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Welcome back to my Dark Corner of this Sick World

'I like you.'

In 1974 Cathy Lee Crosby starred in TV pilot Wonder Woman

'Nobody can replace you'

Ooh that's unfortunate.

This version was inspired by a specific plotline in the comics in which Diana Prince has no powers

and instead uses martial arts.

All that makes her wonder woman is her sense of justice

'And there is the basic morality of right and wrong'

and...

'You see my plane is invisible'

But we don't even see that. I mean obviously we don't see it but - you know what I mean

'Even if I don't like it'

A brief prologue shows us Diana's origins

'The hope that your presence in the world of men will open closed eyes to the genuine value of women'

and she furthers this noble cause

'Don't forget to call to maintenance about the air conditioning'

by becoming a secretary

'What do you think D?'

'What can anyone think with that many lives in jeopardy?'

But no. That's just a cover - she's America's top secret agent and is more than a match for the men

'To this night'

This handsome bad guy may have turned up to their date in the high school prom tuxedo

but he's got all the lines

'Let me make love to you'

'Why'

'Because your eyes reach into...'

'You misunderstood me, I didn't mean why should you want to, I meant why should I?'

shut down!

'Don't you find me attractive... appealing?'

On top of this she wears a costume more practical than revealing.

This wonder woman may not have powers but she is empowered and I can't believe I said that but it's true,

she kicks ass

while the men are left holding an ass

Although I do suspect this donkey of being in league with a robot monster

There are issues, after Diana takes out the bad guys

she apparently just let's them go as they show up 2 scenes later to plant a box in her hotel room

is it a bomb?

The bomb would have been more effective, but look at how she deals with a snake wrapped around her ankle

'Send up a container of milk with a saucer'

I love this woman

'You are that unique woman, Diana - the wonder woman'

But I more or less forgot she was wonder woman.

'I don't care about the others'

This isn't a superhero movie, this is James Bond.

But without the sex, even when we get to the bad guy's inevitable bikini pool party

(stock sound pool party)

I don't really get why, but I like the subversion

(pool party sound turned off)

The bad guy even has a secret base

'Inside the north wall of the grand canyon'

and speaking of the bad guy...

'You are exactly as I pictured you.'

KHAAAAAN!

'May I show you around.'

See James Bond. Admittedly on a TV budget, so Ricardo Montalban has 3 henchmen.

4 if you count the donkey wrangler

'You must be the one who sees to the burro'

'Yes sir.'

And his escape plan would make Blofeld blush with embarrassment

Also he gives up way too easy.

'You came close.'

She's unarmed, get your self together

'We've got to kill her'

'no, no, no, no, no, no, no'

But still, this is a pilot unencumbered with origin story

'You did a beautiful job gentlemen,'

it's a got a strong female lead

'You're always one step ahead of me'

and the recurring villain is a renegade Amazon.

Why didn't this succeed?

'Wonder Woman, I love you'

Because it's called Wonder Woman.

A bunch of comic readers would have recognised Crosby's version of the character

but for most of audience that's not wonder woman

'The most basic and simple factors are the ones we overlook'

To the extent that, you really wonder, why the costume?

She finally puts it on 40 minutes in for covert surveillance

Yep, no one'll spot you now

This is like James Bond in a bad way, she's another spy who everyone already knows

'Wonder Woman - she's here'

'I'm standing here looking at her'

Except her co-workers who are all spies

'Here's today's surprise'

This is a decent 70s spy show that's massively undermined by trying to make it something it's not.

'I'll spend the rest of my life wishing I'd met you under other circumstances'

And how. But to end on a happier note, here's the screen-test for a 1967 version from the man who created Adam West's Batman

'Away you vision of enchantment. You havea a job to do.'

You see how much worse it could have been?

'The nation needs Wonder Woman'

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Colin Kaepernick Just Got The Best News Of His Year And It's Infuriating Every Flag-Loving American - Duration: 5:06.

It's Official!

Kaepernick Just Got The Best News Of His Year And It's Infuriating Every Flag-Loving American.

