Dispatches from Olympus

Show Notes: Episode Two

Print the article

This entry was posted on 10/27/2006 8:18 PM and is filed under Netcast.

    Episode 2 09/22/06 83 mins

  • Clicking the ads on www.wonderwoman-online.com helps keep the website going and this podcast sponsor free.
  • The discussion starts with Donna Troy her history, her current use in Vol 3 and her new position in the DC Universe.
  • Discussion goes into female characters in the DC universe, their poor treatment, and their use as victims and T&A (re: Women in Refrigerators)
  • Alex and Phoenix discuss the newly announced All-Star Wonder Woman, compared to the current All-Star Batman and Robin and All-Star Superman, as well as the announces artist Adam Hughes and the series of Covers he did for Wonder Woman v2
  • Discussion jumps from Wonder Woman accessories to Batman costumes and the Batman movies and societies obsession with physicality and weight and back around to Lynda Carter on the Wonder Woman TV show.
  • Alex and Phoenix discuss the TV show on DVD, as well as videos on the website and clips we'd like to see put up on the site but can't find
  • the discussion turns to the careers of the Women how starred in the ground-breaking Female action series starting 1975-1976 (re: Wonder Woman, the Bionic Woman and Charlie's Angels), Demi Moore's appearance in the 2nd Charlie's Angels movie (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle), her film credits, the disaster that was "the Scarlet Letter" starring Demi Moore, then Alex realizes we've gone way off topic and takes us back to Wonder Woman using his Version of "Six degrees of Kevin Bacon" 6 degrees of Wonder Woman.
  • Alex and Phoenix discuss Kyra Segwick as Barbara Minerva and others they think would be good for the new Wonder Woman movie, as well as the fun of female actresses must have breaking out of dramatic roles to Super-hero action roles.
  • Conversation turns to the Marvel Ultimate titles, and how Marvel is using these updated characters for the Marvel Movies and updating the Marvel Universe main stream titles, and then back to the Wonder Woman movie.
  • We somehow make it back to the Wonder Woman TV show, Lynda's career and how she did a lot of her own stunts on the TV show, an article from the articles on the Website, as well as other women who appeared in the TV show and how much TV Phoenix watched as a kid
  • Alex brings us back to Comics with DC 52 Week 20, and the expendability of Women in the DC Universe
  • Going back to Alex and Phoenix' ... unhappiness with Wonder Woman vol 3 so far we start nit picking the points that really ... peturb them
  • Responding to an email Alex and Phoenix discuss pricing collectibles using such resources as Hakes Price Guide to Character Toys.

 

What did you think of this article?




Trackbacks
Trackback specific URL for this entry
  • Trackbacks are closed for this entry.
Comments
    • No comments exist for this entry.
Leave a comment

Submitted comments will be subject to moderation before being displayed.

 Enter the above security code (required)

 Name

 Email (will not be published)

 Website

Your comment is 0 characters limited to 3000 characters.