JMS wasn't kicked off of WW and Superman. He left to concentrate full time on writing the second volume of Superman: Earth One. Other writers are still continuing to work from outlines he originally worked on. Phil Hester is on WW I believe.
Wonder Woman TV Series Shelved
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But Smallville has been such a huge hit! Surely you can't go wrong following that pattern.
Why the fuck even make a TV show if it can't do the basics right?? 
Diana is not a "vigilante corporate executive", she is a fucking PRINCESS from a magical cloaked Island where strong warrior women rule over it. Is that such a hard concept to grasp? Here, let ME make this fucking "pilot" that I am sure would be leaps and bounds better than the current one that's greenlit:
Themyscera is a self-proficient Island ruled by Hyppolitta, a fair and strong Queen of her warrior womenfolk that reside in that island. Eons before, they seperated themselves from the World of Man (as they called it) and established themselves as an efficient ruling body within that magically cloaked island. Sorcerresses under Hyppolitta keep magical surveilance around the island and far beyond making sure 'Man' does not discover their island, but generally they do not care for any advancements made in the world outside.
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Steve Trevor. Cocky. Serious. Yet a complete clown when it comes to his friends. Best fighter pilot in his fleet. Was best buddies with another cockier pilot named Jordan *hinthint*. Big day as he has been training for a first flight kinda thing with an experimental aircraft that can turn itself invisible. The chief scientist on the claoking device and the plane itself is the brilliant (and young) Dr. Sirena Circea. Top scientist and a military brat, she wants to push the first experimental flight beyond the shores of the USA and right into open air where the U.S has no jurisdiction. And because of her contributions to *science!* and also her own deep pockets, she gets by with the Generals and Senators that seem all the while enamoured by her.
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Trevor pushes the plane, and it reaches Mach 4.5 in record time, with the cloaking device on, nary a sound can be heard or the plane seen even though its dangerously close in altitude to the ground. Only 6000 feet in fact. He wants to push 4.6 and above. The General in charge says no. Dr. Circea smile at his direction then says 'go for it'. Trevor grins and pushes, 4.7....4.8...4.9...HOLY SHIT!! Something happens and the cloaking system is fried.
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Hyppolita's sorcerresses warn her. "Man's world may have discovered us and is attacking with a .. strange.. mechanical bird. The magicks we use to hide our world from theirs is encased around that bird". Hyppolita stands, dramatically and says "Where is your Princess?" "Diana?? She is not ready my Queen!" the servant bows. "She is ready. Tell her to 'greet' our invader to be".
And the series officially starts.
What do you guys think?
Diana is not a "vigilante corporate executive", she is a fucking PRINCESS from a magical cloaked Island where strong warrior women rule over it. Is that such a hard concept to grasp? Here, let ME make this fucking "pilot" that I am sure would be leaps and bounds better than the current one that's greenlit:Themyscera is a self-proficient Island ruled by Hyppolitta, a fair and strong Queen of her warrior womenfolk that reside in that island. Eons before, they seperated themselves from the World of Man (as they called it) and established themselves as an efficient ruling body within that magically cloaked island. Sorcerresses under Hyppolitta keep magical surveilance around the island and far beyond making sure 'Man' does not discover their island, but generally they do not care for any advancements made in the world outside.
CUT TO
Steve Trevor. Cocky. Serious. Yet a complete clown when it comes to his friends. Best fighter pilot in his fleet. Was best buddies with another cockier pilot named Jordan *hinthint*. Big day as he has been training for a first flight kinda thing with an experimental aircraft that can turn itself invisible. The chief scientist on the claoking device and the plane itself is the brilliant (and young) Dr. Sirena Circea. Top scientist and a military brat, she wants to push the first experimental flight beyond the shores of the USA and right into open air where the U.S has no jurisdiction. And because of her contributions to *science!* and also her own deep pockets, she gets by with the Generals and Senators that seem all the while enamoured by her.
CUT TO
Trevor pushes the plane, and it reaches Mach 4.5 in record time, with the cloaking device on, nary a sound can be heard or the plane seen even though its dangerously close in altitude to the ground. Only 6000 feet in fact. He wants to push 4.6 and above. The General in charge says no. Dr. Circea smile at his direction then says 'go for it'. Trevor grins and pushes, 4.7....4.8...4.9...HOLY SHIT!! Something happens and the cloaking system is fried.
CUT TO
Hyppolita's sorcerresses warn her. "Man's world may have discovered us and is attacking with a .. strange.. mechanical bird. The magicks we use to hide our world from theirs is encased around that bird". Hyppolita stands, dramatically and says "Where is your Princess?" "Diana?? She is not ready my Queen!" the servant bows. "She is ready. Tell her to 'greet' our invader to be".
And the series officially starts.
What do you guys think?
And FAILED at being.
Wonder Woman is a super-powered character.
You might as well do a Superman series, and show him as a James Bond character, totally human, who occasionally wears a blue shirt with a red jacket. The "S" symbol might be a shoulder patch or something.
No.
If you're bringing a comicbook character to the screen, bring the known version of the character, not some watered-down "something" that simply uses the character's name.
Great, can't wait to see how Diana Prince will react to Denny Crane and Alan Shore walking into her office. Alan can handle Wonder Woman's defense when she kills Max Lord and he can have a great closing argument about how comic book characters are part of the American way.
SMALLVILLE is the story of Clark Kent BEFORE he becomes Superman. It's always been the theme of the show that the Superman we know is coming, that THAT'S what the show's Clark is heading towards.
That's not the same as presenting the established character in an unfamiliar, "filtered" form.
