lorenzovanmatte
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Wonder Woman vs Ants. Oh dear this is bad stuff although at least we have a semi-costumed villainess for once. Also it defies convention when WW just turns up at the skeet range and throws her lasso around him, you think she'd maybe try that a little more often. And he's innocent, even though he has 'evil industrialist' stamped all over him! Also WW takes the opportunity to demonstrate her marksmanship which is pretty unusual.
3/10
Time Bomb
Ted Shackleford back once more as a different character. You'd wonder if Cassandra can predict the future why she doesn't just do a little sports betting or play the stock market? If some of the future stuff looks familar they're stock shots from the classic British sci-fi series Space;1999 (no submarines in the future?) which also deals with the idea of a disasterous nuclear accident although this one hurls the moon out of orbit. Adam also mentions a nuclear apocalypse in 2007, weird we never noticed. One interesting factor is that according to Cassandra is that WW is still up and about in 2155AD. That said whilst it may mean it's out current Wonder Woman it could also mean that the role may be passed down through the centuries to other Amazons?
6/10
Skateboard Wiz
I doubt there was any craze that WW didn't jump onto during it's run. Here we have skateboards AND video games and it's pretty funny to see the ancient versions they had back then compared to what people have now. What would we have had if the series had continued into the 80s? Wonder Woman against a villain obsessed with solving the Rubix Cube? Wonder Woman trying to save a group of teenagers threatened by the holes in their jeans? A fiendish plot to destroy all the 3-inch cassettes in the world? When you're used to fantastical plots it's pretty weird to have some quite nasty organised crime stuff, arson and mobsters threatening people's famillies. The scene where the heavies try to drown Diana in the surf is also quite nasty, you really get the idea she could be in trouble before she fights them off and escapes (notably she fights them off as Diana). But of course here we have skateboarding WW and she's great, I always love it when we have a new version. We've had standard, horse-riding, swimsuit, motorbiking and now skateboarding. What more could we have? Handgliding Wonder Woman? Astronaut Wonder Woman? Arctic Wonder Woman (no, thinking about it too much covered up), Jungle Explorer Wonder Woman (break out the leopardskin), cross country skier Wonder Woman? One thing I'd have liked in the series was more continuity, like we had with Harold Farnum recurring in 2 separate eps. Here Diana goes to visit an old friend from the IADC but it's a woman we'd never heard off or seen before, why couldn't it be Steve's secretary whom we've met a few times or Jo Atkinson or someone else from a previous ep? Why can't we have recurring villains, Mariposa or the baddie from The Girl from Ilandia being two who spring to mind. Also interesting to see that Diana actually does have a life and friends outside her work and secret identity, Diana Prince is not simply a mask that Wonder Woman wears. Would always love to have seen a Superman 3/Buffy like confrontation where she get's split into her 2 different personalities. Another young girl who get's the wish fufilment of having their heroine Wonder Woman as a friend (anyone else remember the Wonder Woman sequence on 'Jim'll Fix It'?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y_Gro8hRBE did she not notice that motorbike sitting behind the car?
7/10, worth it for the skateboarding outfit alone
The Deadly Dolphin
Clearly inspired by the The Day of the Dolphin, again we have swimsuit WW and her ability to communicate with animals. Believe it or not this was a real project the US Navy had in the 70s, using dolphins to research sonar and design the hulls of their submarines. Here we have WW resorting to another method for thwarting firearms, sticking her fingers in the barrel! (As Mythbusters proved, NOT a good idea). As so often is the case the villains plan seems to be unnecessarily complex, could he just hire a diver or use a motorboat against the tanker rather then going to all the trouble of kidnapping a dolphin?
7/10 largely because I'm a sucker for swimming WW
Wonder Woman vs Ants. Oh dear this is bad stuff although at least we have a semi-costumed villainess for once. Also it defies convention when WW just turns up at the skeet range and throws her lasso around him, you think she'd maybe try that a little more often. And he's innocent, even though he has 'evil industrialist' stamped all over him! Also WW takes the opportunity to demonstrate her marksmanship which is pretty unusual.
3/10
Time Bomb
Ted Shackleford back once more as a different character. You'd wonder if Cassandra can predict the future why she doesn't just do a little sports betting or play the stock market? If some of the future stuff looks familar they're stock shots from the classic British sci-fi series Space;1999 (no submarines in the future?) which also deals with the idea of a disasterous nuclear accident although this one hurls the moon out of orbit. Adam also mentions a nuclear apocalypse in 2007, weird we never noticed. One interesting factor is that according to Cassandra is that WW is still up and about in 2155AD. That said whilst it may mean it's out current Wonder Woman it could also mean that the role may be passed down through the centuries to other Amazons?
6/10
Skateboard Wiz
I doubt there was any craze that WW didn't jump onto during it's run. Here we have skateboards AND video games and it's pretty funny to see the ancient versions they had back then compared to what people have now. What would we have had if the series had continued into the 80s? Wonder Woman against a villain obsessed with solving the Rubix Cube? Wonder Woman trying to save a group of teenagers threatened by the holes in their jeans? A fiendish plot to destroy all the 3-inch cassettes in the world? When you're used to fantastical plots it's pretty weird to have some quite nasty organised crime stuff, arson and mobsters threatening people's famillies. The scene where the heavies try to drown Diana in the surf is also quite nasty, you really get the idea she could be in trouble before she fights them off and escapes (notably she fights them off as Diana). But of course here we have skateboarding WW and she's great, I always love it when we have a new version. We've had standard, horse-riding, swimsuit, motorbiking and now skateboarding. What more could we have? Handgliding Wonder Woman? Astronaut Wonder Woman? Arctic Wonder Woman (no, thinking about it too much covered up), Jungle Explorer Wonder Woman (break out the leopardskin), cross country skier Wonder Woman? One thing I'd have liked in the series was more continuity, like we had with Harold Farnum recurring in 2 separate eps. Here Diana goes to visit an old friend from the IADC but it's a woman we'd never heard off or seen before, why couldn't it be Steve's secretary whom we've met a few times or Jo Atkinson or someone else from a previous ep? Why can't we have recurring villains, Mariposa or the baddie from The Girl from Ilandia being two who spring to mind. Also interesting to see that Diana actually does have a life and friends outside her work and secret identity, Diana Prince is not simply a mask that Wonder Woman wears. Would always love to have seen a Superman 3/Buffy like confrontation where she get's split into her 2 different personalities. Another young girl who get's the wish fufilment of having their heroine Wonder Woman as a friend (anyone else remember the Wonder Woman sequence on 'Jim'll Fix It'?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y_Gro8hRBE did she not notice that motorbike sitting behind the car?
7/10, worth it for the skateboarding outfit alone
The Deadly Dolphin
Clearly inspired by the The Day of the Dolphin, again we have swimsuit WW and her ability to communicate with animals. Believe it or not this was a real project the US Navy had in the 70s, using dolphins to research sonar and design the hulls of their submarines. Here we have WW resorting to another method for thwarting firearms, sticking her fingers in the barrel! (As Mythbusters proved, NOT a good idea). As so often is the case the villains plan seems to be unnecessarily complex, could he just hire a diver or use a motorboat against the tanker rather then going to all the trouble of kidnapping a dolphin?
7/10 largely because I'm a sucker for swimming WW