I was prompted to rewatch the series on DVD. A lot of fun but VERY camp, dated computers and you worry that Lyle will suffer polyester poisoning. Still, Lynda is the most beautiful woman EVER! 2 and 3 infinitely better than 1, the costume a huge improvement if nothing else.
Actually dealt with some pretty heavy issues, terrorism, biological warfare, the Cold War, nuclear power/proliferation, the shameful internment of the Japanese Americans during WW2 (one of the first shows to deal with that, preceeding Magnum). The best ep is the last, the Phantom of the Rollercoaster dealing with a traumatized Vietnam veteran deformed by napalm, not just a kids show.
Inspired by my rewatch, a few more things I'd like to see if there's a new series;
What I want to see in a new WW series;
1. Recurring roles for Lynda, Lyle and maybe Debra Winger
2. Nazis
3. A scene where someone walks into her invisible plane and bumps their head.
4. A scene where WW's own lasso of truth is used against her and she confesses some embarrassing deep dark desires
5. A scene where someone comments on Steve Trevor's propensity to get knocked out
6. An ep where she loses her ability to transform into WW and has to solve the case as Diana Prince
7. An ep where we meet her evil double who dresses in an black S&M version of the WW costume (and has a whip)
8. Underwater, skateboarding, horseriding and motorcycling versions of the outfit
9. A musical
10. An evil(?) Amazon who wants women to take over the world and rule it as a matriarchy
11. Some form of Xena/Gabby reference
12. A scene where WW goes to a bordello/stripclub and everyone assumes she's a hooker/stripper in a WW outfit. As she leaves she walks past a real hooker/stripper in a copy of her costume
13. An ep where she visits a sci-fi convention, accidentally enters a WW lookalike contest and is disappointed at coming 3rd (a la Elvis and Charlie Chaplin). Be cool if they could get DS9's Rene Auberjois to guest as he did in a similar ep in the 70s.
14. An ep where WW turns evil and the Diana Prince side of her personality breaks away to fight her (and yes I've been watching Superman 3)
15. An ep where she get's pregnant. Even Lynda Carter comments that she's lacking children in her life as indeed all the Amazons do
16. Diana should have a gay male friend/neighbour who's a huge WW fan, think Jack from Will&Grace
17. Steve Trevor should go to Paradise Island and get mobbed Beatlemania style by hordes of man-deprived Amazons (think Xander in the Buffy ep BBB)
18. Someone should mock her 'granny pants' and persuade her to try on patriotic thongs instead.
19. Diana should lose her glasses and worry people will recognise her but no one does
20. A few sequals to the 70s eps. Maybe Gault's brain is still kicking around looking for a body? How about a sequal to the 'Fine Art of Crime' where she gets turned into a statue again but gets released when some crazed WW fan steals the bracelet off the WW 'mannequin' on display. What happened to the fake robot WW she left knocked out on the floor in The Deadly Toys? (although if you could make a convincing fake robot WW you'd wonder why you needed to bother with crime, just sell them?). Love to meet the little girl with superpowers again all grown up plus 'The boy who knew her secret' again
21. An ep where Steve get's her superpowers (as was rumoured for Buffy/Xander)
22. Cameos from other DC superheros and especially villains, too often in the 70s show she's up against just some bland generic criminal in a bad suit
23. We see her returning to Paradise Island after WW2 and the 70s
24. Someone mocks her outfit telling her 'The 4th of July is over honey'
25. An ep where she loses her memory
And of course, plenty of roles for Joss Whedon alumni!
Actually dealt with some pretty heavy issues, terrorism, biological warfare, the Cold War, nuclear power/proliferation, the shameful internment of the Japanese Americans during WW2 (one of the first shows to deal with that, preceeding Magnum). The best ep is the last, the Phantom of the Rollercoaster dealing with a traumatized Vietnam veteran deformed by napalm, not just a kids show.
Inspired by my rewatch, a few more things I'd like to see if there's a new series;
What I want to see in a new WW series;
1. Recurring roles for Lynda, Lyle and maybe Debra Winger
2. Nazis
3. A scene where someone walks into her invisible plane and bumps their head.
4. A scene where WW's own lasso of truth is used against her and she confesses some embarrassing deep dark desires
5. A scene where someone comments on Steve Trevor's propensity to get knocked out
6. An ep where she loses her ability to transform into WW and has to solve the case as Diana Prince
7. An ep where we meet her evil double who dresses in an black S&M version of the WW costume (and has a whip)
8. Underwater, skateboarding, horseriding and motorcycling versions of the outfit
9. A musical
10. An evil(?) Amazon who wants women to take over the world and rule it as a matriarchy
11. Some form of Xena/Gabby reference
12. A scene where WW goes to a bordello/stripclub and everyone assumes she's a hooker/stripper in a WW outfit. As she leaves she walks past a real hooker/stripper in a copy of her costume
13. An ep where she visits a sci-fi convention, accidentally enters a WW lookalike contest and is disappointed at coming 3rd (a la Elvis and Charlie Chaplin). Be cool if they could get DS9's Rene Auberjois to guest as he did in a similar ep in the 70s.
14. An ep where WW turns evil and the Diana Prince side of her personality breaks away to fight her (and yes I've been watching Superman 3)
15. An ep where she get's pregnant. Even Lynda Carter comments that she's lacking children in her life as indeed all the Amazons do
16. Diana should have a gay male friend/neighbour who's a huge WW fan, think Jack from Will&Grace
17. Steve Trevor should go to Paradise Island and get mobbed Beatlemania style by hordes of man-deprived Amazons (think Xander in the Buffy ep BBB)
18. Someone should mock her 'granny pants' and persuade her to try on patriotic thongs instead.
19. Diana should lose her glasses and worry people will recognise her but no one does
20. A few sequals to the 70s eps. Maybe Gault's brain is still kicking around looking for a body? How about a sequal to the 'Fine Art of Crime' where she gets turned into a statue again but gets released when some crazed WW fan steals the bracelet off the WW 'mannequin' on display. What happened to the fake robot WW she left knocked out on the floor in The Deadly Toys? (although if you could make a convincing fake robot WW you'd wonder why you needed to bother with crime, just sell them?). Love to meet the little girl with superpowers again all grown up plus 'The boy who knew her secret' again
21. An ep where Steve get's her superpowers (as was rumoured for Buffy/Xander)
22. Cameos from other DC superheros and especially villains, too often in the 70s show she's up against just some bland generic criminal in a bad suit
23. We see her returning to Paradise Island after WW2 and the 70s
24. Someone mocks her outfit telling her 'The 4th of July is over honey'
25. An ep where she loses her memory
And of course, plenty of roles for Joss Whedon alumni!
