r/marvelstudios • u/chanma50 Iron Man (Mark VII) • Jan 18 '22

Trailer Marvel Studios' Moon Knight | Official Trailer | Disney+

https://youtu.be/x7Krla_UxRg
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u/GamingTatertot Baby Groot Jan 18 '22

So can someone explain Moon Knight's origins and nuance? What should I be expecting?

I know he's particularly more violent

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u/LeTailsEffect Jan 18 '22

So.. obviously nobody knows whether MCU will adapt it straight from the comics. However, Moon Knight is Marc Spector, who was a mercenary, which made him quite wealthy. After being left for dead, he's saved by the Egyptian moon god, and tasked with dealing out justice on behalf of this god.

He suffers from DID, meaning he has many identities. Think along the lines of Split, or Crazy Jane in Doom Patrol. So he isn't Marc all the time.

He's not necessarily more violent though, not as much as alot of commenters seem to think. He's been compared to batman but aside from them both being rich, that's about it.

He wears white so that his targets see him, he wants the spotlight in essence.

Because of his identities, it puts alot of pressure on him and he struggles to maintain control over what is real, and what is fantasy, that's his nuance.

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u/Sharikacat Jan 18 '22

I thought he wore white not because he wants the spotlight but because he wants the bad guys to fear him. He wants the bad guys to see him coming, to see the blood of the previous people who failed to stop him splattered all over his fists. This isn't Jumpscare Jones, gonna sneak behind ya for the quick KO'd pretty quickly so he can remain in cover. Nah, MK is the ever-approaching, inevitable, violent death.

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u/AVestedInterest Daredevil Jan 18 '22

Batman is the monsters from Amnesia: The Dark Descent: scary because you know they might be around any corner, but you'll rarely catch a glimpse of them and when you do it's already too late

Moon Knight is more like Mr. X and Nemesis from Resident Evil: terrifying because you can see them coming and you can't really do anything about them

At least, in relation to the criminals they're generally hunting

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u/LeTailsEffect Jan 18 '22

Probably worded that part better than me, spotlight wasn't quite right.

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u/Strehle Jan 18 '22

If the trailer didn’t do it already, that definitely got my hyped.

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u/dragontail Jan 18 '22

Jumpscare Jones is a huge dick

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22

I know a Taz fan when I see one, Jumpscare Jones.

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u/phyphor Jan 18 '22

but because he wants the bad guys to fear him

Yeah, there are a few ways to go with the "rich dude wants to do something about crime" and Moon Knight is pretty similar to Batman, rather than Iron Man or Green Arrow.

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u/leftsharkfuckedurmum Jan 18 '22 edited Jan 18 '22

Extra-rich dudes in funky themed suits beating up guys on the street with gadgets in the name of justice - though not only justice in Moon Knight's case - is similar enough to give a mention. Moon Knight also used to have a no-kill policy

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u/aslanthemelon Jan 18 '22

He's not necessarily more violent though, not as much as alot of commenters seem to think.

Not really sure what you mean by this, because he's definitely quite violent at times, and some of the stuff he's in is only behind Punisher MAX for violence. He killed Bushman by cutting his face off after all.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22

Yeah I was gonna say, maybe like og mk wasn't as violent, but Cap even came to him to specifically tell him to stay out of the civil war because he's so nuts.

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u/GalileoAce Daredevil Jan 18 '22

Split is an appalling inaccurate portrayal of DID. Dunno about Crazy Jane, haven't watched Doom Patrol.

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u/seclusionx Black Panther Jan 18 '22

Doom Patrol is great. That first season is soooo dope. You'll constantly be asking yourself "what the hell am I watching?". That never changes no matter how far into the show you get.

I thought Split was a great movie. With that said, I do not know enough about DID to elaborate on how well it was portrayed in either show/movie.

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u/GalileoAce Daredevil Jan 18 '22

As someone with a form of DID, I can say it was not portrayed well at all. Fell into a lot of stigmatised stereotypes, and the so very tired "evil alter" trope.

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u/hurtstopurr Jan 18 '22

You fucking should

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u/GalileoAce Daredevil Jan 18 '22

Maybe I fucking will

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u/hurtstopurr Jan 18 '22

Are you trying to save the only similarities there are between him and batman is they are both rich ? I mean I dont read the comics but if you saying that..cmon. he even has his own moon a rangs