Talking about MCU projects often comes with conversational baggage right out the gate, be it qualifying one’s fandom, addressing successes vs. failures, or supplying backstory exposition. The upcoming Marvel TV series Wonder Man is more than capable of sparking such insights, but to me, it’s not really that kind of show. What Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest crafted is a fun and free-flowing blast that everyone from Marvel newcomers to full-on fanatics should have a great time with.
As someone who is always fully on board with the studio’s more esoteric, post-modern efforts like WandaVision and Agatha All Along — lookie there, I DID qualify my fandom rather quickly — I realize not everyone will be as fully aligned with loving Wonder Man as much as I did. It’s not a straightforward superhero story, and is largely unlike the bulk of Marvel’s efforts thus far, even with Sir Ben Kingsley reprising his maligned Iron Man 3 and Shang Chi role of Trevor Slattery. Think of that as a plus and not a disadvantage, and enjoyment will follow.
