Wonder Woman DVD Is Absolutely Wonderful

I'll admit it: I only bought the Wonder Woman (animated) DVD out of loyalty to the DC brand, and to encourage more direct-to-DVD animated features. I didn't expect to like it all that much. Instead, I absolutely loved it!

Part origin story, part Amazons Attack!, and even a tiny part Blackest Night, this is a great, great introduction to the character. You'll find out how Diana came to be, how she met Steve Trevor (her "first man"), how she won the right to leave Paradise Island, and also be treated to several rip-roaring battle scenes that the average Joe just wouldn't expect to find in a Wonder Woman story. The dynamic between Trevor and the Amazonian Princess is done perfectly, and the scope of the story is suitably epic. Diana's personality is dead-on, with just the right mixture of pride, nobility and compassion. Even the very final scene, in which Wonder Woman leaps into action to take on an actual supervillainess for the first time (Cheetah, for those who know such things), is done exquisitely well and leaves you wanting more. If there was a sequel to this feature already available, I'd have ordered it before starting this review!

It's a pretty rare experience for me to go into something comic-related with low expectations and come out of it blown away, but Wonder Woman did just that. It's right up there with the Justice League: New Frontier DVD, with the big difference being that I hadn't been so shocked to love that one so much.

Now the newly-formed DC Entertainment just needs to get off their asses and make a live action Wonder Woman movie this good!