Moon Knight Can't End Like All The Other Marvel Shows
Moon Knight’s first episode has been met with a hugely positive reaction from both fans and critics alike. It’s no small feat considering the minimal popularity for the hero, especially compared to the rest of the MCU series leads who had all featured in movies previously. Some new characters arrived, most notably Kate Bishop, but they’ve always had support from existing popularity. Moon Knight, a lesser-known character with as-yet-unknown connections to the MCU story and a trailer whose main talking point was Oscar Isaac’s ropey British accent guvnor, was up against it, but it delivered. Now it needs to keep delivering.
A strong start is not necessarily good news. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier had a strong start but ran out of steam and became increasingly convoluted - a fate that may well befall Moon Knight. Conversely, WandaVision’s ‘50s style opening with a Dick Van Dyke Show send-up seemed to throw people off the concept, but its refusal to explain its own reality eventually made it the most compelling MCU series to date. That Elizabeth Olsen’s turn became one of the rare instances of Marvel performances being recognised by the major award scene is down to WandaVision’s attempts to do something completely different in a genre that is profitable, but also stagnant, predictable, and formulaic.
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WandaVision is the best MCU show, but it’s also the one which has me most worried about Moon Knight. For all WandaVision’s quality, it ends in typical MCU fashion with a symmetrical but diametrically opposed CGI battle in the sky. Two of them, in fact, with the Vision battle taking the symmetry to literal extremes. Moon Knight has an intriguing premise
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