It’s unfortunate there’s no legacy Wonder Man movie or show

If there had been a Wonder Man adaptation in the 00s, 90s or earlier, they could have leaned into the meta so much more - using footage from it and treating it as the in-universe original that’s being remade.

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SirFlibble2026-01-11 09:04

There was, kind of, Avengers United they Stand

Antrikshy2026-01-11 09:06

Well, I meant live action because the show’s plot seems to be about a live action to live action reboot. Animated to live action doesn’t quite hit the same, culturally.

Own-Papaya-42642026-01-11 09:14

I still don’t even know who wonder man is. What are his powers?

eagc72026-01-11 09:33

ionic energy

DarthMummSkeletor2026-01-12 01:28

Like rain on your wedding day?

Due-Yoghurt-79172026-01-12 01:34

Like, a black fly in your chardonnay

StoneGoldX2026-01-11 10:00

Mostly strength.

Federal-Captain11182026-01-11 13:19

Watch the show and you'll find out

Disastrous-Dog852026-01-11 17:16

No... I don't think I will.

NotMyFirst_LastName2026-01-11 19:26

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FerrusManlyManus2026-01-11 14:42

Can summon Wonder Bread any time he wants

Popular_Material_4092026-01-11 14:47

Basically just generic superhero energy powers

adeelf2026-01-11 15:15

A generic name.

bigbreel2026-01-11 16:10

He is basically living pymparticles pure energy

TyrusX2026-01-11 16:12

Super Imposter syndrome!

MX24192026-01-11 17:03

In short he had a company and was embezzling from it. Stark took it over and Simon was pissed. He was able to meet with Zemo through his brother who is the Grim Reaper and put him through an experiment. This experiment gave him powers with superhuman strength, flight, and control of ionic energy. He's very powerful and has other abilities. Can compete with Carol, Hulk, Thing, Abomination etc. He's top tier in power. He turns his life around and becomes an actor. He gets entagled with Vision and having its memories transferred to his. He gets involved with Wanda and Carol at different points. All this happens in the comics. We know they'll change some stuff in the MCU but I do want to see him take a shot at Wanda if they go that route in the new era after the two big movies.

FerrusManlyManus2026-01-12 03:35

I feel like they are going to lean hard on the actor stuff / do meta jokes about Hollywood and superheroes and completely change how he gets powers or will be so vague about how he gets powers that we won’t know if it was like the comics there at all.

Suspicious_Weird_3732026-01-11 10:53

Sadly I can see Wonder Man absolutely bombing in terms of numbers.

It’s a character that if you have a passing interest in comics you potentially haven’t heard of him. The wider public will have no idea and there has barely been any publicity.

Federal-Captain11182026-01-11 13:18

Guardians of the Galaxy.

Suspicious_Weird_3732026-01-11 13:38

This is a tv show, which are already performing poorly, without any of the level of marketing coming in.

Popular_Material_4092026-01-11 14:49

Guardians really is an exception to the rule

GullibleGap99662026-01-11 15:28

People LOVE to bring that up here when it was just one exception but not the rule.

Federal-Captain11182026-01-11 15:31

Because I'm right

GullibleGap99662026-01-11 15:35

Right about what lol? Guardians was one exception, less popular heroes usually dont do that well.

You can stop bringing it up every time this conversation happens.

mighty_phi2026-01-11 13:29

The marketing has been awful, but not knowing the character is barely an excuse considering the mcu did make some b listers great

Popular_Material_4092026-01-11 14:48

You got downvoted for being right

Suspicious_Weird_3732026-01-11 14:59

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CaptHayfever2026-01-12 03:53

> there has barely been any publicity.

They're on like 10 different teasers at this point, a couple of posters, a full trailer, & tons of social media posts. What more do you want them to do, strap you into a chair & *force* you to look at the ads?

Suspicious_Weird_3732026-01-12 08:10

The recent trailer is the first bit of marketing I have seen and that was more luck than anything. I was watching the doomsday trailers and noticed that it was next in the queue.

I don’t know anybody else in real life who knows about it, let alone will be watching it.

CaptHayfever2026-01-12 09:50

How many of them see ads for *anything*?

Void_Warden2026-01-12 11:48

To be fair, the only reason I saw the ads/trailers is because I moderate this sub. They haven't organically popped up in my YouTube ads, I haven't seen posters or banners during my daily commutes, or banners/pop-ups on various websites.

