Love the channel! Been a fan for years! The reactions for this show are going to be great! My only thing I’m worried about is when one of you have already seen the first couple that’s stinks a little cause I love all your first time reactions!
Actually Augustine, his accent is spot on. There are many many British accents, it all depends on where you're from. Steven is displaying a South East London accent (mostly).
Egyptian born and bred nerd here. Watching this episode gave me feelings I didn't know I was missing out on. Hearing Egyptian songs, whether the modern or ancient, and seeing all the ancient Egyptian history and mythology surrounding Steven/Marc are all just unexplainable. Everyone, from all walks of life, deserve to feel that. Even the chants they went with when Khonsu revealed himself are so authentically ancient Egyptian, as reflected by Coptic Orthodox churches that have taken on some of ancient Egypt's traditions, songs and hymns. Thank you Nazih and Diab for this.
I love how we are seeing this through Steven's point of view so we are just as confused as he is. I can't wait to see more. I actually forgot for a moment that this was a marvel series lol. I haven't seen any reference or connection of the MCU in this unless I completely missed it?
im curious if one episode will be same events but from Marks point of view? We saw him falling into that grass in the trailer, but in the show we can only see him already on the ground. Perhaps its like Wandavision? Three episodes from Wandas perspective and then you see people outside reacting to same events from outside? Would be cool.
I just love the jumping between Steven and Mark, and the way the story is told and the order of events is so well executed. It's so atmospheric, and sad. I LOVE IT!
At 8:23 I literally spit out my drink when you said if we thought Peter Parker had the saddest life in the MCU its wrong. Moon Knight is like, HOLD MY BEER! I'm still laughing! Lol
Moon Knight is the absolute LAST character I ever expected to see in the MCU, and, to have him done SO well is just awesome! Oscar Isaac is absolutely PERFECT casting.
I love that he doesn't consider that the sleepwalking version of him doesn't just jump from the bed, over the sand and then out the window instead of opening the door Because that's rational, no one would expect your second personality that you might not even know having, to jump out the fucking window instead of leaving through the door
I also wonder whats even the point? If he knows he has second personality and is not just sleep walking, the other personality would easily do what he does to get out of the bed and put himself back to sleep...? I thought that Stephen thinks he sleepwalks, thats it. Even then though that kind of routine that he has of setting everything up could be possibly replicated by him during sleepwalking, he doesnt have to do much thinking during it and it is routine, almost muscle memory at this point. Its probably useless in each case. Camera to record him leaving and time lock would be more suitable in his case.
@@kptmaci4979 He might not have the means/knowledge to set up one, or pay for someone else to do so (assuming it would even be allowed in the first place; it doesn't sound like something many landlords or whatever would agree to imo)
@@Omegafire17 but landlords would agree to spreading lots of sand everyday in the apartment + destroying apartment with chains on the beaming and whatnot, but not to install one camera on the wall? xd I can buy it for the show to work, but it isnt the best solution, clearly xd
I am pretty sure he thinks he is literally sleepwalking. Marc insisting that he is real, to me implies he didn't believe up until now that there was actually a second sentient person within him. Someone capable of getting around his set up. His set up is his way of figuring out if he moved at night. It's not to stop another personality or be some type of trap/cage.
I respect Adam's opinion but I disagree big time. This is one of the best pilot we have had in Disney +. The acting, the directing, the flow of the story were all perfect. I noticed that you guys were reacting even less in my opinion due to how sucked in you were into the show
@@Kjf365 Some of the parts were really noticeable, like CGI was straight up offputting. I noticed that happening more with properties that were filmed during COVID. Same thing with NWH. In scenes where Garfields Spidey jumps to the floor when saving MJ and when Green Goblin jumps onto his glider after the apartment scene it just looks OFF. Like you notice how unrealistic movements are.
I respect and appreciate your opinion Adam but for me this is one of the best first episodes of any marvel series properties. This first episode won’t work for folks who need a straight up linear story. This doesn’t work if you need hand holding. We are meant to feel confused as Steven does. I love this show so much already.
Dope episode. Moon Knight fan since 1993. The visuals in this episode were glorious. I'm getting Fight Club, Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters, The Mummy, Jacob's Ladder, and Donnie Darko vibes from this show.
This episode was amazing. The scene at the steakhouse will stick with me. Trying to maintain interacting with someone yet wildly miscommunicating with while having a mental breakdown at the same time. The waiter was asking how he’d like his steak done while Steven was responding to the waiter’s previous suggestion of the cut.
This was a good way of showing how involuntary alter changes are. For what I know about DiD, you can really lose days even when one of you alters decides to front. Seems Steven is a fairly new-ish alter so whatever happened to Marc to make Steven take over for so long must’ve pretty large trauma (which alters are born/created which is through Massive trauma). I appreciate the fact they (the host and alters) Haven’t made an “Evil” alter yet. Again DiD is about managing trauma not causing it. Yes, some alters (known as Protecters) can be rougher on the outside ( aka in front while the host is in the mind). But, never straight-up causing problems on purpose only to protect the host and the other alters. And Marc is the host as for Steven he is the one who is the most out aka in front so he can have some social life. Also Marc always had DiD as a kid/teen he has 4-5 alters
@@calmsquirrel7124 Layla is someone who is an old friend of Marc's in the comics who knows about Marc's issues. She said she's been trying to contact him for months, and she commented on his accent (meaning she doesn't know the Steven alter) and she bailed on the conversation as soon as she realized that it wasn't the Marc persona that she was talking to. So I think that Steven was 'born' during the period that Marc has been missing. A few months ago, something traumatic must have happened to Marc that caused him to retreat into a new alter and hide out until Khonshu made him go on a mission to go after that scarab.
"His mom has been dead for a long time hasn't she?" - I'm not even sure he has a mom. Canonically Marc is the main personality, so Stephen wouldn't have an actual mother, so who the heck is he actually calling?
