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MAN WHO WOULDN'T TELL" Air Date: March 31, 1978. An
ordinary man caught up in an extraordinary situation
- the hallmark of many Alfred Hitchcock films among
others - is the premise of "The Man Who Wouldn't
Tell". Actually, the "Man" in question is a janitor
named Alan Akroy who works in a government
installation where he accidentally discovers an
important ingredient to an innovative formula for a
new breed of explosive. Because of this, this
previous "nobody" suddenly finds himself a target of
assassins. Naturally, Wonder Woman has to step in
and save this innocent. "GIRL FROM ILANDIA" Air
Date: April 7, 1978. Extraterrestrials are back on
earth in "The Girl From Islandia", only this time
they are not represented by Andros (who has appeared
in several episodes of Wonder Woman) and his people.
The alien in question is Tina, a young girl who has
been endowed with a variety of extraterrestrial
powers, and who has been trying to live on earth by
passing herself off as human. But when Tina's
abilities are discovered by a criminal mastermind,
he sets about trying to capture and exploit her -
until Wonder Woman discovers his plans. *** Ever
since Wonder Woman went off the air, there have been
reports of the character being resurrected either on
television or in a feature film. One of the
producers who has developed concepts for a new
television incarnation is Deborah Joy Levine, the
creator of the romantic-action adventure Lois &
Clark The New Adventures of Superman. Although this
version is not currently in production, Levine
offers her views on how a modem version of the
character could work today. "I think what worked on
Lois & Clark," says Levine, "is that it was really
50/50 or 60/40 relationship and stuff going on
between them versus the bad guys they had to deal
with. If you were to bring Wonder Woman bath, I
guess it would be comparable to Ally McBeal meets
Xena. She can be like Xena and beat a group of
people I she has to, but the traumas of her life as
a single woman living in Los Angeles would probably
be the priority!". |