My aunt Patti didn't believe me at first about Wonder Woman.
June 7, 2005 (Press Release) --
Wonder Woman: The Complete Third Season
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment / 1978-79 / 1137 Minutes / Unrated
Street date: June 7, 2005
My aunt Patti didn't believe me at first about Wonder Woman .
I was up in Oakland on business a month or so ago, and when I unloaded all the DVDs on my review list for the week, Patti rummaged through them and crinkled her brow when she came across Wonder Woman : Season Two. On the cover is Lynda Carter, with her American-flag-as-cape spread out all the way, her dangerously tight outfit (including the golden bird that represents freedom across her bosoms), and, of course, the tiara shining in the bright lights of a Warner Bros. soundstage.
Patti was confused by this obviously pin-up stance Wonder Woman takes on this front cover, and as a mega Wonder Woman fan, I took it upon myself to explain why we should all take this woman dressed as a Betsy Ross polyester nightmare as seriously as possible.
I talked about her lasso of honesty - I'd love to stage a new Wonder Woman where Lynda heads to the White House and tries out her lasso there (it might malfunction) - the ‘bullets and bracelets' ceremony on Paradise Island that decides which of the busty maidens on an isle of women gets to return to ‘civilization' and help us solve all the problems we've made for ourselves - I went on and on and on.
But what really intrigued Patti - and what makes this third season of Wonder Woman on DVD such a bittersweet yet triumphant release - was the information that individualist author extraordinaire Ayn Rand was a big fan of shows like this one (yeah, I went smart on her). There are many interviews with Rand where she talks about female-centric fare like Charlie's Angels as being significantly more forward-thinking than most folks will give credit.
I'm paraphrasing, but I remember reading that Rand thought Angels was important because on a television show that aired in almost every home in America , we as a collective got to watch three women attempt the impossible and end up victorious every week . Farrah, Jaclyn and Kate had guns and stuff, but mostly they caught their wrong-doers by dressing up in a variety of different outfits and using their ‘feminine' wiles to nab the baddies.
Ditto with Wonder Woman . It might have a bit of a retardation to it because Diana Prince (Carter, as WW's alter ego) actually works directly FOR Steve Trevor (Lyle Waggoner), rather than for a faceless billionaire who lets the Angels do whatever they want, but Wonder Woman kicks ass. Sure, if you want to look at the series as an excuse for Lynda Carter to jiggle around for forty minutes, that's fine, but Wonder Woman has the benefit of the world in her sights when she slinks into her lycra.
.........................
Final Thoughts
Oh, you have to do it. This is the last of Wonder Woman 's adventures from her TV series, and it's a fantastic end. Transfers, audio mixes, extras - they're all of the same quality as the last two WW sets. Sure, you're going to be dropping forty bucks on it, but you know you want to. Recommended.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment / 1978-79 / 1137 Minutes / Unrated
Street date: June 7, 2005
My aunt Patti didn't believe me at first about Wonder Woman .
I was up in Oakland on business a month or so ago, and when I unloaded all the DVDs on my review list for the week, Patti rummaged through them and crinkled her brow when she came across Wonder Woman : Season Two. On the cover is Lynda Carter, with her American-flag-as-cape spread out all the way, her dangerously tight outfit (including the golden bird that represents freedom across her bosoms), and, of course, the tiara shining in the bright lights of a Warner Bros. soundstage.
Patti was confused by this obviously pin-up stance Wonder Woman takes on this front cover, and as a mega Wonder Woman fan, I took it upon myself to explain why we should all take this woman dressed as a Betsy Ross polyester nightmare as seriously as possible.
I talked about her lasso of honesty - I'd love to stage a new Wonder Woman where Lynda heads to the White House and tries out her lasso there (it might malfunction) - the ‘bullets and bracelets' ceremony on Paradise Island that decides which of the busty maidens on an isle of women gets to return to ‘civilization' and help us solve all the problems we've made for ourselves - I went on and on and on.
But what really intrigued Patti - and what makes this third season of Wonder Woman on DVD such a bittersweet yet triumphant release - was the information that individualist author extraordinaire Ayn Rand was a big fan of shows like this one (yeah, I went smart on her). There are many interviews with Rand where she talks about female-centric fare like Charlie's Angels as being significantly more forward-thinking than most folks will give credit.
I'm paraphrasing, but I remember reading that Rand thought Angels was important because on a television show that aired in almost every home in America , we as a collective got to watch three women attempt the impossible and end up victorious every week . Farrah, Jaclyn and Kate had guns and stuff, but mostly they caught their wrong-doers by dressing up in a variety of different outfits and using their ‘feminine' wiles to nab the baddies.
Ditto with Wonder Woman . It might have a bit of a retardation to it because Diana Prince (Carter, as WW's alter ego) actually works directly FOR Steve Trevor (Lyle Waggoner), rather than for a faceless billionaire who lets the Angels do whatever they want, but Wonder Woman kicks ass. Sure, if you want to look at the series as an excuse for Lynda Carter to jiggle around for forty minutes, that's fine, but Wonder Woman has the benefit of the world in her sights when she slinks into her lycra.
.........................
Final Thoughts
Oh, you have to do it. This is the last of Wonder Woman 's adventures from her TV series, and it's a fantastic end. Transfers, audio mixes, extras - they're all of the same quality as the last two WW sets. Sure, you're going to be dropping forty bucks on it, but you know you want to. Recommended.
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