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The Six Most Horrendous Things About the New Wonder Woman Costume

The first official photo of Adrianne Palicki in her Wonder Woman costume was released to Entertainment Weekly today, promptly causing the collective internet's eyes to bleed. Judging by this costume, the David E. Kelly show -- which has been asserting since the beginning that it would be a serious, non-campy take on the character -- either has no idea what "serious" and "non-campy" means, or it just changed its mind somewhere along the way. Let's just quickly go over the worst things about this twelve-dollar Halloween costume that will soon be the face of a very expensive major network television show. Oy.

The Shiny
The cheap vinyl looks like a cross between a costume you could buy at the drug store and the plastic they make kid's birthday party tablecloths out of. And why are the boots made out of that material, too? They couldn't spring for actual leather boots? Also, as our recapper Tippi Blevins pointed out to me, it looks squeaky as hell. How's a girl gonna sneak up on crooks when she's emitting the sounds of pleather in motion?

The Bracelets
They are made of tin foil. I know, because when I was five I made similar ones out of tin foil. And they looked about as good.

The Crotch Seam
Nothing more flattering than a giant seam down the crotch of a pair of liquid leggings. Sorry, did I say flattering? I meant camel toe-inducing. (Sorry, but it's true.)

The Way Too Bright Color
Candy apple red and blue raspberry Slurpee blue? Honestly, strippers wear less tacky hues.

The Hair
It looks like a wig in a bag. A greasy one. And who styled it? Me?

Apparently, an Outfit This Ugly Can Even Ruin a Face Like Adrianne Palicki's
Adrianne Palicki is a very beautiful woman. Everyone thinks so! But for some reason, with that hair, and that headband where it is, her face looks like a long, flat oval. A mannish one. That's how bad this costume is -- it makes Adrianne Palicki look like Chyna. Nice one, NBC.

Your thoughts? Please, do unleash them below.

75 Comments

March 18, 2011 5:05 PM
snarcy
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Sheesh! Either stick with the original or if the aim is to go for serious, use the recently revamped, dark WW costume from the comics. I'm not a giant fan of it, but hell, it's still miles better than this tacky travesty...

March 18, 2011 5:05 PM
Adam T.
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Holy crap, yes!

March 18, 2011 5:32 PM
sassinak
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i can deal with tights instead of a bikini bottom, barely. but this is really funny looking. i don't grok at all why they did it.

and yes, i dislike the dark one as well but man it would be SO much better for tv

March 18, 2011 5:33 PM
Leigh B
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If they wanted to go "serious," the obvious first step would have been STRAPS. Full of hate.

March 18, 2011 5:47 PM
andipandi
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Agreed. Redonkulous. I was hoping that this was just a promo shot and not the real costume... but...

March 18, 2011 5:51 PM
patricia
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This actually makes Halle Berry's Catwoman outifit look good.

March 18, 2011 6:18 PM
Barbara
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It's not that bad. Adrianne Palicki looks pretty in it, and her face does not look at all mannish. I swear everyone's determined to hate this show before they even see the first episode. I heart WW, and I'm going to give it a shot.

March 18, 2011 7:04 PM
ct
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STRAPS !!!!!
How is she supposed to move at a pace faster than a slow stroll without her boobs making an appearance?
I hope there are no fast-moving criminals at large...

March 18, 2011 7:14 PM
clarita
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If they go with this costume, they are going with campy. If they want modern and serious, she shouldn't even wear a costume most of the time, like in Smallville. Would any modern superhero wear a superfluous forehead band underneath their hair? How does that help stop baddies? and her boobs will make running impossible.

March 18, 2011 7:18 PM
clarita
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Oh yes, and I thought the way her face looks was just fun with airbrushing. And if she doesn't have implants, the costume makes it look like she does - awesome. Nail in the coffin of feminism.

March 18, 2011 8:40 PM
Nemesis
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replied to comment from clarita

How could this possibly have anything to do with feminism? It's made by David E. Kelly, right?

This is the Hollywood idea of what 12-year-old boys look for in female comic book characters.

As for the actress, it's the overdone, tarty make-up that makes her look bad, IMO. The costume itself just makes her look like a walking fetish.

March 18, 2011 8:43 PM
Kristen
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Interesting how an outfit that technically covers more looks way more slutty than if she had been in WW's original bustier and panties. Also, regular cleavage would be so much classier than this whole lifted-and-separated-implants look they've decided to go with. My vote: trashy.

March 18, 2011 9:08 PM
Valkyrie
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She looks like a cheap, slutted-up Power Rangers villain. On the morning after.

Somewhere, Lynda Carter is aghast.

