Wonder Woman pilot clips

[ravenous_raven]

2 clips that I got from the Tumblr DCWomenKickingAss. We get her first appearance chasing down a suspect and the security guard scene (where she kills him with a pipe)...

Footage from failed Wonder Woman TV pilot -... by kahramanlarsinemada

...and part of the scene where she complains about her "tits"...

Footage from failed Wonder Woman TV pilot by kahramanlarsinemada


...and her torturing the suspect (offscreen) from the first clip:
from someone's Tumblr


...at least Diana's visit to Ross, the kid who falls ill from Veronica Cale's pharmacuticals was a nice scene:
Footage from failed Wonder Woman TV pilot -... by kahramanlarsinemada

To give another interpretation of Diana, here's the Black Cat's version:


Edit: added another clip.

Comments

[tsunamiwombat]

Honestly, I can't figure out why people have such trouble characterizing wonderwoman. DCAU countinues to hit it out of the park. Also this comic is cute.

[nickfury90]

Honestly, I found most of her appearances in the DCAU to be rather unmemorable or bland. Vanilla heroism. Although the movie was rather good I thought, even though "ugh Men so stupid" attitude always annoys the shit out of me. It was like, "Ah, finally, she has a personality! She even made a joke with decent comical delivery!"

I think people are more in love with the idea of Wonder Woman then the actual character.

This.

[jazzypom]

I think people are more in love with the idea of Wonder Woman then the actual character.

iawtc.

[marco]

I think that probably applies to people in the DC staff more than fans (unless that's what you meant). To me, when a lot of people try to use her, she comes off as a female Superman, a shoddy attempt at feminism or just... Stale. Which is what makes her so lacking in personality (and totally not realizing what a fun character she is. ...Or used to be anyway).

Maybe one day we'll get writers who love the character more than the idea and handle her well. (Or at least, some people who actually bother to read up on her before using her.)

[arilou_skiff]

I have a hard time liking her too. I get what she represents, and I kind of love the Golden Age Crackiness, but I can't really get into her modern incarnation.

She has the same problem as Thor, I think, although my off-put by Thor is much more personal.

[darklorelei]

I 100% agree re: DCAU. I kind of blame the show for my never really getting interested in Wonder Woman, though you'd think I would be.

[whitesycamore]

Although the movie was rather good I thought, even though "ugh Men so stupid" attitude always annoys the shit out of me.

Me too, and I'm a self-identified feminist. Mostly because it usually contrasts the gross, boorish, dirty, horny, men with the graceful, superior, and totally fucking boring and passionless women.

I think I'd rather be portrayed as a loud boorish lout than a smug, dull-as-ditch-water ice queen.

[majingojira]

Which is funny because having written up a sequence of 3 Wonder Women in my own personal cannon, I have their personalities and symbolism pretty much set in stone.

[omgwtflolbbqbye]

At least the fights and action scenes looked good....

[lucky_gamble]

including the part where she killed the guard?

[omgwtflolbbqbye]

I don't mean from a story or characterization point. I just meant they looked well choreographed and shot for a t.v. pilot.

[vitruvian23]

Except for her expression and reluctance to turn the first guy over to the cops, and then the incident with the pipe at the end, the first clip was okay even from that standpoint. Hopefully, had they gone forward with the series, somebody would have realized that they needed to recut that bit so she just deflected bullets until she could get right up on him and clock him, or fling the lasso instead of the pipe. It was just so unnecessary.

[korvar]

Or throw the pipe so it bonks him on the head and knocks him out instead of impaling him on the door.

[richardak]

Yes, including the part where she killed the guard. There's no context, but assuming he was knowingly working for a criminal enterprise, he opened up with a firearm on her. That's assault with a deadly weapon last I checked, and attempted murder. She's perfectly legally entitled to respond with deadly force.

The part where she said that the suspect would just lawyer up is obnoxious. Why yes, he'll hire an attorney to defend him against criminal charges in a court of law. Horrors.

[lucky_gamble]

While yes that is attempted murder...the fight goes right up there in the list of "Worlds Most One Sided Fights". One side has a woman made by the gods and imbued with godly reflexes, strength, intelligence and durability. The other had a smuck with a gun. A very MORTAL smuck with a gun.

If she reacted the same way to every single guy/gal who opened fire at her in the comics, I highly doubt her snapping Maxwell's neck would've been a big deal. In fact that was a defining point for Wondy IMO. She killed him because he could cause so much more harm if left alive (killing superman or having superman kill). He was a genuine threat. Hired Gun #3? not so much.

