Wonder Woman (modern-day TV reboot) - News/Discussion/Speculation

[DigiFluid]

Pilot screenings have been getting a mixed response.

[TheRandomOne]

The pilot should magically leak online if they want real reactions & not the general public. But even the general public that sees the pilot in screenings does not like it so not surprised

[nx01a]

What is is the young people say on the internet when something is bad? Oh, yes. 'Epic fail'.

The news just keeps getting worse. The pilot might easily go the way of 'Aquaman'.

[TheRandomOne]

Aquaman was only canned because it would end up being to expensive. Especially when he eventually did return home to Atlantis. Again expensive. But people did like the Aquaman Pilot

[Giantevilhead]

It doesn't really matter how mixed the response is. What matters is if they can find a big enough demographic that likes it.

[DigiFluid]

The pilot should magically leak online if they want real reactions & not the general public. But even the general public that sees the pilot in screenings does not like it so not surprised

Er....I think you've got that backward. They do screenings composed of average schlubs in order to get 'real reactions' and gauge how well it might do on TV. Us in the internet TV commenting community are a vocal minority.

[jelgate]

Many reports online now that NBC has renewed both Parenthood and Harry’s Law. Parenthood was a lock for renewal, and Harry’s Law would have been a surprise were it not renewed.

Apparently, NBC has now passed on Wonder Woman, which our previously reliable source had told us would be picked up.

Our last bit of info from the source, that Law & Order: LA would be cancelled is yet to be confirmed.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...y-nixed/92429/

[DigiFluid]

Same news from Hollywood Reporter:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...s-awake-187564

[gkyun]

There goes another futile attempt to bring WW to the mainstream....I wonder why it's so difficult in the first place. They did it with Xena and Buffy, so what's with the Princess of Paradise Island that people seemingly can't get into?

[LtColCarter]

Same news from Hollywood Reporter:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...s-awake-187564

Well...that's a kick in the private parts...

[Admiral Mappalazarou]

There goes another futile attempt to bring WW to the mainstream....I wonder why it's so difficult in the first place. They did it with Xena and Buffy, so what's with the Princess of Paradise Island that people seemingly can't get into?

Well as an outsider . . . Wonder Woman in the modern day? I'm having difficulty seeing it.

Buffy is a character easy to re-invent, not that it should be - Joss perfected it. I can't speak for Xena for the fantasy setting seemed to work for the series' time period (like Hercules). Wonder Woman however is a different ball game. I expect it's having difficulty for the same reason Superman Returns did (at least critically) in that it's trying to apply a concept I would argue as quite dated to a very modern audience.

[LtColCarter]

Well as an outsider . . . Wonder Woman in the modern day? I'm having difficulty seeing it.

Buffy is a character easy to re-invent, not that it should be - Joss perfected it. I can't speak for Xena for the fantasy setting seemed to work for the series' time period (like Hercules). Wonder Woman however is a different ball game. I expect it's having difficulty for the same reason Superman Returns did (at least critically) in that it's trying to apply a concept I would argue as quite dated to a very modern audience.

They did it in the 70s...

[Admiral Mappalazarou]

They did it in the 70s...

Superman worked in the 70's.

It was an era where cheesiness was a norm on television, especially with the classic BSG and the Incredible Hulk series, as well as others. They had to dramatically reinvent all of these things for a modern audience and all recieved a mixed response from the viewers. The two Hulk movies that have been released recently came about average critically, same with Superman Returns. Sure the BSG reimagination may have soared critically, but many fans of the old show united against it.

I guess my main point against yours is that this isn't the 70's. Hell we have shows like Life on Mars which try to show the difference between eras (albeit a little exaggeratedly).

[LtColCarter]

Superman worked in the 70's.

It was an era where cheesiness was a norm on television, especially with the classic BSG and the Incredible Hulk series, as well as others. They had to dramatically reinvent all of these things for a modern audience and all recieved a mixed response from the viewers. The two Hulk movies that have been released recently came about average critically, same with Superman Returns. Sure the BSG reimagination may have soared critically, but many fans of the old show united against it.

I guess my main point against yours is that this isn't the 70's. Hell we have shows like Life on Mars which try to show the difference between eras (albeit a little exaggeratedly).

You missed my point. You said Wonder Woman in the modern era doesn't work. In the 70s...it started out in the 40s...and then in season 2 it moved to the 70s.

[syber]

The pilot must have sucked, NBC passed on Wonder Woman. Its too bad, I was kinda looking forward to it.