One of the most hotly contested superhero properties on the market, with virtually every other big-name crimefighter already appearing on the big screen, is Wonder Woman.  The upcoming Joel Silver production, slated for a 2009 release, has already gone through a multitude of changes, and fans crawl the internet for any word of what's to come:  who will play the Amazon princess?  Is there a completed screenplay?  With Joss Whedon bailing on the project, is there any truth to the rumor that the Wachowski Brothers are next in line to direct?

We can't tell you the answers to those questions, but we can tell you this:  as hokey as the 1976 TV series with Lynda Carter was, it could have been worse.  Much, much worse.  If you don't believe us, take a look at this:  the only surviving footage from a 1967 attempt by William Dozier, producer of the ultra-campy 1966 Batman television series, to work the same dark magic on Princess Diana.  It looks like it was filmed for about $3, it apparently has mistaken the warrior princess for Nancy Drew's doofy friend Bess, and star Ellie Wood Walker (best known as "Mime #3" from Easy Rider) gives a performance that lives up to her middle name.