The Reel Rejects - WONDER MAN Episodes 1–4 - WE DIDN’T EXPECT THIS FROM MARVEL!! – REVIEW & BREAKDOWN

Episode Date: January 28, 2026

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barcode on screen well here we go I'm sure this will be a very short conversation let's go you know Aaron did some rewatching here and he was very enthusiastic about the Trevor Williams

of it all so Aaron my friend how are you feeling how are you feeling take it away you kick it us off I'm feeling great this show so far is easily one of the best things Marvel has done years. I like that it doesn't have to rely on the larger building blocks of the MCU. You know, we get a lot of talk about how the MCU's falling off and like, is, is this thing going to lead into

doomsday or like, how are these building blocks going to be something that's more relevant to the bigger picture? And I think a show like this is the perfect illustration of it's not about the larger picture. It's about the right now. It's about the present. It's about the immediacy of the character that we're following. And this show's done a great job of establishing Simon Williams as not only an interesting lead, but one you can really sympathize with, one that they've done a great job of allowing you to understand and explore the many dimensions of this guy.

And it doesn't need to be a superhero show or a sci-fi show. It just is interesting about this guy who has felt lonely his whole life, but who wants to connect, who wants some who has this thing. that he wants to strive for. And this other guy who also has this semblance of a dark past and has his own feelings of loneliness and shame. And they come together to find camaraderie.

I think there's a lot of layers to this show. And it's a show that's worthy of conversation. And I'm sad that it's being released only one day because this show is one that you can dissect week to week episode to episode. And you can mine a whole. whole lot of interesting conversations based off of these little pieces. I love the fact that it is authentically Los Angeles, not, you know, the the Hollywood or gleaming version of what you see like the Arawans and the all the the transplant L.A. This feels authentic to that.

I feel like I love that it feels authentically black him and his relationship with his agent. I love the it feels authentic to the immigrant experience of of not feeling like he is. accepted by his family like you need to get a real job and not understanding the world that he's he's a part of and i feel like it does a good job of even humanizing trevor you know i just watched ironman three and all hell the king and shang chi seems that this far shang chi is the least relevant of the things that i watched but them even diving into the fact that it spans a character's real course of of time and history of 13 years you know iron Man 3 happened 13 years ago in this in this universe and he was drugged out and you know sleeping with women and just doing anything he could to

to get someone semblance of recognition because we find out about his past now he was an actor in the 70s and 80s and in that little short you see that he had a failed pilot for a Russian TV show or like a like a traditional beat cop show but he was playing like a Russian guy and yeah the series of failures he's gone through over the course of his life I have a lot to say about this show, but I don't want to talk forever, so I will hand it off to you guys. Wow. Wow. Coy, you were talking significantly during this about, you know, we're talking a lot about Simon, and you were talking about how much you connected more with Simon here versus when you actually read him in the comics. And like he's been around the comics for such a long time, and they're really doing their own thing. So can you first enlighten us a little bit on what he's kind of like more in the comics and then why you're,

enjoying this one so much more. So Simon Williams in the comics is a guy that always wants to be welcomed on the team. He's kind of his own worst enemy because he's like an arrogant hot shot movie star, but he wants to be liked and he doesn't want that he wants to be liked. So he wants to be an Avenger. He wants to be part of the inner circle, but his arrogance is what keeps him away. Not even arrogance.

