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[dovebuffy92]

Spoilers Below

MCU’s Moon Knight miniseries, created by Jeremy Slater, centers around Marc Spector/Moon Knight (Oscar Issac), a superhero with a dissociative identity disorder. He has two distinct personalities British museum gift-shop employee Steven Grant/Mr. Knight (Oscar Issac) and the ruthless Spanish-speaking Jack Lockley (Oscar Issac). Marc is the avatar for the Egyptian moon god Khonsu (Karim El Hakim and F. Murray Abraham).

Issac masterfully creates three distinct personas through accent work and body movements. The miniseries generate a lot of suspense and mystery because the writers expertly keep back information from the audience by limiting the amount of exposure the distinct personalities have to one another.

If any prospective audience members expect a horror television series, they will be disappointed with Moon Knight. Instead, the miniseries wrestle with trauma and guilt stemming from loss.

Superhero with Dissociative Identity Disorder

Oscar Issac inhabits these three different personalities so deftly that Steven and Marc are easily recognizable. Issac uses his accent when depicting Marc, the “real” personality. Marc stays focused on seeking justice as Moon Knight to make up for his actions as a mercenary.

Marc is an adept fighter who can hold his own as a military veteran even without powers. As Moon Knight, he transforms into a powered individual who cannot die and usually takes down his combatant. The veteran carries a lot of trauma and guilt from his childhood. Marc, the primary personality, doesn’t speak about his feelings or past. The other two personas protect his psyche.

The secondary personality is Steven, the British gift-shop worker who’s the considerate and intellectual one. He has a bizarre British accent that young Steven created from his favorite film Tomb Busters (An Indiana Jones rip-off). Issac says the accent is based on several famous British comedians.

Like Marc’s ex-wife Layla El-Faouly (May Calamawy), Steven adores studying Ancient Egyptian mythology and has become an expert. For most of the miniseries, he can’t throw a punch. Mr. Knight only masters hand-to-hand combat when Steven embraces Marc as part of him.

Steven is socially awkward but takes care of the people and animals around him. Oscar Issac succeeds in appearing small when he performs as the shy British gift shop worker. Steven hates violence, making him the opposite of Marc, leading the two to clash at the beginning of the miniseries.

Jack remains largely a mystery because we only meet him at the end of the series. The writers in the miniseries strongly imply that Jack was inhabiting “the body” whenever Steven or Marc woke up from a blackout surrounded by dead people.

In episode six, “Gods and Monsters,” he drives Khonsu around town. Jack wears a nice coat, silk scarf, and a flat cap. He speaks flawless Spanish, then shoots the main antagonist of the miniseries Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke) several times off-screen.

The third personality grins when he points the gun at Harrow’s head. Issac does an excellent job of projecting confidence and arrogance when performing as Jack. Neither Steven nor Marc know of his existence, leaving room for another miniseries or movie featuring Moon Knight.

Not Horror & Weaving Suspense

Moon Knight has been billed as the first horror MCU television series, but the miniseries do not fit that genre. Instead, the miniseries is more of a psychological thriller. There are no gory fight scenes or any intense jump scares.

The closest thing to anything horrifying in Moon Knight is in “The Goldfish Problem,” when Steven hears Khonsu’s voice, runs through the shadowed halls of the museum, and notices Marc in the mirror right before the jackals attack him in the bathroom. Children may find some of these scenes terrifying, but adults will only find them suspenseful.

The miniseries create a lot of suspense and mystery by slowly doling out information. At first, the audience witnesses everything through Steven’s eyes, who knows nothing. The museum gift shop worker believes he is suffering from some bizarre type of sleepwalking.

He slowly learns about Marc by investigating the mercenary’s storage locker, talking to him through reflections, and meeting Layla. Marc doesn’t speak much about his past, so the audience is constantly surprised by every new revelation.

The mercenary’s backstory remains a mystery until the last two episodes when Steven realizes that he is one of Marc’s personalities. Jack’s presence in the miniseries isn’t confirmed before the end credits leaving the audience on the edge of their seats.

