# Wonder Woman cast! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672 "2011-02-17T05:35:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/1 "2011-02-17T05:35:17Z")
Apologies if there’s a thread on this, but I didn’t see one. According to [this](http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/02/16/wonder-woman-revealed/), Adrianne Palicki from _Friday Night Lights_ has been cast as Diana. Thought? ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/2 "2011-02-17T05:38:31Z")
Lynda Carter is the only true wonder woman. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/3 "2011-02-17T06:01:35Z")
My only comment is that the reviews of David E Kelley’s script seem to indicate that it’s a horrendously awful concept that will never work. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/4 "2011-02-17T06:21:41Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > Lynda Carter is the only true wonder woman. That’s like saying Adam West is the only true Batman :rolleyes: I thought this was going to be a movie, but appears to be a TV show. I’ve never seen anything she’s been in, but I think she looks the part. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/5 "2011-02-17T07:03:07Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > My only comment is that the reviews of David E Kelley’s script seem to indicate that it’s a horrendously awful concept that will never work. Yeah… > [@](#): > > The series pilot is a reinvention of the iconic DC Comics title in which Wonder Woman — a.k.a. Diana Prince — is a vigilante crime fighter in Los Angeles but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman trying to balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life. That sounds not too good… _Model By Day_ not too good… _Catwoman_ not too good… ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/6 "2011-02-17T07:29:24Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > That’s like saying Adam West is the only true Batman :rolleyes: Well, Adam West never needed plastic molding to improve his physique. Pure West. And how come Batman doesn’t dance anymore? Remember the Batusi? ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/7 "2011-02-17T09:37:49Z")
At least she doesn’t look like Lynda Carter. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/8 "2011-02-17T11:09:51Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > My only comment is that the reviews of David E Kelley’s script seem to indicate that it’s a horrendously awful concept that will never work. Be fair. It’s a perfectly good Power Girl concept. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/9 "2011-02-17T12:48:08Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > That sounds not too good… _Model By Day_ not too good… _Catwoman_ not too good… I agree. Even if the details were technically true, can you imagine that sentence being written about another superhero? > [@](#): > > Iron Man — a.k.a. Tony Stark — is a vigilante crime fighter in Los Angeles but also a successful corporate executive and a modern man trying to balance all of the elements of his extraordinary life. Hell, just look at her company: > [@](#): > > She is also Diana Themyscira (her “secret identity” is not a secret to the world), the head of Themyscira Industries, whose primary function is to make money to fund Wonder Woman’s super heroics. Wayne Enterprises and Stark Industries make tools. Themyscira Industries makes trinkets. And yet she still needs a third, secret identity - not to protect the innocent or to aid her work as a superhero, but as a holiday home away from the terrible burden of being a strong, popular, successful woman. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/10 "2011-02-17T12:57:46Z")
Cathy Lee Crosby is still the only Wonder Woman I accept. Just kidding, but does anyone else remember her as WW? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/11 "2011-02-17T13:59:59Z")
[Adrianne Palicki.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrianne_Palicki) She was Sam Winchester’s girlfriend - cool! At least she has the height - 5’11". ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/12 "2011-02-17T14:03:42Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Cathy Lee Crosby is still the only Wonder Woman I accept. Actually, I remember watching that movie, but the only memory I have of it was “Price Is Right” model Anitra Ford appeared in it, and actually had a few lines. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/13 "2011-02-17T14:11:27Z")
I’ll reserve judgment, but as a brunette I guess she’s got the look: [http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&biw=1020&bih=590&q=adrianne+palicki&gbv=2&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=adrianne+pal](http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&biw=1020&bih=590&q=adrianne+palicki&gbv=2&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=adrianne+pal) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/14 "2011-02-17T14:22:52Z")
I don’t know of her, but she kinda looks like Kelly Clarkson in model form. I suppose I think of the Super Friends WW, with that bitchin’ plane and deeper, authoritative voice. My teenaged brain could barely process Lynda Carter and make it through the whole show…in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/15 "2011-02-17T15:23:50Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Cathy Lee Crosby is still the only Wonder Woman I accept. > > Just kidding, but does anyone else remember her as WW? Yes, and it was funny that they kept the villain hidden through the first half of the movie, though his voice clearly identified him as Ricardo Montalban. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/16 "2011-02-17T15:50:01Z")
Hmph. I wanted Rose McGowan. [Obligatory Wonder Woman pole dance trick pic](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn91/Dogzilla_02/mysuperman.jpg): (The trick is called “Superman” but that’s me in the WW costume.) Perhaps I should have auditioned. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/17 "2011-02-17T16:02:37Z")
She’s pretty enough, but doesn’t really make one think “Amazon.” But we all knew they would never cast someone who looks like an athlete in the role. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/18 "2011-02-17T16:07:41Z")
My thought is, that the comic book Wonder Woman will be retconned away from the retcon currently underway in the title, to match this new David E Kelley version. Thereby repeating the error that DC keeps making, and the error that keeps her from being as iconic as Superman or Batman (whose retcons don’t mess with the central concepts of their characters). I’ll probably watch the show. Couldn’t be any worse than Smallville… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/19 "2011-02-17T16:55:35Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > And yet she still needs a third, secret identity - not to protect the innocent or to aid her work as a superhero, but as a holiday home away from the terrible burden of being a strong, popular, successful woman. Blech. I heard that midway through the movie, a friend of hers dies and Diana has to care for the friend’s infant, despite no knowledge of baby care or changing. Hilarity ensues. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672/20 "2011-02-17T17:47:59Z")
Didn’t they already remake Wonder Woman and call it [Xena](http://images.sodahead.com/slideshows/000003835/lucy-lawless-xena-the-warrior-princess-32378531965_xlarge.jpeg)? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-cast/571672.md?page=2)