Anyone watching 'Moon Knight'?

No...

I meant to but couldn't yet bring myself to do it.

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I know selfmate and kittykitka are watching.

It's so good so far

Only 3 more episodes to go

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Yes each episode manages to intrigue more and more

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Wasn't expecting them to remove Khonshu out of the picture like that... I think he'll come back for sure, but when, and where do the protags go from here? The writing isn't that predictable so far.

My favorite marvel show so far

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Why may I ask?

That's the weird part - I have no idea.

I do !

Haven't watched the ep 3 so far though

I like it a lit! But gotta say the CGI in the ep 2 wasn't the best

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It might be my favorite overall, but we'll see!

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So I did a little background research, and I found the Moon Knight character in the comics did take on another identity "Jake Lockley" there. So after reading that, and seeing that in the episode, I'm guessing the third person is Jake? But perhaps the MCU wants to go in a different direction.

That still leaves other questions, like why is Jake (?) more "mysterious" than the other two. Like, who is he?

Just remembered HardcoreBLINK likes moon knight too

2 episodes so far and enjoying it

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Has to be some kind of big/traumatic event that caused the personality split. Obviously they are teasing the reveal to keep some interest.

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Personally, I'd kind of prefer it if it came about naturally rather than supernaturally because I think that would make it more relatable/meaningful, but that's just me ig. People who know more about split personality disorder should speak on that topic and whether Moon Knight deals with it in a good/smart way.

But that could be a plausible explanation though.

makes sense makes sense

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I am theorizing that the personalities arise to meet a need/desire.

I'm guessing that Marc is the original personality, and Steven came later (Before or after he moved to Britain ig). Steven is the polar opposite of Marc in that he's more reserved, more bookish, and peaceful, and perhaps Marc got jaded and really tired of the gruesome work he did for Khonshu that he developed a personality through Steven. Who has a more peaceful, simple life, and is less involved with Khonshu (well prior to the series start anyways. Now that's not the case).

So Jake(?). We know very little about right now since we barely seen him. The context clues show him as violent and perhaps competent and to the point. Perhaps this is to meet the need to carry out Khonshu's will more sufficiently (Steven has big motive to do so Layla doesn't get chosen as Khonshu's next avatar).

I'm wondering if Jake came recently or was always there. I'm thinking he's a recent development.

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It's so good so far

Only 3 more episodes to go

It's sad! I'm like invested in the show right now but Oscar Issac said that he only signed up to do one 6-episode season. And he has no desire to be in the MCU...

He's pheonomenal actor in this series. The way he does both accents and can talk to himself without even being British is so good! I've seen him in other filmographies such as Star Wars and Dune but this series made me second guess his nationality...

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I am theorizing that the personalities arise to meet a need/desire.

I'm guessing that Marc is the original personality, and Steven came later (Before or after he moved to Britain ig). Steven is the polar opposite of Marc in that he's more reserved, more bookish, and peaceful, and perhaps Marc got jaded and really tired of the gruesome work he did for Khonshu that he developed a personality through Steven. Who has a more peaceful, simple life, and is less involved with Khonshu (well prior to the series start anyways. Now that's not the case).

So Jake(?). We know very little about right now since we barely seen him. The context clues show him as violent and perhaps competent and to the point. Perhaps this is to meet the need to carry out Khonshu's will more sufficiently (Steven has big motive to do so Layla doesn't get chosen as Khonshu's next avatar).

I'm wondering if Jake came recently or was always there. I'm thinking he's a recent development.

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I was also thinking that Marc was the original personality

Steven seems to be blanking about a lot of things, as if he was a recent development who was not there to witness most of it.

Marc on the other seems aware of what's going on and has history with actual people who've known him for years at least.

Super curious about what led him to this point though

And going off of that, if marc(the main personality in theory) doesnt know about jake, then he's probably new right?

Like you said, he seems violent and very competent so maybe it's a reaction to marc spiraling

Wasnt he crying and talking about how ill he was in the last episode?

He doesn't seem to be handling things well imo

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As someone who reads comics and is a pretty big comic book fan, mostly from my dad, I'm thinking of telling you some of the information from the comic. But I also don't because it might have spoilers for future episodes.

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I didn't know this! I guess that's part of why it's... not really connected to MCU stuff (like previous characters or other things. It's very contained at this point). I wonder how the writers will connect this show into the bigger picture then.

Yeah...it's almost like Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and Daredevil (well, that's kind but I won't say anything due to spoilers unless you've seen the recent MCU movies) are sort of disconnected from the MCU. They take place in different cities and overall don't really mention the Avengers or things like that.

