IRAC is missing 2 episodes featuring IRAC under threat in a row. Hilarious now watching these 'incredibly advanced' 1970s style computers when you now know that your mobile phone probably contains more computing power than they did. But powerful mega-computers with personality something of an obsession in the late 70s. Here we have Rover allowing to IRAC to get out and about more. You do think of Twiki from Buck Rogers but also at the networks suggestion that the X-files employ a 'cute talking robot' as a sidekick for Scully and Mulder. You get the idea that they may have had an eye on the toy market with it? We see more and more of Diana Prince without her glasses, by this stage her disguise hardly seems necessary. But you could argue that when folks see Wonder Woman they're normally not looking at her eyes? (as Howard on The Big Bang Theory points out) 6/10
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The Night of The Wonderful Woman
GaryPeterson676 December 2007
Warning: Spoilers
As a huge fan of THE WILD WILD WEST I was especially eager to see "IRAC is Missing" as this episode featured Ross "Artemus Gordon" Martin as guest baddie Bernard Havitol (a surname in the great comic tradition of fiends like Dr. Victor Von Doom). And it was great to see a couple nods to Martin's past role, from his disguising himself as a poor man's Einstein with a thick accent to his creating gadgets like the anti-Rover mechanized dog that, in a surprisingly scatological scene, drops a couple bombs on Diana's office rug. Martin was wonderful to watch and I was delighted by the homage to Arte. (WWW aficionados will recognize Bruce Lansbury's name in the credits and safely assume these winks to fans were not by happenstance.)
What detracts from the episode is what in general detracted from the last two seasons of WONDER WOMAN. Diana Prince strides around without her glasses and looks so obviously like Wonder Woman it is absurd that Steve Trevor doesn't recognize her. In a later scene, an abrasive Diana seems to forget that she's Steve's assistant and talks to him like he's reporting to her. Trevor was relegated to the fringe of this story anyway, which is a shame since Lyle Waggoner's presence lends the show a firmer foundation. I think these later seasons suffer from a lack of a stable supporting cast.
What hurt my overall appreciation of this episode in particular are nagging questions that maybe should not even be asked when watching escapist fun like WONDER WOMAN. But c'mon already. Why would a genius like Havitol trust vital legwork to a couple of bumblers, one who can't even keep his glued-on moustache from peeling up? And why would that same genius house his world-dominating supercomputer in an old mill where all the electricity comes in on a few very exposed aerial power lines? When Wonder Woman severs them to stop the power to the bomb Havitol left behind, why does the digital display still show up? If the power was cut it should have simply went dark (but then the swipe from--oops--homage to GOLDFINGER wouldn't have worked).
But even if you overlook those holes in the story, how does anyone explain how Rover opened the door and climbed into the front seat of Diana's car? If this wasn't a DC character I'd demand my no-prize!
What detracts from the episode is what in general detracted from the last two seasons of WONDER WOMAN. Diana Prince strides around without her glasses and looks so obviously like Wonder Woman it is absurd that Steve Trevor doesn't recognize her. In a later scene, an abrasive Diana seems to forget that she's Steve's assistant and talks to him like he's reporting to her. Trevor was relegated to the fringe of this story anyway, which is a shame since Lyle Waggoner's presence lends the show a firmer foundation. I think these later seasons suffer from a lack of a stable supporting cast.
What hurt my overall appreciation of this episode in particular are nagging questions that maybe should not even be asked when watching escapist fun like WONDER WOMAN. But c'mon already. Why would a genius like Havitol trust vital legwork to a couple of bumblers, one who can't even keep his glued-on moustache from peeling up? And why would that same genius house his world-dominating supercomputer in an old mill where all the electricity comes in on a few very exposed aerial power lines? When Wonder Woman severs them to stop the power to the bomb Havitol left behind, why does the digital display still show up? If the power was cut it should have simply went dark (but then the swipe from--oops--homage to GOLDFINGER wouldn't have worked).
But even if you overlook those holes in the story, how does anyone explain how Rover opened the door and climbed into the front seat of Diana's car? If this wasn't a DC character I'd demand my no-prize!
IRAC is missing
coltras3515 April 2022
A crazed scientist has developed a sophisticated Plan to steal the memories from computers - and the IADC intelligence centre is his ultimate target. A worried Wonder Woman is pitted against a most formidable foe and discovers that machines have feelings too ...
Ross Martin plays a megalomaniac villain who is going to use computers to take over the world. Of course the computer tech is dated, the robots look like they made out of carton, but there's a charm to this, plus the idea is great and the time bomb finale is adequately rousing with WW cutting through electric cables.
Ross Martin plays a megalomaniac villain who is going to use computers to take over the world. Of course the computer tech is dated, the robots look like they made out of carton, but there's a charm to this, plus the idea is great and the time bomb finale is adequately rousing with WW cutting through electric cables.
TO SLEEP
asalerno1025 May 2022
Very weak episode with a story similar to the previous chapter, again the villain goes against the IRAC computer. Ross Martin returns to the characterizations that made him famous in the Wild Wild West series, but this time he plays the villain. The episode is quite boring and on top of that there is nothing new since just a week ago we saw a story where the victim is the same computer.
No, just no.
KaiserBasileus23 February 2020
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