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What Have They Done? First Costumed Picture of the New Wonder Woman

By Cindy Davis | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (76)



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This is bad. This is really, really bad. Lynda Carter is crying, y’all. She’s probably digging through her old costume boxes, trying to find her lasso so she can hang somebody.

I knew David E. Kelley running the show wasn’t a good idea; I can’t say that I’ve liked any of his female characters from “Ally McBeal” or “Boston Legal” and maybe only one from “The Practice” (Ellenor). Supposedly his take on Diana is going to be “serious” and “non-campy.” I guess that’s why her costume is so shiny, all the serious girls I know wear PVC. Plus, girlfriend’s on the verge of a serious wardrobe malfunction. But maybe that’s the plan? Maybe NBC is about to make its foray into soft porn. Well, enough of my rambling, I’ll leave that to you. Without further ado, here she is, Adrianne Palicki as Serious Wonder Woman:

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(Source: Entertainment Weekly)









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Comments

Camel toe management is going to be a major concern.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at March 18, 2011 4:56 PM

Lame. I was hoping for the newer classy look with the jacket.

Posted by: lubeg at March 18, 2011 4:58 PM

Have you SEEN Wonder Woman in the comics? That costume is tame in comparison. Comic Book Wonder Woman is wearing Baywatch-esque bathing suit, minus the shoulder straps holding it up. That costume is downright prudish in comparison.

Posted by: Dante at March 18, 2011 5:00 PM

I mean. The costume is clearly bad. CLEARLY. Shiny and cheap looking. The hair is bad. The lips are over done and bad. But how the f*ck did they get Tyra's face to look so potato-y? She has a chin! I've seen it!

Posted by: coveredinbees at March 18, 2011 5:01 PM

gee, how perfect that her corset, lips, and headband are all the same shade of suits-no-one red. good to know that in all of her wonder, this woman is at least glossy-lipped......

Posted by: heatheradair at March 18, 2011 5:01 PM

I don't KNOW Adrianne Palicki's boobs are fake, but they sure look it in that picture.

Posted by: Todd at March 18, 2011 5:01 PM

Kat Von D, is that you?

Posted by: Sofia at March 18, 2011 5:03 PM

Dante, this skirt leaves more to the imagination than that paint they're trying to pass off as pants.

http://thanley.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/fortww2.jpg

Posted by: coveredinbees at March 18, 2011 5:04 PM

Let's face it, all superhero costumes look stupid. The women's just look a little stupider because they always seem to be some version of a bustier on top, which makes the superhero look less like a hero and more like a stripper (or a hooker).

Posted by: Slash at March 18, 2011 5:04 PM

She resembles Daphne Zuniga a bit (you know - Princess Vespa from Spaceballs) - but that costume is crap with a capital C.

Although it must be conceded that spandex is normal for superhero attire, this just looks ... wrong.

Posted by: The Wanderer at March 18, 2011 5:06 PM

Abomination.

(Seriously, Adrienne Palicki is a reasonably pretty girl, but this just makes her look awful! "Not right.")

Posted by: MM at March 18, 2011 5:07 PM

I don't know about Palicki. She just doesn't look very tough. Maybe it's the costume. It looks like really well done cosplay at Comic-Con.

Posted by: sars at March 18, 2011 5:12 PM

No to all of this. I assume this show has some kind of budget, but if so, why does this outfit look so damn cheap?!? Regardless of the modesty or accuracy of this costume, they could have done better. Color me disappointed.

Posted by: noodlestein at March 18, 2011 5:13 PM

It looks like a Halloween costume. Oh well.

Posted by: Lucas at March 18, 2011 5:15 PM

Her face! Did they airbrush it to make her look like Rumer Willis, or wha?

Posted by: Steve at March 18, 2011 5:16 PM

It will be a spectacular failure. Hopefully we'll be rid of Kelley, for good.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at March 18, 2011 5:19 PM

I'm counting three stars. That's way too many. Stop hogging stars.

Posted by: sars at March 18, 2011 5:21 PM

I've never given that much thought to David E. Kelly. Or Wonder Woman for that matter. But, wow. That's looks terrrrrrrrible. Count me in as one of Kelly's newest haters.

Posted by: Rob at March 18, 2011 5:31 PM

Why couldn't they have gone with the new design from J. Michael Straczynski?

