Jun
01
2011

Rob’s Wonder Woman TV Pilot FAQ!

​I managed to get a hold of the David E. Kelley-written, NBC-ordered-and-then-cast-aside-in-shame Wonder Woman pilot over the holiday weekend. After I watched it, I became horribly ill. Was the Wonder Woman pilot to blame? Yes. Absolutely it was. There is ...
May
23
2011

Wonder Woman’s Wonderously Short Shorts Revealed

Remember how Wonder Woman was supposed to wear three different superheroine outfits in the failed Wonder Woman pilot? Blue pants with blue boots, blue pants with red boots, and Lynda Carter-esque star-spangled shorts? Well, now the shorts can be revealed:​Now, ...
May
20
2011

Someone Really Enjoyed the Smallville Finale

This video is gross. Even if he's not frantically masturbating to Clark finally flying and putting on the suit, which, frankly, seems kind of a long shot the way he's carrying on. But this video makes me kind of sad, ...
May
17
2011

Memos from Themyscira Inc.: And the Winners Are…

​NOBODY CARES ABOUT WONDER WOMAN. Not even when I'm trying to give away free TR t-shirts, apparently. Seriously, only 150 or so entries? After all the brilliant shit you guys wrote for the Batman Inc. memos contest? That's fucked up. ...
May
13
2011

TR Contest: Memos from Themyscira Industries

​I was all set to run this contest when the Wonder Woman show premiered on NBC, but given today's news, there doesn't seem to be any reason to wait. Plus, the best contest on TR is still arguably the results ...
May
13
2011

R.I.P. Wonder Woman TV Series, 2011-2011

​NBC passed on the Wonder Woman series from David Kelley. It's probably for the best. Between the outfit drama and the fact she was playing three characters (Wonder Woman, CEO Diana Prince and, somehow, her own secretary) and that she ...
Apr
22
2011

Smaville Finally Shows the Goddamned Suit

...just not on Clark.​AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH (Via Comics Alliance) See the article here: Smaville Finally Shows the Goddamned Suit
Mar
30
2011

BREAKING: They Fixed Wonder Woman’s Boots!

​And speaking of Wonder Woman, SFX has a shot of Adrianne Palicki as WW in action from the upcoming TV pilot, and I can't help but notice a few differences between the outfit she wore in the promo pic and ...
Mar
28
2011

Booster Gold Is Somewhat Golder Than I Remember

​Like so many mid-list DC heroes, Booster Gold and Blue Beetle will be stopping by the final season of Smallville -- specifically, on the April 22nd episode (and before anyone gets their underoos in a twist, note that by "mid-list" ...
Mar
21
2011

A Tale of Three Wonder Woman Outfits

​And while we're on the subject of live-action representations of DC superheroes, let's take another look at the new TV Wonder Woman, whose outfit caused so many people to go batshit insane on Friday. Now, you'll recognize the official TV ...
Mar
18
2011

Holy @#$%, It’s the New TV Wonder Woman

​Oh hai Adrianne Palicki as Wonder Woman in the new David E. Kelley TV series. I've got to say, I dig the hell out of this costume. Pants! No inexplicable stars on her groin! And it's still totally recognizable as ...
Mar
10
2011

The Brave and the Bold: Wonder Woman and the Dread Pirate Roberts (Kinda)

​Okay, this is at least as much of a stretch as the Deadpool and Dr. McNinja Marvel Team-Up. But Cary Elwes has joined the cast of the Wonder Woman TV series, and... I guess it's not that big a deal, ...
Mar
04
2011

TV’s Breast-Envying Wonder Woman Will Fight Elizabeth Hurley

​The Wonder Woman of David E. Kelley's TV reboot will have more problems that just wishing her tits were bigger. Elizabeth Hurley has signed on to play Veronica Cale opposite Adrianne Palicki's Wonder Woman; Cale is the evil rival CEO ...
Feb
23
2011

20 TV Superheroes Who Are Worse Than The Cape

​With the debut of NBC's superhero drama The Cape this past January, came a wave of criticism that the show had basically ripped off nearly every comic book hero that came before it (with the possible exception of Ambush Bug). ...
Feb
18
2011

Just a Reminder that the Wonder Woman TV Series Could Be Unbelievably Awful

Yesterday, io9 posted an audition tape of Death Race 2's Tanit Phoenix auditioning for the role of Diana Prince in the Wonder Woman TV series. It was all about Diana examining Wonder Woman toys as CEO and complaining the breasts ...
Feb
17
2011

Meet Your New Woman of Wonder

​Adrianne Palicki of Friday Night Lights fame has been cast as CEO/superheroine Diana Themyscira in David Kelley's new Wonder Woman TV series.This will make the second DC character she's played on TV; she was apparently Siren in the Aquaman pilot ...
Feb
14
2011

Lex Luthor Slums His Way Back to Smallville

​After months and months of rumors, flat-out denials, and almost certainly some begging by the producers, Michael Rosenbaum has agreed to reprise his role as Lex Luthor for the series finale of Smallville. When asked why he finally relented after ...
Jan
26
2011

Wonder If That Wonder Woman TV Show Is Going to Be Any Good?

