# Wonder Man **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** disney-hulu\ **Created:** [January 27, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098 "2026-01-27T17:41:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098/41 "2026-03-16T05:12:21Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > TV Funhouse First and only thing I thought of ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098/42 "2026-03-19T03:02:32Z")
Finished tonight and hoping for an S2. Did raise a surprised eyebrow that his former girlfriend’s acting gig was a small part on … _Severance?_ With love expedient the show. Kudos to Disney for giving the Apple show a shoutout. Not the cross product placement I’d have expected. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098/43 "2026-03-19T13:13:31Z")
Once I realized what they were doing I liked it very much. I appreciate that Marvel is using the TV shows to experiment with the superhero genre. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098/44 "2026-03-23T20:34:48Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Finished tonight and hoping for an S2. Well good news! [Wonder Man Season 2](https://www.instagram.com/p/DWPVmjblEqs/) I’m pleasantly surprised. I loved the show, but I wasn’t very optimistic about the chances for more. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098/45 "2026-03-24T17:39:23Z")
> [@borschevsky](#): > > I loved the show, but I wasn’t very optimistic about the chances for more. I was optimistic, given the overwhelmingly positive response. This isn’t the 1990s Fox network, where they take a popular and beloved show and cancel it after a ratings dip because they keep screwing up the scheduling and/or promotions for it. This is Disney, where they will milk everything for all its worth (especially in the Marvel/Star Wars franchises). ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098/46 "2026-03-24T18:09:42Z")
I’m cautiously optimistic? He has had his huge power up, psychologically with control over his superpower as a result. Trevor has had his growth too. Now them … on the run? As a hero and sidekick? Trying to fight the Doorman clause? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098/47 "2026-03-24T19:09:15Z")
Yeah, I’m curious if they’re going to be able to continue the Hollywood parody aspect of the first season, now that both of them are, presumably, wanted terrorists. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098/48 "2026-03-24T19:48:03Z")
Realistically he should be a wanted man with Slattery as everything he did was extremely obvious in retrospect and he’d be identified instantly. That would take a lot out of the show though. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098/49 "2026-03-25T04:45:34Z")
I still find it a bit unsettling that Trevor Slattery’s IMDb is remarkably similar to Ben Kingsley’s. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098/50 "2026-08-20T22:29:10Z")
> [@borschevsky](#): > > Well good news! [Wonder Man Season 2](https://www.instagram.com/p/DWPVmjblEqs/) Not so fast! > **[Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Says the ‘Optics’ at Marvel Are ‘Obvious’ After ‘Wonder...](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/yahya-abdul-mateen-calls-out-marvel-wonder-man-blade-failures-1236839058/)** > > Yahya Abdul-Mateen II says the "optics" at Marvel are not good after they canceled 'Wonder Man' and never made Mahershala Ali's 'Blade' movie. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098/51 "2026-08-20T22:52:06Z")
> [Yahya Abdul-Mateen II](https://variety.com/t/yahya-abdul-mateen-ii/) says the “optics” at Marvel are obvious after [the studio canceled](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/yahya-abdul-mateen-ii-wonder-man-canceled-marvel-1236824724/) his Emmy-nominated series “Wonder Woman” after one season and failed over multiple years to bring to life the “[Blade](https://variety.com/t/blade/)” movie it announced starring Mahershala Ali. I must have missed his _Wonder Woman_ show. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098/52 "2026-08-20T22:58:16Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I must have missed his _Wonder Woman_ show. Typo on the writer’s part, I suspect; reading the article, it’s clear that Abdul-Mateen was referring to _Wonder Man_. The Wikipedia article on the series indicates that, after initially announcing a second season in March, Marvel cancelled it in July. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder\_Man\_(TV\_series)#Future](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Man_(TV_series)#Future) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098/53 "2026-08-20T23:23:33Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > The Wikipedia article on the series indicates that, after initially announcing a second season in March, Marvel cancelled it in July. Oh yeah, I know what it was about, I was mocking the article, that’s all. 😃 I loved Wonder Man (as I think was demonstrated in this thread) and I was stoked about the second season, and so bummed out that they canceled it. The first season was so praised that I was stunned it didn’t get a second one. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098/54 "2026-08-20T23:51:37Z")
I enjoyed the program (finally finished it a few weeks ago). The Doorman episode was hilarious - and fits in to the basic theme of the whole series which is that dropping superpowers onto someone is very likely to ruin his life. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098/55 "2026-08-20T23:53:46Z")
That being said, when I saw this on the Internet, I suspected that someone was watching “Wonder Man” > _“back in the day if u did a tv show called surf dracula you’d see that fool surfing every week in new adventures but in the streaming era the entire 1st season gotta be a long ass flashback to how he got the surfboard until you finally get to see him surf for 5 min in the finale”_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098.md?page=2)