Wonder Woman might not be on NBC this fall, but she’s set to appear in animated form on the next episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold… and it looks super fun:
I have some thoughts:
First off, using the classic theme song is awesome!! It’s enjoyably retro, AND it totally fits with Batman: The Brave and the Bold‘s vibe too.
Second, Wonder Woman swooping in to save the day (jumping off of the invisible jet no less) is always a good time. It’s fun when Wonder Woman has to save the fellows.
Third, Steve was hilariously into Wonder Woman… that dude loves being a damsel in distress.
Fourth, Vicki Lewis is Wonder Woman, and it totally works!! Vicki Lewis is forever Beth from Newsradio in my mind, so when I heard that she would be voicing Wonder Woman, I couldn’t see it at all, but she pulled it off well (though I was hoping she’d say “Ah, sarcasm… the last refuge of sons of bitches”).
Fifth, I think the villain might be Baroness Paula von Gunther. Those are some Nazi-looking bad guys, and their leader is a blonde woman Wonder Woman calls “Baroness”. If I’m right, that’s a fun old school reference.
Sixth, it sounds like this is the opening of the show, the mini-episode before the credits and the real episode begins. The show is entitled “The Scorn of the Star Sapphire!” and is going to have Green Lantern(s?) in it, so I assume that’ll be the bulk of the episode. It’s a bummer Wonder Woman isn’t in the whole thing, but something’s better than nothing. And maybe they’ll have her back on again soon.
Seventh, how is there not a Wonder Woman cartoon???!!! It would be SO much fun… she could swoop in and kick some ass and save Steve, and they could have the Holliday girls and secret identity hilarity and everything. It’s got everything you need for a fantastic cartoon!! Batman’s been done in SO many ways, and he works so well in all of them, and I think Wonder Woman has the same malleability if DC would only give it a chance (they won’t, obviously… they passed on Ben Caldwell’s manga Wonder Woman pitch, which could have been HUGE… I don’t know how ANYONE could say no to Ben Caldwell). Wonder Woman like a Brave and the Bold, Silver Age throwback could be so fun, though so could a more modern Wonder Woman like The Batman or a moodier show like Batman: The Animated Series (imagine a noirish Wonder Woman cartoon set during WW2… how awesome would that be??). Anyway, I think she’s got mad potential.
This episode was scheduled to air this Friday, May 27th, but I’ve seen a few people saying it’s been pushed back to next Friday, June 3rd, so I’m not sure when it’s going to be on. Check your local listings, I guess!!
Tags: Batman, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Ben Caldwell, Newsradio, Sarcasm (The Last Refuge of Sons of Bitches), Steve Trevor, Vicki Lewis, Wonder Woman