March 18, 2011 9:23 PM
Robert
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Hopefully this is just a first attempt at a costume, and not the final one. If they want to do tights rather than a bikini bottom, I'm not against that. But they shouldn't get that far away from the costume people expect. Lynda Carter's costume wasn't that shiny and cheap-looking. Slightly darker reds and blues would look better, with perhaps a few stars on the tights. Heck, Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman had a different costume for motorcycle racing and deep sea diving, and those looked cool, too. And blue boots just look wrong.

March 18, 2011 10:20 PM
tvgirl48
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I can live with the overflowing boobs because it's expected for a female superhero to be in a ridiculously impractical outfit for fighting crime that would only serve to turn on the male criminals. High heels? Strapless, tight top? Some sort of squeeky, hot clothing material? Fine, it's expected. But could they not hire someone with naturally black hair? She looks awful with that dye job!

March 18, 2011 10:54 PM
mgr
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I would take Lynda Carter's star-spangled granny panties over this mess every time.

March 18, 2011 10:58 PM
S.C.
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The top and the bracelets don't look too bad (the bracelets actually look better to me than the ones Lynda Carter wore), but the tights and boots are too shiny and too-light colored. Go with some nonreflective dark blue material for the tights and leather boots.

I hadn't considered the hair before, but, yes, it does sort of look as if she just woke up and needs to run a brush through it.

The big problem, though, is that she lacks the physical presence. If she's playing a character that, in the comics, is often ranked right after Superman in terms of strength, she should probably have some evidence of muscles. She doesn't need to look as though she's doing steroids, but something along the lines of Jessica Biel's arms and shoulders in Blade Trinity wouldn't hurt.

March 18, 2011 11:00 PM
Alyson
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If this costume comes with the boobs, I'm buying one!

March 19, 2011 1:18 AM
joji
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Ewww...producers should think more than twice before they should start shooting the series...definitely,the costume alone will harvest alot of flak!

March 19, 2011 2:34 AM
Karen
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We really need you guys to get Nina Garcia and Michael Kors to pick the costume apart. Or they need to invite you onto Project Runway for a guest spot. Either way would be a perfect fit.

March 19, 2011 2:35 PM
hephastia
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The color tweek is so much better. I don't think the top is too bad, apart from the industrial lift-and-seperate tachnology going on there, but it does look too tight to breathe. If WW has to run after some baddies, she's goind to get short of breath real quick. The tights/boot combo looks like cheap hooker wear. In a larger photo I saw, there are stars running along the outside of the tights. One good thing--at least the boots aren't stiletto heels. I was kind of expecting that, and am relieved to see different. And the golden lasso does look functional.

I think her fists are clenched because the costume is so bad.

March 19, 2011 7:15 PM
Craig
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replied to comment from hephastia

I dunno. That top doesn't so much "separate" her breasts as it estranges them. Her breasts look like they had a huge fight and are now determined to stare away in opposite directions.

March 19, 2011 7:26 PM
Tat
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YES! I've really been looking forward to the return of the Adam West style comic book adaptations. Here's hoping that all of the action scenes are intercut with Smack and Pow graphics!

March 19, 2011 11:01 PM
ari
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There certainly seems to be a huge disconnect here. The show's boss wants the viewer to "take the character seriously," then he proceeds to dress her like a cheap hooker. Apparently David Kelly's target audience is the younger teenage male. The costume worked for Linda Carter because it fit the time frame. David, the world has changed: competent women don't need to show almost all their skin to be successful, including super heroes. This costume makes the upcoming show look to be even campier than the original.There certainly seems to be a huge disconnect here. The show's boss wants the viewer to "take the character seriously," then he proceeds to dress her like a cheap hooker. Apparently David Kelly's target audience is the younger teenage male. The costume worked for Linda Carter because it fit the time frame. David, the world has changed: competent women don't need to show almost all their skin to be successful, including super heroes. This costume makes the upcoming show look to be even campier than the original.

March 20, 2011 12:19 AM
Wiley
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While many of the specifics are indisputable (how bad the color of the pants are, for example, and how incredibly cheap the shiny material looks), I DO disagree with the overall conclusion of the Blogger.

I think we're DAMN lucky it wound up this GOOD. SO much more could have been wrong with it and wasn't. The fit is actually really good on Palicki, and that's unexpected. The bustier, while as impractical as the one from the original series, doesn't go over the top, the way it could have. The boots, if they kept the exact same design but made them red, would rock.

The worst things are The Shiny (which they need to get rid of completely), The Electric Blue shade (all they need to do is replace it with a darker blue, like Midnight Blue), the horrible belt, the star in the middle of the Eagle (unnecessary), and improve the bracelets just a tiny bit. The Tiara is fine. The FIT is fine.