Most of this year's National Football League controversy centers around former San Francisco

49ers backup quarterback's now famous choice to kneel for the National Anthem.

The action, widely regarded as disrespectful in every way, took off like wildfire, and

players league-wide have decided to join in, without a single team being spared.

However, even with the highly praised social justice warrior endorsed campaign started

by the now free agent Kaepernick, he can't seem to get signed to a team.

He can, however, get offers for other positions, including the leader of the Black Lives Matter

movement, a million dollar book deal, and last but not least, a GQ magazine cover.

This is probably the biggest deal so far since Kaepernick is being called GQ 2017's "Citizen

of the Year."

In other words, even though this former football player can't get a job in his profession,

has single-handedly brought the entire National Football League to the point of bankruptcy

and caused a rift between the league and Americans that might never be lifted, he made a symbolic

gesture, so that means he's super cool.

Bleacher Report brought the delightful details about GQ's spread to light:

"Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who remains unemployed due

(at least in part) to his protest of systemic racism during the national anthem, is GQ's

2017 Citizen of the Year.

Kaepernick, 30, did not speak to the magazine for an on-record interview but did pose for

photographs and helped provide GQ with confidantes to offer 'some rare insights into Colin

Kaepernick himself.'

He has not given an on-record interview during the entire 2017 NFL season despite still being

at the center of one of the year's biggest controversies."

This might not even seem like that big of a deal if you're unfamiliar with the context,

or the look that Kaepernick is sporting in the cover shoot.

The National Anthem Protest was started to try and combat "police brutality" in an

instance where the police were ruled to not actually be brutal.

Kaepernick's actions seemed less like the protest of someone wanting change, and more

like the sullen pout of someone who didn't get their way.

To make matters worse, the outfit that he chose to wear for the cover shoot is eerily

close to the iconic look that the Black Panther movement has always worn.

Everything right down the cut of the lapels could give you flashbacks to the heyday of

the destructive movement.

As time goes on, Kaepernick has seemed less interested in getting his day job back, and

more interested in hoarding up media attention and getting a payday out of the teams that

considered him ineligible to play

"Aside from his activism, the quarterback's most notable action this year was filing a

federal lawsuit against the NFL claiming the league colluded to not sign him.

Kaepernick threw for 2,241 yards and 16 touchdowns against four interceptions in 2016, numbers

that would make him an improvement over many quarterback situations around the NFL.

National anthem protests have been one of the prevailing narratives of the 2017 NFL

season, especially after President Donald Trump called on those kneeling to be 'fired

or suspended.'

The president's outcry led to the largest protest among NFL players in Week 3, and hundreds

of players have knelt during the anthem throughout the campaign.

Rapper J. Cole put his thoughts on Kaepernick's mindset in an extended quote to GQ:

You're talking about a guy in his athletic prime, who's lived his whole life dreaming

about playing football at a level that millions of kids dream to get to.

And in his first big season, he takes his team to within five yards of winning a Super

Bowl.

But then, at some point in time, he becomes conscious about what's happening in the

world.

Kaepernick has maintained he wants to continue his NFL career and has stayed in playing condition.

The Seattle Seahawks and Baltimore Ravens are the only teams that seriously considered

signing Kaepernick during the offseason.

Both teams signed quarterbacks with far lesser resumes than Kaepernick."

What the die-hard Kaepernick fans conveniently forget when they're slapping him on the

back, is that even though he might have had a few good runs, his former coaches have made

it clear that he isn't playing football because he's not good enough to be playing

football.

That, combined with the toxic divisiveness that he brings with him, means that the only

way Kaepernick will be making money off of football is by talking about football, not

playing it.

The national backlash associated with Kaepernick's actions are a classic example of how Americans

feel about the National Anthem and everything associated with it.

The media's immediate crowning of Kaepernick as a conquering hero because he couldn't

be bothered to show any respect is a classic example of how they feel about the anthem.

Feel free to pick a side, but when doing so, please remember that one side says that being

unemployed makes you a hero, and one side says that going to battle for your country

makes you a hero.

Take your pick.

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