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/06/29/new-wonder-woman-costume/

Posted by: longcoat000 at March 18, 2011 5:32 PM

There is something very wrong with the vaginal area of those pants.

Posted by: Paultera at March 18, 2011 5:32 PM

Designed by Jim Lee in a comic written by JMS. My bad.

Posted by: longcoat000 at March 18, 2011 5:34 PM

I had sort of high hopes for this. I see some serious Rumer Willis happening and I am really disappointed by the costume. What happened to the new sporty modern one? With the jacket?

I mean, I get that this is fairly tame in comparison to the one-piece bathing suit WW used to wear, but this is just... lame. And I spent a minute staring and wondering if this wasn't some particularly expensive costume from one of those seasonal Halloween stores that pop up.

Posted by: Sassafrass Green at March 18, 2011 5:34 PM

You all are right, those pants are unnatural- like pajama jeans, but shiny.

Posted by: JuiceinLA at March 18, 2011 5:34 PM

God in Heaven, help us all. I hope this shit tanks when the execs see that suit.

Lame. I was hoping for the newer classy look with the jacket.
Posted by: lubeg at March 18, 2011 4:58 PM

I always enjoyed this DeviantArt interpretation of Wonder Woman in her new costume: http://artgerm.deviantart.com/art/Wonder-Woman-Return-189437368?q=boost%3Apopular%20wonder%20woman&qo=0

Posted by: duckandcover at March 18, 2011 5:36 PM

@sars! you are right- I looked at the photo again and it looks like rather than crime fighting, she's just fighting back a fart.

Maybe this is "smell the fart" acting. Its plausible. Kelley had a thing for girls who could make "smell the fart" faces. In my book, Calista Flockhart was the fartface queen!

(also she in no way represented what it was like to be a new associate in a law firm straight out of law school and newly dumped by her college boyfriend- AT ALL!!!- ahem. excuse me. Got all riled up. clearly that is an issue for a therapist, not you kids...)

Posted by: JuiceinLA at March 18, 2011 5:39 PM

ew is right

Posted by: daria at March 18, 2011 5:43 PM

Ah. Someone just posted the EW link to my Facebook and in a few seconds I had the same reaction, with many of the same words, so it's not just me. I forgot to mention the overdone lipstick though, that struck me too.

Posted by: Jay at March 18, 2011 5:51 PM

Barf.

I know that's real mature but that's my gut reaction.

That is wrought with obviousness and unnatural fibers. Even Palicki doesn't look convinced.

What's her new super power, death or detainment by ta tas?

As a woman of hefty ta tas I object. Most women with naturally big boobs, and I only make the distinction because I'm talking about coming from a place where you're mercilessly teased from the age of 13 and called slutty if you dare to wear an even slightly plunging neckline, would not be down with strength and empowerment being embodied in the form of hoisted, corseted Victorian Whore Lady boobies.

I know La Wonder's originally comic costume is raunchy but...really? This is just so drab, such an obvious ploy to reel in the male erection viewer, it conveys none of her power or prowess and is just so...1995.

Posted by: rebecca h. at March 18, 2011 5:53 PM

I'm not saying you ladies should group together and beat the piss out of whoever thinks this is acceptable, but you should. It looks like Judge Dredd shit out an Atlantic City hooker. I hope one of her superpowers is the ability to lift a leg without causing an ass-to-thigh rip in material.

Posted by: D-Day at March 18, 2011 6:01 PM

Never mind the ridiculous outfit, this Wonder Woman looks like a stiff breeze could break her in half. The skinny little arms and legs don't even look wiry, dammit, just weak. Shouldn't a superhero look just a little more buff?! *sigh* David E. Motherfreakin' Kelley....

Posted by: meaux at March 18, 2011 6:09 PM

I prefer Adrianne Palicki as a blonde.

And that costume is going to be hell to move in.

This show won't last long.

Posted by: Fredo at March 18, 2011 6:14 PM

If ever a photo was ready for a Jezebel "Photoshop of Horrors" post...

Posted by: Angeleno Ewok at March 18, 2011 6:21 PM

Listen, I'm going to use the word "tits" here because I have no respect for anything that's going on in that picture.

Her tits look awful. And don't try telling me that such a thing shouldn't be important. I've seen the old Lynda Carter Wonder Woman TV show, okay. It's important.

Posted by: superasente at March 18, 2011 6:39 PM

omg it honestly looks like one of those terrible, terrible, cheap ads for halloween costumes!