​Wonder no more. From Deadline:[M]y colleague, TVLine's Michael Ausiello, is reporting that McG has emerged as the odds-on favorite to direct David E. Kelley's freshly greenlit Wonder Woman pilot for NBC and Warner Bros. TV. Sources stress that there are ...
Jan
24
2011

On Second Thought, Maybe NBC Would Like a Wonder Woman TV Show, Thank You Very Much

​Remember how all the major networks passed on that David E. Kelley-led Wonder Woman TV show? Well, NBC actually went back and ordered a pilot. Which means whether the show gets picked up or not, there will at the very ...
Jan
10
2011

Nobody Loves Wonder Woman, Part 184 or Something

​Remember that Wonder Woman TV show I told you that was being developed a while a go? The one by David E. Kelley, one of the most popular and successful TV series creators alive? Well, he pitched the show and...The ...
Dec
06
2010

That’s So Raven — Significantly More Raven Than I Expected, Frankly

​The CW is developing a series based on DC superheroine and Teen Titan Raven. Huh. Obviously it's to replace Smallville, which is finally ending this season, but I'm still a bit perplexed as to how Warner Bros. chose Raven as ...
Nov
16
2010

Oh My God, The Cape Looks Awful Beyond Human Comprehension

Ladies and gentlemen of foreign lands, I have my doubts that you'll be able to watch this 3 1/2-minute preview of NBC's generic superhero series The Cape, set to debut next January. If you can't consider yourselves lucky, because holy ...
Nov
16
2010

A Few Less-Than-Incredible Details on the Incredible Hulk TV Series

​Remember when it leaked that Marvel was working on a slew of superhero series, first and foremost a new Incredible Hulk show? Well, Deadline has some details, and -- well, none of it is dire or anything, but I'm having ...
Oct
20
2010

New Misfits Trailer Reminds Me Heroes Wasn’t Very Good

The British superhero series-- uh... maybe I should just make that super-powered people series -- Misfits returns for season soon, and its new trailer is above. If I remember correctly, some of you loved the series and some of you ...
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Oct
15
2010

Marvel’s Trying to Make Hulk and Cloak & Dagger Shows

​From the Hollywood Reporter:Marvel and ABC are developing a TV return for comic icon the Incredible Hulk. CBS last produced a memorable series featuring the jade giant that ran from 1978-82 and starred Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno. ...Hulk is ...
Oct
04
2010

Now There’s Going to Be a Wonder Woman TV Series, Apparently

​From The Hollywood Reporter:Warner Bros. Television is developing a modern-day reboot of the classic DC comic book heroine and has lassoed an unlikely talent to potentially write and produce the superhero project: David E. Kelley, the showrunner behind legal dramas ...
Oct
01
2010

Is Smallville Actually Going to Be Awesome This Season?

There's only been one episode of the tenth and final Smallville season, and I haven't seen it. But the previews have been full of things everyone has wanted Smallville to have, including flying and the suit. But this... this announcement ...
Sep
30
2010

The 5 Best (and 5 Worst) DC Supervillains on Smallville

​A few weeks back, we ran the 11 best Smallville heroes who've shown up from out of the pages of DC Comics. Since the show is basically a DC character showcase now (with the Wonder Twins potentially jumping the shark), ...
Sep
23
2010

Smallville Ponies Up

We've seen the tights, although Clark Kent still refuses to put them on. Now, in this new clip from tomorrow's 10th/final season premiere, Clark finally flies. On purpose. Sure, he'w wearing his ridiculous Neo from The Matrix Halloween costume, but ...
Sep
13
2010

Smallville, TV’s Most Preposterous Cocktease

Damn you to hell, Smallville. Damn you to hell. Thanks to Brian D. for the tip, though. Read the original: Smallville, TV's Most Preposterous Cocktease
Sep
02
2010

11 Best DC Superhero Guest Stars on Smallville

​No one knows how to reward patience like TV's Smallville. Sure, the show has it's problems. But if you kept up with the first few seasons, you only got Clark Kent battling forgettable meteor freaks (Jonathan Taylor Thomas anyone? Remember ...
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