@@countchocula7375 I mean for him to be able to leave voicemails, the number still has to be in use, so he is calling an active number, presumably with a female outgoing voicemail message
This first episode reminds me of the start of Wandavision. Both shows just throw us into the story with no exposition, but start to give us minimal hints at what is really going on. Further down the line we will probably see marks perspective of those 2-3 days we witnessed from Steven’s perspective
I loved how they transitioned from Steven to Mark, with Oscar doing that crazy thing with his eyes, so good. I have never heard of this character before this show and I'm into it.
I think another reactor I watch said it really well when they said that your immersion as the viewer in this episode is not seeing what Marc is doing while he's fronting, and only being with Steven when he fronts again and returns confused and not really sure where he is or what's happening. It seems they took the approach in terms of the disorder by saying that Steven's trigger to switch to Marc is extreme stress, which would be a viable enough trauma to trigger a switch in someone with DID. So far they seem to have done it right. We'll see how that holds up.
What a first episode!! I loved everything about it. Steven Grant is such a tortured soul, and I adore him. Ethan Hawke as a villain was surprising to see. I don't care that we saw Moon Knight for, like, 15 seconds. That ending was badass. Can't wait for more! Also, I am getting the vibe that Adam didn't like the episode. He's not normally this quiet and, dare I say, emotionless while watching a Disney Plus show.
Need your input on this. When the little girl in the museum asks Steven "did it suck for you not to make it through the Field of Reeds", do you think she may be seeing the Moon Knight instead of Steven?
Theories: The broken glass-filled sandals is a "litmus test" for regenerative powers. The "judgement process" is a misdirect; Anubis is the one who oversees the judgement by weighting the person's heart against the feather of Ma'at, the goddess of order, truth and righteousness. If the person's heart is heavier than the feather then they will be sent to the underworld and/or Ammit will devour their hearts. The Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke) explicitly says that each person will be judge by Ammit which is incorrect since Ammit is the executioner not the judge like the feather of Ma'at was suppose to be. They also mentioned something about "speeding up " the process since Ammit can't wait to devour souls. The elevator floors is a code; 3-2-5 can refer to GH-325, one of the drugs derived from the blood of a Kree corpse ( bloody hands after transitioning in the fight scene in the Alpine village with a scarab artifact now with wings open). When administered, the drug causes rapid healing by promoting advanced cellular regeneration, healing severe and fatal wounds, and in some cases can even revive the recently deceased. Khonshu is hinting of what happened in the Alpine village where an elderly woman was drained of her life force by showing another elderly woman in the elevator. In Egyptian mythology the scarab is a symbol of renewal and regeneration. With the aforementioned theory, the artifact maybe a device that can be utilize to gain dominance over the populace through "miracles' of healing and restoration or regrow a goldfish's non-working fin or heal a broken jaw from falling from atop of a tall structure.
Not only one of the best pilot episodes of a tv show but also one of the most insanely mind bending episodes of tv I have ever seen in my life. Now when I recommend this to people I will say DON’T watch any trailers, just do what Steven does and go in blind and strap yourselves in. My one nitpick is that in the opening when he walks with the glass in his shoes he should have blood gushing from his sandals like when you walk in water with sandals and the water spills over.
4:00 When Steven puts on his light gray hood while watching Ethan Hawke’s character determining judgment, it looks like foreshadowing of Moon Knight’s costume we’ll see later on.
Just came here to say that Oscar Isaac is an amazing actor, and he is often indistinguishable in roles. I love him!! I'm so glad he is getting more shine in the last few years.
I was also agitated that the waiter opted to give him a well-done steak! My guy- dude said he wanted a really good steak, not a piece of rubber. Medium rare or maybe medium was quite in order.
I think the waiter sensed he doesn't know how to order a steak, and this is how people that know nothing about steak order theirs. That's the way I read it.
It's a default thing to have well-done steak when the waiter doesn't know what the customer wants in his/her steak. It might be not good for most people's pallette but it is the safest steak to deliver since it's completely cook.
Agatha warned Wanda she 'had no idea what you've unleashed' when she drained the Darkhold magic out of her. Arthur here specifically tells Steven he has "chaos" inside him. So I wonder if these Egyptian entities are tied to the Chaos-Magic Wanda unleashed which would place Moon Knight at least after the finale of that show?
Or the chaos bit was in reference to how Marc (Steven in this case) had Dissociative Identity Disorder. Ethan Hawke’s character tried to judge Steven, but the scales couldn’t lean to one side or the other because Steven was but one mind inside of a shared body, and the scales couldn’t judge properly because of the alternate personalities. It seems the scales can only judge one soul/mind at a time, which would make it difficult when it tries to judge someone with multiple clashing minds.
People can't go 3 months without 'fiending' for new MCU content :) Love that a lot of the main trailer shots are in this first episode! The sooner these MCU projects are able to take advantage of the Stagecraft/Volume tech instead of typical green screen the better! Also, a museum in central London would have significantly more staff members!
Good thing there’s a Consistency of us getting MCU contents throughout the year. A minor hiccups here and there but we always gets plenty of MCU contents all throughout the year. Great time to be an MCU fan.
Why does everyone think it takes ages to travel to that small village? It's a 2-hour flight from London to Munich (or 9 hours by overnight train), then a 2-hour drive to reach about everything up to the southern border. BTW: They show at least one German licence plate very clearly, so this is Germany, not Austria or Switzerland. (Not that you would find a chicken-cage truck like that in Germany. But who cares, we all already know that American movie studios cannot get Germany right even when they film in Europe...)
As someone who isn’t really up to speed on the marvel world, this is just amazing! Really intriguing, mysterious and I have a genuine need to see more! Mr Issac has taken some lessons from Martin Freeman with the accent for sure! Want more!
