Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman

[Captain]

I got to go with the first season 1940's episodes...they seemed more "comic booky" to me. Plus they had an episode with Roy Rogers!!! ---Whos such a wholesome guy he asked the producers to throw a few more clothes on WW..Now that takes some moral and intestinal fortitude!!

[bobws]

I'd go with the forties too. it didn't make sense for diana in the 70's to walk around with her hair down and no one realize she's WW. even with glasses!

[david_b]

I like the 40's version better. Nazis always make great villains, and period Superhero stuff is just really appealing to me. I really wish we'd get a superhero movie set in its original time. Batman in the 30's or GL in the late 50's.

I TOTALLY AGREE..!! I was mentioning this on the Marvel/DC movies thread. I wished they would have kept the FF movies back during the Cold War, a bit more retro and truer rendition of the classic FF..

WW's first year was indeed the best. I don't know why producers always think that pulling a superhero out of their time-period and making everything 'new and current' automatically means more glamour and higher ratings...??

It just takes a LOT of the style out of the presentation, and the backdrop of how we all loved the heroes back then.

david_b

[johnnystorm]

Forties version for me was the best. Something about a hero or heroine dressed up in the flag fighting against the Axis is just so...patriotic & cool. It's something sorely lacking in today's comic market, as if today's creators are embarrassed by the thought of America standing up for itself.

[VintageMike]

Lynda Carter could do no wrong when I was 8.

Most of the time I didn't even pay attention to the plot.

My thoughts exactly!

[LadyZod]

I loved the early WWII episodes.

The later episodes just didn't work. Not because they were "modern" but because they seemed impossibly modern. Seriously, even as a kid I knew talking room sized computers were hokey.

[thunderbolt]

The change had to be budget related. Doing a period show cost way more than something set in the then current 70's. Costuming, cars, props, and digging up WW2 era planes tanks etc had to hurt.

[YoungOnce]

Forties version for me was the best. Something about a hero or heroine dressed up in the flag fighting against the Axis is just so...patriotic & cool. It's something sorely lacking in today's comic market, as if today's creators are embarrassed by the thought of America standing up for itself.

Haven't you noticed... it's not currently "politically correct" to be patriotic.

America is suffering from the worst identity crisis of it's existence.

[wilbs518]

40's WW definitely.

[jds1911a1]

40s version hands down. After the switch to the 70s, the show lost some of it's unique qualities and essentially became the Bionic Woman with a costume. At least to me, anyway.

Chris

I'm with Chris and I thought the plots were cleaner when she was figthing the nazi's

the satin corset is all I needed

[jds1911a1]

i liked "Bobby Jo and the Outlaw" lynla carter the best

a fine clip of film of her in that tub

[jds1911a1]

40s for sure. I think they just did a better overall job on the show then. The new version had some cool WW costumes and the WW costume was better but the 40s episodes were so much better.

The 40s Alien was Andros and the 70s alien was his son. The 70s alien show was just not as good, which is pretty much the difference from 40s and 70s WW episodes.

Andros was of course Dr Huer from Buck rogers

[jds1911a1]

I TOTALLY AGREE..!! I was mentioning this on the Marvel/DC movies thread. I wished they would have kept the FF movies back during the Cold War, a bit more retro and truer rendition of the classic FF..

WW's first year was indeed the best. I don't know why producers always think that pulling a superhero out of their time-period and making everything 'new and current' automatically means more glamour and higher ratings...??

It just takes a LOT of the style out of the presentation, and the backdrop of how we all loved the heroes back then.

david_b

I have to belive it was a cost saving choice. period pieces have much more busdget in sets design and costumes where has modern era makes it easier to costume extras with recycled studio props and wardrobe

[david_b]

I have to belive it was a cost saving choice. period pieces have much more busdget in sets design and costumes where has modern era makes it easier to costume extras with recycled studio props and wardrobe

Yes and no ~ I'd agree with you totally on the budget aspect that the studio always throws out.

However, if you look at that 'Astronaut Farmer' movie and other, less-blockbuster-type films, period pieces are done and their budgets are much smaller.

Granted, you can't do large-scale, hundreds of extras on streets very easily, but retro-looking shows like 'The Flash' carried it off to an extent. What I'm trying to say is that there are stylish ways to get around large budget concerns.

david_b

[kryptosmaster]

As someone mentioned earlier; the episodes that I have memory of were more the 40's ones rather than the contemporary ones but I did like both. I haven't seen the show since it was first-run so I have to go on that. The 40's ones seemed more memorable. Loved the theme song, though!!

Rich