Can someone explain the what’s going with Wonder Man?
So I’ve tried following updates regarding Wonder Man and I’m legitimately confused by the concept and plot.
In this show, Wonder Man is a fictional superhero in the MCU and Simon Williams is just an actor who’s playing a modern day version of him.
But Wonder Man is an actual superhero in Marvel comics, with Simon being is alter ego.
Is this show just gonna be about a guy playing a superhero for a movie? Or is it supposed to be his origin to being an actual hero and potential Avenger?
In this show, Wonder Man is a fictional superhero in the MCU and Simon Williams is just an actor who’s playing a modern day version of him.
But Wonder Man is an actual superhero in Marvel comics, with Simon being is alter ego.
Is this show just gonna be about a guy playing a superhero for a movie? Or is it supposed to be his origin to being an actual hero and potential Avenger?
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The CGI and writing were just very rushed and lackluster for a show that cost almost $250 million at a price of over $25 million per episode
For comparison, the Daredevil show on Netflix had a budget of $3-4 million per episode, yet that show had much more of a lasting impression and had long term implications for the MCU despite being outside of canon
She-Hulk was set in the MCU, yet 3 years after the show came out not a single one of those storylines was picked up on or is ever going to be resolved. It just feels like it happened, wasn’t that good, and subsequently forgotten. Same as Secret Invasion
Just hope you realize people can like and dislike things for different reasons
Also, the CGI was fine outside of her walk, which was oddly wooden, but only in a couple of scenes anyway.
The writing was fine. I don't know what you mean by rushed outside of perhaps the finale, but that was part of the joke. My only issue was that it was a lawyer show that goofed around with the law.
DD had the effect that it did because it was gritty and ground level. It was very different from the rest of the Marvel that we had seen in the MCU at the time. She Hulk was goofy and feminist which was a very different theme from DD so the DD audience wouldnt have been the target.
Aside from Bruce's arc, what are the story lines in She Hulk that you're itching to see resolved? Madisynn?
Like, people dont want to immerse themselves in media anymore. It's killing the art of it all.
What op wants is the twist, or the full plot. You watch the show to find out how it actually plays out.
It's possible they could still do something like this with the White Vision we last saw at the end of *WandaVision* \-- see the *VisionQuest* series that's coming up after *Wonder Man*.
[https://marvelupdates.org/visionquest-wonder-man-why-mcu-fans-shouldnt-skip/](https://marvelupdates.org/visionquest-wonder-man-why-mcu-fans-shouldnt-skip/)
(said in Trevor Slattery’s voice)
Just remember — this IS a superhero universe and everything else is flavour.
Worst iron man movie by a long shot. Iron man deserved to have a real fight with the comic book canon villain.
Then they tried to fix it with another failure like Shang Chi.
The theory I had was the director of the wonder man project from the trailer says he wants to do something never seen before in movies before I think that thing may be having the origins of wonder man actually happening on screen as in as the character wonder man gets his powers Simon Williams will also get powers.
I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Origin and powers
Origin: Simon Williams, a businessman, was given ionic powers by Baron Zemo to infiltrate the Avengers, but he had a change of heart and seemingly died saving them.
Powers: He can absorb and control ionic energy, granting him superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and durability. He can also project energy blasts and fly.
"Death": His body entered a coma-like state, and he was later revived, becoming a core member of the Avengers."
Per google. I'd never heard of him before.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Simon_Williams_(Earth-616)
“Simon Williams is a former actor turned super hero empowered by ionic energy, granting him superhuman powers.[7] The son of industrialist Sanford Williams, he inherited his father's company, Williams Innovations, but lost control after his brother Eric Williams' criminal dealings led to financial ruin. Caught embezzling funds, Simon was approached by Baron Heinrich Zemo, who transformed him into his Wonder Man to infiltrate the Avengers. Though initially a pawn, Simon turned against Zemo and sacrificed himself to save the team, entering a coma due to the unstable process.
With the above info in mind, I think the show will touch on his backstory, but find pacing to work him into the current stuff to where it’s not dragged out. More I read about him the more I see why the show took more of a comedic approach to it. Won’t know until the show comes out tho .🤷🏽♂️
It's worth noting that Marvel Studios never really introduced the idea that regular people are getting superpowers and the world reacting to that, so shows like this and She-Hulk basically have to do double duty introducing it as well as their plot.
This is a show that at least in trailers is about a regular man trying to live his aspirations and constantly fighting against the fact that his superpowers are sabotaging that life, which actually sounds really dope and if they commit to that it would be really cool imo. Almost like a Gattaca with superpowers.
Or this could lead to Simon having to do a superhero to save someone or something and such, and I think that could work too if they go in that direction as well, but the trailer doesn't hint at it yet. Wonder Man's in this same weird place that Adam Warlock is in that a lot of the stuff he's known for were already done before they chose to introduce him, so it's not like he's going to go on to be the basis for Vision here.
A key plot point is that Simon is trying to land the lead role in a fictional "Wonder Man" movie remake, while simultaneously trying to hide his very real, and powerful, abilities from the Department of Damage Control (DODC) and the public. He simply wants to be a respected actor like Daniel Day-Lewis, not a superhero. The DODC, however, considers him an "extraordinary threat".