Moon Knight

[Spider-Aziz]

I prefer him being a guy with multiple aliases who knows his true self, while using his aliases to serve different purposes. If they do adapt him I wouldn't want them to bring in the split personality nonsense Bendis brought to the Ultimate world and then imported to the main world with his run.

And don't make cynical remarks like "I'd rather take a hit than waste time blocking it" as a character trait he lives by.

He's one character who has his arch villain involved directly in his origin, start with Raoul Bushman, never off him.

 

[TheVileOne]

You say it's nonsense, but I recall it's been around long before Bendis touched the character. Moon Knight's always been rather off and mentally unstable.

He didn't gel with the Avengers at all and quit the team after burning his card. Also spit on an enemy's face after beating him. He only joined the team on a whim from Khonshu.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Yeah Mooney has always been a little crackers. I'm perfectly cool with them giving us a mentally messed up Moon Knight in a series. Gives us a lot more to explore and a nice contrast from a bunch of very similar characters.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

When I read the series up to the end of Vengeance of Moon Knight he seems more aware of himself than being a loon, that one time he tricked the interviewer he had an alternate personality in MK it was a joke to skip the interview.
Marc didn't like being in the Avengers, Steve didn't like him.

What's been there since the start is him talking to Kohnshu, the origin issue stated clearly that he died and was brought back by the deity under his idol.

 

[Hypestyle]

I'd rather see it as a TV show, Netflix. But I hope that eventually it is produced. I don't know if he's going to be in New York City? NYC is started to get crowded.

Maybe Trenton, Newark, somewhere. But who knows.

I hope that the psychological issues are dealt with in the show. Maybe they can use the Legion show as a guide.

 

[Tg11]

Yeah Moon Knight may work on Netflix but it may also work on the big screen too depending on if they stay true to the comics

 

[Matt Mortem]

I've said for years that the best place to start for a Moon Knight adaptation is The Bottom. That arc was really genius. Great way to introduce the character.

 

[TheVileOne]

When I read the series up to the end of Vengeance of Moon Knight he seems more aware of himself than being a loon, that one time he tricked the interviewer he had an alternate personality in MK it was a joke to skip the interview.
Marc didn't like being in the Avengers, Steve didn't like him.

What's been there since the start is him talking to Kohnshu, the origin issue stated clearly that he died and was brought back by the deity under his idol.

You can take it from multiple angles, but the split personality thing I recall was not introduced by Bendis, and it's really been around for years before.

I know technically he does have some superpowers and Khonshu is real, but it should exist in a way that the guy is so unhinged that the audience starts to question if any of it is real or maybe it's all in his head. I think you can play around a lot with Moon Knight and the psychosis of costumed vigilantes. And you can even do it in ways that Daredevil and Punisher cannot.

Take it from the angle that Spector is basically Marvel's variant of Batman, except he's a lot crazier and he takes things a little too far. He's more reckless and more unhinged than Batman generally is.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I know technically he does have some superpowers and Khonshu is real, but it should exist in a way that the guy is so unhinged that the audience starts to question if any of it is real or maybe it's all in his head. I think you can play around a lot with Moon Knight and the psychosis of costumed vigilantes. And you can even do it in ways that Daredevil and Punisher cannot.

It will be interesting to see that take work well, it deserves some great show runners.

 

[Tg11]

Plus he could rival Batman in popularity especially if you bring him on to the big screen and introduce him in the next Phase or future phases of the MCU

 

[TheVileOne]

It will be interesting to see that take work well, it deserves some great show runners.

So long as it's not Scott Buck

 

[TheVileOne]

Plus he could rival Batman in popularity especially if you bring him on to the big screen and introduce him in the next Phase or future phases of the MCU

Look there's no chance of that ever happening. Plus if you put him on the big screen, they will have to water down the character.

I love the MCU. But let's also be honest. There are things the Netflix shows do better than the movies and they can do things the movies can't. Much lower budget, but they can also explore characters more and go way darker.

 

[Mike Murdock]

I'm a bit torn with Moon Knight. I think long-form storytelling works better because you can really explore the different personalities on the character (then again, Batman would also work really well on television). The problem is I think the stories need a bit of an international flavor. Marc Spector gets his powers in Egypt, for example. This shouldn't be a story filmed entirely in New York City.

 

[TheVileOne]

I would want some nice locations for Moon Knight, but I think he's had plenty of stories right in NYC.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

So long as it's not Scott Buck

I agree, and I'm one of the few who enjoyed Iron Fist.

 

[TheVileOne]

I agree, and I'm one of the few who enjoyed Iron Fist.

I also enjoyed Iron Fist. However the show is flawed, and it seems the show's biggest problem is some mistakes by Scott Buck. Seems to be the case with Inhumans as well.

