Wonder Man
Honestly great show all factors considered. I was expecting another marvel slop show, I don’t really pay any mind to most marvel shows since they’ve been consistently pretty awful. But honestly this has to be my favourite MCU Disney plus original show ever made.
The show is one of the best shows I’ve seen in awhile, it’s just a very eccentric eclectic look to it, in both the camera shots/lenses they use, the overall composition, the colours (oh my god the colours), and the set.
This show above all else focuses on the character. It used to feel like marvel used to make movies about characters, about specific feelings and genres. They were more than just “superhero movies”. Iron man is a political war movie, ant-man a classic heist film, winter solider a sleek spy flick. Everything used to have personality, until it all boiled down into the same generic uninspired “superhero movie” look and direction. This movie establishes that feeling, it’s very akin to the studio, an exciting television drama centred around these wonderfully written characters. Every quiet moment, every angry reaction, or tear shed you feel conveyed through both the incredible acting and directing. There are multiple scenes, presented as if infront of an audience or camera, and the way they centre in on it, block everything else out, just you and them. You genuinely feel it.
The show also has an incredible script, it knows when to be funny and serious. And every single character was one I cared for greatly. They write Trevor and Simon together so fucking well, even one off episode characters like Doorman ARE SO INTRIGUING. It was genuinely so funny sometimes, and the comedy felt so topical. The way they blended in real life jokes and references with jokes and references about the MCU made you feel like you were part of that world, and it worked so seamlessly.
I really appreciate everything this show did (except maybe simons wonderman costume that kinda blew) and I genuinely loved it.