WONDERMAN
Short thoughts on the 8-episode Spotlight
1 — MATINEE
- Rogers the Musical, AND the TCL theatre mention!
- Actor in a movie playing an actor auditioning for a part in a movie with the title of this show. WILD.
- Simon has an interesting way of thinking; Trevor waxes philosophical.
2 — SELF-TAPE
- Simon has emotional regulatory issues…?
- Maybe linked to his powers…?
- Trevor is a DODC plant; obviously.
3 — PACOIMA
- For-profit prisons in the USA isn’t even a fictional thing, but okay.
- Haitian-style birthday party? Seems a good gathering of family.
- Simon feels out of sorts at his mom’s birthday party. Seems his emotions are the source of his powers?
4 — DOORMAN
- Black and white filter. But why? Backstory?
- Josh Gad cameo! When even Frozen is MCU canon.
- Also why is that portal noise the same bioacoustics sound effect from the Godzilla KOTM movie?
5 — FOUND FOOTAGE
- The trope of needing to go somewhere quick but not being able to due to unforeseen circumstances
- Fascinating, getting side quested by a teenager.
- House party turns bust. Did not see that coming.
6 — CALLBACK
- Simon overthinks a lot; he’s possibly neurodivergent, maybe.
- VK’s board looks to be full of Easter eggs…?
- “You’re not your condition”, but when what you have is an intrinsic part of you, what then?
7 — KATHY FRIEDMAN
- “Kids are cruel, they sniff out anyone who’s different.”
- “Nothing can possibly go wrong” is a jinx for everything.
- When Simon’s greatest weakness is also ironically his greatest strength.
8 — YUCCA VALLEY
- Trevor tries to set things right, by shifting the blame away from Simon to himself, by utilizing his past as “The Mandarin”. True friend takes the fall.
- Simon’s suit for the WonderMan character looks good!
- Trevor is maybe at the Raft? Something more…
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Also, check out how different the original character is, per DK’s Marvel Encyclopedia.