Moon Knight just turned its coolest comic book reference into a silly joke

Moon Knight just turned its coolest comic book reference into a silly joke

Although episode 2 of moon knightmuch like its premiere, is still vague and frustratingly vague about exactly what its story is about, the series slowly reveals more compelling nuances to its protagonist.
The second episode, “Summon the Suit,” tells us a bit more about the voices in Steven Grant’s (Oscar Isaac’s) head: there’s Marc Spector, who serves the Egyptian moon god Khonshu (who is also present in Steven’s mind), and this service involves a white superhero costume that magically appears when Marc is doing vigilante business. However, this week moon knight again shows Steven resisting Marc’s presence. So when Steven tries to summon his alter ego’s powerful costume, it looks quite different and looks like a real costume. It’s a good joke, but I’m outraged.
First, let’s talk about why the joke is good. As far as Marvel Comics characters go, Moon Knight is complicated even by the medium’s generous standards. Over the years, the character has taken on various outfits and personalities as he moves from one creative team to the next. That means this new TV version of Moon Knight has a lot of gnarly stuff to pull from, and a good way to nod to this messy story without really unraveling it is to just give it a wink and move on. . It’s classic MCU.
In that sense, the new costume is a visual gag: Steven Grant has never seen the costume that Marc Spector wears when fighting the supernatural jackal monsters that Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke) sends after him. So it simply conjures up a dapper suit which, in keeping with Khonshu’s consistent brand identity, is all white and comes complete with a hood.

Picture: Marvel Studios
The problem – and again, this is a fannish indulgence – is that what he’s sneakily joking about is so damn costs. Cool in a way that the show might ultimately struggle to improve on.
A bit of history: Moon Knight’s three-piece look first appeared in 2011 secret avengers #19 by Warren Ellis and Michael Lark. secret avengers under Ellis was a spy book, and Moon Knight was on a Bond-esque mission, so he wore a costume, complete with a mask for when he needed to be truly anonymous. It was a fun, silly idea, and it didn’t really do much good afterwards.
Fast forward to 2014, and Ellis was in charge of revamping Moon Knight’s solo comic with artist Declan Shalvey and colorist Jordie Bellaire. Across six issues, the trio completely revamped the character, giving him a mission statement (“the protector of those who travel at night”) and an MO that saw the identity of superhero Moon Knight manifest in different ways. manners.
This is where the suit comes back: as “Mr. Knight”, the persona Moon Knight adopts when acting as protector of the Night Travelers. That’s who he is when he has to talk to the cops.

Image: Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire/Marvel Comics
Or when, as in Moon Knight #5he has to rescue a girl from an entire building full of gangsters.

Image: Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire/Marvel Comics
When it comes to action comics, moon knight #5 is a masterpiece. It is Lowering in 20 pages, with Shalvey and Bellaire pulling out all the stops, depicting Mr. Knight with his sleeves up and his sticks out (a look this week moon knight episode directly refers) as it clean the house in an almost silent number. And yes, while it’s always best for new adaptations to put their own spin on their source material, a baller fight sequence is the kind of thing that would only look better on screen.

Image: Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire/Marvel Comics
What we get in “Summon the Suit” is a bit more generic. Steven is now aware of Marc – and, to a lesser extent, Khonshu – but in denial of their existence. The episode continues to build on Memento the energy of the first, with Steven and the audience ignoring the full picture, albeit knowing that Marc, forced to the sidelines, Is know what is going on. In his absence, Arthur gives his side of the story, after his henchmen kidnap Steven. He’s built a community for the destitute where people help each other change their lives, and it all seems pretty nice until Steven finds out they all attribute to one Minority report approach to justice.
They all get along because Arthur, in his devotion to Ammit, put them all on trial for their supposed past crimes. and future. In a big moment, Steven dismisses this as madness, is forced to fight for his life against another jackal monster, and finally summons the suit.

Picture: Marvel Studios
It’s not as cool as comic book combat in this costume, mainly because Steven is incompetent and pretty bad at combat. It’s another blocking tactic, which is ultimately futile because Steven ultimately has to let Marc take over (in the proper Moon Knight costume) to make quick work of the jackal.
Maybe there’s hope for a good deed in this show (Moon Knight Is impale a jackal on a spike in this episode), but it’s unclear where the line of violence lies in Marvel TV’s Disney Plus era. moon knightThe structure of , while clever and fun, also makes it difficult to believe (in Khonshu) in this regard. While Steven’s rejection of Marc is understandable on a story level, two episodes in Hope we’re mostly done limiting ourselves to his point of view. I want to have faith in Khonshu, but it’s hard when moon knight keeps cutting whenever its protagonist is about to do something cool.

