The New Original Wonder Woman
Hippolyta: "I named this island 'Paradise' for an excellent reason. There are no men on it."
Looking at all the Paradise Island scenes, in the TV movie, you also don't appear to have women of color on it. Just white women. Is this island only for them? I mean, I think I spotted one background Amazon of color, but I'm not positive.
After finishing rewatching (and commenting on) some episodes of The Incredible Hulk, I figured I'd start doing to same with the Lynda Carter Wonder Woman series. So I sat down and rewatched the original pilot movie. As with the Hulk series, I will only rewatch select episodes, rather than all of them (59 episodes + the TV movie).
The TV movie dropped the concept that Wonder Woman got the Diana Prince identity, by assuming the identity of a woman who looked exactly like her (and let Wonder Woman borrow it). I think this was a good decision. You've got Wonder Woman, who is named Diana. She comes to the States and happens to run into a woman with the same name and face. One or the other is one thing, but both would've been a stretch. Not to mention, this woman just randomly lets Wonder Woman, a total stranger borrow her identity. That might've been eyebrow raising. How does the real Diana Prince know that this other woman is not a Nazi spy (who wants to use her identity for espionage)? So it was a good move to drop it.
I liked the TV movie, though there are some things that I'd like to wait to talk about, until I get to season 2 (when the show moved to the 1970s). Some reflections on the different settings of season 1 and the other two seasons.
At 70 minutes, it's 20 minutes shorter than the original TV movie for The Incredible Hulk. So it does end up feeling a bit short. Those additional 20 minutes could've helped flesh the characters out a bit more.
Fun fact: when the cast and crew of Dynasty (the producer of this show went on to be a producer on that) were getting ready for the fight between Alexis and Krystal, they sat down and watched the Wonder Woman vs. Marcia fight scene.
Hippolyta: "I named this island 'Paradise' for an excellent reason. There are no men on it."
Looking at all the Paradise Island scenes, in the TV movie, you also don't appear to have women of color on it. Just white women. Is this island only for them? I mean, I think I spotted one background Amazon of color, but I'm not positive.
After finishing rewatching (and commenting on) some episodes of The Incredible Hulk, I figured I'd start doing to same with the Lynda Carter Wonder Woman series. So I sat down and rewatched the original pilot movie. As with the Hulk series, I will only rewatch select episodes, rather than all of them (59 episodes + the TV movie).
The TV movie dropped the concept that Wonder Woman got the Diana Prince identity, by assuming the identity of a woman who looked exactly like her (and let Wonder Woman borrow it). I think this was a good decision. You've got Wonder Woman, who is named Diana. She comes to the States and happens to run into a woman with the same name and face. One or the other is one thing, but both would've been a stretch. Not to mention, this woman just randomly lets Wonder Woman, a total stranger borrow her identity. That might've been eyebrow raising. How does the real Diana Prince know that this other woman is not a Nazi spy (who wants to use her identity for espionage)? So it was a good move to drop it.
I liked the TV movie, though there are some things that I'd like to wait to talk about, until I get to season 2 (when the show moved to the 1970s). Some reflections on the different settings of season 1 and the other two seasons.
At 70 minutes, it's 20 minutes shorter than the original TV movie for The Incredible Hulk. So it does end up feeling a bit short. Those additional 20 minutes could've helped flesh the characters out a bit more.
Fun fact: when the cast and crew of Dynasty (the producer of this show went on to be a producer on that) were getting ready for the fight between Alexis and Krystal, they sat down and watched the Wonder Woman vs. Marcia fight scene.
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