Moon Knight's Cut Thor Reference Made Love & Thunder's Villain Scarier
Moon Knight's writer has revealed that the series cut a reference to Thor: Love and Thunder, one that made the movie's villain even scarier. For the most part, Moon Knight stays disconnected from the MCU, and that fact along with the ever-shifting release dates of the movies explains why the reference was cut. However, Moon Knight should have kept the reference to Thor: Love and Thunder in, as it would have greatly helped the upcoming movie sequel.
Moon Knight and Thor: Love and Thunder share one major element: gods. Moon Knight introduced the Egyptian gods, mostly focusing on Khonshu, Ammit, and the Ennead. The Thor series has featured the Norse gods since its beginning, and Thor: Love and Thunder is set to introduce the Greek gods, including Zeus as played by Russell Crowe. With all these gods running around, Thor: Love and Thunder is also introducing a fierce villain who wants to take these deities down: Gorr the God Butcher. The MCU is now populated by a diverse set of pantheons, and with Gorr set on taking them all out, all the gods should be afraid.
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Writer Jeremy Slater confirmed that Moon Knight was going to reference Gorr the God Butcher in one of two ways. If the series came out before Thor: Love and Thunder, Moon Knight would feature gods commenting on being worried that Gorr would come after them. If the show came out after the movie, it would have gods talking about the havoc Gorr caused before being defeated. Although these references were cut, Moon Knight should have left them in. By allowing the show to set up Gorr, he would have felt like a much bigger threat in Thor: Love and Thunder. Rather than Gorr feeling like a
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