Geekshow’s Scott Carelli saw a test-screening cut of David E. Kelley’s “Wonder Woman” and offered a lot of details:
* Diana apparently doesn’t at any time during the pilot wear the "blue boot" outfit from that first, famous photo Warner Bros. released.
* The first time we see Diana she’s on Hollywood Boulevard in the red-boot costume of which we all saw photos.
* At some point she switches to the iconic star-spangled panties.
* Carelli, having earlier read a pilot script, said the pilot itself was better than he thought it would be – but it still “wasn’t even as good as ‘Smallville.’”
* Carelli said the pilot was, however, promising enough to get him to watch a second episode.
* According to Carelli: my pal Tracie Thoms (“Wonderfalls,” “Cold Case”), who plays Diana’s Girl Friday, is the best thing in the pilot.
* Palicki is “really good” as the title character but is generally let down by David E. Kelley’s script.
* Cary Elwes is decent as the chief executive at Diana’s Themyscera Industries.
* Elizabeth Hurley is “cheesy” as Veronica Cale, the pilot’s Lex Luthor surrogate.
* Carelli hated “Knight Rider” star Justin Bruening, who’s apparently a real stiff as Diana’s ex Steve Trevor, and hopes the role will be recast.
* The pilot felt more like a cross between “Ally McBeal” and “Boston Legal” than Wonder Woman.
* Diana both kills (apparently quite cavalierly) and tortures men in the pilot Carelli saw.
* The lasso is frequently employed as an Indiana Jones-type whip.
* Carelli was okay with the fight sequences, in which Diana comes off as “a warrior.”
* We learn Diana left Trevor (and a life in New York) because she feared her enemies could harm any romantic interest she might pursue.
* In the pilot, Diana’s home island of Themyscera is apparently a lot like Dharma Island from “Lost”: once one leaves it, it’s essentially impossible to find again.
NBC will announce whether or not it’s taking “Wonder Woman” to series no later than next Monday.
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