Hollywood loves dysfunctional black people. Yes, this includes super powered black people. I’m talking about Wonder Man. Maybe this is why I’m hearing so many great reviews from a certain demographic. I’m hearing phrases like, “This is one of the least Marvel-like shows to air to date. I love it.” And then there’s, “Oh wow, this reminds me of those buddy cop movies from back in the 80s.” Meh.

I wanted to see Wonder Man tossing trucks and smashing robots and smacking heroes and villains alike. I wanted to see a man filled with power and confidence. I wanted to see the beginnings of the introduction of Wonder Man into the MCU as a fully realized character of substance. We got eight episodes of a maladjusted adult child trying to find his way at damn near 40. No thanks.

I assure you that if one Simon Williams featured in this latest Marvel outing was a certified badass, folks would be pissed. They’d be screaming about race swopping and DEI and what not. In my opinion this is why we didn’t get Simon Williams the rich industrialist. A guy strong enough to floor Thor with a single punch; if you know you know. Instead we got a super powered Black man with no direction; hence what the f$%%k is he supposed to do with the Mandarin after having taken him in his arms and flying away with him?

At the end of the day this is disney. I'm not expecting much. Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Insert failed interracial relationship here because we can't have healthy Black heterosexual relationships in media. Yup … Wonder Man sucks.