Moon Knight - SPOILERS

[DeviousQuail]

I will say, something that marvel's shows are getting bad at imo, is they really put the brakes on their momentum.

We are seeing this alot where they push foward with a plot, get it to an exciting moment....and then completely shift gears into something else for a few episodes. And while I love the content those other episodes provide, the timing of them does remove some of the momentum and excitement you have built.

I like watching all the marvel shows as they come out but I've got some friends who wait and binge them after they're done. I wonder if people who binge (faster than 1 episode a week anyway) these shows get that same feeling. I agree that this happens more often than I would like but maybe I won't feel the same way when I rewatch these series.

 

[MarkB]

I will say, something that marvel's shows are getting bad at imo, is they really put the brakes on their momentum.

We are seeing this alot where they push foward with a plot, get it to an exciting moment....and then completely shift gears into something else for a few episodes. And while I love the content those other episodes provide, the timing of them does remove some of the momentum and excitement you have built.

Not just the Marvel shows. Picard's been quite similar in that regard.

Maybe there's something about the streaming model that makes them think this is a good 'shape' for these series.

 

[Tonguez]

I like watching all the marvel shows as they come out but I've got some friends who wait and binge them after they're done. I wonder if people who binge (faster than 1 episode a week anyway) these shows get that same feeling. I agree that this happens more often than I would like but maybe I won't feel the same way when I rewatch these series.

I like to binge watch shows (non-marvel) and yes it does help to maintain momentum when youre not pausing for a week and joining fan/cooler discussions rife with analysis and speculation.
I do think writers in attempting to fit a new model of viwing have adopted the habit of dropping the backstory in the middle of a run, so it starts and ends with action but still has ‘story‘. unfortunately it does slow things and can lead to a rushed concluding episode

 

[Stalker0]

I wonder if people who binge (faster than 1 episode a week anyway) these shows get that same feeling.

I do think the binging has led to some bad habits in story telling. The shows that get dropped at once (aka designed to be binged) can get away with more mistakes imo, because all they need to do is give me enough to get me to the next episode. Contrast that to traditional tv where you need to keep me on the hook week to week....which requires more interesting storytelling.

Ultimately I think the week to week format is a superior one. Of course when a new show drops I want every episode I can get my hands on, but I think consuming it once a week makes people appreciate it more, they discuss it and consider it more.

 

[MarkB]

I do think the binging has led to some bad habits in story telling. The shows that get dropped at once (aka designed to be binged) can get away with more mistakes imo, because all they need to do is give me enough to get me to the next episode. Contrast that to traditional tv where you need to keep me on the hook week to week....which requires more interesting storytelling.

Ultimately I think the week to week format is a superior one. Of course when a new show drops I want every episode I can get my hands on, but I think consuming it once a week makes people appreciate it more, they discuss it and consider it more.

Yeah, and if it's a big, anticipated show that drops all at once, you've got that awkward period where you've watched some but not all of it, and you really want to discuss it but you desperately want to avoid spoilers, and some of your friends have already watched the whole thing while others haven't even started it.

I really enjoyed shows dropping all in one go at first, but I do prefer the more episodic releases these days.

 

[pukunui]

not my favorite episode - the going back and forth between the asylum etc was somewhat confusing and boring

I enjoyed it. Very Inception-ish.

Still, it does feel like they've got a lot of ground to cover in the finale!

I also was a little confused as to how Marc's scales could balance by dealing with Steven but not the as-yet-unrevealed third personality. I bet you that's his "bundle of rage" from his mother's abuse bubbling away in his subconscious or something. Surely that would keep his scales out of whack.

I also thought it was ... interesting ... that they employed Hispanic actors to portray a Jewish family. Oh, and did you know that Oscar Isaac's brother was his double?

 

[MarkB]

I also was a little confused as to how Marc's scales could balance by dealing with Steven but not the as-yet-unrevealed third personality. I bet you that's his "bundle of rage" from his mother's abuse bubbling away in his subconscious or something. Surely that would keep his scales out of whack.

So, there is an uncomfortable possibility here. At the end, when the dead attacked them on the boat, Steven was able to overcome his normal reticence about violence, and when he did, he absolutely went to town on them, and seemed to enjoy the rush of victory, with Marc looking rather appalled at him.

And it's only once Steven's soul is removed from the equation that Marc's soul becomes balanced and he's admitted to paradise.

Maybe these suggestions of a third personality have been a lie - a lie told to Marc by Steven. Maybe that violent streak has been part of Steven all along, and it really was him who killed those people in Cairo.

 

[pukunui]

I did find it a bit odd that Marc created Steven to deal with his mom's abuse, yet that's Marc's memory, not Steven's ... even though it was Steven at the receiving end of the abuse.

 

[Ryujin]

I did find it a bit odd that Marc created Steven to deal with his mom's abuse, yet that's Marc's memory, not Steven's ... even though it was Steven at the receiving end of the abuse.

It did feel a bit backward, didn't it? Steven only has good memories of his mother. I'm still thinking that there actually is a third personality in there that internalized all that violence, and now points it outwards. One that neither Marc nor Steven know about, which is why they just walked on by the 'extra' sarcophagus.

EDIT - Can't believe that I got 'sarcophagus' right on the first try. It's been roughly 45 years since Ancient and Medieval History class.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

I also thought it was ... interesting ... that they employed Hispanic actors to portray a Jewish family.

Being Jewish is not just an ethnicity, but is separately also a religion, and yes, that causes confusion. It is a religion that can be born into or converted to. After all, one of Trump's daughters converted to Judaism when she married her husband, so now she is Jewish.