As a Londoner for almost 4 decades it's a pretty damn good accent. We have a varied array of cultural influences and tonnes of accents in London alone. He nailed it, along with that insecure delivery. Some phrasing was odd (script issue maybe) but not much. The only time it seemed a little off was when he was talking to the little girl, otherwise great job. Karl Urban in The Boys, now that's one that is a bit off-key (though I still love the show and his character!)
The mirror scenes was definitely some cucooie shit. Also grade A troll by Marvel with the von doom false lead, was just a normal bakery name.....but I was definitely saying "is this latveria!!??" My first watch till I realized the name wasn't Vob Doom
I literally had only got to the first scene and had to see your reaction okay watching the rest now, but that start.... wow just creep tastic, and I needed somewhere to off load how amazing that scene was that wouldn't spoil my friends
I like how Agustin often manages to douse the eagerness of Hector to overshare, overspeculate, or assume that the MCU will follow the stories in the comic books.
I loved the pacing and writing in this pilot. I of course love ya'lls reactions the best, but it's too bad Adam is so somber, I hope nothing is bothering him.
If anyone is wondering the creature that is continuing to haunt Steven Grant/Marc Spector is Khonshu an Egyptian moon god who saves Spector's life after he is left to die in Egypt. It's not 100% explained what he is, he's depicted as a father figure to the identities, something only the identities can see, I believe there's also a version in the comics where he's a complete figure of the Spector's imagination.
Rewatching this, I wonder if Marc is the one who listens to the stay awake podcast. Seems odd that Steven, who has trouble with his sleep, would be attempting to stay up all night to combat sleepwalking.
@@HeroesReforged lol no no, no need to apologize. I was just shocked! I kept wondering if something was wrong lol My silly brain didn’t compute that maybe you just weren’t all that into the show 😅
After the first episode of Moon Knight I began thinking about all the personalities/beings in “Steven Grant”and came up with a theory. I theorize that if there was a situation where Dr. Strange needed to push Steven Grant’s astral form out of his physical body, more than one astral form would be pushed out. Or on the other side of that theory, Steven would be pushed out and Marc or Konshu would take over his physical body. Maybe like Spider-Man’s “Peter tingle” taking over in NWH. Or Konshu is just way too powerful for Dr. Strange’s spell to work on Moon Knight? What do you think?
I think Adam misses the mark on what SHOULD be horror. Horror is a broad umbrella and if you are expecting gore, body horror or the like then you will be disappointed. YES Moon knight is known to be violent, he has shaved faces off people BUT that's not the essence of Moon Knight. I have every Moon Knight Publication and volume that has come out since I was 7 (so 1996). Moon Knight is classic horror, it's a love letter to creatures, adventure and the swashbuckling of the Universal Monster horror movies and the books they are based on. Yes there is bloody gore in Moon Knight but bloody gore isn't horror, that's an aesthetic that is also found in other genres, So I don't NEED that in this series but I like the horror we are getting. So if Adam you are looking for body horror and straight up horror and not a Love letter to the classics, you will disappoint yourself. Cause what you are expecting isn't Moon Knight.
Indeed, I never for a second thought we would get Charlie Huston's version of Moon Knight. Even though that's one of my favorite comic stories, it's incredibly gory. Far too much for the MCU. Just like we'll never get Uncanny X-Force with the grey suits.
@@my5head And we don't need Huston/Finch's aesthetic either for it to BE Moon Knight. "Bottom" is a great story but that gore doesn't make that story, it's more so what the character is going through at that moment. "Bottom" still has a lot of classic horrorisms from earlier movies, I sorta feel the face stuff in that run is aa bit much at times, so it's not just it's "too much" for the MCU, it's also just unneeded in general.
@@koreywinicky7767 oh yeah, the part where he keeps the face was way unnecessary and pretty stupid. Even so, I still love that story. But it's also far into Marc's story and there's no need to rush into it.
@@my5head That but also later with Midnight and that whole-body horror stuff, I don't need even that, in fact, I found that part to be distracting with how much gore was there. Was that Huston and Finch or was that BMB? Those two sorta merge together, I didn't care much for how BMB handled the mental illness.
I’m crying 😭 I didn’t know you guys had made another channel this whole time. I thought you guys quit TH-cam and seems like I’ve missed so much of your content and reactions 😭 y’all were always my favorite reaction channel 😭
I’m probably just really high tbh, but I’ve been watching hector most of this reaction and his glasses make it look like he has a mini head inside his bigger head and I can’t unsee it now
Introduced werewolf by night moon knight trained as a boxer before he joined the army. Stephen in the comics is a playboy but now he works at a museum. Two reflections on the period could be marc and jake with Stephen. A lot of reflections from mirrors I love it. The bob dylan song was a nice touch. Y’all see the crocodiles everywhere lol ammit from Egyptian mythology. The theme of waking up is there but really Stephen has did dissociative identity disorder. He has sand around his bed. He has a goldfish that have been said to have bad memories funny enough Stephen has trouble with his memory. Notice the scale tattoo Arthur has in the Egyptian afterlife a person heart is weighed to see if they had been good or bad. That song was sampled for big pimpin lol.
I am totally onboard. I like the faint psychological horror aspects of it; the thought that you are not in control of your own mind is *terrifying* and Oscar Issac gets that across so, so well. And yeah, Ethan Hawke is scary as hell. I don't even care about the MCU at this point...I just want to see where these two guys go!
I watched it once with friends and I was Luke warm. Then I watched it again by myself and I saw I missed so much. Now I'm sold! It's a confusing episode, but it felt like on purpose. That might be how it feels to suffer from DID. And I felt the heartbreak in the restaurant scene. Oh man! That was so sad. Anyway... I'm sucked in!
