I will be watching it as soon as it drops at midnight Pacific time.
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I will be watching it as soon as it drops at midnight Pacific time.
Early review with minor spoilers.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/moon-knight-is-the-mcus-most-violent-superhero-epic-yet?ref=scroll
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Well, the first episode was mostly just establishing the mystery. Interesting stuff, but it seems longer than its 47 minutes would imply. We see Moon Knight only very briefly at the end. If you didn't know going in that it was MCU, I don't believe that there was anything in the story that would imply such.
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I thought it was an intriguing first episode. I quite like the mystery and the quirky humor.
Good first entry. Needless to say Issacs' performance is flawless, the direction is solid, action is the usual quality one has come to expect from a Marvel anything. I've no familiarity with the source material, so I'm looking forward to seeing where they take it.
I guess my only complaint is that I felt a little impatient with the mystery aspect since (for me at least) it was quickly obvious what was going on and where it was headed. I kept wanting to skip past the scenes of Steven being confused and humiliated and get to the bit where he actually knows at least something of what's happening.
Now that bit's over though, one hopes we'll actually get some clear answers. Oh, and the CG monsters felt a little too "CG monstery", if that makes any sense. I mean it wasn't badly done, but at no point was I under any illusion that what I was looking wasn't a bunch of polygons and shaders, skilfully composited.
Also, speaking as a Brit I have to compliment him on the accent, since it's both very specific one (sort of a reedy estuary/MLE London accent without going either full cockney or RP), not often mimicked by non-Brits playing Brits, and it's a perfect fit for the character.
I guess my only complaint is that I felt a little impatient with the mystery aspect since (for me at least) it was quickly obvious what was going on and where it was headed. I kept wanting to skip past the scenes of Steven being confused and humiliated and get to the bit where he actually knows at least something of what's happening.
Now that bit's over though, one hopes we'll actually get some clear answers. Oh, and the CG monsters felt a little too "CG monstery", if that makes any sense. I mean it wasn't badly done, but at no point was I under any illusion that what I was looking wasn't a bunch of polygons and shaders, skilfully composited.
Also, speaking as a Brit I have to compliment him on the accent, since it's both very specific one (sort of a reedy estuary/MLE London accent without going either full cockney or RP), not often mimicked by non-Brits playing Brits, and it's a perfect fit for the character.
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Marc Spector is the main personality. In the comics, Steven Grant was a billionaire investor who invested the money Spector made in his mercenary days. This identity allowed him to infiltrate high society and finance. I assume that turning Grant into a bumbling store clerk is to separate the character from the Batman comparisons that the comics gained.
As is to be expected with a first episode this was pretty much all set it, but it was very good set up.
Oscar Isaac did a really job.
They did a pretty good job with the build up as more and more weird stuff started to happen to Steven.
I'm curious what's going on with his mother, it feels significant that every time he calls her he just ends up leaving a voicemail.
Harrow and his people are pretty creepy.
There's one thing this got me thinking about in general, a lot of the shows/movies with characters with dissociative identity disorder like to have the different personalities talking to each other in mirrors and things like that, but I find it to believe that is something that real people with the condition actually do.
Oscar Isaac did a really job.
They did a pretty good job with the build up as more and more weird stuff started to happen to Steven.
I'm curious what's going on with his mother, it feels significant that every time he calls her he just ends up leaving a voicemail.
Harrow and his people are pretty creepy.
There's one thing this got me thinking about in general, a lot of the shows/movies with characters with dissociative identity disorder like to have the different personalities talking to each other in mirrors and things like that, but I find it to believe that is something that real people with the condition actually do.
Moon Knight is a total unknown to me, but my son filled me in somewhat. I liked it even though I had no idea what was going on for the most part. I liked Oscar Isaac and thought he was fun to watch. I'm a huge ancient Egypt buff, so I will keep watching for that aspect alone even if the story goes a little south.
