NBC Reportedly Passes on 'Wonder Woman' Pilot

[TheCount]

Saw this one coming a mile away, it looks far too corny.

 

[bbgun]

Saw this one coming a mile away, it looks far too corny.

I still want to see the unaired pilot just to goof on it.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

I still want to see the unaired pilot just to goof on it.

"Goof on it?"

Is that what they're calling it nowadays?

 

[Hostile]

Glad someone remembers.

Have a Coke and a smile.

 

[DallasEast]

This video, taken from one of DC Comics' last direct-to-video releases, is representative of her character in the company's fictional world during the past thirty years:
[youtube]cP_tfNWB-aI[/youtube]It may depress some, but the Lynda Carter/70s' tv titillation persona died off nearly four decades ago.

Perhaps it is just as well that this latest series didn't make it to television. If it was just a rehash of what she once was, it would not have been true to the character which she has evolved into.

Maybe that is what the NBC executives determined in the end. If David E. Kelley did not share the same type of vision which a Christopher Nolan, Kenneth Branagh, Sam Raimi, etc., had for their big screen releases, it would've died a quick death anyway with the character's core audience.

Back in the 70s, Lynda Carter's bod drew viewers by the bushel--when there were only three major networks. It takes a heck of a lot more to keep ratings respectable for the network bigwigs in the 21st century diluted by dozens of network channels.

[EDIT: click on the link inside the Youtube video box, since embedding is disabled]

 

[DallasEast]

Here's one for wrestling/ultimate fighting fans: [youtube]7GFPCoYQOFQ[/youtube]

 

[YosemiteSam]

I wouldn't have watched it.

 

[Duane]

I thought Watchmen was good.

Watchmen was good.

 

[zrinkill]

Good .....

 

[Temo]

L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Chicago Hope (1994–2000)
The Practice (1997–2004)
Ally McBeal (1997–2002)
Boston Public (2000–2004)
Boston Legal (2004–2008)

There are 7 shows that were on for several years and won many Emmy awards.

I know. I hate them all.

 

[Temo]

Kelley has come up with some great shows; and Ally McBeal was very good for a while and that had a female lead. Picket Fences was one of the best shows of all time.

Beg to differ. I find he does one type of female for all his role-- the neurotic, overly-girly, man-obsessed kind. They have no depth.

(Never saw Picket Fences)

 

[burmafrd]

Beg to differ. I find he does one type of female for all his role-- the neurotic, overly-girly, man-obsessed kind. They have no depth.

(Never saw Picket Fences)

Well clearly you failed to find one of the very best shows of the 1990's.


I happen to think Kelley did better work in his earlier shows. But LA Law had some very good charactors and so did Chicago Hope.

 

[joseephuss]

Watchmen was good, but it could have easily been great if more detail had been injected into the screenplay. However, I'm not referring to anything akin to a one-time, graphic novel masterpiece.

I'm talking main fictional entities which have been comic book company title staples for decades. In DC Comics case, I'm speaking of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman--who are its top three characters (a.k.a. heavy hitters)--in addition to The Flash, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Martian Manhunter, Hawkman, The Atom, Captain Marvel, etc., etc.

The mythos established by DC Comics precedes that of Marvel Comics. Yet, it is Marvel which has made the more impressive book-to-movie/television transition.

If not for Saturday morning cartoon/direct-to-video offerings by DC over the past decade or so, the gap between the two companies would be even wider. And that's saying something considering some of the infantile material DC has endorsed.

For example, compare the Teen Titans series (DC), which Cartoon Network aired, with Wolverine & The X-Men (Marvel), which Nickeleon debuted. The former is comedy based and would insult even any child who has read the title (especially the issues printed during the 80's). The latter is dramatic with damn good art thrown in.

All-in-all, it's something which I've never understood about DC. Their movies and/or television series should be on-par with that of Marvel, if not surpassing Marvel's. They aren't and it's not even funny how wide the gap is between the two.

DC had success with Smallville. More than Marvel has had in the live action television series arena. Not that either really do much live action stuff. Most of the TV stuff is animated shows.

 

[CowboyDan]

I'm still holding out hope that they'll be a remake of "The Last American Hero"

 

[joseephuss]

I'm still holding out hope that they'll be a remake of "The Last American Hero"

It is "The Greatest American Hero". Someone tried to do a revamped web series, but ran into some legal issues or something along those lines.

http://www.supersexyheroines.com/blog/2009/02/new-greatest-american-hero-web-series/

 

[CowboyDan]

It is "The Greatest American Hero". Someone tried to do a revamped web series, but ran into some legal issues or something along those lines.

http://www.supersexyheroines.com/blog/2009/02/new-greatest-american-hero-web-series/

Woops! Guess it really wasn't my favorite.

 

[kmp77]

I'm still holding out hope that they'll be a remake of "The Last American Hero"

That would be perfect for a modern remake. Get a good writer, good actor...and you got a gold mine. Could take this movie any place really after he gets the suit and loses the instructions.

 

[big dog cowboy]

I'm still holding out hope that they'll be a remake of "The Last American Hero"

I'd love to see that happen.

Now I've got that darn song in my head.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

I'd love to see that happen.

Now I've got that darn song in my head.

Me too. They'd have to update the original theme and use it.

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