That David E. Kelley Wonder Woman show is actually going to happen, apparently

Fifthfiend · 01-23-2011, 09:35 AM

go figure

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NBC has picked up the Wonder Woman pilot from David E. Kelley. Ironically, NBC was the final network to pass on bringing back the superhero over a week ago, but that was before the new regime was officially in place in light of the impending Comcast takeover. Robert Greenblatt is now spearheading primetime as chairman. (On Thursday, head of programming Angela Bromstad announced she was leaving).

What can we look forward to?

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The project is described as a reinvention of the iconic D.C. comic in which Wonder Woman -- aka Diana Prince -- is a vigilante crime fighter in L.A. but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman trying to balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life.

Single Female Executive Superhero, lolz

Honestly this wouldn't even necessarily be so bad, except that of course it's going to be the David E. Kelley version of this, which is to say it's going to be fucking terrible.

Tev · 01-23-2011, 11:58 AM

I think I'm just going to go with the most entertaining comment I saw in the complaints section:

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I guess this will be retconned so that Paradise Island has a University with a first rate MBA program.

Aerozord · 01-23-2011, 12:02 PM

I dont know, the reinventing is, bleh. But this is wonder woman, like most super heroes its hard to show them in a more traditional light with a TV series budget. So kind of need to make changes. Dont get me wrong its going to suck, but I can see why they made that choice

Bells · 01-23-2011, 12:27 PM

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is a vigilante crime fighter in L.A. but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman trying to balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life.

Tev · 01-23-2011, 12:47 PM

I wonder if we'll get Wonder Woman in her new threads...

Funka Genocide · 01-23-2011, 01:05 PM

Can't she just buy justice now?

I don't really get it. I mean I guess there's the whole Bruce Wayne thing, but I mean come on. His parents got shot right in front of him, and we all know he's a sociopath. It makes sense.

If you have millions of dollars, no deep rooted psychological scars and super powers it doesn't mean you fight crime. I'd just bench press BMW's to impress my rich friends.

Archbio · 01-23-2011, 05:59 PM

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I dont know, the reinventing is, bleh. But this is wonder woman, like most super heroes its hard to show them in a more traditional light with a TV series budget. So kind of need to make changes. Dont get me wrong its going to suck, but I can see why they made that choice

From personal experience, it seems to me that portraying an embassy shouldn't have been any more expensive than portraying a corporation.

This "re-imagining" just makes sense from a point of view of creative short cuts (workplace rivalries, workplace romance, sexual harassment!)/creator fetish.

If you had Wonder Woman as the distinctive character she's been for several decades now in any meaningful way they'd actually have to write it in a less than generic way. Can't have that.

Aerozord · 01-24-2011, 12:45 PM

I dont mean for direct reasons, but because of indirect ones. Having her traditional origins would mean having to deal with gods, mythological creatures, and need to keep her powers scaled up. Safe bet with this setting she wont have her old "hit you with a truck" level of strength.

I do take some of it back though. You are probably right and they just changed it so it would better appeal to the masses. Though I stand by my "not working" statement if they kept it more traditional.

This whole thing would be so much better if not for America's animation stigma, cause thats really where most superheroes are able to be represented practically

Archbio · 01-24-2011, 03:40 PM

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Having her traditional origins would mean having to deal with gods, mythological creatures, and need to keep her powers scaled up. Safe bet with this setting she wont have her old "hit you with a truck" level of strength.

I'm not sure that's the case. Letting her keep her distinctive origin and dayjob doesn't really set what enemies she fights and what powers she has in stone. And the gods could just have dropped by for supportive/meddling/antagonistic dialogue, which is what gods are best at. I think that however they're planning to tackle the budget/technical problems they could have done the same but with a different spin.

The question remains either way if doing possibly ridiculously downscaled superheroics is worth the supposed benefit of doing it in live action, I agree.

Edit: Occult Nazis are inexpensive.

Magus · 01-30-2011, 10:21 AM

Is she at least a single female lawyer superheroine who discovers she is the daughter of Hera or whatever? In Season 3?

BTW isn't there like some other superheroine who IS a lawyer and has similar powers of superstrength/flight that could had just been made into a show instead of Wonder Woman? I know it doesn't have the same name recognition but then again there is a (frankly terrible) show called The Cape on there right now, I don't think that made everybody go "HOLY CRAP THE CAPE I REMEMBER THAT FROM MY CHILD HOOD AND/OR POPULAR MEDIA GOTTA WATCH DAT".

01-23-2011, 12:02 PM	#3
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	I dont know, the reinventing is, bleh. But this is wonder woman, like most super heroes its hard to show them in a more traditional light with a TV series budget. So kind of need to make changes. Dont get me wrong its going to suck, but I can see why they made that choice __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

01-24-2011, 12:45 PM	#8
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	I dont mean for direct reasons, but because of indirect ones. Having her traditional origins would mean having to deal with gods, mythological creatures, and need to keep her powers scaled up. Safe bet with this setting she wont have her old "hit you with a truck" level of strength. I do take some of it back though. You are probably right and they just changed it so it would better appeal to the masses. Though I stand by my "not working" statement if they kept it more traditional. This whole thing would be so much better if not for America's animation stigma, cause thats really where most superheroes are able to be represented practically __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

01-30-2011, 10:21 AM	#10
Magus Archer and Armstrong vs. the World Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 7,164	Is she at least a single female lawyer superheroine who discovers she is the daughter of Hera or whatever? In Season 3? BTW isn't there like some other superheroine who IS a lawyer and has similar powers of superstrength/flight that could had just been made into a show instead of Wonder Woman? I know it doesn't have the same name recognition but then again there is a (frankly terrible) show called The Cape on there right now, I don't think that made everybody go "HOLY CRAP THE CAPE I REMEMBER THAT FROM MY CHILD HOOD AND/OR POPULAR MEDIA GOTTA WATCH DAT". __________________ The Valiant Review

01-23-2011, 01:05 PM	#6
Funka Genocide Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 4,566	Can't she just buy justice now? I don't really get it. I mean I guess there's the whole Bruce Wayne thing, but I mean come on. His parents got shot right in front of him, and we all know he's a sociopath. It makes sense. If you have millions of dollars, no deep rooted psychological scars and super powers it doesn't mean you fight crime. I'd just bench press BMW's to impress my rich friends.