It was a decade ago, but sometimes you have to return to the classics.
Here is the entire unaired pilot:
It features the classic Palicki line, “I never said to merchandise my tits.” She goes on at some length about the aforementioned “tits.” Start watching it about 14:27 to catch the discussion.
I’ve had access to it for over 10 years, and even with my love of trash, have not been able to muster enough interest to watch all of it. The first 6 minutes are as far as I made it. It’s … execrable, and it’s *entirely* confused about who it was shot for.
I’ve not seen a ton of unmade pilots, but I’ve seen a few, and this is, by far, the worst. Even worse than Exo-man, which I didn’t think possible!
I kinda liked the fact that Wonder Woman was kind of reckless and dim-witted.
Seriously, it had kind of a good “meta” premise – that Wonder Woman created and used her costume and image to sell Wonder Woman merchandise.
As failed superhero efforts go, it was light years beyond that cheap-jack Fantastic Four movie. Remember those awesome special effects? (How many recall Robert Culp’s son as Dr. Doom?)
That might have worked for me if they had gone with it all the way, kind of like ‘The Boys’ apparently does (I don’t have access to all these streaming services.)
But, David E Kelley even copped out there. Rather than making Wonder Woman an evil greedy woman who fought crime strictly for marketing purposes, he also had to make her into a lonely woman looking for romance and deserving of sympathy.
I somewhat disagree – I don’t think that they need to make her all good or all evil; it would be fine if they had make her a layered character, both cynical and symapthetic. Women can be just as morally complex as men. But if that was their goal, then boy did they fail on the execution. This is just a stupid, boring mess.
It was a major mistake to give her the third identity. It was a failed grasp at shoehorning her into several genres.
The show wasn’t written well enough to make her ‘multilayered.’
On another matter, Scoopy, I know some people complain when you use ‘their’ images, I’m the other way around: I take it personally when you don’t use my captures?
Did you not see them?
Did you not like them?
Do you not like Martha Plimpton?
These are video captures (semi see through side top) of Martha Plimpton from a movie that I haven’t seen captured before called Shy People.
That sounds worthwhile, but I have not seen them.
Celebfans:
1035888. Shy People (1987 movie) uncredited stripper in pasties, Martha Plimpton semi see through by whitecaps, 6/9/2022 (2)
Is it celebfans.com? I couldn’t figure out how to navigate that site. When I go there, this is what I see:
Yes, that’s it. I thought you had access to it. I’ll post the captures elsewhere.
I think this works
https://imgur.com/a/ETfj4ww
10 images. They’re actually pretty good 1080P quality, full size images.
I see what you mean! That wet t-shirt scene is really sexy. I’ll get right on it.
I saw this a few years ago, I think it’s still available on the internet. This is one of the worst programs of all time, a true David E Kelley disaster. It’s mean spirited and cynical and it’s overstuffed with too many directions – it wants to be a drama, an action/adventure, a legal program, emotional and a romance sometimes all at once. (I know this isn’t the only modern T.V drama to be like this, but combined with the mean spirited cynicism, I easily place it as one of the 10 worst programs I’ve ever seen.)
I’m sure this comment might make some people more likely to want to see it, but that’s also fine with me since this fits into one of those shows that ‘has to be seen to be believed.’