The New Wonder Woman

Don't get me wrong - I love Adrianne Palicki. As Tyra Colette on Friday Night Lights, she portrayed a strong, intelligent young woman who was willing to defy the expectations of others and create her own future. Since she's also tall and beautiful. she seems like a logical choice for the new Wonder Woman; I was excited to hear she had been selected to be in the NBC remake.






Then I saw the picture on the left from Entertainment Weekly and I vomited a little in my mouth. The troweled on make-up, the unfortunate seam in the pants that creates the illusion of a "camel toe," the extra-shiny vinyl, the silver tone bracelets, the list goes on. Adrianne's almost unrecognizable - and not in a good way.

Less than two hours later, I was already seeing solutions proposed by fans. The picture on the right was the easiest, most logical alteration of the existing costume. Just by darkening the bright blue to navy and changing the color of the boots, it looks much better. If only they could address the make-up scheme as well.

Honestly, it causes great concern in my fangirl heart for the show in general. After all, it's being made by the mind behind Ally McBeal, which was genius in some ways but in others just psycho. Maybe it isn't fair to judge a show I haven't even seen yet based my feelings for the creator's prior work, but there you have it.

What do you think of Adrianne as Wonder Woman? Do we need someone else? or just a new costume and make-up plan?