Great reaction, I'm loving this show so far! Speaking of Werewolf by Night, there was a cut scene from Blade Trinity where they track him down at a casino. I found it hilarious that his human name is Jack Russell. 😁
Moon Knight The GoldFish Problem (museum sense) Episode One. We are guessing when Steven was talking to the little girl at his museum job. She said to Steven, Did it suck for you? Getting rejected from the field of reeds? We think she is actually Khonshu, We know Steven, etc. is dead because he has to be dead in order to meet Khonshu. Also, how would she know or ever thinks in that way? When Steven said I am not dead...Am I? the way he said like he is not sure if he is alive or not? Please remember we are saying our opinion, not facts, this is what we are guessing what happens by watching the show. For Fans By Fans, "We Are Comics" Posted: 4/2/2022 #unitedcomicsuniverse #wearecomics #hotonenews #moonknight #disneyplus #marvelstudios
I almost agree with Adam's reaction to the steak order, except it wasn't reactive enough. WELL DONE?!?! I wouldn't wish that upon the cheapest cut served to my greatest enemy. A steak house should fire any employee that would even consider such a crime.
@@JADTO The waiter is the problem, Steven doesn't make the choice for the steak to be desecrated. No one that prefers such blasphemy should be allowed to work in a steak house.
While I would rather chew on my shoes than eat a well done steak, for a vegan who possibly has moral objections to consuming animal products, seeing a 'bloody' steak would be a hard no so well done makes sense. Not that the waiter knows he's vegan so it still doesn't excuse him, but it was probably for the best in that scenario.
I loved the mental horror aspect in this and that's the main reason I'm intrigued. Not really that much into "superman" stuff so the ending scene didn't do anything for me and I'd probably loved the episode even more without actually seeing the Moon Knight just yet. Looking forward to meeting his other personalities though and seeing how Knoshnu interacts with each one.
Steven described the steak that way becasuse he doesn't know cooking preferences for steaks since he's vegan. Lol. Mark cleary isn't vegan though, lol.
Great first episode! I honestly can't wait to see how the rest of the show will turn out and I also can't wait to see how this'll potentially tie into Midnight Sons. There's rumors going around that we might see Gael Garcia Bernal's Werewolf By Night since it's just like Hector said, Moon Knight first appeared in a Werewolf By Night comic, we also might see Blade by the end of the show which he'll likely be the "Nick Fury" of the team as in he's the one assembling the team, and there is of course, Kit Harrington's Dane Whitman from Eternals since he lives in London, the same location as Steven. Regardless, I am excited for this show exploring a different corner of the Marvel universe that has never been explored that much in the MCU and still can't wait to see how it'll potentially set up that team and there's only 1 major problem with the MCU version of this team: there's still no Ghost Rider who is a staple member of that team. There's the rumor that we might see a Ghost Rider in Multiverse of Madness and I'm just saying, since we already have two Latinos in the team (Oscar as MK, Gael as WBN), you might as well add in a 3rd Latino to the team (Robbie Reyes).
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When is the next episode of the podcast coming out where you talk about the batman
London to Switzerland is only a 2 hour flight.
the patreon info graphic shows a bunch of shows that aren't on TH-cam, will these be available later on YT or will they forever only be on Patreon?
Love the channel! Been a fan for years! The reactions for this show are going to be great! My only thing I’m worried about is when one of you have already seen the first couple that’s stinks a little cause I love all your first time reactions!
RIP in peace, Gus.
Starved to death for two days then replaced with an two-finned impostor.
That’s as the original ending to Finding Nemo
It's just rip.
You don't need the in peace that's what RIP means lol
at least marc cares enough to bought a new fish for steven
Actually Augustine, his accent is spot on. There are many many British accents, it all depends on where you're from. Steven is displaying a South East London accent (mostly).
plus the accent is marc's perception of english accent so its fine
Egyptian born and bred nerd here.
Watching this episode gave me feelings I didn't know I was missing out on.
Hearing Egyptian songs, whether the modern or ancient, and seeing all the ancient Egyptian history and mythology surrounding Steven/Marc are all just unexplainable. Everyone, from all walks of life, deserve to feel that.
Even the chants they went with when Khonsu revealed himself are so authentically ancient Egyptian, as reflected by Coptic Orthodox churches that have taken on some of ancient Egypt's traditions, songs and hymns.
Thank you Nazih and Diab for this.
I love how we are seeing this through Steven's point of view so we are just as confused as he is. I can't wait to see more. I actually forgot for a moment that this was a marvel series lol. I haven't seen any reference or connection of the MCU in this unless I completely missed it?
im curious if one episode will be same events but from Marks point of view? We saw him falling into that grass in the trailer, but in the show we can only see him already on the ground. Perhaps its like Wandavision? Three episodes from Wandas perspective and then you see people outside reacting to same events from outside? Would be cool.
@@kptmaci4979 I was just thinking this. It would be so cool
That Voss chap at New Rockstars will no doubt find at least a dozen :D
it is still in the MCU but it only focuses to this
@@pieceofgosa hahaha
I just love the jumping between Steven and Mark, and the way the story is told and the order of events is so well executed. It's so atmospheric, and sad. I LOVE IT!
Is it Marc or Mark
It doesn’t matter
@@tellyg47 subtitle says Marc
@@tellyg47 My bad it's Marc
Comic says it Marc
At 8:23 I literally spit out my drink when you said if we thought Peter Parker had the saddest life in the MCU its wrong. Moon Knight is like, HOLD MY BEER! I'm still laughing! Lol
@10:45 "My life force would just leave my body." I totally agree.
Moon Knight is the absolute LAST character I ever expected to see in the MCU, and, to have him done SO well is just awesome! Oscar Isaac is absolutely PERFECT casting.
The jackal trying to crawl away from Moon Knight was pretty funny.
