Moon Knight - SPOILERS

[Tonguez]

Check it out bruv, second episode is like totally bonkers innit bruv?

and Mr Knight brought some slapstick comedy to the grimdark story

Wagwaan!!! We was thinking Moonknight was Jewish when all along he’s like a total chav

 

[wicked cool]

my opinion this is becoming the best new mcu show. already hoping for a crossover. 2 episodes in and its way better than say venom 2

question-Do the people with tattoos have free will? are the people failing the test drained for food? is the bad guy holding back (seems like the cult is) ?

 

[DeviousQuail]

Solid second episode. Looking forward to more now that we're changing locations. Also, Khonshu is a real jerk. No wonder Marc was trying to keep Steven out of it and Layla away from all this nonsense.

 

[MarkB]

Also, Khonshu is a real jerk.

Yeah, definitely not getting any good-vs-evil vibe from this squabble-by-proxy between ancient deities. They're mostly as bad as each other.

I did like Steven cutting to the chase in examining the implications of Ammit's methodology, and then taking a stand.

I can see a definite unwilling-partnership growing between Marc and Steven now that they're in Egypt. Marc's got more knowledge of what's going on and better fighting skills, but it's obvious from the conversation with Layla in the flat that he's woefully lacking in expertise when it comes to Egyptology, so he's going to need Steven's expertise pretty soon if he's trying to track down Ammit's tomb.

 

[DeviousQuail]

I did like Steven cutting to the chase in examining the implications of Ammit's methodology, and then taking a stand.

Agreed. It's so obviously cruel and has the depth of a puddle. Steven could have cut it down a dozen different ways but we didn't have time for it so he picked dead kids to move things along.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

I love how adamant Harrow was to defend the fact that he literally murders children (and babies, presumably) when Steven was taking the moral high ground. Khonshu might not be a good guy, but his way is certainly better than Mister Thoughtcrime.

 

[MarkB]

I love how adamant Harrow was to defend the fact that he literally murders children (and babies, presumably) when Steven was taking the moral high ground. Khonshu might not be a good guy, but his way is certainly better than Mister Thoughtcrime.

That remains to be seen. What does he consider to be evil deeds, and how does he punish them? I wouldn't be surprised if he's the "your crime is littering - the sentence is death!" type.

 

[Stalker0]

I love how adamant Harrow was to defend the fact that he literally murders children (and babies, presumably) when Steven was taking the moral high ground. Khonshu might not be a good guy, but his way is certainly better than Mister Thoughtcrime.

This was the one part of the episode I didn't like. I felt like "Mr Thoughtcrime" who is going for diplomacy would try a bit harder to justify his position.

Something as simple as "If I knew, with 100% certainty, that the child next to me would become the next hitler. That a million people, and there million children, would die and suffer horribly at his hands....wouldn't it be murder not to stop him when I could?".... something like that. Keep in mind, several modern legal systems have tenants that if you have foreknowledge of a crime, and do nothing about it, you can have some liability. Imagine if you actually could know with 100% certainty someone was going to commit an unspeakable crime....it could be argued you are morally and even legally compelled to stop them. Whether you want to buy that argument or not, at least give it the old college try.

That said, I'm definately digging Ethan Hawke's character. He is both smooth and creepy, and the "former avatar" angle adds a lot of neat context between him and Steven/Marc. Also, a hell yeah to Lela, best sidekick we have had in a bit, comes in, kicks ass, stays loyal even though she really has reasons to leave, even tries to respond to "Steven" even though she probably thinks its a lie....yeah she's pretty cool so far.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

This was the one part of the episode I didn't like. I felt like "Mr Thoughtcrime" who is going for diplomacy would try a bit harder to justify his position.

Something as simple as "If I knew, with 100% certainty, that the child next to me would become the next hitler. That a million people, and there million children, would die and suffer horribly at his hands....wouldn't it be murder not to stop him when I could?".... something like that. Keep in mind, several modern legal systems have tenants that if you have foreknowledge of a crime, and do nothing about it, you can have some liability.

Well, he basically did say that last episode. With the whole "if Ammit were in charge, Hitler never would have happened" speech in the museum. He didn't explicitly evoke the "I would murder Baby Hitler if given the chance," but it was pretty clear that's what he was talking about. I don't think it would really be necessary for him to say that again, especially because just a day has passed for Steven since he last talked with Harrow about this.

And he's also probably going to talk about this more in the show. There are 4 more episodes, after all.

 

[Davies]

Hypothesis: The reason that "a good man" registered thus in [Ethan Hawke]'s judgment is that he was [going to be] killed during Steven's escape, and so would not live long enough to sin.

Theory: Ammit intends to consume all humanity and thus prevent them from sinning. Whether [Ethan Hawke] knows this is not clear.

Continuation: Ammit intending to consume all of humanity and thus prevent any human from ever sinning logically follows from the premises of Arthur's philosophy as expressed in this episode.

Theory: He has not realized this, based on his statement to the individual from whom he took the scarab.