 

[Mike Murdock]

It's a little hard to compare a show that hasn't debuted to a show that we've seen an entire season for. Unless you've gotten an advance review copy for Inhumans (which, in fairness, you might have). Iron Fist's biggest issue to me was pacing and a lack of clear direction for the show (I said it was a show that started off with clear, but boring goals and end as a show that had a lot of fun moments but absolutely no idea where it wanted to go).

I can't say I want Scott Buck to handle the show either, but it's also fair to say that he is trusted to take on projects with very close deadlines (relatively speaking). I can't fault Marvel for turning to him to make sure something gets done. But I can fault Marvel for not having a longer development period to make sure the show is what they want it to be.

 

[Rorschach2012]

I don't want any more tv shows. The quality difference between the tv shows and the movies is just too big. Put Moon Knight on the big screen whenever Marvel needs a new franchise.

DD should've been a movie.

 

[TheVileOne]

I don't want any more tv shows. The quality difference between the tv shows and the movies is just too big. Put Moon Knight on the big screen whenever Marvel needs a new franchise.

DD should've been a movie.

Sorry but I can't agree. If Daredevil was a movie, we wouldn't have gotten a layered performance as we did out of Vincent D'Onofrio as the Kingpin.

 

[TheVileOne]

It's a little hard to compare a show that hasn't debuted to a show that we've seen an entire season for. Unless you've gotten an advance review copy for Inhumans (which, in fairness, you might have). Iron Fist's biggest issue to me was pacing and a lack of clear direction for the show (I said it was a show that started off with clear, but boring goals and end as a show that had a lot of fun moments but absolutely no idea where it wanted to go).

I can't say I want Scott Buck to handle the show either, but it's also fair to say that he is trusted to take on projects with very close deadlines (relatively speaking). I can't fault Marvel for turning to him to make sure something gets done. But I can fault Marvel for not having a longer development period to make sure the show is what they want it to be.

Nothing yet for Inhumans. Though I was one of the few people to get early screeners of Iron Fist, and I was probably one of the only reviewers who did and didn't absolutely trash it. I'm a pretty fair person. However, I think some of the obvious flaws for Iron Fist were some short sighted mistakes on Scott Buck's part. I wanted to give him a chance, and Iron Fist just didn't knock it out of the park like the other Netflix shows.

 

[Mike Murdock]

I agree with your opinions. I don't think the same things that bothered you bothered me, but I agree you were balanced overall. But I still think there's a huge difference between watching half the episodes and watching a two minute trailer.

 

[TheVileOne]

I'm just not encouraged by what I've seen so far for Inhumans. When I heard IMAX was financing this and they were filming in IMAX as well, I was expecting a little bit more than what we've seen.

Now that being said, I'm definitely going to see it in IMAX theaters at least once, and it could very well invert my expectations. It's happened before. I'm very open to the idea of Inhumans blowing me away.

My feeling is this though. Scott Buck didn't really get or nail Iron Fist like I believe he should have. Iron Fist is a favorite character of mine, and I feel like Buck didn't use him to the best of his potential. This was the show I wanted the most out of the Netflix deal, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed.

I think Moon Knight needs some fresh blood and perspective for a showrunner. I really want the show to really get inside Marc Spector's head and showcase a COSTUMED vigilante who is not batting with a full deck and is close to being six cans short of a six-pack.

Now for all the complaints it gets, I really enjoyed the Moon Knight appearance on the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series. It was a big toned down, but they got down the idea that Moon Knight from the outset sounds like a complete lunatic and sounds insane. But over the course of the episode, Spider-Man realizes he's on the side of good even though he's talking to the "moon." Then at the end, Moon Knight catches Spider-Man in one of his own little inner-monologues, and Moon Knight's like "You're a weirdo crazy person." That I thought was funny.

But just for an idea, like other vigilantes or superheroes shouldn't like working with Moon Knight because even they think he's crazy.

 

[Stark Bauer]

Pedro Pascal. Why? I want to see him fighting with a stick again. Now without dieing

He's already Kraven though

 

[Stark Bauer]

You can take it from multiple angles, but the split personality thing I recall was not introduced by Bendis, and it's really been around for years before.

I know technically he does have some superpowers and Khonshu is real, but it should exist in a way that the guy is so unhinged that the audience starts to question if any of it is real or maybe it's all in his head. I think you can play around a lot with Moon Knight and the psychosis of costumed vigilantes. And you can even do it in ways that Daredevil and Punisher cannot.

Take it from the angle that Spector is basically Marvel's variant of Batman, except he's a lot crazier and he takes things a little too far. He's more reckless and more unhinged than Batman generally is.

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This is perfect.

All the more reason for an actor with gravitas to take on the role.

Someone like Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Foster or better yet, Rami Malek.

I hope they can get someone worthy to produce. Either the Breaking Bad team or Mr Robot team...

 

[TheVileOne]

Preferably a Jewish actor . Not letting this go. But yes, I would like it to be a dramatic actor with gravitas. We really lucked out with Jon Bernthal as The Punisher. So yeah, someone on that level.