WONDER WOMAN
SEASON ONE

Available Now (Released July 29th, 2004)
Amazon Price: $27.99
MSRP Price: $39.98 
Costco Price: $25.99

Number of Discs: 3, 725 minutes run time. Presented on the new dual layer discs.

STARS: Lynda Carter, Lyle Wagner, Richard Eastham, Tom Kratochzil & Debra Winger as Wonder Girl.

Wonder Woman: S1 boxed set rating - "B"

I was a youngster when this show premiered on television. I wasn't blown away by any aspect of the series, but it was really neat having a DC comics character come to life on TV. Lynda Carter was beautiful, but not the agile star equipped for playing an action hero. 

Wonder Woman is a bit of the list of anticipated DVD's, but it was pretty "neat" to see the classic series again uncut. Episodes run about 50 minutes. 

In the pilot Queen Hippolyta is played by Cloris Leachman (Mary Tyler Moore Show). In the series those duties were handled by Caroline Jones, aka Morticia Addams. 

To watch it now you can see the steady stream of familiar television actors coming in to play the shows villains throughout the shows run. Most of the 13 episodes are so much alike they really aren't that memorable. You can only remember so many times that Steve Trevor attempts to rescue Wonder Woman only to be captured and rescued by our Red White and Blue hero. 

The set includes the 1975 pilot and the 13 episodes of the first season. It was the only season aired by ABC. After the shows cancellation CBS was quick to step in and air Wonder Woman for an additional two seasons. A change which brought about major adjustments to the series like bringing Diana and Wonder Woman into present day. 

 PACKAGING: 
Warner Bros created a 70 style comic book feel to the boxed set with a fold open book that contains the three DVDs. Imprinted on the pages of the fold out are images of the shows cast and episode titles with synopsis. The box set looks very nice.

VIDEO: 
I was blown away by the quality of the shows transfer to DVD. The colors are sharp and the contrast did need to be adjusted. Oh, there is the expected graininess and a bit of debris here and there. For a thirty-year old transfer it's outstanding.

AUDIO: 
The Dolby Digital 2.0 mono is quite good for the series. It's got a crisp and clear sound. The opening theme music sounds great. There is a bit of noise in some areas during the episodes.

BONUS FEATURES: 
There is minimal bonus material with the boxed set. There is commentary from Lynda Carter for the pilot telefilm and a new documentary titled... "Beauty, Brawn and Bulletproof Bracelets: A Wonder Woman Retrospective". 

SUMMARY: 
What can you say? Great packaging and wonderful thirty-year old transfer of a classic genre television series. This is a movie moguls must have for their collection. There are tons of series coming to dvd. Many will have to pick and choose what they purchase. If you're having a tough time deciding on an old series to purchase and have $30 bucks to throw at something check this set out. 

Wonder Woman: Season One Boxed Set Rating: B  

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