1967 Wonder Woman TV pilot.
I wonder if Joss is going to be able to beat this...
... actually I suspect Joss' plumber could do better. It makes the Batman TV series look like a serious drama.
Link originally found via amygdalagf.
March 18 2006
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zencat | March 18, 10:28 CET
palehorse | March 18, 10:36 CET
This is from the same time that two nerd/superhero shows, Captain Nice and Mr. Terrific, came out (premiering on the same night, actually, and, yes, I watched them both)...Batman had been pretty successful as a parody, and those two were trying to catch the same campy wave. Seems to me that the producers of this exceedingly cheesy version of Wonder Woman were trying hoping to lasso the same audience.
[ edited by Chris inVirginia on 2006-03-18 18:31 ]
Chris inVirginia | March 18, 11:29 CET
But I'm pretty sure Joss' spleen could do better than this.
batmarlowe | March 18, 12:03 CET
Very, very bad. The Adam West Batman series is about on par.
UnpluggedCrazy | March 18, 13:48 CET
Never mind Joss' spleen, I think his pancreas could have written a better pilot.
impalergeneral | March 18, 14:38 CET
And, please, let's have the anatomical references end...NOW!
(thanks!)
Chris inVirginia | March 18, 14:48 CET
But I see your point they tried to make "Wonder Woman" a female version of "Batman", as it was with all super hero shows made in 1966 and 67. A pilot of "Batgirl" was made before she was added to "Batman." Could you imagine what "The Adventures of Superman" would have been like if it was made during that time, instead of the 1950's?
impalergeneral | March 18, 17:15 CET
billz | March 18, 23:28 CET
Trienco | March 19, 04:45 CET
I'll never be in my bunk again!
catalyst2 | March 19, 08:38 CET
Razor | March 19, 11:45 CET
MySerenity | March 19, 20:34 CET
billz | March 19, 06:28 CET"
I get it that you are joking but it brought up all kinds of memories that should be shared now and then. I have not had a chance to watch this, but whatever is in there is almost certainly a weak reflection of how bad it was for real. I have been watching the original Star Trek with my son. That was supposed to be enlightened, yet you constantly have Kirk making comments about how he wishes he had not been assigned a female yeoman as she flutters over him. I remember that character making me grind my teeth at the time because it was reinforcing a stereotype. I do not remember thinking that Kirk was out of line for saying it. We had not even gotten far enough to realize that he should not be identifying her gender as the problem rather than her actions.
BTW, at that point girls & women still had to wear skirts to school and work. Pants/trousers would not be acceptable for some years yet, though the fight was on. Girls and sports were almost mutually exclusive terms and people still loudly proclaimed that any weightlifting or the wrong kind of exercise would give women ugly bulging muscles.
And yes, when a woman got pregnant she was lucky if her employer did her the favor of letting her keep her job. There was no maternity leave and medical insurance was only through the head of the household...who was by definition the man. If your husband did not have insuarnce through his job, tough. The woman was ineligible at hers because she was by definition a dependent.
It is a different world, thank goodness. I look forward to Joss's WW even though I never was into comic books or WW before. I have faith the Joss will make me smile.
[ edited by newcj on 2006-03-20 17:03 ]
newcj | March 20, 10:03 CET
Things are messed up now, but at least there have been some changes for the better regarding how TPTB (government, society, employers, schools, etc.) treat women, African Americans and Latinos, even if there is still a very long way to go. This pilot was partial proof of how far we really have come so far. (I don't even know if that gets a "Smiley" or a "Frowney" icon!)
ETA: You know, when I watch ST:TOS, half of the time I do wonder what is going on as far as Kirk goes. He's really a jerk to his female crew, with the possible exception of Uhura, who really doesn't have a very exciting job (until you start getting into the ST movies!). And why do the female crewmembers have to wear low-cut, thigh-high "cocktail dresses" when the men get sensible long-sleeved shirts and pants? I see your point about how women had to dress for work! *shakes head some more*
[ edited by billz on 2006-03-20 23:04 ]
billz | March 20, 15:57 CET