Few weeks back it was mentioned DC’s female beauty Wonder Woman was set for her own TV series, possibly giving McG the Executive Producer seat and taking charge of the pilot episode. Questions were then answered as now NBC have picked up the series and have pitted Adrianne Palicki (image above) as the amazon fighter.

Which is all good and well, Adrianne Palicki played a role in the now finished series of the excellent “Friday Night Lights” as Tyra Collette, plus saves me time from doing a feature on top five TV actresses suited for the role of Wonder Woman (I was gonna toss Palicki along with Jennifer Love-Hewitt, Rachel Bilson, Tricia Helfer, and someone else in there). She’s tall, pretty cute, I think might suit the black hair, and has multiple experiences in dealing with TV dramas and actions and such. With that said, what really bugs me however is the apparent script for the pilot, which according to ‘The Daily Beast’ they got hold of and goes the following:

“Los Angeles-based mega-billionaire Diana—who collects planes and a multitude of transforming aircraft called “Ultimates” (no invisible plane in sight here)—as she attempts to take down an evil pharmaceutical company run by morally corrupt scientist Veronica Cale, who is mass-producing a human-growth hormone that is causing its users, mostly black inner city youth, to die. Along the way, she tackles criminals, a Senate subcommittee, and a broken heart, the latter courtesy of lost love Steve Trevor.”

Before I go further, the man behind writing this character of Wonder Woman goes by the name of David E. Kelley, who is behind scripting shows such as ‘Ally McBeal’, ‘The Practice’, ‘Boston Legal’, and currently the Kathy Bates-led ‘Harry’s Law.’ Let us carry on:

This version of Wonder Woman is basically ‘Ally McBeal’, with more muscle, three identities (cause two isn’t enough) as well as still being all over the place. Rather than representing the fact that Wonder Woman stands side by side and can go toe to toe with the likes of Superman and Batman, also showing no signs of Amazon training and all that you see in the cartoons and read in comics, she instead is basically an undercover…thing, maybe a lawyer which would not be surprising considering the writer can’t seem to think of anything else. Apparently the pilot will also show some cliche moments such as Diana Prince (the first alter ego of Wonder Woman) in her heroic form but in a ‘Hollywood Boulevard-based action sequence set, cringingly, to the outdated tune of Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies,”’ which is also the first of many…many annoying tracks from the likes of Lady Gaga and Kanye West.

Really? Single ladies? She’ll fight to that tune? Lady Gaga? I think somebody has been watching a lot of Glee lately. She isn’t even representing ‘feminism’ and the whole field of women who seem to think men are jerks, she has a lost love, apparently, a man with two names: Steve Trevor. BUT bounces back to gossip moments with her secretary, ‘Myndi’, who is suppose to be that ‘best sister I never had’ type of person and share a tub of Ben & Jerry’s with one another talking about – again – how men are douches. THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE!! It’s like despite the feminist undertones, the script tries to show some random emotional charge of Diana losing a loved one who was everything in the world to her, apparently.

As I’m reading the apparent script whilst typing this, Steve Trevor is in fact not dead as I had it imagined, but just a lawyer which makes Diana weak in the knees. Why then is the script making him out as a ‘lost love’? He’s not lost, he’s very much there depicted as a stereotype. They’re also based in D.C. – Get it? It’s all sounding very bizarre as I think after all that, judging by the last few pages of the script, we are suppose to be seeing Diana already as Wonder Woman but not stepping…into her past? Have a read yourself:

Pages 61-66: Diana and Myndi have a “sleepover,” complete with ice cream (“It’s been a three-scoop day”) as they watch Katy Perry’s sexually suggestive Wonder Woman homage music video and “scream like schoolgirls.” Later, Diana glimpses her original costume in the closet (the Lynda Carter one!) and sadly stares at a picture of herself and Steve in happier times, before crying herself to sleep.

It is so early on and already we see Wonder Woman more as a modern day typical LA girl throwing herself about in the cliche ‘single girl dealing with ‘jerky’ Mr. Complex matters, crying in her sleep over the most basic and ridiculous things which would only make people watching look at themselves and feel stupid they wasted an hour of life. What type of people does Kelley think would watch a show with a really bad script like such? If they really want to make this a serious fortune get the facts right.

The thing about Wonder Woman is that there is a legacy of strength behind her character, one so strong but manages to be and feel human to the rest of the world. she should not be in a situation threatened by the males who come off confident and strong, for her representation was about being able to stand up against anything with equal justice, strength in knowledge and like Superman: trusted by the Government. The script by David E. Kelley just seems to throw that idea away, making her out to be a lost character from ‘Gossip Girl’ and marking her out as a typical Hollywood standard monstrosity which only the head-honcho’s over at the studios such as NBC will clap and laugh to. In their mind: girl with big breasts, giggling like a hyena and possibly acting ‘she’s all that’ so any woman of any race can stand up from the sofa raising their fist in the air going “MM-HMMM! YOU TELL EM’!” equals selling point. But this is NBC you’re talking of, the ones who decided to call it ends with “Friday Night Lights” AKA the best show that was on TV all because of not wanting to spend the dollars that much.

But in this case, I would not blame them if they canceled this after airing that pilot – IF that is the script pitched and given the green light – its absolutely poorly done from Mr. Kelley and throws out any positive meaning of Wonder Woman’s traits. Adrianne Palicki deserves something better, she seemed like she was the first pick from the get-go yet now depict in my opinion the most atrocious, annoying, stereotypical scenario you can think of. Stick to your damn lawyer script Kelley, you are not creatively needed elsewhere.

Checkout the full dissection of the script by ‘The Daily Beast’ (props to them mind you) clicking here Let us know overall your thoughts.