The hunter becomes the hunted when the crazy person accesses their crazy strength
I was like “oh shit?” When I first saw that 😂😭 poor jackal was like oh fuck as soon as it saw moon knight fully transformed lmao
I love that he doesn't consider that the sleepwalking version of him doesn't just jump from the bed, over the sand and then out the window instead of opening the door
Because that's rational, no one would expect your second personality that you might not even know having, to jump out the fucking window instead of leaving through the door
I also wonder whats even the point? If he knows he has second personality and is not just sleep walking, the other personality would easily do what he does to get out of the bed and put himself back to sleep...? I thought that Stephen thinks he sleepwalks, thats it. Even then though that kind of routine that he has of setting everything up could be possibly replicated by him during sleepwalking, he doesnt have to do much thinking during it and it is routine, almost muscle memory at this point. Its probably useless in each case. Camera to record him leaving and time lock would be more suitable in his case.
@@kptmaci4979 He might not have the means/knowledge to set up one, or pay for someone else to do so (assuming it would even be allowed in the first place; it doesn't sound like something many landlords or whatever would agree to imo)
@@Omegafire17 but landlords would agree to spreading lots of sand everyday in the apartment + destroying apartment with chains on the beaming and whatnot, but not to install one camera on the wall? xd I can buy it for the show to work, but it isnt the best solution, clearly xd
I am pretty sure he thinks he is literally sleepwalking. Marc insisting that he is real, to me implies he didn't believe up until now that there was actually a second sentient person within him. Someone capable of getting around his set up. His set up is his way of figuring out if he moved at night. It's not to stop another personality or be some type of trap/cage.
@@kptmaci4979 at this point he doesn’t know he has DID.
I respect Adam's opinion but I disagree big time. This is one of the best pilot we have had in Disney +. The acting, the directing, the flow of the story were all perfect. I noticed that you guys were reacting even less in my opinion due to how sucked in you were into the show
Big facts.
I agree
@@aaronboone8097 How exactly was it a bad car chase or bad cgi?
this is def the best pilot episode they’ve pulled off
@@Kjf365 Some of the parts were really noticeable, like CGI was straight up offputting. I noticed that happening more with properties that were filmed during COVID. Same thing with NWH. In scenes where Garfields Spidey jumps to the floor when saving MJ and when Green Goblin jumps onto his glider after the apartment scene it just looks OFF. Like you notice how unrealistic movements are.
I respect and appreciate your opinion Adam but for me this is one of the best first episodes of any marvel series properties. This first episode won’t work for folks who need a straight up linear story. This doesn’t work if you need hand holding. We are meant to feel confused as Steven does. I love this show so much already.
Dope episode. Moon Knight fan since 1993. The visuals in this episode were glorious. I'm getting Fight Club, Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters, The Mummy, Jacob's Ladder, and Donnie Darko vibes from this show.
This episode was amazing. The scene at the steakhouse will stick with me. Trying to maintain interacting with someone yet wildly miscommunicating with while having a mental breakdown at the same time. The waiter was asking how he’d like his steak done while Steven was responding to the waiter’s previous suggestion of the cut.
This was a good way of showing how involuntary alter changes are. For what I know about DiD, you can really lose days even when one of you alters decides to front. Seems Steven is a fairly new-ish alter so whatever happened to Marc to make Steven take over for so long must’ve pretty large trauma (which alters are born/created which is through Massive trauma). I appreciate the fact they (the host and alters) Haven’t made an “Evil” alter yet. Again DiD is about managing trauma not causing it. Yes, some alters (known as Protecters) can be rougher on the outside ( aka in front while the host is in the mind). But, never straight-up causing problems on purpose only to protect the host and the other alters. And Marc is the host as for Steven he is the one who is the most out aka in front so he can have some social life.
Also Marc always had DiD as a kid/teen he has 4-5 alters
Who needs an 'evil' alter when you've already got an alien 'god' in your head?
Maybe in the MCU Steven is the first personality changing things up
@@calmsquirrel7124 ya could be
@@calmsquirrel7124 Layla is someone who is an old friend of Marc's in the comics who knows about Marc's issues. She said she's been trying to contact him for months, and she commented on his accent (meaning she doesn't know the Steven alter) and she bailed on the conversation as soon as she realized that it wasn't the Marc persona that she was talking to. So I think that Steven was 'born' during the period that Marc has been missing. A few months ago, something traumatic must have happened to Marc that caused him to retreat into a new alter and hide out until Khonshu made him go on a mission to go after that scarab.
@@misteryman526 maybe but not everything is so comic accurate, Layla might not know about the problems, maybe Marc is an alter
"His mom has been dead for a long time hasn't she?" - I'm not even sure he has a mom. Canonically Marc is the main personality, so Stephen wouldn't have an actual mother, so who the heck is he actually calling?
he's only leaving voicemails so no one
@@countchocula7375 I mean for him to be able to leave voicemails, the number still has to be in use, so he is calling an active number, presumably with a female outgoing voicemail message
This. I want to know *this* so bad. I'm sure we'll learn, but I want to know now, gimme gimme info dump 😂
maybe Marc setup someone to act like Steven's mother so he wouldnt freak out about having no mom
@@rudrasingh6354 It's possible, he'd definitely know how
This first episode reminds me of the start of Wandavision. Both shows just throw us into the story with no exposition, but start to give us minimal hints at what is really going on. Further down the line we will probably see marks perspective of those 2-3 days we witnessed from Steven’s perspective
I loved how they transitioned from Steven to Mark, with Oscar doing that crazy thing with his eyes, so good. I have never heard of this character before this show and I'm into it.
Love it. Hector starts off by saying he's seen the first 4 episodes then acts like he has no idea what's going on or what is about to happen.
I think another reactor I watch said it really well when they said that your immersion as the viewer in this episode is not seeing what Marc is doing while he's fronting, and only being with Steven when he fronts again and returns confused and not really sure where he is or what's happening. It seems they took the approach in terms of the disorder by saying that Steven's trigger to switch to Marc is extreme stress, which would be a viable enough trauma to trigger a switch in someone with DID. So far they seem to have done it right. We'll see how that holds up.
got a theory that the voicemails steven keeps leaving to his "mom" are probably for marc sort of like a log of events
Oooh nice!
