Moon Knight Going Solo Is Great For The MCU
TheMoon Knight series promises to be unlike anything Marvel Studios has produced in the past 14 years and that is largely down to the superhero’s diverging personalities that make watching Oscar Isaac in it such a treat. However, the series also has the fantastic benefit of being the only MCU property to be able to launch a new character without the burdens pushed onto him by the Avengers and company.
It might sound counterintuitive to think that detaching itself from the most successful movie franchise in history is a good thing, nonetheless, it bears saying that same interconnectivity is starting to hurt newer Marvel properties as was seen with last year’s superhero class. Moon Knight is for people who've never watched an MCU flick or series before, and even for seasoned comic book fans, it’s a break from yet again hearing what’s been going on in Marvel’s world since the Blip but here’s why that’s a real win.
Moon Knight Episode 2 Easter Eggs
Four movies and five Disney Plus series, that was last year's creative output for Marvel, and yet if one begins to dissect those numbers it becomes clear the MCU is showing the first cracks in its vibranium armor. Out of the four movies, only Spider-Man: No Way Home turned in a healthy profit (and what profit that was), with the other three failing to recoup their investment per Disney’s own corporate briefings; meanwhile, although the Disney Plus exclusives don’t need to meet such expectations and the revenue they bring is harder to measure, it’s already been proven that Star Wars shows alone are enough to sustain the service to a certain degree.
The common weakness practically all of Phase Four’s productions have is they can’t quite find their place inside the MCU, as more casual
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