His demeanor and way he carries himself is off-putting enough that he's not who you think of as an Avenger. but he's a card carrying Avenger. And what's interesting, I mean, he carries a bright red leather jacket, sunglasses. Like he pushes people away with some of his own insecurities

and his movie starness is how that kind of comes to the forefront. And that's a very relatable character up into a point. Like everyone can understand wanting to belong. Everyone can understand what it's like to be outside of a circle

and wanting to be on. All those things are the things I've always wanted to connect to more about Wonder Man. But, I mean, there's a, there's a Brian Michael Bendis

run of New Avengers I like. There's a few runs that that was almost 20 years ago. Damn. Yeah, but so anyway, it's been a while since I feel like he's a character. I've been like, that's a version of him, I see. And this is really interesting. And it's selfish, but we all relate to art from our own lens, right? So like sometimes, like at the end of the year, when I make a favorites of list, I very much acknowledge like this isn't best of because it is your experience of the art. And so now I'll be talking about my experience of Simon Williams in this format because this feels so personal to me in a lot of really interesting ways in that I moved to LA 16 years ago. I was an actor and I was not as talented as Simon Williams. I wasn't someone that had the strife of I see how good I am.

I'm auditioning all the time. I'm doing these day-to-day gigs. I'm a day player and all that stuff. But I was someone who was auditioning at all times, but I wasn't as good as he is. I had friends. I have friends that are this talented, that should be working, that had to go through that outsiderness of like, I belong in this thing. I was fortunate that my family always supported me. My friends are always supported me. I always had circles. I always had people.

But it was my own lack of acting skill that kept me from being better as an actor. And luckily, I saw that before it ruined me. And I was so happy I, you know, drank myself silly in Boston. So I didn't find heroin out here and all the things that happened to most people. this is beautifully a story of the outsiderness from a lens that we can all identify with that we can all connect to that we can all find ourselves in but to me specifically I identify with this take so much more than the I want to be an Avengers take because I wanted to be an actor I wanted to be in those rooms and I got in some of them and they're so specific I mean Aaron talked already about the LA experience but the LA actor experience is narrow hallways having tiny trailers if you make it and then auditioning and self-tapes and paying people to use a physical space by the minute um you know having people come over to help you run lines all of those little beats are recontextualized into a superhero story that doesn't really need the superhero stuff yet and i

think formatting wise i love that we get our biggest superhero stuff in an episode that isn't about our lead that way when we come back from the commercial break we've got more superhero stuff to come i think it's a really smart way to have the show stay grounded not have superhero stuff take a break from the show we know give context to something we've been teased give an idea of this thing that's a threat to come let checkoff's gun be the character that we get an episode four and then you establish all of the superpower stuff now when we have superpower power power stuff i assume in episode five six seven eight it won't feel as alien but it didn't have to transition out of tone. On top of that, Joey pants. hilarious dialogue. On top of that, Josh Gad has himself. Like, it's doing the studio meets

a PG version of the boys, meets the irreverence of the metanus of Simon Williams and Shehulk and Deadpool and those characters in the Marvel universe by way of humanizing Trevor Slattery, by way of making a much more relatable Simon Williams than the comic. And by way of people that watch the show are probably comic fans, maybe actors, at least people that are aware of the entertainment industry. And it's doing the thing that really good comic adaptations do where it's approachful for everyone, but you get more out of it the more you know in the comic. On top of that, for me, it's doing that for acting stuff. Because if you'd never acted in your life, you probably still get some of the references because you've seen it in pop culture. But this is adding so many

layers, much like the studio, to make it even more enhanced. And that's drawing me more to the Simon Williams than ever and it also feels just really personal and yaga's killing it yeah yeah is like in the first few minutes yeah yeah it was like oh i'm hooked into you that opening scene just gets you hooked into him and and never let's go the entire time there's so many ways to be relatable with even if you're not an actor you know like the i just a very concept of the loneliness and finding the way of expression via through movies. That's something that I really identify with too. Like I might put up a mask or adopt a certain personality, but sometimes I learn personalities from movies. I learn about things from movies. And it's clearly something that

he genuinely loves. And this show does a great thing where it's called Wonder Man. He has such a wonder that's never been lost when it comes to cinema. He clearly has like, this affinity for it that is the thing that keeps him going. And they drape the look of the movie, though, when the realism of what L.A. is actually like. And that is what it's like living in L.A., where it's kind of shitty out here in a lot of ways. And it's packed.