Posted by: anna at March 18, 2011 6:39 PM

I think it looks pretty good. Of course of a Smallville fan, so I'm used to not having nice things.

Posted by: Blake Shrapnel at March 18, 2011 6:44 PM

" I'm talking about coming from a place where you're mercilessly teased from the age of 13 and called slutty if you dare to wear an even slightly plunging neckline.."

Just recognize you were a slut and MOVE. ON.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at March 18, 2011 7:09 PM

Of course they weren't using the "new outfit." For one its been on for a year and most normal people/non-comic readers wouldn't recognize her in it and secondly old comic fans think that outfit looks stupid. The only people who tend to like that outfit were people who either read comics and don't like Wonder Woman or... actually thats pretty much it.

Posted by: C. Towns at March 18, 2011 7:20 PM

I actually liked that they used heels simply because no one thought they would. Make the boots red and make the blue darker I think it would be nicer.

Posted by: C. Towns at March 18, 2011 7:21 PM

Not ONE good piece of news has come from this whole project. It's amazing this is still being produced even with no support whatsoever of those same (let's say) communities that should be considered their target audience. You know, nerds, comics buffs, TV buffs...

Is it money laundering? What's the fucking real deal with this pathetic project??

Posted by: godzilla_foil at March 18, 2011 7:34 PM

omg it honestly looks like one of those terrible, terrible, cheap ads for halloween costumes!

So it does.

It's truly, truly horrible.

Posted by: Thijs at March 18, 2011 7:47 PM

if you piss on all the fanboys (and girls), the show will definitely suffer low ratings and burn.

remember when Birds of Prey came out?
ooo let's just make huntress the daughter of bruce and selena! no one will care.

Posted by: gp at March 18, 2011 7:53 PM

how is it that NBC can say non-campy n release this shitty photo of a shitty costume?

i say run. run for your life Adrienne before this taints your career? forever.

reminds me of how bad Nic Cage's Superman suit looked like but he dodged dat bullet.

Posted by: haplo at March 18, 2011 7:58 PM

Also, she looks like she needs to take a dump and she's trying to work out in her little pea brain how to get the suit off. (Hint: neither your arm bands nor the Lasso of Truth will help you.) Reminds me of "Friends," when Ross got stuck in his leather pants. Someone get the powder.

Posted by: Cindy at March 18, 2011 8:01 PM

This is gonna be on network tv right? No shit the costume looks like shit. Also I really dislike Calista Flockhart (and I watch Brothers and Sisters) so ew, let's not chat bout her folks.

Posted by: grace b at March 18, 2011 8:04 PM

I'm not American, so maybe you guys can help me with this one question:

Is it possible to have less than one season?

Posted by: godzilla_foil at March 18, 2011 8:06 PM

Yes. Ratings can be so bad that they're yanked in the middle of a season.

It looks like the only reason she'd bust out her Lasso of Truth is to include it as part of a pole dancing routine.

Posted by: Wednesday at March 18, 2011 8:14 PM

Cindy "THE SWEAT AND THE POWDER HAVE FORMED A PASTE."

Posted by: coveredinbees at March 18, 2011 8:28 PM

That still makes me laugh.

Posted by: Cindy at March 18, 2011 8:31 PM

That . . . THAT'S FUCKING AWFUL. Her new costume in the comics, like all costumes designed by Jim Lee, looks like she got it from a Hot Topic in 1991. But that costume at least looks it's made of fabrics found in this world. At best, this looks like latex fetish-wear.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at March 18, 2011 8:37 PM

Oh for Christsakes on a pogo-stick.....why the frig can they never just stick with original material?

Is it too much to ask that when you take a comic book that has been around 70+ years that you try and stick with what works? And if you do insist on "updating" it, can you at least pretend that you give a shit about the source and work with your potential audience rather than alienate them before one scrap of film goes through the gates?

Her nether-bits must smell absolutely delightful after suffocating for 16 hours of prancing around in that vinyl nightmare.

Posted by: bleujayone at March 18, 2011 8:39 PM

Wonder Woman Haiku:

Invisible plane
Lasso made to entertain
Juicy breasteses

Posted by: Pookie at March 18, 2011 8:48 PM

"remember when Birds of Prey came out?
ooo let's just make huntress the daughter of bruce and selena! no one will care."

