Six years before Gal Gadot became Wonder Woman actress Adrianne Palicki donned the satin tights in a pilot for a TV series produced by Warner Bros for NBC. The makers of the program, writer David E Kelley and director Jeffery Reiner wanted to take the character in a totally new direction by making her a lot more like Batman or Wolverine and a lot less like the traditional Wonder Woman that the fans had loved for decades.
In other words a badass Wonder Woman.
The pilot episode scored so poorly with test audiences the show was scrapped entirely. From the footage that is out there it is easy to see why.
My Favorite part of that second clip is when Wonder Woman lassoes a woman, drags her down a hallway, picks her up off the grand and slams her against the wall like Darth Vader.
Interestingly enough there is a contingency of fans who view the show as the Wonder Woman series that should have been made. Obviously there are fans of a grittier style of Wonder Woman who wouldn't mind a punch first ask questions later type of crime fighting.
I have to admit that after watching those clips I thought about how cool it might be to see Wonder Woman doing over the top stunts and clobbering people every week.
Regardless of which side of the fence you are on when it comes to this one we will never know if it could have lived up to it's potential or simply been a flop.
The blood sample she draws from the Hollywood Blvd fight and the story of the college-bound teen confirm Diana's suspicions. Without enough hard evidence to bring Cale to justice as Wonder Woman, Diana holds a press conference and airs her beliefs about Cale to the world. Cale in turn confronts Diana in person to intimidate her and threaten legal action. In a flashback, Diana ends up breaking it off with her boyfriend Steve Trevor because of her busy life. Back in present day, the college-bound teenager dies from his drug sickness and Diana is galvanized to confront Cale as Wonder Woman. She arrives at Cale's facilities, defeats all of her super-powered henchmen and confronts Cale face-to-face. Cale threatens legal action and to release security footage of Wonder Woman killing the henchmen, but Wonder Woman responds by pulling Cale down with her lasso and throwing her against the wall. Later Cale is put in jail and a Justice Department representative comes to meet Diana. This turns out to be Steve Trevor, who says that he will be working with Diana in her capacity as Wonder Woman but also reveals that he has married another woman. - Wiki
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