magikalcryptic

Wonder Man

Get yourself a friend like Simon Williams

Peter Parker

Wonder Man

THE ENTIRE SERIES IS SO PEAK OHMYGOD???

umang

Wonder Man

that was fucking fantastic

bartmanbilly

Wonder Man

88/100 2026 ranked - boxd.it/RPy5O (https://boxd.it/RPy5O) If you want Scorsese to get into Marvel, show him Wonder Man; I’m just saying! Show him that there is power in writing a grounded superhero show, a show about a superhero who doesn’t even wanna be one, a show about a man who is passionate about acting and it going through his life trying to hide what makes him different just so he can continue acting. Wonder Man is the most depth we’ve got in a Marvel TV series in forever. I don’t necessarily mean the emotional undertones because Loki did a brilliant job at understanding and explaining his trauma and psyche. This is about building a world and exploring it episode by episode scene by scene 30 minutes at a time. It’s really precise storytelling and it does not suffer from the lack of continuity despite that. What Marvel has really suffered for a long time is the humour, they try and inject that bullshit everywhere and even if you do, quality over quantity man. This nails that, not through cheesy lines but through expressions, through normal conversations and interactions. That’s real comedy and the best part about it is that it did not feel out of place one bit. “All I see is this parade of talentless fools getting job after job.” As for me, I found myself relating to it. I’ve often felt over the past 2 years what Simon said above. You know that feeling when you know you’re talented but either you get in your way or you’re just not willing to kiss the right ass. It’s really all of it for him. He’s an introvert and that’s by design. That’s probably how he became a method actor. I felt the explanation was clearly there. You’re not socialising if the essence of your acting is observing. That’s Simon. There are few characters that are recurring and all of them feel real, the acting was phenomenal. Yes Sir Ben Kingsley stole the show of course he did in every scene he was in but that’s not a disrespect to the others, not at all. Heading into the finale, I thought they couldn’t wrap this up but it’s funny how writers can cook up just the right ingredients when they are given that certainty, that the likelihood of S2 is low before release so let’s give the audiences something they can be satisfied with. I tell you what, I am excited for more and even if we don’t get a S2, I have loved this. I hope we do though. The characters are real, the music is real and reminiscent, the real life references only add to the immersion and dare I say and obviously not even remotely close thematically or dealing with serious subject matter, this is Marvel’s Andor… with The Studio and The Boys all mixed in - it’s all PG though.