproval Head Admin & TV Screaming Service star 10 Staff Member Administrator

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    You are correct. My answer to this is that you are right, and that it matches what I just posted in the other thread. Fans becoming the creative department are far more in love with the 'iconic image' of a 2 dimensional character than they are concerned with WHAT CAN BE DONE with that character. "I always loved watching Spidey fight Doc Ock... let's have Spidey fight Doc Ock".
     
  11. hear+soul

    hear+soul Jedi Master star 6

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    exactly. that said, I would expect this show to cater completely to the sort of iconic Wonder Woman image, with the spin-round transformation [isn't it kind of sad that's the most iconic image of Wonder Woman to me and it's from the tv show?].

    I liked what Justice League did with her, though, even if it wasn't a major departure from the character. Making her somewhat abrasive is welcomed, in my book.

    And I hope bullets get deflected off the fisticuffs.

    The lasso of truth needs to be done up a little, IMO. She needs to be hanging people by their feet over a railing and scaring the **** out of them, using it in ways we haven't seen before. Maybe some humor with it too, would be nice, especially with its S&M roots.
     
  12. darthlebowski72

    darthlebowski72 Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Kimber would make a twisted WW :p

    I was 12 when I first saw a Linda Carter WW episode. Felt all tingly :D
     
  13. hear+soul

    hear+soul Jedi Master star 6

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    ugh. Kimber. an experiment in letting a character go way too far. She was at her best in her first season, with a kitchen knife, bat **** crazy. They should've ended it there.

    That whole show was really proof that when you let a show run too long, it just becomes a soap opera if you don't actively look for new avenues.
     
  14. darthlebowski72

    darthlebowski72 Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Totally agree, though I did dig how messed up some of those people's lives were (the couple who wanted their nipples removed to resemble Ken and Barbie being one of them). HATED the last episode. Blech.
     
  15. hear+soul

    hear+soul Jedi Master star 6

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    I didn't make it to the end. I stalled out in the second to last season.
     
  16. Jedi knight Pozzi

    Jedi knight Pozzi Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    I guess nothing happened with the proposed Incredible Hulk TV series reboot then?
     
  17. hear+soul

    hear+soul Jedi Master star 6

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    a good laugh, at least.
     
  18. Jedi_Johnson

    Jedi_Johnson Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Last I'd heard they were aiming for starting work on it in 2012. Probably to coincide with the release of The Avengers.
     
  19. DantheJedi

    DantheJedi Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    There was a storyline in JLA where the Lasso of Truth becomes unraveled by its threads, causing worldwide chaos in what people say really happens (emergency rooms fill up with incidents of mothers with broken backs). I doubt they'd do anything like that, but it would be interesting idea.
     
  20. VadersLaMent

    VadersLaMent Chosen One star 10

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    The Perez reboot of WW waaaay back int he 80's was the best. That could have been a film(or two). This tv show sounds more like WW becomes Batman. Corp exec fights crime in L.A.? Yeah I'll give it a try.

    Ms. Palicki is lovely.
     
  21. soitscometothis

    soitscometothis Chosen One star 6

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    I'll go against the flow and say that looking at pictures of Adrienne Palicki, she doesn't really do anything for me. I've not seen her act, though, and I had a hard time imagining Daniel Craig as Bond, and that worked just fine.

    As for the idea of David E. Kelly being the creative force behind this... he seems like an odd fit. Wonder Woman, in my opinion, needs to be an epic story on an epic canvas.
     
  22. Yodaminch

    Yodaminch Chosen One star 6

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    I agree David Kelly is an odd fit. That said, he has balanced drama and humor and a bit of action in the past. Certainly this is the first time where he's dealing with someone much more heavy on the action, but it could be good. His latest project "Harry's Law" is a nice mix of humor and drama and Kelly has a knack for picking great casts and developing great characters. Denny Crane, John Cage, Alan Shore, Bobby Donnel, and now Harriet Korn.

    Perhaps that's the bigger issue: In the past Kelly has created his own characters. This is one of the few times I can recall that he's had to use established characters. It should be interesting to see how he handles that.
     
  23. Sith_Sensei__Prime

    Sith_Sensei__Prime Chosen One star 6

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    David E. Kelley?s Wonder Woman TV series was shooting in LA today, and numerous photos of Elizabeth Hurley, who plays Veronica Cale, have surfaced this afternoon.

    [image=http://www.bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads//2011/03/hurley2.jpg]

    Wonder Woman Logo From Today?s Filming Wonder Woman TV

    [image=http://wonderwomantv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/logo.jpg]

    FIRST LOOK: Adrienne Palicki as WONDER WOMAN from EW:

    [image=http://s1.torbit.com/img/a4413fe2e58c52581abb2e31afd2eb4b9daca5f2-Adrianne-Palicki-Wonder-Woman_338.jpg]
     
  24. Jotun Denal

    Jotun Denal Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Looks corny as hell. What is she a Halloween store model?
     
  25. JoinTheSchwarz

    JoinTheSchwarz Former Head Admin star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    If the point was to make her look like a porn actress, success! =D=