And it takes forever to go everywhere. You've got to be really patient with everything. And it feels like contained, even though it's such a big city. But a big part of what keeps us all here and going is our love for just the actual experience of movies. And knowing like random trivia behind the scenes,

you just kind of get like addicted to. And that is incredibly relatable in how the entire thing is portrayed. I respect the show so much for having the balls. It really takes... I understand the choice to release it. Like if it's not the week-to-week event TV that a, like a superhero show would,

would generally be. So I understand that. At the same time, it's, this is the exact kind of writing and execution that would elevate Marvel. And this, like, we've talked so much about they need to do things that are different. Like, the whole, the whole, the industry needs to do something that's different that doesn't just feel like a, this isn't a superhero show. It's a comic book adaptation. It's more of how I put it. You know, maybe the last four episodes are like a weird superhero show, But this to me, like so far is the furthest thing from a superhero show. Yeah. It's all about Simon and this struggle with acceptance, this struggle to let people in, this struggle with vulnerability.

And then watching this friendship form and such a, it's like so deliberate in how the connection with him and Trevor Slattery is going. So much to the point that I forget. I mean this in a very genuine way. Like, I forget and don't care about the power. I care about the power stuff for what it represents, but I don't care about the superhero side, if that makes sense. Yeah. You know, like all that stuff of the,

of what it thematically means for him is the intrigue that that's the part that I identify with. That's the part that's missing from the Hulk, you know. And I love it so much. And I respect that they do it so much. to the point with Simon of just going into him most shows if they wanted to take this approach would still feel like they have to balance each episode out you know they have to tease a little bit more superhero shit they have to do a little bit more power shit in order to make like do you worry about like this doesn't feel like there's fucking marvel studio metal like you can't go in

if you got to metal this shit in here like you forget I forget about it and maybe there's a large chunk. Maybe the Marvel meddling is, I don't think people will be interested in this as much because there's so much, you have to have audience that's going to be like patient with it. And maybe this is actually, maybe the weight is actually a good thing because

the weight, what I mean by the weight is the postponing on the release is actually a good thing because this is coming at a time when they need to prove they can do something different. And if you're like starting off the year with something that's so character driven. And then you end up the year with the Ventures Toop's Day. Yeah.

That just arranged. Like the variation of it. A giant spectacle, nostalgia, everything, December, but starting off like, we can write a show January.

Yeah. Yeah. And I think the thing as we're talking about that I'm really sort of processing is that I think it was a very smart and intentional choice to race swap in and make Simon a black character. And I feel like. like, you know, in a lot of circumstances, in a lot of circumstances, you know, I feel like when you do that, it doesn't, it may not be a something there, the racial identity of a character may not be something that's important for some other characters. You know, like, granted, it does have some president and with some, you know, well-known characters. But I feel like they do something smart by making him a struggling actor who feels outside of his immigrant family will also make. making him a black man who struggles with his own rage and the fact that the police or this

government organization is after him because they view him as a threat and I think that as someone who grew up as a large black man myself someone who grew up introverted and didn't feel necessarily a part of their family because of being too weird or being someone who was into movies per se or just feeling a sense of loneliness and trying to move through the world in a way where I'm not perceived that way, I can identify with him trying to exceed pass those expectations and showing that he is more than, I guess, what he is largely perceived as and wants to show his family that he doesn't have to be within the confines of what they think a adult or a man should be within his culture.

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rejects at liquid ivy.com. Thank you, Liquid Ivy, for not only sponsoring this video, but being part of literally my day-to-day. Like, that whole, like something we talk a lot about is the more specific you are, the more specific you are with the storytelling, the more universal it can feel. And like, I'm not Haitian.

