finally a marvel project that realized the potencial of marvel series
i have pretty much watched all marvel series and while i liked some bether than others, all series failed to do what should have been possible and necessary to expand the marvel universe in terms of narrative diverisity. and wonder man finally fix the issue.
while marvel series and movies have tackled very diferent subjects and themes such as magic, zombiess, multiverse, time travel, technology... all fail to do one simple thing wich is to make a series that is everything but a superhero movie.
a series or movie that branches to a diferent genre of movies/series set in the established marvel universe, without having the already formulaic marvel type of comedy and storyteling
the closer marvel got to do it was with werewolf by night, wich keeps itself as a horror thriller that pays homage to B movies and keeps its seriousness and story without flashy superhero fights.
wandavision also had a good run, but in the later half it became just another marvel series.
both daredevil and she hulk got me disapointed because i want a series like suits or bether call saul were besides having a b plot most of the story focuses arround the court cases and their chalanges as a lawyer. but those series only have one or 2 court cases and focus more on the vigilante life than their daily jobs and them investigating as their vigilante personas.
and marvel zombies was just a what if continuation when i wanted a walking dead style of series, with real life blood and stakes, not just more comedy and silly situations. i wanted a horror story were the characters just happen to be superheroes.
i would actually pay to see a series like scrubs, house md... with clair temple and other characters trying to figure how to heal metahumans.
or any other show that actually allows itself to be anything else than a super hero movie.
wonder man was amazing at that, its a show about the strugles of a actor trying get his dream role while strugling with his secrets wich just happen to be his super powers. the powers are a important part of his character and help visualize his frustration, but they could have easily been replaced by another secret. there are no big fights, no villains, no flashy effects every single minute, just a man struggling with his art.
and marvel should do more. the marvel universe is so rich and extensive that is a shame that the marvels isnt a adaptation of the comic with the same name wich folows the life of a reporter as the world changes as metahumans appear with the original human torch and later the fantastic four, the avengers and mutants becoming more and more common. this could be a great series to further explore tiamats remains, the blip and how people live now that aliens are common in the mcu to the point there are lawyers specialized on those cases, how people dealth with the trauma of new yorks invasion, sokovia, the blip....
they could make a 18+ horror series that used some of its more supernatural characters, a western series inspired by old man logans comic run or a game of trones fantasy set in 1602. all of wich would be amazing to set up characters for a battleworld/secret wars.
honestlly, i just want marvel 1602
while marvel series and movies have tackled very diferent subjects and themes such as magic, zombiess, multiverse, time travel, technology... all fail to do one simple thing wich is to make a series that is everything but a superhero movie.
a series or movie that branches to a diferent genre of movies/series set in the established marvel universe, without having the already formulaic marvel type of comedy and storyteling
the closer marvel got to do it was with werewolf by night, wich keeps itself as a horror thriller that pays homage to B movies and keeps its seriousness and story without flashy superhero fights.
wandavision also had a good run, but in the later half it became just another marvel series.
both daredevil and she hulk got me disapointed because i want a series like suits or bether call saul were besides having a b plot most of the story focuses arround the court cases and their chalanges as a lawyer. but those series only have one or 2 court cases and focus more on the vigilante life than their daily jobs and them investigating as their vigilante personas.
and marvel zombies was just a what if continuation when i wanted a walking dead style of series, with real life blood and stakes, not just more comedy and silly situations. i wanted a horror story were the characters just happen to be superheroes.
i would actually pay to see a series like scrubs, house md... with clair temple and other characters trying to figure how to heal metahumans.
or any other show that actually allows itself to be anything else than a super hero movie.
wonder man was amazing at that, its a show about the strugles of a actor trying get his dream role while strugling with his secrets wich just happen to be his super powers. the powers are a important part of his character and help visualize his frustration, but they could have easily been replaced by another secret. there are no big fights, no villains, no flashy effects every single minute, just a man struggling with his art.
and marvel should do more. the marvel universe is so rich and extensive that is a shame that the marvels isnt a adaptation of the comic with the same name wich folows the life of a reporter as the world changes as metahumans appear with the original human torch and later the fantastic four, the avengers and mutants becoming more and more common. this could be a great series to further explore tiamats remains, the blip and how people live now that aliens are common in the mcu to the point there are lawyers specialized on those cases, how people dealth with the trauma of new yorks invasion, sokovia, the blip....
they could make a 18+ horror series that used some of its more supernatural characters, a western series inspired by old man logans comic run or a game of trones fantasy set in 1602. all of wich would be amazing to set up characters for a battleworld/secret wars.
honestlly, i just want marvel 1602
Commentaires
I hope we can see more like this in the future.
Pretty much the same as werewolf by night wich i only knew about after release
They do it to make people subscribe more than 1 month just to watch the series.
This shows they werent expecting the show to succeed
I haven't seen Agents of SHIELD, Agent Carter, or other related Marvel series aside from those released post covid (except Echo and past What If S1). I take it from your post they follow the Marvel formula of cg battles at the end of the show?
Both work in the background using people carelessly. Both insidious.
Everything was the SuperHero^TM version of X. We had SuperHero^TM drama, and SuperHero^TM Kids, SuperHero^TM Horror and SuperHero^TM comedy
Instead of just making comedies, dramas, and horror.
We should get an 18+ slasher, where just like in every other slasher, the killer just kills a bunch of people, then the protagonists escape and theres a spooky hint about the killer not being dead. Just make the killer a marvel monster.
*Lean into genre*.
I saw a lot of people hating on one piece film red in the cinema because it had to much musical scenes. Wich were amazing but they didnt like them because of some bias against musicals or purist anime views
I guess a lot of people will not like this series because it lacks action, costumes and flashy fights. But not everything needs to have fights to be good.
This series is in top 5 of the marvel series.
Give me Daredevil, Jessica Jones, or Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Low budget doesnt mean bad series. Some of the more iconic movies of all time were shot shot without special effects and in a single room that some guys out of college rented for a couple hours ( saw).
I could even start a debate on how sometimes having to work arround a budget brings the best stories and best concepts because they force the righters to adapt and chalange themselfs
Doesnt need to have a bad guy, just a goal for the hero to reach or a chalange to overcome. Wich was him coming to term with his powers as part of himself and overcoming the blocks that stop him from becoming a sucessfull actor. And also that stoped him from opening up to the people he loved and making friends. It also had a villain in the department of damage controll.
And it doesnt need to have super powers and flashy effects or fights. Thats what i liked about the series most of all, the story of regular guy that has powers and has no interest in either villany or heroism, he just wants to do his job.
You have all the right not to like the series.
I i didnt like episode 4, but i liked the acolyte. Everyone agrees it was bad but i loved the fights in episode 5 and the bleeding scene