Why WW Failed: By Joss Whedon

Werd.

Yeah. I think that is about the size of it. It was telling that when complaints started coming in about her being "wimpy" there was a scene hastily thrown in with her callously (and needlessly) killing someone. It showed little understanding of the character.

I agree with everything the guy said except for one thing. The fight choreography was not "underwhelming". Her fight with that gang of muscle bound thugs was awesome up until the part where she killed that guy.

Thanks to an alert member of the forum I was able to see the pilot. The production values were good and it did have good action scenes. Adrienne did not stand a chance as Wonder Woman because the writing was so poor. She was depicted as an un likeable character and a needless killer. She kills one thug for no reason, with her strength and bracelets she was not in any danger from him and yet fails to kill Elizabeth Hurley's character.
Poor writing, inexcusable. I am glad they killed it early.

I watched the pilot on some dodgy quality rip. I thought Palicki was good, she looked tall and strong, particularly in civilian clothes oddly. I thought it was madness to have her kill a nobody in the pilot. Killing is something that heroes must wrestle with, it has to be an absolute last resort to save others and the kind of thing you leave for a season finale. Wonder Woman is close to invulnerable, in the show if she was under-powered at all it was more to do with budget, yet she kills some goon who is far weaker than she is. That told me that they didn't understand what they were dealing with. Although had the series gone ahead we'd have seen some enjoyable action sequences with a female in the lead role (in costume) I seriously doubt we'd have been treated to anything worthwhile plot-wise.

lfan wrote: [Snip] It takes someone who "gets" superheroes to write them...AND respect their origins and mythos. Enough of this "reimagining" crap!!! ElF

Even then it's hard - so I agree there is probably no hope for the others...

Lot's of fun potential poorly executed out there... ..."Revolution" anyone? ~ what a shame.

Anon wrote:

Markiehoe wrote: Thanks to an alert member of the forum I was able to see the pilot. The production values were good and it did have good action scenes. Adrienne did not stand a chance as Wonder Woman because the writing was so poor. She was depicted as an un likeable character and a needless killer. She kills one thug for no reason, with her strength and bracelets she was not in any danger from him and yet fails to kill Elizabeth Hurley's character.
Poor writing, inexcusable. I am glad they killed it early.

True on all the points, still I think that Adrienne Palicki was a good choice, as far as looks goes. But, I agree the writing was too involved and having a killing main character is not a good way to handle a show with a possible recurring villain.

I thought Palicki was perfect for the role. Tall, beautiful, strong, absolutely perfect. It would great to have her play the role in the rewrite.