Unfortunately it will crash quicker then the invisible jet could ever do. Nothing about it says Wonder Woman to me. Fake boobs, fake hair color, Halloween USA clearance costume, crying over Steve Trevor, eating ice cream and singing & dancing to Katy Perry, selling Wonder Woman dolls that look more like Wonder Woman then Adrianne does in that crappy new outfit. Sorry it spells HORRIBLE! It's a shame Warner Bros. thinks so little of an icon that's been around since 1941. Lynda Carter may say Adrianne looks fabulous but it's only because she is a highly classy actress and would never diss another stars work. But we the fans know this stinks. Bring the iconic Wonder Woman back that has been known for 70 years and throw this rebooted version out!

Isaiah, dude, that's just harsh.

Yeah, Kelley's script has Epic Fail written all over it I've ever seen it. I read the reviews and portions of it and I thought it was an early April Fools Day joke. I mean, does he like women or is this script sort of a back handed misogynistic attack on modern women. I'm no feminist, but I think women are just as strong and capable as men. And especially in WW's case. She can and has gone toe-to-toe with Superman himself. Using Buffy and Sydney Bristow as models would be a great place to start, although both Buffy and Sydney also suffered from the "I really want that boy to like me" syndrome that had me rolling my eyes. Like I said at the time, if Buffy had be Buck and Angel and been Angelica, Buck would have staked Angelica by the end of the her first appearance.

Let's all hope and pray that someone with one iota of intelligence at NBC (I know, asking a lot) takes a look at that crappy script for a pilot he's put together and burns it and every electronic copy of it into nothingness. Then same NBC executive fires Kelley and finds a person like you described who's grown up with the character, knows the character and more importantly loves the character. Kelley clearly doesn't give a rat's behind about WW or he wouldn't have put that horrible, horrible script to paper.

All these mistakes make me want to see what Whedon would have done with WW. Yet again another tragedy.

P.S. - Unrelated to WW, but Mo, I didn't realize that Tim Minear had a producing credit on Chicago Code! Makes me very scared for the longevity of the show because I really like it.

Great write up as usual, thanks!

Casting Palicki as Wonder Woman is the only news I've heard that's promising - at least they chose a capable actor who could conceivably kick some butt.

But David Kelley's take on the character and the idea of WW's cover as a lawyer are what give me a queasy stomach based on his prior (and current) shows.

We do need a Wonder Woman TV show, but not the one I keep reading about that Kelley plans to make. If it were Abrams or Whedon as the show runner I'd have more optimism.

-- Wendy

I've read the wide variety of (mostly negative) reviews of the script for the pilot and there are elements which sound somewhat ... tolerable.

To be fair, Wonder Woman doesn't really have three "separate" identities. The entire world knows that Wonder Woman is Diana Themyscira in much the same way as everyone knows that Iron Man is Tony Stark. The "Diana Prince" identity is the true "secret identity" and it's inclusion does seem like a bizarre choice given the already over-stuffed pilot.

The inclusion of "good friends" Etta Candy and Myndi Mayer are also a step in the right direction, but the trio of nerds in Wonder Woman's basement sound terrible. The trio of love interests also seems to be at least one too many, especially as Wonder Woman is still crying herself to sleep at night years after her break-up with Steve Trevor.

If they jettison some of the odder aspects of the script, I think they have a solid enough groundwork for a series. One aspect that I'd really like to see changed is the purpose of Wonder Woman's company. It would be great if her corporation was more about the common good as opposed to selling big breasted dolls of Wonder Woman.

Finally, I don't see how a fleet of multi-coloured flying BMWs is any less bizarre than Wonder Woman having an invisible jet. I understand that the show probably doesn't have the budget for Wonder Woman to have the power of flight, but other than product placement revenue I just don't understand the appeal of the flying BMWs nor why Wonder Woman needs an entire fleet of them in various colours - does she match the colour of her shoes and handbag with her flying vehicle?

RTMS: Because that would make too much sense! Remember, this is Hollywood and if it makes sense to do something one way, then they're NOT going to do it.

This totally sounds like a train wreck in the making. I would love to see a kick-ass Wonder Woman, however, this script plot sounds thin on the superhero and long on the psychosis.

The current representation of WW is on the Justice League and the recent cartoon movie. They both get WW, She is a super hero with out disguise or alter ego. She comes from the island of Themescyrica and she kicks butt along with Superman and Batman.She doesn't wallow or pine for a boyfriend, in fact she doesn't have one or care for one and she's very protective of her fellow Amazon sisters and mother. Why can't they base it off of the cartoon?

We really don't need Wonder Woman meets The Three Faces of Eve. With more than a third of the hour going to commercials, there's barely time for a straightforward plot any more. Superhero shows tend to work best when they honor their comic book roots by keeping things simple and direct.

It's on NBC, so yeah... it'll suck.

But in all seriousness, Wonder Woman is one of those comic book characters which in 2011 is now going to be labeled 'corny' when done in live-action. Some comic book characters should remain in the pages of comic books or cartoons. Wonder Woman, Captain America & Aqua Man are fine examples of such.

I understand why NBC would want a Wonder Woman show. But they need to appoint a different showrunner. This is not a good take on Wonder Woman. I'm a comic book fan and I don't think the show needs to adapt any particular run of the comic. In fact, the character is frequently uneven. But there is certainly a set of core elements to her history and personality. This just does not strike me as being loyal to the spirit of the character or especially empowering.