You're Doing It Wrong

[woodwardiocom]

So, apparently, this is the premise of the potential new Wonder Woman TV show:

Los Angeles-based mega-billionaire Diana—who collects planes and a multitude of transforming aircraft called “Ultimates” (no invisible plane in sight here)—as she attempts to take down an evil pharmaceutical company run by morally corrupt scientist Veronica Cale, who is mass-producing a human-growth hormone that is causing its users, mostly black inner city youth, to die. Along the way, she tackles criminals, a Senate subcommittee, and a broken heart, the latter courtesy of lost love Steve Trevor.

Yeeeah. I believe you can find this in the encyclopedia under "In Name Only".

Comments

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

Who is writing this?

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

David Kelly.

What I want to know is, why do they insist on getting directors and/or writers who either don't know the source material, or who hold it in disdain?

(See Kevin Smith's famous diatribe about the Superman project where the director didn't want flight, the costume, and insisted on fighting giant spiders.)

[ectropy.livejournal.com]

Probably because Hollywood is mostly a self-perpetuating oligarchy of self-centered, talentless businessmen.

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

I remember that diatribe very well.
The problem is that TPTB constantly hope for lightning in a bottle like with Richard Donner directing "Superman" or Nicholas Meyer directing "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan". Neither were fans of the source material, but at least they respected it enough to try to create a quality film.

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

Ooh. I heard about the spiders. Sounds like something out of a comedy about making movies....

[bluegargantua]

In a sense they're doing it right.

There was a period in the late 60's where Wonder Woman was stripped of her super-powers and became an Emma Peel-esque secret agent. So this would be a loving homage to Diana Prince.

Not that I'd watch a TV show based on that version. I want a super-hero show where people do super-hero things.

later
Tom

[crazybone.livejournal.com]

So.
Multibillionaire. Check.
Has neat high-tech toys. Check.
Takes on corporations, the government, and criminals in the name of doing the "right thing". Check.
Has a romantic life outside of "work". Check

So she's Tony Stark basically?

I can see getting a "little" away from the mythic elements (casual conversations with gods etc.) but this is just not Wonder Woman. Considering how far afield this is from the source material I'm wondering if this was an existing series in the works and they reworked the Wonder Woman stuff in after the fact. I know the SF channel did something similar with Caprica.