I don't really mind the new take myself. Other than the iconic costume, there's nothing about the traditional WW that I've ever found remotely compelling, so they might as well try something different.
And I don't see anything in that description that says she's NOT still an Amazonian princess with otherworldly superpowers, so there's no reason to freak out about that yet. And we already know there's supposed to be a lot of expensive effects worked in, so clearly there's still SOME kind of fantastical element to it.
And I don't see anything in that description that says she's NOT still an Amazonian princess with otherworldly superpowers, so there's no reason to freak out about that yet. And we already know there's supposed to be a lot of expensive effects worked in, so clearly there's still SOME kind of fantastical element to it.
Why the fuck even make a TV show if it can't do the basics right??
Themyscera is a self-proficient Island ruled by Hyppolitta, a fair and strong Queen of her warrior womenfolk that reside in that island. Eons before, they seperated themselves from the World of Man (as they called it) and established themselves as an efficient ruling body within that magically cloaked island. Sorcerresses under Hyppolitta keep magical surveilance around the island and far beyond making sure 'Man' does not discover their island, but generally they do not care for any advancements made in the world outside.
CUT TO
Steve Trevor. Cocky. Serious. Yet a complete clown when it comes to his friends. Best fighter pilot in his fleet. Was best buddies with another cockier pilot named Jordan *hinthint*. Big day as he has been training for a first flight kinda thing with an experimental aircraft that can turn itself invisible. The chief scientist on the claoking device and the plane itself is the brilliant (and young) Dr. Sirena Circea. Top scientist and a military brat, she wants to push the first experimental flight beyond the shores of the USA and right into open air where the U.S has no jurisdiction. And because of her contributions to *science!* and also her own deep pockets, she gets by with the Generals and Senators that seem all the while enamoured by her.
CUT TO
Trevor pushes the plane, and it reaches Mach 4.5 in record time, with the cloaking device on, nary a sound can be heard or the plane seen even though its dangerously close in altitude to the ground. Only 6000 feet in fact. He wants to push 4.6 and above. The General in charge says no. Dr. Circea smile at his direction then says 'go for it'. Trevor grins and pushes, 4.7....4.8...4.9...HOLY SHIT!! Something happens and the cloaking system is fried.
CUT TO
Hyppolita's sorcerresses warn her. "Man's world may have discovered us and is attacking with a .. strange.. mechanical bird. The magicks we use to hide our world from theirs is encased around that bird". Hyppolita stands, dramatically and says "Where is your Princess?" "Diana?? She is not ready my Queen!" the servant bows. "She is ready. Tell her to 'greet' our invader to be".
And the series officially starts.
What do you guys think?
If you're addressing my comments a few posts above, consider the context. What was being discussed was the idea of making Diana be the Emma Peel type Wonder Woman she was for a few years (long ago), one without any form of her traditional costume, and without super-powers.
THAT idea was being addressed, not necessarily the current series idea.
Aye, it is, though in a regrettably unfunny skit called "Lesbionic Woman".Wow, is that Olivia Munn? I knew there was a reason I liked her.
http://www.google.co.nz/images?q=OL...x-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
She dresses up all the time.
The blonde is Starbuck?
Can we put a moratorium on that jpeg already?
She dresses up all the time.
The blonde is Starbuck?
Can we put a moratorium on that jpeg already?
Sure, right after the moratorium on anyone actually proposing that Steve Rogers be WW's Lois Lane.
Great typo.
Subconsciously you want Steve Trevor to be Captain America?
Remember Riley Finn's fall from grace?
He started off as Captain America, and by the end he was Jughead.
So, to summarize: Wonder Woman is going to be about a corporate honcho/vigilante/possible lesbian who looks perfectly normal except that her taste in clothing accessories are more interesting than most?
Trevor. Sorry. Steve Trevor. I forgot the name because even the name is stupid.
is Lyle Waggoner stupid?
The man was a pioneer!
The first male centre fold for Playgirl!
(Before Wonder Woman. Somehow I don't think Lynda would have still got the part if she had been in playgirl before 1975.)
I just had a flashback to when they first announced the remake of the Bionic Woman (back when Jennifer Aniston - yes, her - was in line to star). They were going to use the title as "a metaphor" and Jaime wasn't going to have any super powers at all.
Granted, when they stopped smoking the funny stuff and actually produced something a bit closer to the original format it didn't turn out very well. But at least they got close.
The more I read about this WW remake the more I think it's not a remake of the comic book, or Lynda Carter's TV series, but a remake of the 1974 Cathy Lee Crosby movie (which likewise abandoned virtually everything from the comics). And will probably fall into the same obscurity.
They're just worried that they won't be able to find another Lynda Carter who can fill the swimsuit without looking silly, so they're dropping the swimsuit. Which is fine, but you don't go dropping everything else, too. Otherwise they might as well drop Diana altogether and just launch a new TV series about a female crimefighter who gets nicknamed Wonder Woman.
Alex
Granted, when they stopped smoking the funny stuff and actually produced something a bit closer to the original format it didn't turn out very well. But at least they got close.
The more I read about this WW remake the more I think it's not a remake of the comic book, or Lynda Carter's TV series, but a remake of the 1974 Cathy Lee Crosby movie (which likewise abandoned virtually everything from the comics). And will probably fall into the same obscurity.
They're just worried that they won't be able to find another Lynda Carter who can fill the swimsuit without looking silly, so they're dropping the swimsuit. Which is fine, but you don't go dropping everything else, too. Otherwise they might as well drop Diana altogether and just launch a new TV series about a female crimefighter who gets nicknamed Wonder Woman.
Alex
