Wonderman

Wonderman is a seriously good project and the reason I broke up the reviews like this is because people are forgetting new releases too fast. Social media has fried the brain of the general public and y'alls attention spans are dust. So I drag things out to force you to think about them in a more in depth way so that they will hopefully stick in your brain longer. It's why I really think ALL shows need to be released weekly. The binge format needs to die.

This is Simon’s first big role and I love it. He’s so excited, the problem is that he’s still him. So he’s extremely high maintenance, and he needs to chill because he could get himself fired. I understand being a part of the process and wanting to get it right but the writer and the director are god and as an actor you do need to just kind of show up and do your job. Trevor also seems to be the Simon whisperer. He is doing a good job of settling Simon and bridging the gap between him and everyone who is telling him what to do.

These two being shadowed by the New York Times reporter is so funny. Simon can’t handle being watched like this. The best part about how these characters are written is that their flaws are so clear. They aren’t trying or pretending to be perfect, they know what their shortcomings are. Yet that doesn’t stop them from being flawed. Simon is talking to his ex-girlfriend and she is telling him about her first big job and he immediately takes over the conversation to talk about how wonderful his Wonderman role is.

His mom would absolutely keep his secret, but this reporter also reached out to his brother so it's safe to assume that his secret is gonna be out. His brother has so much unfounded hatred for him it's really, really sad.

Simon finds out that Trevor was just here to spy on him and gather information for the government. And this is a special kind of betrayal because Simon was so lonely and Trevor is the only person that has ever truly seen him.

Simon’s overwhelming emotions lead him to completely destroy the Wonderman set. Again, leading to some confusion as to what his powers actually are, when he has outbursts it seems to burn the environment, like a fire or an explosion.

Trevor is taking the fall for him, a true act of friendship right here. He is falling on the sword for his buddy. It's very sweet, it's also the right thing to do. He steps back into his Mandarin character in order to save Simon. I’m actually gonna cry, that’s amazing. It really is such incredible character growth. He was once a puppet, a plot device and he became a friend, a protector, someone with actual agency.

And Simon has to carry on without his friend. Without the one that pushed for him, the one that inspired him and the one that made him better. But Trevor gave up his freedom so that Simon could have this opportunity. One that he desperately needed.

His mom got to see him on the big screen and so did his brother. And I think that was an extremely powerful moment to see his brother crying at his work. It was such an important moment. Cause they were both remembering their father and that’s what finally got his brother to see the importance in his work.

This was such a unique and wonderful way to tell this story and I honestly wouldn’t change a thing (except maybe the release schedule).

Simon makes his next big role breaking his buddy out of jail. He spends so much time “undercover” doing research as one of the security guards so that he can break in and free Trevor. And we get to see Simon release the full potential of his power, as he literally shifts the earth around them and flies them out of there. It's an incredibly sweet ending to a wonderful story. A must watch and one of Marvel’s best projects.