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Post by goldenfist on May 13, 2011 16:07:26 GMT -5
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Post by Shiryu on May 13, 2011 16:22:03 GMT -5
I wish I could say I'm disappointed, but since the first photos of the costume (and of the actress) surfaced I thought nothing good could come out of it. I hope something nice will soon fill the gap left by Smallville. Despite all its faults, I will miss that show. PS, thanks for posting the news GF
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Post by goldenfist on May 13, 2011 23:34:22 GMT -5
Too many people were comparing the actress to Lynda Carter and complained about the suit.
Then they showed the pilot to a focus group that didn't like it no one gave the series a chance, Goes to show that most fans don't accept change in comics at all.
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Post by spiderwasp on May 14, 2011 0:29:27 GMT -5
Sorry GF, but I don't think that's really a fair thing to say unless you actually have seen the show yourself. It's possible that people were just stuck in their traditions but it's also possible that it really sucked. That's the same kind of logic I hear from people when many of us complain about Bendis and the current state of comics. "You people just can't accept change." The reality is that we can't accept crap. I'm not saying this show was crap. I'm just saying that you can't automatically assume that's why the focus group didn't like because it COULD have been crap.
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Post by humanbelly on May 14, 2011 5:40:27 GMT -5
I daresay the focus group wouldn't have been a particularly comic-focused cross-section, at any rate, since they would be testing the broader appeal of the series, as opposed to those already inclined to like (or possibly dislike) it. Really, it seems not at all unlikely that it just wasn't very good, since it was trying to jump onto the "hot" superhero film money-train, and there didn't seem to be much directional consensus at the producer level.
There are SCORES of television pilots made every season-- the ratio of pilots-to-picked-up-series is very, very large (although I don't have it on hand)-- so for one to not be picked up is actually not relevant news in the TV world at all-- it just was in our particular niche.
HB
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Post by Shiryu on May 14, 2011 6:35:05 GMT -5
Agreed. As stated before, I don't think fans are against change, as long as it's well done. Also keep in mind that TV networks are most interested in the "demo" which I think is the 18-45 age range, and a big chunk of people in this range has probably never seen Linda Carter's WW.
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Post by starfoxxx on May 14, 2011 10:45:38 GMT -5
And I believe NBC was the same company that brought us that steaming turd they called THE CAPE. They thought that would be better than a show with an already established fan-base? The WW pilot must have been really bad, but if they gave The Cape a shot, it boggles my mind, esp. when Smallville lasted 10 years.
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Post by humanbelly on May 14, 2011 15:18:37 GMT -5
And I believe NBC was the same company that brought us that steaming turd they called THE CAPE. They thought that would be better than a show with an already established fan-base? The WW pilot must have been really bad, but if they gave The Cape a shot, it boggles my mind, esp. when Smallville lasted 10 years. Y'know.. . . . I'd wondered what bacame of THE CAPE. We pretty much only have the TV actually tuned in to anything when we watch football in the fall. And that show was being promoted RELENTLESSLY! Like, every single commercial break. And man, the kiss-of-death factor that that represents is almost comical. . . ! Even if a show might be good, the audience is inclined to hate it before it ever airs, because they're SICK TO DEATH OF BEING EXPOSED TO IT!!!! hoo-boy HB
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Post by freedomfighter on May 15, 2011 9:42:51 GMT -5
And I believe NBC was the same company that brought us that steaming turd they called THE CAPE. They thought that would be better than a show with an already established fan-base? The WW pilot must have been really bad, but if they gave The Cape a shot, it boggles my mind, esp. when Smallville lasted 10 years. Y'know.. . . . I'd wondered what bacame of THE CAPE. We pretty much only have the TV actually tuned in to anything when we watch football in the fall. And that show was being promoted RELENTLESSLY! Like, every single commercial break. And man, the kiss-of-death factor that that represents is almost comical. . . ! Even if a show might be good, the audience is inclined to hate it before it ever airs, because they're SICK TO DEATH OF BEING EXPOSED TO IT!!!! hoo-boy HB But the flipside of that is if the show isn't promoted enough, people complain the network wasn't behind the show...so they're damned if they do and damned if they don't. And the CW could give Smallville a chance because they only needed numbers in the 2.0 range. For NBC, they can get five times that running a show where fat people run on treadmills and have little cost (Biggest Loser is an extremely inexpensive show to produce...). NBC or ABC or CBS, who occasionally put on superhero shows are often doomed to failure. The budgets and constraints of TV don't often do heroes justice the way big screens do these days. Oh and I've read summaries of David E. Kelley's Wonder Woman script. It was doomed from page one. Here it is on Daily Beast if you're so inclined... www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-02/wonder-woman-a-sneak-peak-at-david-e-kelleys-script/
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Post by ultron69 on May 25, 2011 8:00:12 GMT -5
I'm disappointed in principle, as any superhero show (though Wonder Woman was never one of my favorites) is always a good thing. Still, if it was going to suck, then maybe it's for the best. It would have been nice if there was at least a pilot, though.
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Post by goldenfist on May 25, 2011 12:27:31 GMT -5
I'll bet it's going to take Wonder Woman another 20 years to get back on the small screen.
Since no one can't find an actress to play Wonder Woman.
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Post by humanbelly on May 25, 2011 13:52:57 GMT -5
I'll bet it's going to take Wonder Woman another 20 years to get back on the small screen. Since no one can't find an actress to play Wonder Woman. It's a tough role to cast, there's no doubt about it. And it kind of goes against what mainstream Hollywood seems to look for as a bankable "type". She clearly needs to be physically beautiful-- but not in the teeny, tiny Jessica Alba/Meagan Fox mold that seems to be the first (and only) consideration lately. Linda Carter was really dead-on physically-- tall, statuesque, full-bodied. BUT she also has to have an undeniable, commanding, alpha-dog presence and even a bit of gravitas. . . like. . . like Katherine Hepburn, maybe? Or. . . oh, wow. . . the actress who played Zoe in Firefly (blanking on her name). Man, getting past the racial question once again, I would TOTALLY buy her as Wonder Woman-! HB
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Post by ultron69 on May 31, 2011 7:27:33 GMT -5
Jaimie Alexander is a great fit, I would think.
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