I am not particularly a sci fi fan, so this episode had limited appeal to me. But the wholly negative reviews here are slightly eye rolling to me.
Comparing this with Star Wars, or complaining that the effects or the costumes are inferior to Star Wars is ridiculous. Have none of these reviewers ever watched an episode of the original Star Trek? Or Doctor Who? Fans of those shows love those shows despite the obvious budgetary restraints in place.
As far as the creature, Zardor Nip being a rip-off of Star War's Darth Vadar, there certainly was a resemblance, but it is completely superficial. Darth Vadar talked. Vader's voice was one of his scariest quality.
The giant creature just grunted. He reminded me more of Gargantuan, the giant ape from the first season of Wonder Woman. And Zardor functioned pretty much the same way, a powerful creature trying to squeeze the life out of Wonder Woman.
The one criticism I would agree with is that this could have been a single episode, and did not need to be drawn out into a two-parter.
Dack Rambo as Andros was, I thought, a better choice for Andros, than Tim O'Connor in the first season episode that introduced Andros, during the throes of World War II.
The possibility of Wonder Woman having romantic feelings for Andros was present in both seasons' episodes. But I found it much more believable in this version than the earlier one.
The intergalactic council was irritatingly bureaucratic, as they always are in sci fi movies. But their viewpoint sort of made sense, to me anyway, even if it sucked for us humans!
Again, sci fi is not my favorite movie or TV genre, by any means. But I found this to be a decent episode, if a bit too long and drawn out. As far as I am concerned, it certainly equaled many of the original Star Trek episodes I watched back in the day.
Comparing this with Star Wars, or complaining that the effects or the costumes are inferior to Star Wars is ridiculous. Have none of these reviewers ever watched an episode of the original Star Trek? Or Doctor Who? Fans of those shows love those shows despite the obvious budgetary restraints in place.
As far as the creature, Zardor Nip being a rip-off of Star War's Darth Vadar, there certainly was a resemblance, but it is completely superficial. Darth Vadar talked. Vader's voice was one of his scariest quality.
The giant creature just grunted. He reminded me more of Gargantuan, the giant ape from the first season of Wonder Woman. And Zardor functioned pretty much the same way, a powerful creature trying to squeeze the life out of Wonder Woman.
The one criticism I would agree with is that this could have been a single episode, and did not need to be drawn out into a two-parter.
Dack Rambo as Andros was, I thought, a better choice for Andros, than Tim O'Connor in the first season episode that introduced Andros, during the throes of World War II.
The possibility of Wonder Woman having romantic feelings for Andros was present in both seasons' episodes. But I found it much more believable in this version than the earlier one.
The intergalactic council was irritatingly bureaucratic, as they always are in sci fi movies. But their viewpoint sort of made sense, to me anyway, even if it sucked for us humans!
Again, sci fi is not my favorite movie or TV genre, by any means. But I found this to be a decent episode, if a bit too long and drawn out. As far as I am concerned, it certainly equaled many of the original Star Trek episodes I watched back in the day.