Steven's accent is perfectly fine for someone from / near london
What a first episode!!
I loved everything about it.
Steven Grant is such a tortured soul, and I adore him.
Ethan Hawke as a villain was surprising to see.
I don't care that we saw Moon Knight for, like, 15 seconds. That ending was badass.
Can't wait for more!
Also, I am getting the vibe that Adam didn't like the episode. He's not normally this quiet and, dare I say, emotionless while watching a Disney Plus show.
Need your input on this. When the little girl in the museum asks Steven "did it suck for you not to make it through the Field of Reeds", do you think she may be seeing the Moon Knight instead of Steven?
Theories:
The broken glass-filled sandals is a "litmus test" for regenerative powers.
The "judgement process" is a misdirect; Anubis is the one who oversees the judgement by weighting the person's heart against the feather of Ma'at, the goddess of order, truth and righteousness. If the person's heart is heavier than the feather then they will be sent to the underworld and/or Ammit will devour their hearts. The Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke) explicitly says that each person will be judge by Ammit which is incorrect since Ammit is the executioner not the judge like the feather of Ma'at was suppose to be. They also mentioned something about "speeding up " the process since Ammit can't wait to devour souls.
The elevator floors is a code; 3-2-5 can refer to GH-325, one of the drugs derived from the blood of a Kree corpse ( bloody hands after transitioning in the fight scene in the Alpine village with a scarab artifact now with wings open). When administered, the drug causes rapid healing by promoting advanced cellular regeneration, healing severe and fatal wounds, and in some cases can even revive the recently deceased. Khonshu is hinting of what happened in the Alpine village where an elderly woman was drained of her life force by showing another elderly woman in the elevator.
In Egyptian mythology the scarab is a symbol of renewal and regeneration. With the aforementioned theory, the artifact maybe a device that can be utilize to gain dominance over the populace through "miracles' of healing and restoration or regrow a goldfish's non-working fin or heal a broken jaw from falling from atop of a tall structure.
I love the flashing between them and how chaotic and jarring it is, it rlly feels like the lemire run
Not only one of the best pilot episodes of a tv show but also one of the most insanely mind bending episodes of tv I have ever seen in my life.
Now when I recommend this to people I will say DON’T watch any trailers, just do what Steven does and go in blind and strap yourselves in.
My one nitpick is that in the opening when he walks with the glass in his shoes he should have blood gushing from his sandals like when you walk in water with sandals and the water spills over.
If Adam sings "Day and Night" every episode, I'm in!
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When Steven puts on his light gray hood while watching Ethan Hawke’s character determining judgment, it looks like foreshadowing of Moon Knight’s costume we’ll see later on.
Just came here to say that Oscar Isaac is an amazing actor, and he is often indistinguishable in roles. I love him!! I'm so glad he is getting more shine in the last few years.
I am loving Oscar Isaac in this show already as Moon Knight.
Yeah. I mean, I know Oscar Isaac is a great actor but every time I see him I'm impressed again. He is great as Steven/Mark so far
I really liked this episode. It gave me a similar mind bending tragedy vibe as Legion. I'm super curious where it'll go from here
Yeah, but not nearly as surreal/unreliable as Legion was.
I think it's too early to compare but I'm not sure it's gonna surpass Legion's creative story telling.
Adam: “You Chicken Shits”
Me: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I shouldn't call my babies out like that
I was also agitated that the waiter opted to give him a well-done steak! My guy- dude said he wanted a really good steak, not a piece of rubber. Medium rare or maybe medium was quite in order.
I think the waiter sensed he doesn't know how to order a steak, and this is how people that know nothing about steak order theirs. That's the way I read it.
It's a default thing to have well-done steak when the waiter doesn't know what the customer wants in his/her steak. It might be not good for most people's pallette but it is the safest steak to deliver since it's completely cook.
Agatha warned Wanda she 'had no idea what you've unleashed' when she drained the Darkhold magic out of her. Arthur here specifically tells Steven he has "chaos" inside him. So I wonder if these Egyptian entities are tied to the Chaos-Magic Wanda unleashed which would place Moon Knight at least after the finale of that show?
No, absolutely not. The world doesn’t revolve around Wanda
Or the chaos bit was in reference to how Marc (Steven in this case) had Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Ethan Hawke’s character tried to judge Steven, but the scales couldn’t lean to one side or the other because Steven was but one mind inside of a shared body, and the scales couldn’t judge properly because of the alternate personalities. It seems the scales can only judge one soul/mind at a time, which would make it difficult when it tries to judge someone with multiple clashing minds.
People can't go 3 months without 'fiending' for new MCU content :) Love that a lot of the main trailer shots are in this first episode! The sooner these MCU projects are able to take advantage of the Stagecraft/Volume tech instead of typical green screen the better! Also, a museum in central London would have significantly more staff members!
Good thing there’s a Consistency of us getting MCU contents throughout the year. A minor hiccups here and there but we always gets plenty of MCU contents all throughout the year. Great time to be an MCU fan.
I give it 7 "Not Von Doom Cupcakes" out of 10 "Poorly Rendered CGI Trees"
Why does everyone think it takes ages to travel to that small village? It's a 2-hour flight from London to Munich (or 9 hours by overnight train), then a 2-hour drive to reach about everything up to the southern border.
BTW: They show at least one German licence plate very clearly, so this is Germany, not Austria or Switzerland. (Not that you would find a chicken-cage truck like that in Germany. But who cares, we all already know that American movie studios cannot get Germany right even when they film in Europe...)
What the fuck was up with Adam during this?😂. Looked completely pissed off the entire time..
Maybe I was 😐😐😐😂😂😂
I love the "snapping in and out of Marc's body scenes, creepy and cool"
Opening song is Every Grain of Sand, as in glass, as in that man's feet are feeling every fricking grain of sand...
