Wonder Woman looks like Wonder Woman...

...would look as rendered by a higher-end Cosplayer.




EW (hat tip to Devin) has the first image of Adrianne Pallicki in-costume as Wonder Woman in David E. Kelley's new TV series. Let's call this the ultimate in mixed-bag results: On the one hand, it's somewhat shockingly faithful - there's absolutely no mistaking who this is supposed to be, and while I'm always more fond of the bare-leg look (both because it emphasizes the athleticism of the character and YES, also for more obvious reasons) the blue pants thing is a reasonable compromise for an actress doing a weekly series. Really surprised they kept the heels.

On the OTHER hand... gah! What's with the cheezy reflective-latex look? Again, I like the DESIGN... but ye gods, the material makes it look like she's wearing a WW costume for a Halloween episode of some other show, not "playing" the character. Maybe it looks better under proper lighting?

Actually, I'm wondering if A.) this IS the "real" final outfit, and B.) if, in that case, the cheese-factor is supposed to be the point. The audition tapes had actresses reading from a script where the character referenced her "old" outfit as being less "appropriate" than her current one, and bemoaning that people still considered the old one more "iconic." This pretty-much IS the old one, just with pants. So maybe this is meant for "flashbacks" to the older suit, and the silly-looking material is meant to accenuate how "lame" it was?

Of course... that same script/scene ALSO involved WW being insecure about her breasts not being big enough (really) and based on this image that's just NOT going to be a believable sentiment; so it goes without saying that the script itself has probably undergone post-casting changes.

I'll say this... she looks better than Nu-Spidey does, so far.