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Wonder Woman - The Complete First Season
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Written by Dave Anderson
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Saturday, 29 January 2005 |
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Grade Content Grade:
B
Sound Grade:
B-
Extras Grade:
B
Picture Grade:
B-
Specs Warner Home Video WonderWoman.Com Fullscreen English Mono English, French & Spanish Subtitles 725 min., color, 1975-77
Review
I could lie and say I used to enjoy Wonder Woman because of its sense of humor, or its relative faithfulness to the original comic book. But like most adolescent males, I watched the show because of Lynda Carter. Let's face it, aside from the semi-intentional campiness, the show pretty much existed to show her run around in that impossibly tight costume...finally, a T & A program for the kids. This three-disc boxed set of the first season offers a lot of us to revisit our pre-teen fantasies, with some decent extras fans will get a kick out of.
This set contains 13 episodes and the original pilot, in which we are introduced to the origins of Wonder Woman, hailing from a race of beautiful Amazon women on Paradise Island, who run around in negligees and participate in sports contests that exist to provide plenty of boobs-a-bouncin'. Once she decides to enter the real world (after winning a hilarious "Bracelets & Bullets" competition), she disguises herself as Diana Prince, secretary to Steve Trevor (Lyle Waggoner), a war hero pilot she rescued. For a war hero, Trevor is a complete idiot...not only does Wonder Woman have to bail him out of every predicament he gets into, he can't recognize her when she dons eyeglasses while acting as his secretary. Subsequent episodes finds Wonder Woman battling Nazis, a trained gorilla, and Fausta, an evil Nazi Wonder Woman (also played by Carter). In addition, we are also introduced to Wonder Girl, played by a very young Debra Winger. Most of the episodes, while not as gleefully campy as Batman , are presented with tongue planted firmly in-cheek, perhaps to compensate for the low budget production values and special effects; there is frequent use of stock footage during many of the action scenes. However, the best special effect of all is Carter herself, and I'm still amazed how small her waist is when squeezed into her costume.
Picture and Sound
The picture transfer of this show is adequate, though there are noticeable blemishes and artifacts present. The same goes for the soundtrack, which is rendered in its original mono; it sounds okay, but nothing special.
Extras
This collection is a bit light on extras, but what's included should please fans of the show. The pilot episode offers an audio commentary by Carter and exec-producer Douglas S. Cramer; it's fairly informative and enjoyable. Also included on disc three is "Beauty, Brawn and Bulletproof Bracelets: A Wonder Woman Retrospective," a fun feature that looks fondly back at the show.
Summary
Similar Programs: Batman; The Incredible Hulk; The Flash; Isis; Captain America Summary: Wonder Woman had legions of followers in the 70s, and many of them will likely enjoy this boxed set of the first season, which Warner Home Video has done a decent job of presenting for DVD. The show has aged better than similar programs, such as the overly-somber Incredible Hulk , mainly because of its refusal to take itself too seriously. Plus, there's all that slow-motion jiggle the Hulk could never provide for us squirrelly pre-teens.
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