[richardak]

To be fair, it's not clear, at least not to me, how powerful Wonder Woman is supposed to be in this show, relative at least to her power levels in the comics. In these scenes, she doesn't seem to be able to fly, and she can't just ignore getting hit by a car, even one only traveling at city-street speeds. She's obviously very strong, but she doesn't appear to be smash-mountains-with-her-fists strong, more well-above-even-the-strongest-normal-person strong. It's not clear that she's bullet-proof, or even bullet-resistant, since she has to use her vambraces to deflect the shots.

Also, if she used deadly force on the first criminal to open fire on her with a firearm, she might never have to do it again. But that's true, she rarely uses deadly force in the comics. I'm okay with the show wanting to do things differently. In fact, I think it best if adaptations to different media do things at least a little differently. What's the point of telling the exact same story just in a different medium. I think it better to use the opportunity of retelling a story in another medium to try different interpretations.

[bluefall]

There's a difference between telling a different story with the same character, and telling a different story with a different character.

Is there room for a female vigilante who acts like this on television? Sure. Is there any legitimate claim whatsoever to call that character "Wonder Woman"? No, none at all.

[richardak]

Do you mean that she is Wonder Woman in name only because she is using deadly force seemingly casually? May I ask what leads you to say that?

[bluefall]

Six decades of Wonder Woman comics portraying her as someone who never would.

[sherkahn]

Oh God, my stomach!

Boy is this bad.

[abriel]

Yeah, I am definitely glad the show never saw the light of day.

Don't worry Diana...eventually we'll get someone to direct a good movie about you that gets you as a character and does you justice.

[glprime]

There are several great directors who were willing to do it (Joss Whedon got tapped for the Avengers, for god's sake), but no studio exec trusts the property to make money.

Which is beyond stupid, really, but whatever.

[introverted_excavator]

Personally, I don't want Joss Whedon to have anything to do with WW, and I was actually happy to hear his script fell through. But that's just me.

But I wish Warner Bros. would get their act together and find someone to direct a series or TV movie or something that will do her justice.

[bluefall]

It's never just you.

[richardak]

It's really not.

[kenwyn89]

It seems that Warner Bros and DC just aren't being brave with their movies. Marvel are completely owning them when it comes to boosting the not quite A-List superheroes.

[misterbug]

I'm mystified whenever I see Wondy with any kind of American accent.

She's Greek, people. GREEK.

[golden_orange]

Who usually lives and spends a load of time in America with Americans, to be fair.

[saralakali]

Lots of luck trying to find an American actress who can do a Greek accent. What, you expected them to get a Greek actress to play WW? Oh, you naive bug, you.

[misterbug]

Butbutbut it would be so EASY to find an American actress of at least some Greek descent, who can pull off a voice with vaguely Greek accents.

Besides, I'm not saying I expected it. Just that it irks me.

(Also: that's MISTER Bug to you!)

[lucky_gamble]

...what?

[red_menace]

My word, that was awful. Thank all the gods that never were this thing got dropped.

[drexer]

THEY COULDN?T MAKE THE BRACELETS SCENE LOOK ALRIGHT!

HOW CAN'T THEY MAKE THE BRACELETS SCENE LOOK ALRIGHT!?

[hybrid2]

did she say the boobs,ass and teeth of those action figures where perfect? O_o

[glprime]

I'm glad this is a low-quality grab, because seeing a turd more clearly just lets you know how grossed out you should be.

Also, I just shake my head at a WW chasing down crooks on foot. She has the strength to Hulk-leap, you idiots, forgetting the fact that modern canon has her flying. But again, nobody wanted to do anything but remake the Linda Carter series and cash some easy checks.

Oh god, i just watched the second clip... *HURRRRGGGK*

[ravenous_raven]

I think I figured out what is wrong with the "tits" scene: it's so contrived. The audience is supposed to feel for her and say, "Look! She's just like us! She's insecure about her body! And she says 'tits' too! Yay!"

But I just look at her (and note, I would feel this way about any character saying these lines) and think, "Oh look at you, the writers are trying to make you stand up against The Man. I feel so bad for you with your 'imperfect' hair and boobs and teeth and your pure white, virginal suit."

I'm going out on a limb here and saying that the screenwriter was a guy, not a girl, because this feels like something men would think women would like.

[marco]

Mmmm. This thing never existed to me. Never. Existed. (And so glad it didn't come to fruition.)

I wish DC would stop being such punks about Wondy getting any media though. No cartoon, no games, not even any much merch lately. Maybe if they acted like she existed, then people just might realize she does indeed exist still.