“Well done?!” I agree with you, Adam!
Thinking the tattoo scales couldn't decide because Mark Spector had already been judged upon death.
As someone who isn’t really up to speed on the marvel world, this is just amazing! Really intriguing, mysterious and I have a genuine need to see more!
Mr Issac has taken some lessons from Martin Freeman with the accent for sure!
Want more!
They filmed most of this in Budapest. His home and surrounding area, the restaurant and the scene with the worshippers
As an eastern European woman, I have no problem with Steven's accent at all, it sounds like a generic English one
As a Londoner for almost 4 decades it's a pretty damn good accent. We have a varied array of cultural influences and tonnes of accents in London alone. He nailed it, along with that insecure delivery. Some phrasing was odd (script issue maybe) but not much. The only time it seemed a little off was when he was talking to the little girl, otherwise great job. Karl Urban in The Boys, now that's one that is a bit off-key (though I still love the show and his character!)
The mirror scenes was definitely some cucooie shit. Also grade A troll by Marvel with the von doom false lead, was just a normal bakery name.....but I was definitely saying "is this latveria!!??" My first watch till I realized the name wasn't Vob Doom
I literally had only got to the first scene and had to see your reaction okay watching the rest now, but that start.... wow just creep tastic, and I needed somewhere to off load how amazing that scene was that wouldn't spoil my friends
I like how Agustin often manages to douse the eagerness of Hector to overshare, overspeculate, or assume that the MCU will follow the stories in the comic books.
When everyone keeps saying Praise Ammit... God Ammit! 🤣
I loved the pacing and writing in this pilot. I of course love ya'lls reactions the best, but it's too bad Adam is so somber, I hope nothing is bothering him.
Finally! Someone who knew Frenchie!! Frenchie is badass
If anyone is wondering the creature that is continuing to haunt Steven Grant/Marc Spector is Khonshu an Egyptian moon god who saves Spector's life after he is left to die in Egypt. It's not 100% explained what he is, he's depicted as a father figure to the identities, something only the identities can see, I believe there's also a version in the comics where he's a complete figure of the Spector's imagination.
DID is complex, and every DID system is different.
IT HAS BEGAN!!!!!! I've been waiting to see you guy's reaction! Can't wait to hear your thoughts!
Rewatching this, I wonder if Marc is the one who listens to the stay awake podcast. Seems odd that Steven, who has trouble with his sleep, would be attempting to stay up all night to combat sleepwalking.
My day isnt complete until ive seen these 3 homies react and the boys from previewd
You know when he first wakes up in the field that he's nowhere near London, because there are mountains in the background.
KINGS!!!!
Grant is jumping outta the window instead of using the door and Steve is too naive too realize it lol.
This is the first time I’ve ever seen Adam so subdued. He hardly said anything to anything 😳😂
I'm sorry 😬
@@HeroesReforged lol no no, no need to apologize. I was just shocked! I kept wondering if something was wrong lol
My silly brain didn’t compute that maybe you just weren’t all that into the show 😅
I'm going to side with Adam on this one.
@@marie-helenemartel7147 🤔side with him on what? Lol
Who ever gets to pick all the BGM for the episodes is a genius.
According to Disney Plus, the show takes place after Hawkeye, not that it really matters but I figured I would at least share that info anyway.
That waiter pulled the douchiest move choosing "well done" for doneness.
Love you guys all the way from Mexico. Watch you guys faithfully
Nice stuff gentleman, as always
I'll have that "day and night" song stuck in my head now thanks lol
Good first episode!!
After the first episode of Moon Knight I began thinking about all the personalities/beings in “Steven Grant”and came up with a theory. I theorize that if there was a situation where Dr. Strange needed to push Steven Grant’s astral form out of his physical body, more than one astral form would be pushed out. Or on the other side of that theory, Steven would be pushed out and Marc or Konshu would take over his physical body. Maybe like Spider-Man’s “Peter tingle” taking over in NWH. Or Konshu is just way too powerful for Dr. Strange’s spell to work on Moon Knight? What do you think?
“Don’t want your mom to hit you with those chanclas” 😂💀
damn, this was FAST!
Khonshu is brother of the Black Panther goddess Beasta she is said to be coming in her human form in both Thor love and thunder and Black Panther 2
So Jelly you get to see the first 3 episodes first! too cool!
Now that they own the Defenders IP and have the Netflix shows with that crew, I REALLY hope we get Heroes For Hire at some point.
I freaking loved the first episode. Can't wait for more episodes.
I think Adam misses the mark on what SHOULD be horror. Horror is a broad umbrella and if you are expecting gore, body horror or the like then you will be disappointed. YES Moon knight is known to be violent, he has shaved faces off people BUT that's not the essence of Moon Knight. I have every Moon Knight Publication and volume that has come out since I was 7 (so 1996). Moon Knight is classic horror, it's a love letter to creatures, adventure and the swashbuckling of the Universal Monster horror movies and the books they are based on. Yes there is bloody gore in Moon Knight but bloody gore isn't horror, that's an aesthetic that is also found in other genres, So I don't NEED that in this series but I like the horror we are getting. So if Adam you are looking for body horror and straight up horror and not a Love letter to the classics, you will disappoint yourself. Cause what you are expecting isn't Moon Knight.
Indeed, I never for a second thought we would get Charlie Huston's version of Moon Knight. Even though that's one of my favorite comic stories, it's incredibly gory. Far too much for the MCU. Just like we'll never get Uncanny X-Force with the grey suits.
@@my5head And we don't need Huston/Finch's aesthetic either for it to BE Moon Knight. "Bottom" is a great story but that gore doesn't make that story, it's more so what the character is going through at that moment. "Bottom" still has a lot of classic horrorisms from earlier movies, I sorta feel the face stuff in that run is aa bit much at times, so it's not just it's "too much" for the MCU, it's also just unneeded in general.