So I guess we'll just have to wait and see. I think what Oscar Issac decided was pretty smart. Actors like Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johanssan, etc. have been tied to the MCU and the characters they play for as long as I can remember. It's almost like they're defined by their characters in public and they barely got any time to work on other projects. They were getting paid a lot of money per movie but they were so busy with their work.

Tom Holland says he's already worn out. I mean, it makes sense. He's been in like 5 Marvel movies the past 5 years or so.

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Agreed. You really believe he's two different people!

Yep! That's truly impressive. I also caught him a few times sounding a bit British when speaking in an American accent during the show too haha. Talented actors can perform in another accent other than their own and do it well. But he just takes it a step further.

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Lol I skimmed through the wikipedia page for fun. But I'm mostly going in blind. It's more exciting!

LOL did it solve any of your questions?

I remember doing that for a series I never finished and it blew my mind on how crazy it gets.

It's a Spanish telenovela aimed for teenagers that we spend a semester and a half watching for Spanish III class and it gets even crazier in the future.

We only legally had Season 1 but there's 6 seasons and I read through it because the only way I can watch it is illegally or with a VPN so I won't bother lol

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Yeah I don't blame Isaac at all for sure. Filming for these movies is like years upon years of work. I can't imagine.

I haven't seen Isaac outside of Star Wars, so this was certainly a delight, and I definitely won't be overlooking his acting in the future!

Yeah...I mean it seems cool. You get paid a lot of money and are known even more because of the popularity of these movies. But it's also something I would never do, being tied to the same character over a course of so many years, especially when it distracts you from other projects.

Yep! And he didn't really shown that often in the Star Wars movies. This really showcased his talent and besides Dune, Star Wars and Moon Knight are the only shows/movies I've seen him act in!

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It's sad! I'm like invested in the show right now but Oscar Issac said that he only signed up to do one 6-episode season. And he has no desire to be in the MCU...

He's pheonomenal actor in this series. The way he does both accents and can talk to himself without even being British is so good! I've seen him in other filmographies such as Star Wars and Dune but this series made me second guess his nationality...

Isn't he just?

Had to stop and search up where he's from at some point

I would like to see him more in the mcu, but i guess that'll be up to him

Hope the hefty check makes him come back

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As someone who reads comics and is a pretty big comic book fan, mostly from my dad, I'm thinking of telling you some of the information from the comic. But I also don't because it might have spoilers for future episodes.

Don't read comics, so I've been going in blind for this one

It's kind of fun ngl

Ive been enjoying coming up with theories

Maybe we can discuss it after the final, I wouldn't want to be spoiled

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lol not really. I didn't read all of it. I was curious enough to peak at it, you know? But not curious enough to like... see a bunch of spoilers. It was like, a very slight peak haha.

My only real exposure to Moon Knight was his appearance in the 2017 Spider Man cartoon... that portrayal was brief and very different from this show so I don't think it's gonna help me understand anything lol.

Haha I do that sometimes! Like especially when I'm confused about something and need to look it up, I can't read much because I'm too afraid of spoiling what I haven't watched...(which is also a problem with shows with a full season released at once).

LOL probably not

I think you'd only understand it if you read the comics, watch the full season (I feel like most questions will be answered with it) or read the fandom wiki

It'd be hard to explain and I don't want to spoil anything for you! It's always nice to watch a comic book/novel/webtoon/manga turn into its own animated or live action film adaption though!

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Yeah it's very rare that I read the book, then watch the adaptation. It's usually the other way around lol.

Comics are something I need to get more into, but I keep putting it off.

I've read a lot of manga as a kid, and that's also something I want to get more into too. I've enjoyed the anime for My Hero Academia, A Silent Voice, and Iruma-kun. So that's also on my list.

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Haha, yeah...sometimes it's not even intentional. I just read something a while ago and boom, it's announced that it's going to become an anime/movie/show adaptation lol.

Like I read the Invicinible comic book series before it came out as a show and I thought it was so cool. True Beauty and All of Us Are Dead are both based on webtoons. And All of Us are Dead must've been so popular in Korea that it got its own Netflix show despite the first episode (on Webtoon) being released in August 2021 while the show was released in January 2022

LMAOOO I can relate...

I've been planning on getting back into anime and reading manga because I used to be really into it, especially in middle school. But people keep talking about anime they watch/manga they read and I want in on the fun

Oh, interesting! I need some anime and manga recommendations and I have one friend who's really into it and he just said you have to find something that you can really get into.

So far so good,I'm impressed

Might dethrone Wanda vision 👀

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So far so good,I'm impressed

Might dethrone Wanda vision 👀

Is it that good?

Might watch it then

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Is it that good?

Might watch it then

Yep

It's very engaging