Wonder Woman (1974)

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I am astonished at how fun the 1974 Wonder Woman TV movie/failed pilot is. I said "fun", not "good", mind you. Wonder Woman as a super secret agent isn't TOO weird, given the early 70s had her in just such a role, the so-called "white pantsuit Wonder Woman". One of her outfits seems to reference it. It's actually crazier to make Princess Diana blond in her first live action appearance, though I think Cathy Lee Crosby and her writers get the character. There's a kindness and a generosity that even extends to her opponents, but also a twinkle, like she's enjoying herself and is comfortable in her role and body. And she speaks perfect French (I imagine Diana as someone who learns as many languages as she can, she's a communicator). Yeah everything involving other Amazons, especially the mercenary Angela, is marred by wooden acting, and questions abound as to why Steve Trevor and the villains know Diana is Wonder Woman, but other agents where she works thinks she's Miss Moneypenny. The red costume comes out of nowhere, in the story AND in terms of design, and though they mention the invisible jet, Wonder Woman's usual gear is absent. But there are a lot of fun action gags, plenty of death traps, and the villains have the movie's MVP on tap, Ricardo Montalban at his Khaniest. No one's gonna think of this as an iconic take in anyway close to Lynda Carter or Gal Godot, but it IS a fun television artifact. 2 years 1 month ago