Everyone is reporting that NBC has passed on David E. Kelley's
Wonder Woman. Even though I'm a big fan of the Amazing Amazon, I have to admit I am relieved that Kelley's vision is not making it to the small screen. Wonder Woman does, indeed, deserve to make the transition to live action but only in the hands of someone who truly understands and cares for the character. If the information about the pilot can be trusted, it was anything but loving to the source material. The Wonder Woman mythos had been stretched and warped until the character was almost something entirely different from what we are used to. There's nothing inherently wrong with reboots or re-imaginings but, at a certain point, only so much can be replaced before you are left with a new character in vaguely familiar trappings.
Hopefully, the pilot's failure will open the doors to better attempts down the road. We can only hope.
[Yes, I
have used this image
before.]
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