To be fair, prior to Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Huntress WAS the daughter of Batman and Catwoman from Earth-2. I was more irritated at the show making her a metahuman.

*adjusts Coke-bottle glasses*

Posted by: Craig at March 18, 2011 9:26 PM

I...do not hate this.

There. I've said it.

*power rings shield*

Someone upthread suggested darker hues and boots in red instead of blue. I second that emotion.

Otherwise? Eh, I'm at least on board for the first episode.

Posted by: Green Lantern at March 18, 2011 9:28 PM

I'm pretty sure some of this 'shopped. I don't think that's actually Palicki's body, for one. Regardless, if that's the real suit, the design is okay in the sense that it's at least true to the character's iconography. But, yeah, the material is way to Slutty Super Hero on Halloween. I was hoping they'd play up the whole Greek warrior aspect, since, y'know, that'd be badass. But whatever.

D-Day, damn it, stop trying to win all the EEs.

Posted by: RobP at March 18, 2011 9:32 PM

i get you, craig. i think my feeling is that she just *wasn't* huntress.

dina meyer as oracle is the only reason i still keep copies of the show around.

Posted by: gp at March 18, 2011 10:06 PM

It's Cathy Lee Crosby all over again.
We're in for a treat,folks. This might manage to be one of TV's biggest disasters.

Posted by: CaseCrum at March 18, 2011 11:04 PM

BarbardoSlim

RE "Just recognize you were a slut and MOVE. ON."

Maybe this is the whole premise of Slutty the Wonder Femme?

After an adolescence of teasing from the other proportionally breasted (or indeed, one breasted) Amazons, Wonder Woman embraces her innate sluttiness and dons her acrylic corset for the good of humankind. Well, mankind.

Posted by: rebecca h. at March 18, 2011 11:16 PM

this PVC bullshit is straight up nasty. AS IF the Princess would ensconce her booty in anything that'd give her a yeast infection. Plus, this shiny shit is all about the men, and you know an all-woman island could give a crap. She'd be in a handwoven hemp-cotton blend, all the way.

@*#%! This thing is doomed.

Posted by: replica at March 18, 2011 11:31 PM

Wow... speechless... I read the headline and many things came to mind... first I went into this thinking it was for a movie, not a tv series. So imagine the disappointment. The first clue to sorting out my confusion was "NBC" of course, but not until I had already read David E. Kelley. Which reminded me of this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SeXzwQeqI4&feature=related

This song taught me vital information, never trust a movie by David E. Kelley.

Remember a long time ago when Joss Whedon was rumored to direct a theatrical Wonder Woman, and Diana was rumored to be Whedon-alum Morena Baccarin... before she cut all her hair off. That woulda been awesome, though she's a bit short to play Diana IMO. But I could deal.

This chick I don't know, aside from as Kara on Smallville... which is also not terribly reassuring. As regards this costume... its not good, its better than Dawson's dad as the Flash. Which says a lot, don't it.

They should always go with the armor look if its gonna be on a real person. The gold scale skirt, axe and shield. She always looks better in a skirt in the comics. At least she doesn't look like Artemis when she took over, with the star spangled thong. But yeah, scrap this body paint with heels and remember the boots are red.

And hey writers, if Diana can fly in this show, she does not need the airplane. That never makes sense.

Posted by: protoformX at March 19, 2011 12:16 AM

Yup. It totally looks like one of those awful cheap Sexy Halloween costumes that come in a plastic bag that you get without being able to try on first and they sell at those seasonal costume shops that pop up in malls around Halloween, or in sex shops.

Posted by: DominaNefret at March 19, 2011 1:11 AM

Not only does that outfit look cheap but it probably sounds cheap too.

"Squeak squeeeaaakk squeaksqueaksqueak squelch pip-pip-pip squelch SQUEAK."

Posted by: stardust at March 19, 2011 6:24 AM

How do you go and cast a girl with the fakest fake boobs to follow up Lynda Carter? There's like a four inch gap between them. That eagle's head isn't getting any action at all, he's out there in No Man's Land.

