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Whoever is the art director has been ON POINT with this one. 

This poster could have EASILY been a cover from any of the runs. 



and, I've never been a fan of the Mr Knight persona added fairly recently (last 10-15 years) as it's definitely the most "bat man" (personality not design) of the entire lot, but damn if the design here isn't solid.   

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Couple new clips released.

First decent look at Khonshu.  I rate this whole tone and feel damn near perfect.  The SOUND design of the clip alone is marvelous. 

Second clip "Summon the Suit" is kind of a question why release THIS clip.  We get to see Layla is not just a damsel in distress, and a little of Harrow's power.  (I'm not sure it's been revealed WHICH Layla it is, there's a couple Marvel Layla's that could fit or could be a new character).  But, Harrow's summoning is pedestrian CGI here, so kind of a why bother? 

Not a clip, another preview, but a lot of actual Moon Knight in motion, and they've clearly spent their budget getting the suit in motion right...but then some more pedestrian CGI when he pulls crescents off his chest. Brief, but noticeable. 

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Hm.  Disney has given this the same rating as the Netflix shows and locked it behind parental controls. 

I'm not a 'it must be rated R' guy, but I'm going to guess this is purely on violence just based on some of the previews, and willing to bet it's limited to an episode or two. 

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Seeing tons of positive chatter for episode one.  I'll watch this evening assuming things go to plan.

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Gee - I don't know where I get the idea you like Moon Knight.

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Completely out of character for me right? 

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Completely.

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For kid into horror, there was really little else out there at the time.  You walk into the comic store and see this stuff, you just have to buy it. 





You would THINK Ghost Rider would capture the attention at the time but seriously...his art kinda sucked. 




I actually preferred the super obscure alternative...

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I was following Ghost Rider -the real one, Johnny Blaze- sporadically about the last year of the run.  I liked the art.

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I believe later ghost rider had rotating artists and was rather inconsistent. 

I mean, there's just no comparing werewolf by night here, both same year.  Ghost rider went Universal classic, Moon knight went Howling.  Possibly before the Howling. 

Edit:  And that's probably the thing.  Ghost Rider always kind of had a little bit of camp to it, like 50s horror vibe.  I actually appreciate that more now than I did then.  Moon Knight on the other hand felt just a touch ahead of it's time with the horror aspects. 




Bill Sienkiewicz just really had a flare for the horror aspects and kept building on them.  Would have loved to see him do some ghost rider. 

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https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Moon-Knight-Welcome-to-New-Egypt-Infinity-Comic

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I'm not quite up to speed on the latest runs. 

Anyway, Episode 1 impressions: 

Luke warm. 

It's NOT a great first episode.  Very little is explained, and that appears to be by design. 

Watched with hEt who is going in blind and she's utterly lost. 

Episode 1 gives me the distinct impression this was meant to be binged rather than episodic. 

As an established fan of the character, the first episode focused far too much on Steven, who's always been one of the more inconsistent pieces over the years, but I understand the need for this for people like hEt.

Harrow so far appears to hold the name of the comic version only so far...but appears to be a VERY Moon Knight villain all the same, which is good. 

Sound design was near perfect.   

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Oh, and episode 1 MAY have the bloodiest scene in the Disney MCU. (Not Netflix shows).

I mean it’s C to C+ on the Uno scale, and created continuity issues with him being clean immediately before and after, but there is definitely a touch of gore intended for the shot where Marvel has notoriously been bloodless even with all the shootings, arm mutilations, etc. 

Weird middling area where it doesn’t go far enough to really ADD to the scene, but it’s not so poorly done it detracts either.  I’d guess wanting to touch on it but maintain PG-13 or at least not go straight hard R.


Edit:  Since I know websites that track this kind of thing, apparently there’s a bloodier scene in Black Widow, if less personal.  Falcon and Winter Soldier also released with a similar scene but it was subsequently edited to remove some blood.  Also the Netflix shows have been given a gore downgrade since moving to D+.

Won’t be shocked to see the aforementioned scene scrubbed clean in that light, then, a month from now.

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Time for Episode 2...but Talia has some bday shenanigans going on so not sure I'll get around to it today. 

I have watched episode 1 again, however, and picked up on a lot of little things.  Coupled with preview spots, I'm willing to make some broad predictions for the series as a whole: 

It would appear they are actually strongly hinting at Jake Lockley's persona in little tidbits.  I'm betting we continue to get enough CLUES, but we won't actually explore that side this series, but leave it as a stinger for a potential season 2. 

Easter eggs for Frenchie and Crowley (Moon Knight, much like The Shadow he's based on, has many 'agents' that help him or provide information to him where Batman was always more solo but also based on The Shadow) in Episode 1.  Not sure they'll be expanded on. 

Moon Knight is being portrayed as Mark Spector channeling Khonshu's power.  Willing to bet Mr Knight, then, will be Steven Grant channeling Khonshu's power.  Yes, this means Khonshu is real in the MCU.  (which means all the Egyptian gods are too) It also creates an interesting situation where if they ever DO explore Jake, he'll get a Knight persona too...there's a couple potential options but none that have really been as popular as the aforementioned 2.  (god don't go with the ironman-ish version)

Betting on 1-2 episodes taking place in a mental institute where Steven is questioning someone is trying to be convince him this is all in his head.  I'd guess at episode 4/5 with 6 realizing it's real and stopping the baddies.