The need to improve the dye job on her hair, give her hair some body, and lastly better lipstick (if any at all). Really overall, it could be FAR worse.

March 20, 2011 12:46 AM
Ace
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replied to comment from Craig

Now THAT's a show I'd watch: the epic, soap-operatic saga of WW's star-crossed boobs. Heh. Awesome.

March 20, 2011 1:37 AM
Kelly
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Adrianne Palicki is beautiful young woman. But even with that beauty, she doesn't have "it". The hair and make-up give her pan-face and the boobjob is right up there with Tori Spelling's. Godawful.

Cool boots, though.

March 20, 2011 10:40 AM
Fallon
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I don't understand why they don't go for the updated look that came out a while back: http://silentmajority09.com/2010/07/16/wondering-about-wonder-woman/

March 20, 2011 11:55 AM
sashay
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Wow, thanks for the link. Great costume! Actually makes Wonder Woman look cool and kind of elvish.

March 20, 2011 3:26 PM
beckmeister
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Poor little eagle. It has its wings flung wide, DESPERATELY trying to hold those boobs in.

March 20, 2011 5:35 PM
Natalie
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So shiny and...not good. This outfit, combined with the truly awful and bizzare pilot script, does not a good television show make.

March 20, 2011 6:51 PM
Wiley
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replied to comment from Fallon

Fallon, you mean the "updated look" which got widely panned (and mocked) most especially for that horrible jacket?

As it happens, a lot of the commentary I've seen over the past few days has been of the opinion that what we're seeing in this Palicki version IS that new version, to some degree with some color changes and sans jacket.

March 20, 2011 7:16 PM
bethmcgill
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Maybe DK got this job because he was the lowest bidder, like a construction job. Look at DK's latest show "Harry's Law." There is no money in that production. This costume screams camp.

March 20, 2011 8:07 PM
Steve
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Six Reasons I Politely Disagree:
1) It is colorful (enough with black, white, and beige being the only three colors used in a new action series)
2) from the waist up it looks straight out of the original WW comics (love it or not it’s a fact)
3) They did not use the asinine remade costume from a few recent comics (which, yes, would have been WORSE, period, end of story)
4) It looks nothing like No Ordinary Family or The Cape (each of which crashed and burned; so much for superheroes sitting around in boring clothes while doing NOTHING, eh?)
5) One thing we can agree on; Palicki was a good choice no matter what costume they put her in!
And most important reason this photo is not so bad: 6) It has the internet abuzz over ONE friggin picture (good heavens; imagine when they release, dare we think it, TWO photos of this series?) ;)

March 20, 2011 10:17 PM
Stephanie
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In reading the blurb from EW, the costume is supposed to "de-emphasizes the patriotism and seems to play up the comic’s Greek mythology." I don't see the Greek aspect in this costume.
Also, I agree about the hair. Maybe it's just the photo that makes it look greasy and messy.

March 21, 2011 9:07 AM
Devara
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I guess among Wonder Woman's amazing abilities is the power to hold her pee for hours on end, because aint no way girlfriend is getting out of that costume. Unless there's a secret flap somewhere, and even typing that made my brain bleed a little.

March 21, 2011 10:21 AM
Styrch
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They should have gone with the black coat and leggings that the comic was going to do. And then yeah... the hair needs a serious makeover. And there's something about boobs being pushed up so high that makes this lovely lady's face look fat.

March 21, 2011 12:34 PM
Plastic
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From the pics I thought it was a concept of a wonder woman doll. I didn't realize it was the actress in the custome until reading the comments.

March 21, 2011 3:59 PM
Ace
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replied to comment from Kelly

The bizarre thing is that those aren't implants. Those are her real (proportionally normal-sized) boobs, pushed up to within an inch of their life by a VERY generously padded costume. Looks to me like those suckers are about 75% costume, 25% Adrianne Palicki.

March 21, 2011 4:15 PM
sp23
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replied to comment from Fallon

I don't know, Fallon. That costume looks like its for someone doing a guest shot as a biker babe on Sons of Anarchy.

March 21, 2011 5:42 PM
Clarita
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replied to comment from tvgirl48

Even if something is expected (and I question that people expect slutty female superhoeroes), doesn't make it OK. Female superheroes deserve the same respect as male superheroes receive. But maybe you were being sarcastic?

March 21, 2011 7:23 PM
Fallon
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replied to comment from Wiley

Well, the costume was widely panned (I'm not sure I love it either), but it does look like that's what they're trying to do anyway. Why would they use the super shiny colors, when they have a better color palate to choose from? I liked the colors, just not the weird biker babe thing they did with it.

