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TMC · 09-29-2013, 04:29 AM

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Lynda Carter held audiences captive as the super hero.

bliss · 11-26-2013, 10:25 PM

Season 3 was a failure to me. They turned Diana Prince into a glamour queen and she loses her trademark dinner plate glasses.

Loved the first two seasons btw.

Ellayn O'Kosh · 08-21-2016, 08:41 PM

Wonder Woman boned the fish in the second season. It went from a good, WWII period to contemporary. Contemporary is cheaper to shoot because the studios do not need period vehicles, costumes, &c.

sm95fan · 01-18-2022, 05:34 PM

I don't think it ever jumped the shark. It just suffered from schizophrenia which kept the show from getting into a groove.

Original: WWII era, Diana has hots for Steve Trevor

Reboot I: Modern era. Diana has hots for Steve Trevor

Reboot II: Starting w/ episode I Do, I Do thru end of season two... Steve Trevor becomes more of a mentor than love interest to Diana. Focus changes from comic book spoof to action adventure.

Reboot III: Season three, Steve Trevor completely put on back burner, show is now focused on interaction between Diana and guest heel/ hero of the week

Reboot IV: Season four. No Steve Trevor or IRAC. Diana moves to So Cal with potential new love interest in fellow "indestructible" Bryce Candall. CBS scrapped after pilot "The Man Who Could Not Die"

TMC · 02-11-2022, 03:44 AM

I just came here to ask if the worst thing to happen to the show was the change in period setting upon its move from ABC to CBS. In the first season, the show was set in the 1940s during World War II. On that end, you could say that was actually very faithful to the early 1940s comics. Also, the Wonder Woman costume was extremely authentic, and the period furnishings and costumes added an 'expensive' look to the episodes.

But when the setting was changed to what was then, the present (the 1970s), the show added gimmicks like intelligent computers and weird variations of the traditional Wonder Woman costume depending in the plot (swimming costume, skateboard costume, motorcycle costume, etc.). All in all, the CBS episodes looked cheap as most seemed to be filmed in the scrubby desert canyons near California. And most of the villains were business or leisure suited spy types.

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Season 3 - Too much weirdness - lost the original concept	4	57.14%
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08-21-2016, 08:41 PM	#3
Ellayn O'Kosh Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 20, 2016 Location: Washington State Posts: 80	Lost the message Wonder Woman boned the fish in the second season. It went from a good, WWII period to contemporary. Contemporary is cheaper to shoot because the studios do not need period vehicles, costumes, &c.

11-26-2013, 10:25 PM	#2
bliss THAT GIRL Senior Member Join Date: Apr 26, 2009 Posts: 1,000	Season 3 was a failure to me. They turned Diana Prince into a glamour queen and she loses her trademark dinner plate glasses. Loved the first two seasons btw.

01-18-2022, 05:34 PM	#4
sm95fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 07, 2021 Location: Las Lunas Posts: 1,914	I don't think it ever jumped the shark. It just suffered from schizophrenia which kept the show from getting into a groove. Original: WWII era, Diana has hots for Steve Trevor Reboot I: Modern era. Diana has hots for Steve Trevor Reboot II: Starting w/ episode I Do, I Do thru end of season two... Steve Trevor becomes more of a mentor than love interest to Diana. Focus changes from comic book spoof to action adventure. Reboot III: Season three, Steve Trevor completely put on back burner, show is now focused on interaction between Diana and guest heel/ hero of the week Reboot IV: Season four. No Steve Trevor or IRAC. Diana moves to So Cal with potential new love interest in fellow "indestructible" Bryce Candall. CBS scrapped after pilot "The Man Who Could Not Die"

02-11-2022, 03:44 AM	#5
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,631	I just came here to ask if the worst thing to happen to the show was the change in period setting upon its move from ABC to CBS. In the first season, the show was set in the 1940s during World War II. On that end, you could say that was actually very faithful to the early 1940s comics. Also, the Wonder Woman costume was extremely authentic, and the period furnishings and costumes added an 'expensive' look to the episodes. But when the setting was changed to what was then, the present (the 1970s), the show added gimmicks like intelligent computers and weird variations of the traditional Wonder Woman costume depending in the plot (swimming costume, skateboard costume, motorcycle costume, etc.). All in all, the CBS episodes looked cheap as most seemed to be filmed in the scrubby desert canyons near California. And most of the villains were business or leisure suited spy types.