yankee1924 Reviews

Wonder Woman (1975–1979)

Lynda Carter rules!!!!!

[5 September 2005]

Anyone old enough to have grown up with a host of classic 70's series such as Happy Days, the Incredible Hulk, The Six Million Dollar Man, Little House on the Prarie and Charlies Angel's to name but a few will surely have fond memories of Lynda Carter spinning into action as Wonder Woman. Lynda, who had very little previous acting experience managed to play Wonder Woman with such incredible warmth, innocence and a real sense of fun that it is hard to see how they can cast anyone for the upcoming movie, her build, personality and most of all her amazing warm smile have made her in so many people's eyes (mine included) the definitive Wonder Woman. Watching the series again on DVD (whether ABC's 1940s set season or CBS's 1970's ones) brings back so many happy childhood memories and yes I did, and still do have a big crush on Lynda! OK, it's not Shakespeare but then it does what television should, it entertains and it makes you feel good about life something todays TV producers should think long and hard about about in a society where reality and realism seems to be forced on us at every turn. A quote by legendary Hollywood actress Doris Day sums it up, when asked what she thought of the trend towards realism in movies she said "I go to see a movie to get away from real life, if I really wanted to see real life then I'd become a social worker"

The People Across the Lake (1988 TV Movie)

Good old fashioned hokum!!!

[10/10 · 23 October 2001]

This Is one of those classic American made for TV movies that are just made for watching on a rainy afternoon. Although the script is highly implausible it never takes itself too seriously and neither do the cast which leads to a great tongue in cheek murder mystery / horror film best enjoyed with a bid bag of popcorn or box of chocolates. A big bonus of this film is the fantastic location filming and despite the strange goings on and even stranger residents round Lake Tommahawk I for one would not mind living there!

All in all a great film to watch over and over again.