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New Original Wonder Woman (Vol.2) [VHS]

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Back in the 70s, Warner Bros. decided to bring the DC Comics super heroine Wonder Woman to the small screen in the hopes of establishing a competative show with the Universal television series the Bionic Woman. The first attempt failed miseribly. A Wonder Woman television movie starring Cathy Lee Crosby aired without any of the trademark airs of the comic. Not only was she blonde, wore a jump suit and didn't deflect bullets; but her other super human abilites didn't exist either. Other than being an Amazon Princess from Paradise Island, Wonder Woman was basically an athletic Charlie's Angel. Seeing the folly of their mistakes, Warner Bros. relaunched the series staring Miss World USA: Lynda Carter. Not only did Lynda come through with all the missing airs of the character, but she captured the essence of what it ment to be an icon. In this, the Pilot of the relaunched 'New Adventures of Wonder Woman', Princess Diana discovers a downed pilot (Steve Trevor) on the shores of her island home. When a contest is held to see which Amazon will be worthy enough to escort the stranger to America, Diana enters and wins the honor of becoming Wonder Woman. Words can't express how much I enjoyed this episode. It's filled with lots of action, humor and heart as only the eternally beautiful Lynda Carter can capture. I strongly urge you to make this tape a part of your collection as well.

As soon as Amazon gets this video in, I'm ordering. I grew up watching wonder woman, and am deeply offended that today's little girls do not have that opportunity. This should be required syndication on a national level!

Yes, Lynda Carter was a beauty queen, but she was not airheaded or anorexic. Heck, she was an amazon who could and did save the day while getting the hot guy. Thankfully Wonder Woman's version of "girl power" would be way more Xena/Buffy than Spice Girls. Wonder Woman can hold her own in any sittuation.

Excluding the horrid Cathy Lee Crosby movie, the series was very well done for the time and still holds up. Wonder Woman is one of the greatest shows of all times, and needs to be offered as soon as possible.

Let's face it, one look at Lynda Carter in the Wonder Woman suit is worth at least three stars. Tall, statuesque, and athletic looking --- especially for the 1970's --- putting her in this role was truly inspired casting.

The 1940's portion of the series was markedly better than the "modern" ones, and wears a bit better. Fighting Nazi supervillains was a better use of the character than the standard crime clichés of the later series. The Seventies cars and architecture date the later series more than these.

Except for the business about the belt being her weakness, as opposed to being handcuffed by a man, the TV show was markedly consistent with the comic book series. They didn't do enough with such things as the invisible plane, but it appears in these. They also didn't seem to find that much time onscreen for Wonder Woman as opposed to Diana Prince.

Still, this was probably the best adaptation of one of the classic superheroes, at least until the first -Superman- movie appeared a few years later. It deserves credit for that much.

The ABC 1&2 series of Wonder Woman was a delight to grow up with back in the 70's. Lyndia Carter, in the guise of Diana Prince & Wonder Woman, depicted the comic book character superbly with a balanced combination of serious acting in a comic book style. With tounge in cheek dialogue and colourful action sceenes, the series would still hold its own today, even though special effects technology has greatly advanced. Both series would be a great addition to those who collect cult viewing, but more importantly, with the promise of a blockbuster movie of a 21st century Wonder Woman on the horizon, it would be prudent to re-release the originals, as they would surely be in demand by an even greater audience that I am sure already exsists today.

By sticking closely to DC Comics' World War II era Wonder Woman concept and casting Lynda Carter (whom the gods made to wear Wonder Woman's costume), ABC created a colorful, campy, fun-filled adventure in 1975. From the patriotic-disco of the theme song, to the comic book style captions that set each scene, the tone of this telefilm is right on target. While the stunts and effects may look underwhelming in 2001, it is of little matter. Carter projects the perfect blend of naievete and optimism. The rest of the cast is equally game and were hardly has-beens in 1975. Waggoner, Leachman, Stevens, etc, were the "name" talent and likely enlisted to draw adult viewers. Certainly no one knew who Lynda Carter was at the time. You're a wonder, "New Original Wonder Woman".

Some people have complained that Wonder Woman isn't available on DVD -- well, it is in the UK. One volume (with 3 episodes) is available already, and a 2nd one is due to be released August 2003. The one that's out now features the pilot for the CBS series (which takes place in 1977) as opposed to the original pilot, featuring Wonder Woman in WW2. The 2nd episode is Anschluss '77, where an evil ex-Nazi scientist (are't all scientists evil??) brings back Adolf Hitler to life. The 3rd episode is The Man Who Moved The World, about an ex-Japanese prisoner of war who has developed telekinetic powers, and tries to kill Wonder Woman (will he? won't he?!) Re-live the fabulousness of the 70s, the clothes, the chest hair, and the wonderful, beautiful Lynda Carter. It's all slightly camp, but all the better for it. Buy it, and enjoy it (although the European PAL tv system may not work on American TVs)

It's really astonishing how an AMERICAN HERO has been ignored by the american movie makers. In England they have already issued Wonder Woman on DVD (I believe 3 episodes, so far).
I wish all of the episodes from the entire series would be available on DVD as soon as possible.
And perhaps a movie would be nice, possibly starring Linda Carter as Wonder Woman (she's still very pretty and young-looking); if not, she could, at least, succeed to her queen-mother's throne in the movie.
WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WONDER WOMAN ON DVD, just like we've had Spider Man, Charlie's Angels, The Hulk come-backs.

I too think it is time for "Wonder Woman" to be put on dvd. Come on people. "Get Us Out From Under, Wonder Woman!

Hey! Before Xena, there was the Amazon Princess from Paradise Island. Lynda Carter was terrific start. Wonder Woman. Hopefully "AMAZON" will be able to deliver up some more, steadily, before Christmas. Battle On! Whoops. Better hop in an invisible plane and find a red,white,blue swimsuit. *G*

C'mon you guys, let's get serious. Where's the DVD release. No one buys VHS stuff anymore. While we're at it, what about the series on DVD. Now there's a money making tip if I ever heard one. After all, Wonder Woman started came before Black Scorpion, Xena, Supergirl etc. Wonder Woman ROCKS