@@koreywinicky7767 oh yeah, the part where he keeps the face was way unnecessary and pretty stupid. Even so, I still love that story. But it's also far into Marc's story and there's no need to rush into it.
@@my5head That but also later with Midnight and that whole-body horror stuff, I don't need even that, in fact, I found that part to be distracting with how much gore was there. Was that Huston and Finch or was that BMB? Those two sorta merge together, I didn't care much for how BMB handled the mental illness.
I was just going to sleep and now I have to wait 😴
I’m crying 😭 I didn’t know you guys had made another channel this whole time. I thought you guys quit TH-cam and seems like I’ve missed so much of your content and reactions 😭 y’all were always my favorite reaction channel 😭
Welcome back!
@@tanveersyedmoin thank you!
Disney said they won't be cutting the violence to any show after deciding to add a adult channel for such content, here in the UK we already have it.
I’m probably just really high tbh, but I’ve been watching hector most of this reaction and his glasses make it look like he has a mini head inside his bigger head and I can’t unsee it now
Introduced werewolf by night moon knight trained as a boxer before he joined the army. Stephen in the comics is a playboy but now he works at a museum. Two reflections on the period could be marc and jake with Stephen. A lot of reflections from mirrors I love it. The bob dylan song was a nice touch. Y’all see the crocodiles everywhere lol ammit from Egyptian mythology. The theme of waking up is there but really Stephen has did dissociative identity disorder. He has sand around his bed. He has a goldfish that have been said to have bad memories funny enough Stephen has trouble with his memory. Notice the scale tattoo Arthur has in the Egyptian afterlife a person heart is weighed to see if they had been good or bad. That song was sampled for big pimpin lol.
I am totally onboard. I like the faint psychological horror aspects of it; the thought that you are not in control of your own mind is *terrifying* and Oscar Issac gets that across so, so well. And yeah, Ethan Hawke is scary as hell. I don't even care about the MCU at this point...I just want to see where these two guys go!
The Motorola Razr was what REALLY made me question where this is on the timeline. I don’t even think those can work on modern networks.
that one person is MOON GOD KHONSU also the voice in head also was moon god talking to him
I watched it once with friends and I was Luke warm. Then I watched it again by myself and I saw I missed so much. Now I'm sold! It's a confusing episode, but it felt like on purpose. That might be how it feels to suffer from DID. And I felt the heartbreak in the restaurant scene. Oh man! That was so sad. Anyway... I'm sucked in!
I never knew I needed Moon Knight in my life!!!!
I love how Khonshu comes off like an Elden Ring boss.
I love how the Marvel community pronounces Budapest the right way since Black Widow corrected us.
Went in completely blind and I am utterly fascinated to see where this goes
I'll be the one to say it was scary for me! LOL. Sitting alone in the dark in my apartment...I was avoiding looking at any mirrors.
No lie, that first location looks like where they filmed the Volturri scene in New Moon. Lol.
If this episode was like this I can't imagine next weeks episode!!
Great reaction, I'm loving this show so far!
Speaking of Werewolf by Night, there was a cut scene from Blade Trinity where they track him down at a casino. I found it hilarious that his human name is Jack Russell. 😁
Moon Knight The GoldFish Problem (museum sense) Episode One.
We are guessing when Steven was talking to the little girl at his museum job. She said to Steven, Did it suck for you? Getting rejected from the field of reeds? We think she is actually Khonshu, We know Steven, etc. is dead because he has to be dead in order to meet Khonshu. Also, how would she know or ever thinks in that way? When Steven said I am not dead...Am I? the way he said like he is not sure if he is alive or not?
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I almost agree with Adam's reaction to the steak order, except it wasn't reactive enough. WELL DONE?!?! I wouldn't wish that upon the cheapest cut served to my greatest enemy. A steak house should fire any employee that would even consider such a crime.
Hes a vegan, he wouldn't know and the waiter probably prefers that
@@JADTO The waiter is the problem, Steven doesn't make the choice for the steak to be desecrated. No one that prefers such blasphemy should be allowed to work in a steak house.
While I would rather chew on my shoes than eat a well done steak, for a vegan who possibly has moral objections to consuming animal products, seeing a 'bloody' steak would be a hard no so well done makes sense. Not that the waiter knows he's vegan so it still doesn't excuse him, but it was probably for the best in that scenario.
I loved the mental horror aspect in this and that's the main reason I'm intrigued. Not really that much into "superman" stuff so the ending scene didn't do anything for me and I'd probably loved the episode even more without actually seeing the Moon Knight just yet. Looking forward to meeting his other personalities though and seeing how Knoshnu interacts with each one.
Why did I just notice 3 mirrors 3 personalities okay they did good hinting at things even from the beginning
In definite intrigued. Loved episode 1. Felt very memento
Steven described the steak that way becasuse he doesn't know cooking preferences for steaks since he's vegan. Lol. Mark cleary isn't vegan though, lol.
They already know I love them.....
Great first episode! I honestly can't wait to see how the rest of the show will turn out and I also can't wait to see how this'll potentially tie into Midnight Sons. There's rumors going around that we might see Gael Garcia Bernal's Werewolf By Night since it's just like Hector said, Moon Knight first appeared in a Werewolf By Night comic, we also might see Blade by the end of the show which he'll likely be the "Nick Fury" of the team as in he's the one assembling the team, and there is of course, Kit Harrington's Dane Whitman from Eternals since he lives in London, the same location as Steven. Regardless, I am excited for this show exploring a different corner of the Marvel universe that has never been explored that much in the MCU and still can't wait to see how it'll potentially set up that team and there's only 1 major problem with the MCU version of this team: there's still no Ghost Rider who is a staple member of that team. There's the rumor that we might see a Ghost Rider in Multiverse of Madness and I'm just saying, since we already have two Latinos in the team (Oscar as MK, Gael as WBN), you might as well add in a 3rd Latino to the team (Robbie Reyes).