Disney+'s MOON KNIGHT series starring Oscar Isaac (2022) 7 7

[Grendel72]

This series has been on a downward trajectory since Ep 1. May Calamawy playing Marc's wife is probably the best thing in the show apart from F. Murray Abraham voicing Khonshu. 

[theCapraAegagrus]

On 4/24/2022 at 7:52 AM, Grendel72 said:

...the best thing in the show apart from F. Murray Abraham voicing Khonshu. 

Now that you mention it, that's probably been the best part of the show for me.

That's quite a sad thing to say.

[theCapraAegagrus]

E4 was interesting at times, but we're too damn late in the game to be introducing yet another personality.

Do I even want to watch E5 and E6 after this?

[Boozad]

Last night it was a new episode of Better Call Saul. Tonight it's a new episode of Moon Knight. Suddenly I prefer Tuesdays to Wednesdays.

[Bosco685]

Episode 5:

Talk about making an origin story extra complicated just for the sake of developing a deep mystery to reveal.

[godzilla43]

Maybe in episode 6 FF will show up and ask Moon Knight to join their group. That would save WBN 32.
I have a one day offer: trade your WBN32 for my Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man 6

[bentbryan]

They should have left Moon Knight on the shelf. If you haven’t started this show, don’t bother. It’s complete garbage. The content Marvel has put on Disney has been mediocre at best with few bright spots. I’m going to stick out D+ until Kenobi and then I’m cancelling.  

[bentbryan]

On 4/22/2022 at 7:26 AM, bentbryan said:

So is there going to be any “Moon Knight” in this Moon Knight show? 

 

So the answer to this is “No” 

[theCapraAegagrus]

On 4/27/2022 at 7:48 AM, bentbryan said:

They should have left Moon Knight on the shelf. If you haven’t started this show, don’t bother. It’s complete garbage. The content Marvel has put on Disney has been mediocre at best with few bright spots. I’m going to stick out D+ until Kenobi and then I’m cancelling.  

I'm glad that I don't pay to access D+, because without all of the legacy content, The Mandalorian may be the only thing keeping that platform alive.

[Bosco685]

I'm still floored at the breadth and depth of people on social media claiming this is the most spectacular MCU production EVER!

And not just fanatical MCU fans. Even critics that are contributors on Rotten Tomatoes. Not that brings any credibility.

 

[theCapraAegagrus]

On 4/27/2022 at 8:33 AM, Bosco685 said:

I'm still floored at the breadth and depth of people on social media claiming this is the most spectacular MCU production EVER!

And not just fanatical MCU fans. Even critics that are contributors on Rotten Tomatoes. Not that brings any credibility.

 

I mean, I understand if others like/love it, as I probably would have when I was in school and somewhat-obsessed with Egyptology (thanks, Yu-Gi-Oh). But we're 2 episodes away from the finale... And very little has happened...

[godzilla43]

On 4/27/2022 at 3:33 PM, Bosco685 said:

I'm still floored at the breadth and depth of people on social media claiming this is the most spectacular MCU production EVER!

And not just fanatical MCU fans. Even critics that are contributors on Rotten Tomatoes. Not that brings any credibility.

 

Well I thought six years ago Colliders Batman V Superman review was the low point but things are even worse nowadays.
(direction bad, acting bad, -script bad, boring film but comic book accurate Batman, good fight scene with Batman and Superman so 8/10)

[godzilla43]

On 4/27/2022 at 3:56 PM, theCapraAegagrus said:

I mean, I understand if others like/love it, as I probably would have when I was in school and somewhat-obsessed with Egyptology (thanks, Yu-Gi-Oh). But we're 2 episodes away from the finale... And very little has happened...

For people somewhat-obsessed with Egyptology I recommend going to Egypt to see the pyramids and Egyptian Museum for Mask of Tutankhamun.

[theCapraAegagrus]

On 4/27/2022 at 9:14 AM, godzilla43 said:

For people somewhat-obsessed with Egyptology I recommend going to Egypt to see the pyramids and Egyptian Museum for Mask of Tutankhamun.

Any concerns for tourists? My friends and I were just discussing travel, local law, and potentially bad areas to be a tourist. Africa and Egypt was brought up, as in the future I would love to visit the pyramids. I'm just not sure how foreigner-friendly Egypt is.

[Bird]

On 4/27/2022 at 9:14 AM, godzilla43 said:

For people somewhat-obsessed with Egyptology I recommend going to Egypt to see the pyramids and Egyptian Museum for Mask of Tutankhamun.

I saw the Tut exhibit when I was a child in the 70s and again when it came around a few years ago, took my kids like my parents took me. We loved it, such dramatic and beautiful objects.

Maybe Egypt should be on my radar. I know a Magdy so I have an in.

[godzilla43]

On 4/27/2022 at 4:17 PM, theCapraAegagrus said:

Any concerns for tourists? My friends and I were just discussing travel, local law, and potentially bad areas to be a tourist. Africa and Egypt was brought up, as in the future I would love to visit the pyramids. I'm just not sure how foreigner-friendly Egypt is.

I don't know if I would feel safe to go there even now. I was in Kairo like twenty years ago but that was then. Those pyramids are really something people should see at least once.

[Bosco685]

On 4/27/2022 at 9:03 AM, godzilla43 said:

Well I thought six years ago Colliders Batman V Superman review was the low point but things are even worse nowadays.
(direction bad, acting bad, --script bad, boring film but comic book accurate Batman, good fight scene with Batman and Superman so 8/10)

I thought six years ago reporting sites had lost their mind when they exploded over THIS IS NOT MY SUPERMAN, or how they constantly regurgitated Mark Waid's reaction to Man of Steel where he stood up in the theater and screamed. So they wanted to reinforce how all fans should hate these films because the creator of Superman: Birthright already told us we should hate it.

You know - really stable and even-handed reporting without a lot of bias. 

[Rip]

I've been enjoying it. I really like the acting. Really like Steven Grant. Love the look of the show.

The latest episode wasn't my favorite, but so far I like that it has a different feel than other Marvel shows.

[Sauce Dog]

Latest episode felt like the actual character details and exposition we have been lacking. It was excellent to see all the trauma unwrapped. Nice to see the origin on screen and looking very nice (I really appreciated how they just didn't play out and show the entire betrayal, murder etc.. and just started at the aftermath) - though I wish they did explicitly show Marc die  before Khonshu raised him (as it plays out now it sounded like he was going to die, but is transformed before that actually happens - its a minor nitpick)

I do think this episode should have been placed a little earlier in the series in order for there to be more than just a single final episode afterwards in order to further explore and wrap up the show (I keep thinking how episode 3 could have just been outright cut from the show to give us more, with only a few scenes being edited into 2 and 4. It didn't offer anything of substance to the plot or characters)

[Xenosmilus]

It’s getting very close to the point where I really won’t care anymore about the MCU. It’s approaching Star Wars level of I don’t give a carp what the hell they do, it’s over for me 😂. And that’s my review of Episode 5. 
 

 

Edited April 28, 2022 by Xenosmilus