Hell, even the nat geo insta account which Disney used multiple times to advertise their marvel content hasn't shown me anything recently

CaptHayfever2026-01-12 15:03

That sounds like an algorithm problem, then.

Void_Warden2026-01-12 15:13

I wouldn't be so certain. To use one of my examples, NatGeo on insta is an account I follow. I see all of their posts and all of their stories. And despite Disney using those to promote upcoming D+ comment, there hasn't been a single promotion for wonder man (as far as I can tell).

And I highly doubt the YouTube algorithm (for which 70% of video content I follow is related to pop culture, tv shows, movies and the majority of which are marvel related) hasn't figured out I'd be interested in a trailer.

Additionally, I don't see how "algorithms" would have an impact on the various forms of advertising I see on my commute to and from work.

For example, I've seen advertising for Craig's last movie, advertising for Stranger Things in the subway, the train station, on street advertisements (bus stops and other such things). But I haven't seen a single Wonder Man poster.

CaptHayfever2026-01-12 15:39

I've got 2 IG accounts for reasons. One follows Marvel Studios, & it's seen every single Wonder Man post they've made, even on other accounts that it *doesn't* follow. The other doesn't follow any Marvel accounts, & it hasn't.
My FB account sees promos for every single Marvel project (& quite a few other Disney+ shows) despite not following them *and* having an ad blocker to keep out political sponsored posts.
My YouTube recommendations *never* include Marvel things (except in Watch Again for things I've already seen), even though I look them up *constantly*. But I do get Marvel banner ads there occasionally.
There's definitely algorithmic jankiness afoot.

I can't remember ever seeing the show posters offline, even for such big hits as WandaVision, or as far back as AoS.

What's Craig's last movie?

Void_Warden2026-01-12 15:42

I do think marvel has had a few hiccups I marketing recently and needs to review their strategy.

As for "offweb" advertising, I've seen a lot of star wars advertising for stuff like Mandalorian and Andor. Definitely saw some for F4. But I couldn't reliably tell you if they did it for a lot of marvel shows/movies, or only some of them.

CaptHayfever2026-01-12 15:50

I remember some people talking about not seeing any marketing for the movies this past year either, & Marvel had *flooded* the world with those, both online & off.

I think I saw *one* billboard for Mandalorian back when it started; other that that, I've only seen a poster & a theater standee for the upcoming movie.

Jenkes_of_Wolverton2026-01-11 10:54

In 25 years they will have material to be able to do it.

No_Imagination_24902026-01-11 12:31

No, I think it's better that they were able to go at it with a clean slate. We've had enough nostalgia bait already.

FictionFantom2026-01-11 16:06

The show is literally about remaking a movie. It’s already got nostalgia built in, just not from the real world.

FerrusManlyManus2026-01-12 03:36

Nah, this show is more like taking the piss out of Hollywood behind the scenes stuff, and lightly poking fun at superhero movies too.

Maximus3612026-01-11 12:32

I never heard of him before. When was his comic book running?

Fawqueue2026-01-11 14:25

The height of his popularity was the 80s and 90s, although he was always a role player, never the star. He was a founding member of the West Coast Avengers and had like a 39 issue solo run in the 90s.

That said, this is modern Marvel, and they're still on a kick where they think *anyone* will get over if they put them into the MCU. Hasn't worked out great for them over the past five years.

Holiday-Doughnut-3642026-01-11 18:23

There's a new West Coast Avengers run that came out last year and Wonder man has a big role in it..it had to do with Ultron and he was awesome in it...he's pretty OP in a good way.

CaptHayfever2026-01-12 03:51

> they're still on a kick

*Were* on a kick. This project was greenlit ages ago & filmed 2 years ago.

Kalelisagod2026-01-11 18:11

He never had a well selling comic and most of his runs were based in other books or special editions. What story would you pull from? Honestly I’m tired of MCU pulling D tier characters out and wondering why no one is going to the movies. If you can’t get comic readers to care why should the mass population care?

Federal-Captain11182026-01-11 18:33

Iron Man was D list. Hell the Avengers were a D list team for decades.

BigDreamsandWetOnes2026-01-12 06:31

No thanks I’m done with the nostalgia baiting crap

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