Wonder Woman goes back to the 70s for hyper stylised animated short.
Written & Directed by Robert Valley
Produced by No Dice INK inc.
Beware of spoilers!Not being situated in the US I don’t have access to view the weekly DC Nation block on Cartoon Network. I do however regularly read about some of the animated shorts that are currently being screened as part of the block.
Having seen some of the character designs for the Wonder Woman short which recently aired I was compelled to seek this three minute masterpiece out to see what all the hype was about: Wonder Woman in the style of Starsky & Hutch?!
The basic premise is familiar to viewers: Steve Trevor has crash landed, presumably, on the island of Themyscira the island of the Amazons. He is quickly outlawed by the natives apart from one certain Princess Diana.
The animation is what sets this story apart from other DC animated projects that I have seen and put simply it’s genius! Technologically the animation is pristine yet in appearance it’s completely 70s. The character designs, the cars, the music it all screens retro. No Dice INK inc. have created a totally out of the box design that you are screaming out for more of long before the short is even finished.
The story sees Wonder Woman rescue Steve not in her invisible plane but in her invisible car instead. Making their escape they are attacked by Giganta and save the day.
Okay so there isn’t a huge amount of story here but what do you expect from a three minute short?
The film packs enough visual and audio punch to make up for the lack of time to tell a full story. There’s no much here by way of dialogue but the soundbites that are dropped convey enough for you to feel you have at least seen a convincing short story.
9/10
Checkout the three part film below:
