There is no question about Wonder Woman's staying ability. She was introduced in November 1942 and still headlines her own publication. Though her stories have changed and she was put on a BRIEF hiatus when they altered her history in 1987, she has never gone without her own title that I know of. She is one of the BIG 3 of DC Comics. The DVDs of the Lynda Carter series were all 3 released in less than 12 full months, which you usually have to wait a year between sets minimum. Also, the animated direct to DVD was highly acclaimed and sold very well. You cannot imagine the Justice League without her in it. She is the female equal of Superman (each with their own strengths and weaknesses to trump the other and balance out). Anytime there is discussion about bringing the character to life, she has the most passionate fans for making sure she gets done right with an actress that looks like the character and can act. True, her costume may be a bit hard to bring in as a real life scenario, but then if we are going to suspend belief that she has all these powers and abilities, we should be able to believe she does it all in that original costume. Lynda Carter also proved you could wear that costume, be believable and not get lost in the outfit. With all of these pros going for her, she continuously gets postponed, cancelled, not picked up.
I hear complaints of her rogues, but her villains to me come off much better then say Iron Man's villains. Not all of her villains are A+ characters, but there are many that would give her GREAT battles. She has the Gods of Olympus (Greek or Greek/Roman blend as originally represented), Silver Swan, Cheetah, Giganta, as well as villains that would play well on a weekly series such as Doctor Psycho, Doctor Poison, Angle Man, and so on. In a film, she would have a great battle with Villainy Inc., but each villain would need to be set up and you cannot do that for 5 villains in a feature film. They could also create villains for a weekly series, much as the original series did.
Do not get me wrong, I love The Flash, I thought the 1990 series was one of the best comic book TV shows ever, and I want to see more stories for him. However, I think he has a rogues gallery much more suitable to a run of feature films. With Wonder Woman, many of her villains would have to be set up for you to understand them and they work best in tandem with other villains. The Flash has villains that can take it to him one on one and could be set up easily in a feature film. He would not need multiple villains to fight him at once, but could battle a group of villains after they were set up in their own features.
I am also all for a Flash TV series, but I do not think you should do a TV series as well as feature films for the same character. I do not understand the reasoning behind shelving the AMAZON series, when she is not getting her own series. I will say the idea behind AMAZON did not work for me. To me, Wonder Woman should not come to USA without being Wonder Woman. You could do half a season at most on the island, but that is not where the meat of the character is. What makes WW interesting is her powers, not the time before she gets them. She also should not get off the island without a reason to make her take up the mantle. You also cannot make Wonder Woman a killer, which is on of the biggest problems with the failed Adrianne Palicki pilot. That pilot also gave her too many identities, had her speak vulgar, made her a business woman rather than an agent or Yeoman 1st Class. When you change so many aspects of the character, it will not be a success. So, for these reasons, I am glad Wonder Woman has not been given a green light on these 2 series. The Lynda Carter series, though it did many things different than the comics, still kept the core of the character and evolved her out of the comic book world after she was established. That and the lack of super villains to fight are the only 2 issues I ever had with Lynda Carter's series.
I know I am way too passionate about Wonder Woman. The Lynda Carter series is my all time favorite TV series. The character is my favorite superhero (if not in all of literary fiction). However, I am being very objective here in the fact she should be made either in film or television, but not both at the same time. I also would be happier with a TV series as I would get more stories faster.
Again, THE FLASH is a great character and I am thrilled to get multiple stories with that character. However, to me, it is overkill to put him on TV AND in movie theaters at the same time. He is also overdue for another live action incarnation. However, Wonder Woman is more overdue for a well done live action adaptation and she continuously gets ignored or put on the backburner.
Let me sum up the problem with the Flash on TV and silver screens with a for example. If you own a business, and your business is doing very well, the idea is to expand. However, if you expand cities away, your profits may go down slightly in one location, yet you will add sales from people who live far away from the original location. Yet, if you expand within a few miles of your original location, you strangle sales between 2 locations and you do not pull a new clientele because you are already too close. The key is distance. Unless they are going to move The Flash from the series to the box office and not run simultaneously, they will strangle each other. Yet, if you blossom the TV series from small screen to big screen, I think the sales will be much lower than just a feature.
Anyway, I am looking at it logically. Will I watch the series and films? Absolutely, because superhero is my favorite genre of TV and Film. Do I think it is a terrible idea to create the same character (even if one is Wally West and the other is Barry Allen) on both platforms at the same time? You better believe it, simply for the future success of the character. Also, I do not like making film and TV of the same character while ignoring so many other characters in the vault. Even if you are not going to make a Wonder Woman series or film, don't make both for the Flash. Use Nightwing, Supergirl, Static, Hawkman, Captain Marvel, Booster Gold, Blue Beetle, Firestorm, Cyborg, Dr Fate, Fire & Ice, Aquaman, and so on.
Well, I know it is just my opinion, but hopefully DC/WB will change their minds on a Flash series and film or they will prove me wrong about the success of each. What do you guys think?