I've never been to a Haitian, like a family Haitian gathering party ever in my life. And, but I do know what it's like to grow up. And it's not like this for me. now I would say, but I do know what it was like for a lot of my life to go to like a family events and feel like I'm such an outsider here and that I don't fit in. And then when your immediate family feeling like, dude, when I was fucking doing YouTube in the beginning and it wasn't anything, like when I was doing this in like my studio apartment

and shit, there was, you get the vibe. Like, what are you doing with your life? You know, like you didn't go to college. you didn't go to school, what are you doing with your life? Yeah. And I know what it's like, it's kind of weird, like, tripping, like, taking my mind back to those things. But I know that feeling so well.

And you're just wanting that break that he's talking about, you know? I've had so many of these conversations. There's so many conversations in the show where I'm like, I'd forgotten about that phase of my existence. Like, the hotel feeling apartment, the addresses they had. Like, there are so many things in the show that I was like, man, I feel so seen. And you're right, the specific. We talk about it all the time.

It is so specific. And again, also, never been Haitian. But I have definitely talked to my family, who I'm very lucky. They've been supportive. But they have to explain to people what the hell I'm doing. And you can see it in people's eyes. And they're like, what's the job? What's that thing you're doing in life?

And before we wrap out, because we do have four more to dive into, I, Yaya Abdul Matine the second. I have done what I do for a decade. I have rarely spoken to someone who I immediately met and knew was special and insanely talented. Like you meet Yaya and you're like, oh, you're the best whatever you want to be. And I think about the things he told me in our interview all the time. He's so inspiring. He's so capable.

But he literally got two degrees. And he told me he got a degree in theater and a degree. in architecture because if they weren't going to put him on the stage, he was going to build it himself. And I have never, I love him as Black Manta. I love him in Trout Chicago's sad and then he's exceptional watchman. I have never seen a role more perfect for Yaya. And when he was cast, I was like, Simon Williams, yeah, yeah. What?

And now I'm like whole, like the writing, the directing, everything feels like it's framed around dude. And I will say not to speak too much out of like out of school and and reporting and stuff. stuff, but I've run into the guy in regular life a number of times. And we've had a number of real life conversations about movies and about art. It is so cool to see him get to play a character that is as passionate about this stuff as he is. Like we'll talk. And it was right after they announced him as Marvel one of the times. And I was talking about the transition to Marvel in DC.

And it was really cool to talk to him who had been at DC who was doing a Marvel property. and I was seeing the world kind of shift in these two things, and he was so invested in a genuine nerd opinion, a movie nerd opinion, and all that stuff, in the same way Simon Williams is. Like, this isn't a, oh my God, I talk to a famous person. This is to explain to you, like, the passion and the poise and all of the things. It's so cool to see him play someone that is all of those things.

And I think that's why it feels so effortless is him acting in any property you see him is going to be him acting in these auditions. But the dude walking around is as fascinated at the world, at the wonder, as anything in this show. So I'm just really happy that he gets a showcase that feels like, it feels like Ryan Reynolds playing Deadpool as Van Wilder, but before Deadpool came his way, that feels like when you see Downey Jr. in Kiss Kiss, Kiss, Bang, and you're like, man, that'd be an interesting Iron Man tick. Like, this to me is Yaya Abdulman Tien II. the person getting to showcase for eight episodes. And I just really hope this leads to like secret wars and or 82 other jobs because dude deserves it.

I don't know what spotlight is going to do with the character, but the actor deserves the world. Yeah. I think they're interested. They had him attend the Fantastic Four premiere as one as as Simon Williams. I'm wondering if I'm in the shot because I talked to. I'm like there. I think it's for the show. Oh really? Oh. Yeah. Yeah. I thought it was just part of we're a promotion. No, I'm wondering if that was filming for this. Oh, fine. So I'm wondering if I'm like, I can't wait for that. If I'm guessing, right, like, I don't know. But like, I would love to see if I'm like, that's cool. But yeah, like, I, I just have, I have the most, I have more respect for him than nearly anyone I've met in town for their, their work and their genius and their skill. And this is