Like others, I'm mostly a Moon Knight novice but I really enjoyed what we got here between the Egyptian mythology (I'm a huge buff, too), the mystery elements, and everything spurring from Steven's dissociative identity disorder (not called multiple personality disorder anymore). I particularly loved how jarring the jumps in control focused directly from Steven's perspective and how terrifying that must feel for him because he has no clue what's going on.
That said, how does Steven not look at his phone and see the date and day of the week?
That said, how does Steven not look at his phone and see the date and day of the week?
When you have such a fantastic actor like Jason Isaacs you have to actively try to produce crap with him or just be incompetent ( looking at you Star Wars sequels) - fortunately Marvel is neither so we got an awesome setup pilot episode that got me really intrigued.
As most people around here i'm not too familiar with Moon Knight, at best i knew he existed and had split personalities but that was about it. I have little knowledge about that mental health disorder but i felt it came through really well in Isaac's performance, the way it impacted his life and when you start mixing in superhero/supernatural stuff you get the promise of a really good show.
I read somewhere that this show is not as well connected to the MCU or rather it is not planned to be a big part of the MCU unlike Loki for example but it doesn't take away one bit from it. Let's see how this continues.
As most people around here i'm not too familiar with Moon Knight, at best i knew he existed and had split personalities but that was about it. I have little knowledge about that mental health disorder but i felt it came through really well in Isaac's performance, the way it impacted his life and when you start mixing in superhero/supernatural stuff you get the promise of a really good show.
I read somewhere that this show is not as well connected to the MCU or rather it is not planned to be a big part of the MCU unlike Loki for example but it doesn't take away one bit from it. Let's see how this continues.
Yeah, that really did a good job of making the audience feel the same kind of confusion that Steve did when that was happening to him. I especially got a kick out of how they kept cutting in and out of the fight with Harrow's followers in what looked like Europe.
Did they actually film this Europe or was it all just LA with convincing set dressing?
I liked it. Fun, funny and fast paced.
Several locations, but mainly Budapest.
https://www.looper.com/816913/where-was-moon-knight-actually-filmed/
That is something I noticed; a total lack of anything to overtly place the show in the context of the MCU, and I kind of like that. They're introducing an entirely new character after all, so I's best that at least in the beginning, he gets to occupy his own little world.
That's not to say that there won't be connections at some point. What with the whole Ancient Egyptian Gods thing, and seemingly magical powers, that suggests inevitable connections to the likes of Thor, Doctor Strange, The Eternals, and thanks to the Bast connection; even Black Panther!
Indeed given the tone, and that that it's mostly set in London makes me wonder if this is where the Blade/Black Knight thread may pop up again at some point (I mean the Natural History Museum is only a few miles up the road from the National Gallery!)
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As far as potential MCU connections go, in the comics at least, Khonshu and Bast, the panther god from the Black Panther movies, are siblings.
I'm guessing here but that may be on purpose due to the nature of Steven's condition and those monsters are only in his mind. I noticed the museum chase at the end they were careful not to do any damage to museum itself so it would be like nothing had ever happened.
Why* has it only just occurred to me that this is the second time Oscar Issacs has been cast as an Egyptian deity/deity adjacent character in a Marvel story? That's a weirdly specific bit of typecasting for a dude from Guatemala.
* I actually know why: it's because I forgot that X-Men movie existed until just now.
One would also assume that the Darkhold had something to do with Moon Night? I mean it usually shows up in this kind of thing, and that also ties in Wanda, Harkness, Ghost Rider, Blade etc.
* I actually know why: it's because I forgot that X-Men movie existed until just now.
I literally just edited my post to include Bast before the page refreshed!
One would also assume that the Darkhold had something to do with Moon Night? I mean it usually shows up in this kind of thing, and that also ties in Wanda, Harkness, Ghost Rider, Blade etc.
That did occur to me, but I feel like that's less a choice and more of an excuse.
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