Moon Knight

[ratcreature]

Anyone else watching this?

The first two eps were interesting enough as an origin story (I'm not familiar with the comics), at least it kept me watching (and I have a hard time with any fiction these days), though I kind of hope the confusion over the setup will get resolved properly sooner rather than later, rather than taking up all of the season. It also pushed my embarrassment squick a couple of times.

Comments

[princessofgeeks]

I love the actor but I'm kind of afraid to watch. Should I?

[ratcreature]

For now I'm in the "it has potential" camp? Not immediate squee. But it has kept me interested. I mean, the first two episodes are mostly exposition and it feels like there are references to the comic that I'm not getting.

If you are sensitive to fantasy versions of mental illness you might want to skip it on account of the whole premise, with the other personality in his head taking over. (I'm still unsure what the exact mechanism here is, and how "real" the other personality is or how they ended up in one body and how Egyptian gods come into this...) But it doesn't seem particularly offensive to me.

[princessofgeeks]

tnx!

[mirabile]

I am, I am! So far I'm loving it. The second episode really took off, I thought.

I understand that they took a lot of care with the mental illness and had a specialist to help with its portrayal, just as they did with Marc/Steven's Jewishness. I really appreciate that.

[ratcreature]

I hope he settles a bit more into the situation soon though, because him being clueless about his own situation were for me the squickiest wrt second hand embarrassment.

[marinarusalka]

I've only watched the first episode so far, but I really enjoyed it. Oscar Isaac is always fun to watch. I don't really know anything about the character in the comics, but I'm interested so far.

[ratcreature]

Yeah, same. I also haven't yet watched the Eternals movie, so I'm no sure whether the whole Egyptian gods setup ties in with that in the MCU.

[marcelo]

Only saw the first one so far. My experience of it was rather straightforward — I was expecting more or less that setup based on the comics canon &madsh; but I'm with you with the embarrassment squick.

[ratcreature]

The second episode got worse, squick-wise, imo. I hope it's not a trend but lessens once he settles more into being Moon Knight, and isn't so clueless about his own situation anymore. That were for me the squickiest bits.

[sealie]

I'm not familiar with the character at all--so no preconceptions.

I've only seen the first ep.

It did make me a bit uncomfortable with respect to the protag's confusion. On reflection, he is actually very brave in the face of his fears. Oscar Isaac as the protag (I don't know his name); quiet, confused, gentle and unassuming, is neatly done and he's feels and looks young(er). OI is acting his socks off.

I know exactly what you mean about tweaking the embarrassment squick.

[ratcreature]

Yeah, the character is very likable. I hope once he knows more about what is going on with him, the the embarrassment squick will become less of an issue, but for me it was worse in the second than the first.