such a cool showcase. Yeah. Yeah. I also want to talk about that Dorman episode when we just watched. I think that was a really strong episode for it to be something that largely, was off focus from the narrative we've been building. The fact that when we care this much about Simon, each episode only being 30 minutes, is really showing to the pacing and the writing of the show. But the episode Doorman itself, I thought was really strong because it reminded me of Atlanta

in the sense that it is telling a story about what it's like to be someone who is black, but not in the conventional sense that we see in like Tyler Perry movies and like a lot of major things. But I think it showed what it's like for someone to acquire fame, acquire recognition, and then have that thing be,

I don't know if Bastrodite is the right word, but utilized, used up and spit out because he became like almost a character. It's like exploited and turned into a novelty. Exactly. Exploited and turned into a novelty of what his original intention was, which was to save people. And then it was commoditifery. And to the point where the second he messed up, he's immediately spit out and viewed as a danger, which I thought was really smart.

And then utilizing that story to get perspective on the assignment as to what his fears were as to exposing himself, not only being his authentic self with his family beat, but being his authentic self with himself and with Hollywood. I also want to say, Daniel, Destin Daniel Creighton giving us this after Shang-chi. everyone says like, oh, after in-game, and they forget all the good stuff. There was so much incredible after in-game. There continues to be, but I think universally, Shang-chi is one of the things people do remember to say. It is really cool to see them launch another corner of the universe so, so, like, effortlessly from the feel. I'm sure it took a lot of effort. But now I'm even more excited for Spider-Man because it's a character that's like, we've got a billion-dollar character.

Who do we give it? And this had to be part of that conversation. Yeah, right. And I'm so excited because of how this feels so unique in the Marvel universe, but it feels like it could fold in. Yeah. So that's what Spider-Man needs to feel like. You are, yeah. And I'm even more excited.

His cinema. Sorry. No, no, no. I was just going to say that the fact that both Shang-chi and this are two things that, I guess, subvert expectations by being something that is very rooted in character while also managing to be a part of the MCU. I feel like hopefully if they're able to do that with Spider-Man, give a different flavor than John, uh, then Watts was able to give us. I feel like it can really elevate Tom's iteration of Spider-Man and cemented as something beyond just the high school Peter Parker.

Yeah. Yeah, the choices we were impressed with the directing and the cinematography right from the first episode. And it like dawned on me how, because like there were times where you could see how it is like a comic framing. Like there's like slice of life comics, you know? And the way he was directing it, I think like the choice of it was,

similar to the movies that you're seeing that Simon is a fan of, you know, these like 70s movies, like they have Butch Cassie and the Sundance Kid. They're watching Midnight Cowboy. And that patience and that kind of the way like this looks like, I imagine it's like shot on digital, but they altered it. I'd be so surprised if they shot the show of film. But it looks like genuine film a lot of the time. But really it's like the pacing, the angles, everything about it is, it feels like one of those. movies. So in a lot of ways, you are even more in the perspective of Simon just from the way that this whole show was actually captured. And yeah, to do the themes of like shame, acceptance, reconciliation and shouts out to Byron Bowers, who plays Demar. Dorman Davis. Doorman Davis. That's, that was like, that was so, that was so good. It was so good. It was, it is pace so well, directed so well and normal like you didn't need a narration you didn't need to rely on like music you didn't rely on like crazy montages or something like that it's only it's only like 28 minutes which is insane it felt like an hour you know like it was so incredibly gripping and to get

invested in this guy and to feel patient with this storytelling and watch how society can like swallow you and spit you out and become what society is like turning you into I was I was mesmerized by that final episode man this whole thing and then Trevor Slattery shit

man like I don't like I never really gave a shit about Trevor Slat I liked the man I like the twist I like this twist I didn't care about him him as a character

I was like I don't know and like the way this show has been marketed seemed like a comedy I thought it was a comedy show they were trying to sell it I think it's not this show yeah no

and I feel that because I just watched Iron Man 3 and then I'll hell the king and then Shang Chi I feel like seeing his journey through that being

you know this guy who was playing the mandarin who was drug infused or who was who was addicted to drugs was in prison was revered in prison and then was taken by the Mandarin and the fact that he got sober I feel like he was largely a joke in those things

but there's real humanity underneath that joke and I feel like this show is retroactively something that makes those things better because the show found the humanity in those the things that they were making fun of or or treating as light in the previous thing. So I'm happy we're finding something that treats this character like the human that he is.