Posted by: Jim at March 19, 2011 7:12 AM

I am a big WW fan...WW was a superhero girls could look up to, that's what made her so much more popular than SuperGirl, Storm, or any of the other female heroes. She was like a real person who stood for everything we weren't allowed to be, embodied in everything we wanted to be without seeming unobtainable. Lynda Carter as WW was the ultimate in "real" beauty, grace, intelligence, and strength and she encouraged generations of women to be realize we too can be all of those things.
I understand that era is gone and our choice is to replace the WW we know or have no WW at all. I'm open to the idea but why must we do it in the style of the 90's Power Ranger's series meets lame chick drama series??!! WW isn't Ally McBeill, it's Transformers meets Fast and Furious or V meets Burn Notice. Not only in the action, drama, and intensity but also in the STYLE in which it was written and filmed. If we can put out FAKE posters of Fox in an amazing costume then why can't we put our WW actress in a real amazing costume? I don't care how slutty it is, WW wears a bathing suit, that's just what she wears...but I do care that it looks real, it fits her character, and it doesn't look like something the red Power Ranger wore in Series 3!
And for god sakes, while I feel some human-ness is needed, crying over ice cream in your pajamas with your BFF at a sleep over after a long day as a Corporate Executive taking over other companies, because you think your too ugly for that special guy to notice you is...well, that's Dawson's Creek not the heir to the Amazon throne who's love and concern for our people has prompted her to make the ultimate sacrifice and give up her home and family to protect us. By making her this way yo are degrading what she stood for and telling an entire generation that's all women are good enough to be. Fiona from Burn Notice and Laura Croft are great examples of what type of character Ww should be, hell I'd even be happy to see it filmed in that style.
You can't ever be sure your doing it right until it's finished and the audience reacts, but at least make the ATTEMPT to honor the character, the fans, and the embodiment of what WW stood for and meant to the rest of us.

Posted by: ND at March 19, 2011 8:52 AM

Disgusting.

Posted by: Aislinn at March 19, 2011 9:21 AM

Wow, that looks... cheap. It absolutely does look like the picture on the front of one of those "sexy" Halloween costumes. I'm not expecting something ultra-realistic (hey, it's a show about an Amazon brought to life by Athena), but dayum. We've seen semi-practical outfits lately for Batman, Thor, Captain America - and Wonder Woman gets fetish gear? This adds a whole new wrinkle to that whole 'carrying a lariat' bit, doesn't it?

This looks like good cosplay, but not an actual studio production. Just for the hell of it, an example of a WW cosplay:

http://www.cosplay.com/photo/2700572/

Posted by: luthien26 at March 19, 2011 9:39 AM

ugh

Posted by: splinter at March 19, 2011 9:40 AM

Lets face it no one can fill Lynda Carters bustier.

Posted by: logan at March 19, 2011 9:43 AM

and Laura Croft"


huh?

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at March 19, 2011 10:49 AM

Argh. Why is it so cheap and plasticky?! It looks like something I could buy at a Halloween shop.

Also that bustier is impossible to run in. They couldn't have given her fucking SLEEVES? Those boobs are gonna be flopping all over the goddamned place!

Posted by: figgy at March 19, 2011 11:37 AM

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via -----Eu Age Cupid .c 0;M---- it gives you a chance to make your
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Posted by: laneti at March 19, 2011 12:01 PM

Yes, yes, it's cheap. It's nasty. Gross. And I can't even imagine how bad your girlparts wouldn't stink to high heaven after a day in those.. pants, I guess we'll call them.
You know, I've never had a problem with skinny female super heroes as long as they have some muscle tone. She doesn't. She looks weak.

Posted by: beartato at March 19, 2011 1:52 PM

daaaaamn... bitch got long-crotched.

Posted by: firedmyass at March 19, 2011 3:04 PM

Remember that video where Zach Galifianakis had the tables turned on him by Gordon Keith in what amounted to a very awkward interview? If not, here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPJowXgH3YU

Anyways, I just found out that he had a pretty great info with this new Wonder Woman. If you can't watch the whole thing (only 3:34 minutes), at least watch from 2:42 to the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJhvegHFWNI

Why isn't this guy famous?

Posted by: Allen at March 19, 2011 5:24 PM

She looks like Sailor Moon. Another franchise I absolutely hate.

Posted by: Jessica at March 19, 2011 7:38 PM

Uh. . . is the invisible plan parked between her tits?

Posted by: Nurse EagerBeaverBaby at March 20, 2011 2:20 AM

All I can think is "shiny" and "sweaty." Oh, and "grody."

Posted by: Anna von Beav at March 21, 2011 7:48 PM