A new Wonder Woman movie is out, and will be available shortly on DVD and BD. I was a big fan of the old Wonder Woman TV series, but didn't recall any particulars of how the character originated. So I found this animated movie at my local public library.
The movie is essentially the origin of Wonder Woman. Without getting into the particulars of the mythology, the tribe of Amazon women ended up on the isolated, secret island, living and thriving there for untold years. Then one day in a military dog fight, a damaged fighter and its pilot make an emergency landing on this uncharted island.
In a series of events, a competition is held to see which one will have the task of getting this pilot back to his own civilization, and the eventual victor is the one which then is destined to become Wonder Woman once they get back to the real world.
All in all a very nice animated movie. Keri Russell, who I have always liked, voices Wonder Woman and Nathan Fillion voices the downed pilot, Steve Trevor.
And no, these Amazon women do not live in the Amazon forest that the Amazon river runs through.
The movie is essentially the origin of Wonder Woman. Without getting into the particulars of the mythology, the tribe of Amazon women ended up on the isolated, secret island, living and thriving there for untold years. Then one day in a military dog fight, a damaged fighter and its pilot make an emergency landing on this uncharted island.
In a series of events, a competition is held to see which one will have the task of getting this pilot back to his own civilization, and the eventual victor is the one which then is destined to become Wonder Woman once they get back to the real world.
All in all a very nice animated movie. Keri Russell, who I have always liked, voices Wonder Woman and Nathan Fillion voices the downed pilot, Steve Trevor.
And no, these Amazon women do not live in the Amazon forest that the Amazon river runs through.