Wonder Woman's new look

Everyone's been asking about what I think about the new look of Wonder Woman. A link to the "new" Wonder Woman tv show character next to a classic image from the seventies icon:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1368132/Adrianne-Palickis-new-Wonder-Woman-costume-devoid-American-patriotism.html
It's definitely a skankier, less-powerful look, and the pants/latex leggings are just...ick. Plus I miss the red boots! It's hard to say what makes it skankier - the big fake boobs, perhaps? I guess it could be worse...Halle Berry as Catwoman worse.

Still reserving judgement about the show itself until I see it.

Wonder Woman Saved, Fairy Tale from Buffy Alums?

So, the new news...
Wonder Woman's television show may have been saved, just moved to NBC - with "McG" perhaps at the helm...

And two former "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" writers have also been given the green light at NBC for a show called "Grimm" based on the fairy tale collection by the Grimm brothers.

Good news? Or cringeworthy? I'm hoping for the best in both cases...

Wonder Woman No-Go, Buffy Movie

Sorry to have been missing in action for so long. So, the new news:
--The Wonder Woman television show is a no-go, I heard today. Too bad.
--There is going to be a Buffy movie without Joss Whedon, a re-boot. Do we need a re-boot? Wasn't the original Buffy good enough? Plus, I'd love to see a "Buffy at 30" movie with Sarah Michelle Gellar and others from the original cast.
--Gail Simone has been asked to write for "Buffy season 9," aka the Buffy comic. Sounds like a good idea to me!

I'm feeling very "meh" about the new television series "The Cape." What do you think?

The Ink-Stained Amazon Presents in Seattle

Today I got to see a friend - Jennifer K. Stuller - read and talk on her book, The Ink-Stained Amazon. She's a pop-culture feminist historian - kind of a non-fiction version of what I do with poetry - whom I got to know online and then got to meet at Wondercon this year in San Francisco. Particularly memorable was an awesome video on female heroes in pop culture over the last thirty years.

A fun thing about this reading was its location, a secret Seattle Geek hangout called The Wayward Coffeehouse in Greenwood owned and operated by the terrific Bronwen with decor that I would call "Whedon-chic" and a tall stack of sci-fi books on the shelves. Now I want to do a reading there! (Plus they had gluten-free cookies.) See? I had lived in Seattle ten years but never been to this awesome little coffee house (did I mention they screen movies - currently "Joe Versus the Volcano," one of my all-time favorite movies - there too?) Seattle is a town full of neighborhood surprises that you might never find unless someone you know happens to tell you about them.

Right now I am warming up in front of a fire, I have my new Buffy comic, a couple of books of poetry, and I am feeling terrifically geeky in a town friendly to geeks.

Strong Female Character Flow Chart

Many good thing should be said about the following flow chart - funny and all-too-true:

http://www.overthinkingit.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Overthinking-It-Female-Character-Flowchart.png

Lost Team on a Fairy Tale themed series with a Female Lead

Are any of you feeling like me, a little disillusioned and "meh" about most of the television on right now? Well, here's the best television news I've had in a while: the Lost team is getting together to start a Fairy Tale themed series with a female lead. Are you guys looking for writers? Because I know fairy tales and I would be a fantastic female writer for your show! Call me! Seriously!
Anyway, this will perhaps fill the gap of inspiring female-centric shows...

We Who Are About to Die, Nikita Reboot, Asteroids

This guy at We Who Are About to Die talks about female comic book superheroes and poetry. It doesn't happen all that often, so I thought I'd link to it!

The Nikita reboot on the CW a few days ago seemed okay, the kind of thing we've seen before, but worth watching for maybe another episode or two.

Did you know this last week two asteroids came close to hitting the earth? No? Well, it's all over now - the earth is safe!