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NBC casts Wonder Woman Feb 16 2011 08:30 PM ET
NBC casts Wonder Woman! 'Friday Night Lights' star lands coveted role
NBC has found its Wonder Woman!
Friday Night Lights star Adrianne Palicki has landed the coveted lead role in the broadcaster’s reboot of the classic 1970s series.
In addition to having won praise for her performance on FNL, Palicki looks, well… spot-on perfect for the part, yes? Whole story here. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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I'm not sure how I feel about David E. Kelley's involvement in this...
Pretty girl, though. I've never seen FNL, so I'm not familiar with her. | |
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Oh gosh. Another remake.
Doesn't anyone at the Big Four networks have any original ideas left? Wait, I take it back somewhat. At least FOX is trying to put on some original shows (Glee, Lone Star, The Chicago Code, Terra Nova) but are having mixed results. How come HBO, TNT, USA, AMC, and FX can put on interesting new shows, yet the networks put on recycled crap?
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Can the networks please pay me to propose a reboot of BJ and the Bear?
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I agree I mostly Love Kelley's stuff, but this one leaves me scratching my head. The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. |
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Really, Wonder Woman was all about the titties and I not sure those above make the grade. Observe.
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I don't give a fuck about her titties. She better not be knock-knees. She better know how to weld that lasso in heels! And if she can't turn right, I'm cussing somebody. The spin is the deal breaker! | |
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μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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Lawd, next thing you know, they're going to try to re-make Isis and Xanadu . | |
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She out 2 be tired after all of that spinning. | |
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2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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After her spin, she would always check her tiara or her belt, like "Everything all set? Good!"
That show was awesome. | |
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I would like a slow motion spin where we get to see her naked. That it is all. 99.9% of everything I say is strictly for my own entertainment | |
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Wonder Woman – aka Diana Prince - never spun around in the comic book series to change into costume. It was a silly TV fixture in the first place. | |
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But to be fair, in the comics she changed into her costume by jumping through her lasso (or spinning her lasso around herself)--kind of sillier than spinning, really.
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If this article is true, the series sounds very strange.
SCOOP: David E. Kelley's Wonder Woman TV Pilot Script Dissected – Without Major Spoilers
Submitted by Brendon Connelly on February 1, 2011 – 4:58 pm
Most details of the upcoming Wonder Woman TV show are being kept very securely under wraps. For all that the fans know, NBC and David E. Kelley could be cooking up a slightly goofy comedy-drama about a hotshot business woman who moonlights as a superheroine, packed with Girl Power pop-songs and including the awkward phrase "You go, girl."
Bleeding Cool has now read a draft of the pilot script, and without issuing a single real spoiler, want to let you know just what you're in for.
This new Wonder Woman does feature a lot of elements and characters from the comics continuity:
• There's a Myndi Mayer, herein portrayed as Diana's BFF. • There's a scene with comics character Etta Candy, a role that's pretty much written like a job offer to Melissa McCarthy. • Long ago, government man Steve Trevor crashed onto Wonder Woman's island and brought her back to New York, but now they've split up. She still loves him, though, and it's obvious that their relationship is going to be a focus. • Diana might not have an invisible jet (if she did, I didn't see it) but she has a whole rainbow's worth of over coloured aircraft. • She has the lasso, and those bracelets with which she deflects bullets. • Her nemesis is Veronica Cale, who in this continuity is an evil scientist and rival businesswoman with a secret, nefarious plan that you'll probably guess ahead of time.
But there's a lot that's different too. As well as her Diana Prince alter ego (the Clark Kent disguise that's achieved by putting her hair up, wearing glasses and cutting back on the make-up) Wonder Woman also has a third guise and a day job as Diana Themyscyra, the head of Themiscyra industries. While little Ms. Prince is a disguise, it is well known in this world that Ms. T and Wonder W are the same – think Tony Stark and Iron Man from the end of their first film on.
There's a CSI-ish group of science-nerd 20-somethings living in her basement that dance to Kanye West and will doubtlessly help Diana solve any number of crimes in further episodes.
But who is she? Like, you know, emotionally?
Well, this Wonder Woman:
• Identifies with ET the Extra Terrestrial when his movie comes on TV. • Really loves planes. Like really. • Pines for Steve like Carrie for Big. • Wants to belong and be "among" people, not just "with" them. • Sings along to the radio in multiple scenes – but nothing with a hairbrush in front of the mirror just yet. • Doesn't like being "marketed, commercialized, merchandised", though she is – there's a joke about Wonder Woman tie-in dolls having their costumes redesigned that seems to reference the recent makeover for the comics. • When she's Diana Prince she's a mousey Miley Stewart, when she's Diana Themiscyra she's the Hanna Montana of businesswomen, and when she's Wonder Woman she's Wonder Woman – which is precisely twice in the whole episode. • Is a capitalist. • Puts on her PJs for an ice-cream filled sleepover with best friend Myndi.
So, well, well, well, what do you know? It's a slightly goofy comedy-drama about a hotshot business woman who moonlights as a superheroine, packed with Girl Power pop-songs and including the awkward phrase "You go, girl." But does it work? Well, some of the jokes are good, but the general dramatic situation seems a bit thin, the character relationships are, to be kind, familiar, and there's nothing in the plot that merits any special recognition. As Buffy-inspired as this script no doubt was, Joss Whedon it ain't. Can you imagine Whedon having an action scene play out to Beyonce's Single Ladies?
Incidentally, the other songs in the script are: One Way or Another by Blondie; Wonder of You by Jeffrey McDonald; Golddigger by Kanye West; Bad Romance by Lady Gaga; Last of the American Girls and Extraordinary Girl by Green Day; Pepinot by Les Choristes; I Only Know How to Love by Christina Aguilera. Wot no Spice Girls?
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^Sounds like a god awful Ally McBeal rehash. The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. |
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^ ^ Teeny bopper Wonder Woman, eh?
Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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Why can't Punkmistress be Wonder Woman? All you others say Hell Yea!!  | |
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Hahahaha! | |
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They'll probably fuck it up like they do with all the other remakes. She probably won't do superhuman stuff like jumping way up in the air or picking up cars and throwing men across the room. They'll probably just have her real strong but not superhuman strong and have her do a bunch of damn Karate kicking to make her seem more "realistic". Andy is a four letter word. | |
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ALRIGHT bitch! I used to love those spins. I have all three seasons of Wonder Woman on DVDs. Nobody will ever top Lynda Carter because she IS Wonder Woman. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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this is why I hardly watch NBC. And those tits....what's going on with them puppies? 
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Superman ripped his shirt off to become Superman. All Wonder Woman did was take the bow out of her hair. | |
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I know the perfect woman to play Giganta: Aussie model Amazon Eve:
She's 6'8". | |
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^Lets hope this trainwreck doesnt get that far down the track. The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. |
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