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Moon Knight just turned its coolest comic book reference into a silly joke

Although episode 2 of moon knightmuch like its premiere, is still vague and frustratingly vague about exactly what its story is about, the series slowly reveals more compelling nuances to its protagonist.
The second episode, “Summon the Suit,” tells us a bit more about the voices in Steven Grant’s (Oscar Isaac’s) head: there’s Marc Spector, who serves the Egyptian moon god Khonshu (who is also present in Steven’s mind), and this service involves a white superhero costume that magically appears when Marc is doing vigilante business. However, this week moon knight again shows Steven resisting Marc’s presence. So when Steven tries to summon his alter ego’s powerful costume, it looks quite different and looks like a real costume. It’s a good joke, but I’m outraged.
First, let’s talk about why the joke is good. As far as Marvel Comics characters go, Moon Knight is complicated even by the medium’s generous standards. Over the years, the character has taken on various outfits and personalities as he moves from one creative team to the next. That means this new TV version of Moon Knight has a lot of gnarly stuff to pull from, and a good way to nod to this messy story without really unraveling it is to just give it a wink and move on. . It’s classic MCU.
In that sense, the new costume is a visual gag: Steven Grant has never seen the costume that Marc Spector wears when fighting the supernatural jackal monsters that Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke) sends after him. So it simply conjures up a dapper suit which, in keeping with Khonshu’s consistent brand identity, is all white and comes complete with a hood.

Picture: Marvel Studios
The problem – and again, this is a fannish indulgence – is that what he’s sneakily joking about is so damn costs. Cool in a way that the show might ultimately struggle to improve on.
A bit of history: Moon Knight’s three-piece look first appeared in 2011 secret avengers #19 by Warren Ellis and Michael Lark. secret avengers under Ellis was a spy book, and Moon Knight was on a Bond-esque mission, so he wore a costume, complete with a mask for when he needed to be truly anonymous. It was a fun, silly idea, and it didn’t really do much good afterwards.
Fast forward to 2014, and Ellis was in charge of revamping Moon Knight’s solo comic with artist Declan Shalvey and colorist Jordie Bellaire. Across six issues, the trio completely revamped the character, giving him a mission statement (“the protector of those who travel at night”) and an MO that saw the identity of superhero Moon Knight manifest in different ways. manners.
This is where the suit comes back: as “Mr. Knight”, the persona Moon Knight adopts when acting as protector of the Night Travelers. That’s who he is when he has to talk to the cops.

Image: Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire/Marvel Comics
Or when, as in Moon Knight #5he has to rescue a girl from an entire building full of gangsters.

Image: Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire/Marvel Comics
When it comes to action comics, moon knight #5 is a masterpiece. It is Lowering in 20 pages, with Shalvey and Bellaire pulling out all the stops, depicting Mr. Knight with his sleeves up and his sticks out (a look this week moon knight episode directly refers) as it clean the house in an almost silent number. And yes, while it’s always best for new adaptations to put their own spin on their source material, a baller fight sequence is the kind of thing that would only look better on screen.

Image: Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire/Marvel Comics
What we get in “Summon the Suit” is a bit more generic. Steven is now aware of Marc – and, to a lesser extent, Khonshu – but in denial of their existence. The episode continues to build on Memento the energy of the first, with Steven and the audience ignoring the full picture, albeit knowing that Marc, forced to the sidelines, Is know what is going on. In his absence, Arthur gives his side of the story, after his henchmen kidnap Steven. He’s built a community for the destitute where people help each other change their lives, and it all seems pretty nice until Steven finds out they all attribute to one Minority report approach to justice.
They all get along because Arthur, in his devotion to Ammit, put them all on trial for their supposed past crimes. and future. In a big moment, Steven dismisses this as madness, is forced to fight for his life against another jackal monster, and finally summons the suit.

Picture: Marvel Studios
It’s not as cool as comic book combat in this costume, mainly because Steven is incompetent and pretty bad at combat. It’s another blocking tactic, which is ultimately futile because Steven ultimately has to let Marc take over (in the proper Moon Knight costume) to make quick work of the jackal.
Maybe there’s hope for a good deed in this show (Moon Knight Is impale a jackal on a spike in this episode), but it’s unclear where the line of violence lies in Marvel TV’s Disney Plus era. moon knightThe structure of , while clever and fun, also makes it difficult to believe (in Khonshu) in this regard. While Steven’s rejection of Marc is understandable on a story level, two episodes in Hope we’re mostly done limiting ourselves to his point of view. I want to have faith in Khonshu, but it’s hard when moon knight keeps cutting whenever its protagonist is about to do something cool.

#Moon #Knight #turned #coolest #comic #book #reference #silly #joke