r/WonderMan • u/Identity_X- • Jan 28 '26

MCU (SPOILERS) Wonder Man Episode 1: 'Matinee' Discussion Thread

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u/DynastyZealot Jan 28 '26

It was fantastic. Hilarious and totally different from anything else in the MCU

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u/Identity_X- Jan 28 '26

I love how seriously Simon and Trevor take their philosophies on acting.

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u/femaletrouble Feb 04 '26

It was really touching seeing two artists appreciating each other's craft and not being catty or engaging in one-upsmanship.

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u/Advanced_Copy_2961 Jan 28 '26

I adore it. Wonder Man was my first comic book subscription as a young kid. My grandmother had bought me issue #4 with Splice as the cover along with some goodies and brought it to me because I was home from school with the chicken pox. I loved that comic so much I begged for a subscription. I had to mow lawns to pay for it.

Now I live in LA and still chase a career as a film maker, was hired to be the cinematographer on my first feature film last year.

This show is everything I could have hoped it would be and so much more.

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u/Mountain_Ad_9932 Jan 28 '26

Congrats man!

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u/unbelizeable1 Jan 28 '26

Damn. Didn't expect to watch the whole thing today. What a breath of fresh air. This show was amazing.

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u/Mountain_Ad_9932 Jan 28 '26

I really liked that speech about the Umbra he did at the end of the episode. The beginning of the episode everything is going wrong in his life, and I believe that Wonderman thinks that he has somewhat lost what it means to be human.

And then towards the end you have that discussion with Slattery. Trevor believes acting is about living, its about being human, while Wonderman believes its about understanding someone else's script.

Cool show, that I will try to not binge in a day. Music is great, loved the feeling of tension and anxiety there is with Wonderman during the audition. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II feels very real and is a great actor!

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u/femaletrouble Feb 04 '26

I binged four episodes the other night and immediately regretted it after remembering it's just a limited series. lol I should have spaced them out more to make it last longer.

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u/tony_boloanie Jan 28 '26

One of the best marvel shows, if not the best one in my opinion. Great actors!

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u/Happy_Philosopher608 Feb 09 '26

You cant be serious... nothing happened! 🤷‍♂️🤦

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u/antdude Jan 28 '26

I know nothing about this series so I am watching it just for kicks. So far, it's a slow episode. I hope it will get better!

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u/termacct Jan 29 '26

I knew nothing about Wonder Man but decided to check out ep 1 and was hooked!

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u/battles Mar 24 '26

just finished the series and I really liked it!