Wonder Woman: Two-Disc Special Edition DVD Set Review

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Title: Wonder Woman: Two-Disc Special Edition, Media: Region One DVD-Video, Starring The Voice Talents Of: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Alfred Molina, Rosario Dawson, Marg Helgenberger, Oliver Platt, David McCallum and Virginia Madsen
Based On The DC Comics Characters Wonder Woman Created By William Moulton Marston, Casting And Voice Direction: Andrea Romano, Directed By: Lauren Montgomery, Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, Subtitles: English Subtitles For The Deaf And Hearing Impaired and French Language Subtitles, MPAA Rating: PG-13, Running Time: 74 minutes

The DC Universe Animated Original Movie Wonder Woman is a contemporary retelling of the character’s origins. After an exciting battle sequence somewhat reminiscent of Frank Miller’s 300, Wonder Woman jumps ahead a few thousand years to reveal Wonder Woman’s creation, the origins of the Amazon isle where she came from, the fateful arrival of fighter pilot Steve Trevor and then concludes with a supernatural battle in our nation’s capital. The animation for the most part is quite good with a subtle use of computer-generated imagery for things like the cloud filled blue skies above the Amazon Island where Wonder Woman resides. There is probably far more, but everything is well integrated. Sometimes the animation reminded a little bit of the original Heavy Metal feature film and other times it looked bit anime like. Bruce Timm served, as a Producer for this animated feature so for the most part, the art is reminiscent of his own, which I prefer. I liked the fact that this was not a children’s flick, but actually was more geared toward adults with character relationships seeming more adult and as creepy as this might sound, it was refreshing to see a cartoon of this type where characters are actually killed though in a rather bloodless fashion like when a light saber cuts through a person’s flesh in Star Wars. Some of the scenes involving the President of the United States during the final battle came off more creepy than exciting. I’m not sure what the intentions of the filmmakers were here even though there is a feature length audio commentary with them on the first disc.

Wonder Woman is presented in a clear matted aspect ratio of approximately (1.78:1) with a full English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Soundtrack with optional English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired and French Language Subtitles. There a few commercial EPK like featurettes and some trailers for other animated programming available on DVD from Warner Home Video. The featurettes run about 10 minutes each and include an exciting preview of the upcoming Green Lantern animated feature. The balance of the bonus features is on disc two and they include two terrific 25-minute documentaries that cover the origins of Wonder Woman not only from a historical standpoint, but from Jungian inspired principles employed by the character’s creator William Moulton Marston and how the character has been brought forward through the decades with little in her origins changing and thus the character remains relevant to this day. Two Justice League Unlimited cartoons handpicked by Bruce Timm that feature elements from the series that were reinterpreted for the film. It is an interesting example of how elements from the Wonder Woman mythology can be reinterpreted in just a few short years. The featured episodes are entitled “To Another Shore,” which features a eco-friendly subplot and “Hawk & Dove,” which features the villain Ares as envisioned at the time of the episode’s production. A digital copy for Macintosh and Windows PCs wraps up the bonus features on disc two.

Wonder Woman: Two-Disc Special Edition is available on DVD-Video now at retailers on and offline courtesy of Warner Home Video.

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