Although I'm still less than thrilled with NBC, I'm giving credit where credit is due where the "Wonder Woman" series is concerned. I saw the pilot episode and was less than awed, to say the least. Instead of trying to change the character into a superhero version of Ally McBeal, David E. Kelley should have remained true to the comic book or even the previous television incarnation of the character. The action scences were great! However, the plot and dialogue was completely forgettable and/or dismissable,whichever you choose. There is no origin story and you find out that everyone knows who Wonder Woman is and I mean that literally. Here are the questions I would ask. Wonder Woman a corporate CEO? No secret identity? No invisible plane? No lasso of truth? Really, are you freaking kidding me? This venture was doomed to failure because it was in no way the Wonder Woman anyone wanted to see. The best thing about it was the actress Adrianne Palicki in the costume actually fighting and doing the classic bullets and bracelets blocking move.

        

 

 

 

      "Rise of the Planet of The Apes" topped the weekend box office for a second week in a row with 27.5 million dollars. "The Help" came in number two with 25.6 million dollars. "Final Destination 5" came in third with 18.6 million dollars. Ironically, "The Help" stars Emma Stone who plays Gwen Stacy in next year's "The Amazing Spider-Man" and Bryce Dallas Howard who played Gwen Stacy in 2007 in "Spider-Man 3".

        Now to turn my ire to SyFy and to their cancellation of one of the best series on television and one of my favorite shows, Eureka. That show is one of the very few reasons I watch that misnomer of a channel. I used to have high hopes for that channel and what a disappointment they turned out to be. They have very few shows that even qualify. Eureka is a clever and quirky show about a secret town of geniuses thhat work on top secret government projects. Naturally, things constantly go awry and often with a combination of potentially disasterous and hilarious results. A brilliant and well-written sci-fi show the likes of which is still rarely seen on television. Syfy intially renewed the series for a sixth season and then turned , around an announced that they decided to cancel it instead. And then they turned around and decided they want to add just one more episode.Pehaps, they will also grace us with a "Eureka" t.v. movie.

 

 

   

                                                                                   

                                                                     

      Marvel has plans to do more supehero movies in additon to sequels "Iron Man 3" and "Thor 2", but they are being so super secretive about what movies they have planned that this has the rumor mill going wild. Personally, I would love them to finally make a "Black Panther" movie, which would be great since it could tie in to a potential sequel to "The Avengers". There is talk of a "S.H.I.E.L.D." movie featuring Samuel L.Jackson as super spy Nick Fury, a possible "Dr. Strange " feature film, and "Runaways" based on the Marvel comic book title that tells the story of group of teens who find out that their parents are all a part of a group of supervillians. In complete defiance, the teens decide to atone for their parents behavior and take action by taking on any bad guys they encounter. These are the three frontrunners based on all the media scuttlebutt. I eagerly look forward to seeing which movie projects they actually choose to greenlight.

      Speaking of movie projects that got the greenlight, Universal 's upcoming action adventure "Battleship" based on the Hasbro board game of the same name is due for release May 18, 2012. Before you say "Really, Are you freakin' kidding me?!?" The movie boasts a great cast and a very talented director. The movie directed by Peter Berg (The Kingdom, Hancock) features a cast that includes Tyler Kitsch (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, John Carter), Brooklyn Decker (Just Go With It, What to Expect When You're Expecting), Liam Neeson (A-Team, Unknown), Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood, Straw Dogs), Peter MacNicol ( Ghostbusters 2, Numbers), and Rhianna, in her feature film debut. Apparently, Universal believes in this movie to the tune of 200 million dollars. That's a lot of belief! That's definitely the kind of belief I want to experience.