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    CLASSIC REVIEW: Wonder Woman Season 1 DVD

    Neil VaggBy Neil VaggSeptember 6, 2013Updated:September 1, 2021No Comments5 Mins Read
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    Purchase your copy on DVD @ Amazon.co.uk now!

    Are there any spoilers left from a 1975 TV series?!

    As comic fandom moves on from the excitement of the first ‘Avengers’ movie the focus now turns to how DC Comics can pull together its first live action ‘Justice League’ adventure.

    We’ve seen modernised and hugely successful reboots of Batman and Superman on the silver screen and Green Arrow on the small screen but one of DC Comics greats who remains to be transformed for modern day audience is Wonder Woman.

    Her comics remain popular and the recent DCAU short has ignited interest in her franchise yet the most successful incarnation of the character in live action remains the 1975 pilot movie and subsequent TV series which ran from April 1976 to September 1979.

    Season 1 of the show includes the pilot movie and the first 13 episodes and was first released on DVD in the UK in August of 2005. The DVD box set features the following extras:

    • Commentary on the pilot movie by Lynda Carter and Executive Producer Douglas S. Cramer
    • ‘Beauty, Brawn and Bulletproof Bracelets: A Wonder Woman Retrospective’ documentary

    The DVD packaging consists of a slipcover of the above artwork which contains five separate slimline DVD cases each holding one of the five discs. The cover of each slimline case matches the slipcover. It’s not overly imaginative packaging but it works.

    The episodes are presented in their original broadcast 1:33 ratio and sound is 1.0 mono. The complete running time of the DVD is 689mins.

    Season 1 is set in 1942 to the backdrop of the second world war. Following the comics Major Steve Trevor crash lands his plane of the secretive Paradise Island and the all-female residents take part in olympic style games to decide which of their warriors shall be the one to escort him back to man’s world. As we all know it is Diana, daughter of the Queen who wins the coveted role and along with her invisible jet she returns with Steve to America.

    Before leaving her homeland Diana is presented with her costume features a golden belt, the source of her strength, bullet proof bracelets and the golden lasso of truth.

    Choosing to stay and fight the evil Nazi’s Diana takes up the guise of Diana Prince a yeoman for the US Navy.

    For much of the first season the show follows the formula of the Nazi’s attacking the US either on home soil or on rare occasions the show would require Diana to travel to Germany in order to resolve conflicts.

    Many fans would testify that after season one the shift to stories told in the present day would see a downturn in the creativity of the show and eventually lead to its cancellation. So why does a WW2 Wonder Woman work so well?

    Much of it has to do with the feelings that WW2 evokes with viewers, so at the time in the 70s and with the young target audience there was a very black and white, good vs evil appearance to the show that barely exists in modern media.

    The time period of the shows setting and also the period of its production allow for a simplistic nature that also capitalises on the 1966 Batman series. They’re very similar in tone and ‘Wonder Woman’ would use the same extreme caricaturisation to portray its villains.

    There series is by no means complex, far fetched yes but in no way complex. For a modern audience it’s a great example of how superheroes were portrayed in the age before  Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’. There’s an incredibly well defined moral compass which could teach the young audience of today many lessons.

    For the uninitiated ‘Wonder Woman’ would come across as looking cheap and cheesy but to those of us who grew up with this kind of show it has a great place in our hearts.

    The writing is strong for its age, it might not hold up against the scripted drama of today but as a nostalgia show it is one of the greats. There are plot hole abound but they come from a need for a great story rather than a tightly woven average story. At the time audiences were taken aback by the scale of the show and that’s what you must remember when watching it back.

    Lynda Carter will forever be the fans ultimate Wonder Woman and there is little that anybody can say to argue with it. Her presence on screen is excellent and the passion that she throws in to the role is commendable. She continues to ride the coat tales of ‘Wonder Woman’ to the present day and her legacy will run on long after she is no longer with us.

    If you’ve never watched this show before I highly recommend you check out the first season on DVD. If you have seen the show and yet don’t own it… well I don’t know but you better have a good excuse!

    7/10

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    Neil is the Editor-in-Chief at GYCO. He has a BA in Film & TV and an MA in Scriptwriting; he currently works 9-5 in an office and 5-9 as a reviewer. He has been reading comics for as long as he can remember and is never far away from any book which has the word Bat in the title.

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