Moon Knight Should Avoid A Regular Marvel Pitfall

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It has been a little over a year since the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) expanded from being just a sharped movie universe into a fully interwoven movie-and-television project. From WandaVision to Hawkeye, these Disney+ releases have been smash hit successes. Among the four live-action Disney+ shows, they are all helmed by familiar characters. The most recent members of the MCU among the headliners on the Disney+ Marvel shows are the Scarlet Witch and Vision. Still, they have been in the MCU since 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, so they are not exactly foreign entities in the MCU.

The next MCU project is about to take a brave, fresh step forward. That would be the Disney+ series, Moon Knight, which debuts on Wednesday, March 30th. Moon Knight promises to be a different direction for Marvel Studios. The show’s tagline is, “embrace the chaos,” and the content in the trailers matches this slogan. The show appears dark, shrouded in mystery, and deeply psychological.

Moon Knight Could Be The Stylistic Shift Marvel Needs

However, MCU projects have previously been somewhat formulaic. This matured interwoven fictional universe is now 14 years old, so it makes sense that there would be some kind of a formula. However, if Marvel Studios does not want its fans to become complacent, it should keep Moon Knight fresh by having it stand alone from the rest of the rapidly-evolving MCU.

In WandaVision, there are many references to the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron. Loki covers practically the entirety of Loki’s activities, even his death, across his entire MCU existence. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier deals with the fallout of the return of some 4 billion human lives following the events of Avengers: Endgame. Lastly, Hawkeye pays