And when Marvel's at. Giving something that is worthy of Ben Kingsley's talent. I completely agree with the tone thing because I think when Marvel's at its best, it's when it's doing the thing where it fits in multiple tones. Yeah. I think Thor is at his best when he can be Thor in his movies but also blend in an endgame. And I think that we're seeing that like they're adjusting for that. Trevor Slattery's not a character I ever was like,

I'd like to see him in a drama, and they're nailing it in such an interesting way. And honestly, like, for me, phase four and five highlight characters are, I think Shang Chi and Kamala Khan, but I think now Simon Williams. And it's crazy,

I feel like he's up there with the Haley Steinfelds and the Miss Marvel level of, I want those characters specifically in two hours. We're halfway, and it's crazy to me that Simon Williams And actually wasn't even in the last episode. Hour and a half. I'm as invested.

Like, that's crazy work. This is the first time I've seen something. Honestly, I mean, we're only four episodes in, but I'm having that vibe of like, I kind of don't want to see him in like the Avengers stuff because I'm liking the way this is going. Yeah. You know, that's where I'm currently at. You know, but we'll see how it progresses. Anyway, we got.

I just want to see more of them. We got four more to go. And this is, this is a fucking surprise. Like, the delay. and everything and the way it's been marketed as like this crazy meta like comedy is not that whatsoever. I mean, it's got the metanus, you know, and but it's not comedy meta and drama meta is way harder, I think. Definitely. Because it's so easy, especially in 2026, in the culture we live in, meta equals punchline.

I think meta drama is so much headier. I mean, they're both smart forms of narration and exposition, but this, there's some layers in here that I was like blown away. I'm sure there's stuff I missed. Yeah, but Metacomedy is like so done. They do it so much. If Lord Miller are doing it, I'm always in. You guys compared to the studio before we started, do you still feel that way? I think in elements, but not as strongly.

I was, like, hyper aware that this was like done before the studio. Oh, okay. It's just so funny because the oneers. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's true. That's why I ask. Yeah. It's great.

But I think that's a good example of Metacomedy still being good. I still think this. It's just we can't do the same trope. and this show doing it as a drama is a very great pivot. I guess I thought, like, if it was a comedy, this would just be that. The studio meets this, you know, and I'm like, no, this is, they managed to carve out their, that's what I mean. They managed to carve out their own voice here.

Like, this is, what I'm trying to say with that, the best I can is like, there will be something down the road. There'll be like, it's like this meets Wonder Man. Yeah. It's that strong of its own image. Yeah, it's got its own flavor to that level. Yeah. More.

They should do more, man. This is impressive. and this shows the power of what spotlight can be. This feels like it could be like their own weird. Like this shows the power of what Marvel spotlight is truly. And then like World Wolf by Night and shit. Yeah. They got some good stuff here and I hope Marvel

fucking promotes this. Please, Lord. I'm going to be telling about it. Oh, same from the rooftops. You get so much less people bitching about the quality. If this kind of thing was as big as the other thing. The shit that's different and unique. And when it's good and special, talk about it too.

Oh, my God. Damn. Crazy. Anyway, yeah, we got four more to go. Keep a lookout for that upload. Thank you guys so much for being here. And hopefully the next four stick to fucking land. I'm so scared because I'm so hype right now.

Damn, all right. I want to kick off the year. See you guys for the next one.