[kenwyn89]

Every party shop still does a wonder woman costume- there is still public awareness there just not tapped!

[marco]

Ahh, that's true! I have hope yet!

[strangerface]

Ugh this is terrible. She seems angry all the time. I disagree with the commenter who said the fight scenes were good. The scene where she fought the 20 guys was fine until they started with the weirdness. Killing the guy is not right. And also I can't believe they had her grabbing people around the NECK with her lasso. She'd kill them with that kind of force. I know WW didn't shy away from killing Maxwell Lord when she had to, but I don't think she'd off people quite so callously.

[ravenous_raven]

I know WW didn't shy away from killing Maxwell Lord when she had to, but I don't think she'd off people quite so callously.

Or torture them, right? Has Diana tortured anyone in the comics?

[an_idol_mind]

Yeah, that's about as bad as I thought it would be.

[junipepper]

...just let me know when it's safe to uncover my eyes...

Shame they didn't have the budget to get the rest of her top. Seriously, that boob-smash thing looks painful. And why is she so angry? (Although I suppose she does have reason, if this was the best anyone could do as far as doing a live-action TV show for her)

[big_daddy_d]

The Good: Fight scene. Awesome. She handed these guys their ass. Actress portraying her isn't bad. She has the look. Also the hospital scene did show her compassionate side.

The Bad: Killing the guard with a pipe. Not WW's style. I can see her as someone who will kill as a last resort, but to just do so casually..no. Also didn't get the deal with her sticking a needle in that guy she was chasing. Was she taking his blood? Also as much as I don't think the actress is bad..her voice..idk..doesn't seem like much of a match for the character, but that's minor for me.

The Ugly: Tits. Wonder Woman going on about tits and being vulgar...prime example of mischaracterization, the likes of which lead to this show being sunk.

[richardak]

Meh, the fight scene would have been a lot more impressive if the twenty to her one hadn't insisted on attacking one at a time.

[pyrotwilight]

Not bad for a fan production, but pretty out of character. Wait it was a what for a what?

[equinox216]

Hah!

[stubbleupdate]

Damnit, I should know that music playing in the tits scene.

I've got it somewhere, from a film soundtrack. Can anybody help me out?

[stubbleupdate]

I'm almost certain that it's from Iron Man. Now I just need to find the song.

[wizardru]

So, that's the infamous pilot.

Well, it's about what I expected. The clip of the street chase seems...weird. Like the wire work and 'super speed' doesn't work as well visually as they'd hoped. It's a little too...Xena, I guess. The fight scene with the 20 guys? That's pretty well executed, even if she's aping Scorpion from Mortal Kombat. (side note: a Wilhelm Scream here? Really?)

The 'lawyering up' comment? WTF? Do the writers know anything about American jurisprudence at all? If Wonder Woman is acting as a vigilante, then she's liable for harming him. If she's acting as an agent of the police or federal government (as any decent lawyer would easily argue), then she's bound by the same rules. That whole sequence is problematic because it calls such attention to that detail....as does the torture scene at the hospital.

That scene fails for a couple of reasons. One, they have her talking like a tough cop, but it's just hard to swallow. I kept staring at her boobs in that scene, as they were center-shot, especially when she leaned over. Worse, some of the stuff she was saying was really, really ugly. I mean, they have her talking like Keifer Sutherland in '24' throughout these clips...and then having her whine about how her action figure is too idealized. It doesn't seem like the same character in one clip to the other.

This isn't exactly bad...it's just unfocused. It feels like they've chosen to emphasize parts of Wonder Woman's character that don't interest me, personally. I don't necessarily mind the alternate version, per se. I mean, at least here we see a Wonder Woman BEING an actual superhero in the classic sense. She's chasing a bad guy, she does the punchy-punchy and there's the implication that there are super-powered people out there (though of course budget limits come into play, as always). This had the potential to become something I would have enjoyed, I think.

Some day someone will come up with a decent vehicle for Wonder Woman. Just not today, apparently.

[practicalcat]

The clip on the tumblr is the only one I can see right now, but...

Holy. Freaking. Crap. Am I ever glad that this didn't get picked up. Who the hell is that woman in the Wonder Woman-"inspired" costume and what did she do to Diana?!

[liara_shadowsong]

I could only see the tumblr clip (the others were removed from the site they were hosted on), but I didn't like it. The idea of a Wonder Woman tv series sounded so cool at first, but the execution... just doesn't look like it would have been up to snuff, based on what limited material I have seen/read of the pilot. Sigh.