I don't know, I think either they need darker with the leggings/pants or they need to go the skirt route. Also, something needs to be done with her jaw line (bronzer?), because I'm sure the actress is beautiful, but it looks weird in that promo shot. It's like somebody photoshopped her face onto it, but forgot to do the shadowing.

March 21, 2011 7:44 PM
stanley
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Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion

March 21, 2011 8:03 PM
Amy
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As soon as she started chasing a bad guy her boobs would fall out. Seriously, how are they even contained right now as she's standing still? I hope Wonder Woman has double stick tape. Aside from all that, it's fugly. Has it shown up on the gofugyourself.com site yet? It's only a matter of time...

March 21, 2011 9:16 PM
Julie
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Wow. I never watched Friday Night Lights, so I wasn't familiar with Adrianne, but WOW... I don't think they could make her look any worse if they tried. She is a pretty young woman and just made her look awful. I hope someone connected to this show is reading all these comments and making changes ASAP.

March 22, 2011 8:48 AM
Nuallain
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I don't like the star on the Eagle or the blue boots but other than that it's pretty good. It looks far too light coloured, all right, but it seems to have been taken under seriously harsh lighting.

And the long pants really are needed. It's like Robin - going into battle in your underpants was starting to look kinda odd.

As for 'taking it seriously'? I never really believed that. Everything about this show since it came out has screamed that it's going to be an update of the silly campery of the 70s show rather than a return to more recent source material.

And, you know, looking at the list of costumes WW's had over the years at this site:
http://www.carolastrickland.com/comics/wwcentral/costume_indices/wwcost1.html

Blue boots isn't the worst thing that ever happened to her costume.

March 22, 2011 9:29 AM
TEXAS PRINCESS
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JUST LAUGHING SO MUCH..I FORGOT ABOUT THE COSTUME! LOL

March 22, 2011 1:56 PM
HappyDude
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"The bizarre thing is that those aren't implants. Those are her real (proportionally normal-sized) boobs, pushed up to within an inch of their life by a VERY generously padded costume. Looks to me like those suckers are about 75% costume, 25% Adrianne Palicki."

Seriously? Those couldn't be any more fake. Don't believe me? Google pics of her.

March 22, 2011 8:24 PM
kristy
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how sad to make a powerful nd influential character look like such a whore..feminism these days is about making girls look like sluts i guess :/

March 22, 2011 8:25 PM
Random Dood
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She could tie me up with her golden lasso, and make me tell the truth all day!

March 22, 2011 8:37 PM
subduedjoy
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The costume flatters the actress's figure, but it also makes her look like a plastic doll. Don't be surprised if you will be able to buy her at Toys R Us after the show starts. Heck. Maybe even before the show starts.

March 23, 2011 4:32 AM
CiaLee
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WTF happened to the Glorious USA costume, you know the one with the stars on the panties that made her look like a true American hero?? This just looks like some Russian chick threw on a whorehouse outfit for some back alley Red Light District... What happened to the class and originality??!!

March 23, 2011 5:42 AM
Nuallain
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I don't know one could ever accuse *any* of WW's costumes as ever being knowingly *classy*.

Well, maybe the 68-73 one. But that's just her dressed as Emma Peel.

March 23, 2011 10:33 AM
roadwarrior
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Looks fantastic. When does it air?

March 23, 2011 10:53 AM
Pinky
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replied to comment from Steve

Steve, I think you got it right. She looks like Wonder Woman in pants. If you're looking for a discreet top, don't look at Wonder Woman. I don't think the makeup is doing her any favors, but I'm sure that's going to vary across the episodes.

March 23, 2011 11:03 AM
Jay
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I think they're trying to incorporate the current costume that was just released/revamped for Wonder Woman from the comic book. She has darker pants, though.

March 23, 2011 11:50 AM
CB
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Dear lord. I actually had to look Adrianne Palicki up on IMDB to remind myself of which character she played on Friday Night Lights. THAT is Tara?! Pretty, blonde Tara? I had no idea she could look so terrible. No wonder she appears to be a tad grumpy in that close-up. Hair, makeup and costuming seem to have gone out of their way to hide the natural beauty we all know she does have. Poor Adrianne!

March 23, 2011 2:14 PM
rude rodriquez
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a gay must of design the costume, cuz not eough ass or skin is show'n ~ gots 2 remember its a comic book character ~ a fantasy in these home eyes...and eonugh of this PC shit dude!!

March 23, 2011 10:53 PM
OonaFitz
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replied to comment from Plastic

I thought it was a doll, too. Especially the full body picture. It looks plastic.

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