I tried reading the moaning on s_d, actually went on my rant why Wonder Woman is not as commercial as people stupidly expect here, went back, and after much reading of whinging about how Hollywood hates women, I gave up ( Read more... )

Thanks to fifthie for posting this in s_d.

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So they have an actress for the new Wonder Woman tv project, which I hope to change the franchise in a big way, & void any long-term influence of the JMS NuWondy. Possibly also scramble everything else we knew of Wondy (Myndi Mayer under 40? Really?), but evs ( Read more... )

Also, David E. Kelley, you should totally give Diana a hanger-on, maybe employee or girlfriend, who looks &/or dresses like this:

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So here's some obnoxious demands from whiny fanboys that you do Wonder Woman their way. Blah blah.

Now, Mr David E. Kelley, here is what you need to do. Base your Wondy on this forgotten classic. Just age up that version of Diana a little bit, & there you go!

It'll be glorious!

You know, if they own it, an everything-but-Wondy Wondy could be such glorious crack!

Give her city a newspaper whose editor hates her beyond belief. Have hammy scenes where she says things like, "MY PARENTS ARE DEAD!" Give her an Asian sidekick/driver who can do martial arts! Have her powers come from some extradimensional Speed Force energy ( Read more... )

As I said on the CBR boards.

Is "corporate woman who's a vigilante called Wonder Woman" something a new viewer is going to switch over from How I Met Your Mother for? Anymore than "Amazon warrior emissary," which might grab the Xena fans & could be more distinct from the other stuff out there ( Read more... )

I for one am glad that the David E. Kelley Wonder Woman series appears to have been picked up. The movie rights have been held for over a dozen years by producers who never did anything with it apparently for fear of doing it imperfectly ( Read more... )