Wrestling with Trauma

Like all the other MCU television series, Moon Knight explores themes of trauma. From Marc, who has a mental disorder, to Harrow, a cult leader grieving his past powers, all the characters deal with emotional pain. The series utilizes visuals to reveal the characters’ trauma.

For example, Harrow fills his sandals with broken glass. He walks on the glass all day long, living with literal and metaphorical pain. Harrow grieves the loss after Khonsu stops letting him be the god’s avatar. He desperately schemes and fights to become Ammit’s vessel.

In the final episodes, Marc and Steven flash between traveling on a longboat sailing through Duat (Ancient Egyptian Land of the Dead) with a hippopotamus-headed Ancient Egyptian goddess Tawerert and attending a therapy session with Dr. Harrow in this surreal mental hospital that resembles the museum where Steven works. Marc doesn’t know which reality is part of his delusions because both options seem like hallucinations. Slater doesn’t paint Layla (who lost her father), Marc, or Steven as broken people.

The main protagonists deal with severe mental and emotional anguish but choose to do the right thing. Marc and Steven are compassionate beings who just haven’t faced their pain. Society tells them that they are not worthy of trust or agency because they have a mental illness.

However, the minute Marc and Steven love each other and, therefore, themselves, together, they can defeat beings with Egyptian God-level abilities. Moon Knight teaches us that trauma or mental illness doesn’t make anybody unworthy of love.

Last Thoughts on the Moon Knight Miniseries

Some MCU fans may complain that there is not enough “Moon Knight” action scenes, but Moon Knight is a compelling character study and solid superhero origin story. Watch the whole miniseries on Disney Plus. Then, let us know what you think in the comments below. 

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TV Shows

Another big year for that show that hasn't aired since 2020.

Good Omens +20

The Owl House

Stranger Things -2

The Last of Us

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles +15

Our Flag Means Death -3

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir -1

Succession +2

Adventure Time +72

Supernatural -2

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

Ted Lasso +48

Shadow and Bone +35

The Mandalorian +15

Doctor Who

The Eurovision Song Contest +16

Interview with the Vampire +11

Danny Phantom +12

House of the Dragon -14

Heartstopper -7

The Witcher -12

Wednesday

What We Do in the Shadows -16

Warrior Nun

9-1-1 -7

Hannibal -1

Yellowjackets

Merlin +18

The Sandman -17

Ahsoka

Young Royals +33

Avatar: The Last Airbender -1

Sonic Prime

One Piece

Loki -2

South Park +11

Teen Wolf +20

Lego Monkie Kid +31

The Dragon Prince

Percy Jackson and the Olympians -16

Steven Universe +3

Andor +28

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

The Bad Batch

Bridgerton -18

Abbott Elementary +50

Ninjago +8

Arcane -44

Obi-Wan Kenobi -33

Breaking Bad -7

My Adventures with Superman

Riverdale +4

The Legend of Vox Machina��-2

9-1-1: Lone Star +8

Star Wars: The Clone Wars -14

KinnPorsche -39

Gravity Falls -31

The Untamed -19

The Winchesters

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine +4

The Rookie

House MD

Castlevania

Golden Globes

Game of Thrones -21

Criminal Minds +5

The Academy Awards -14

The Muppets

Outer Banks

Ghosts +18

Daisy Jones & The Six

Star Wars Rebels

The Simpsons +13

Amphibia -61

The Bear

Lockwood & Co.

Willow

Star Trek: The Original Series +1

Love in the Air +11

Inside Job

Community +3

Velma

Better Call Saul -34

Only Friends

Columbo +12

The Grammy Awards

Buffy the Vampire Slayer -17

Gotham -16

The Screen Actors Guild Awards

Phineas and Ferb

My School President

Clone High

Supergirl -56

Moon Knight -84

The Walking Dead

The Sanremo Music Festival

Moonlight Chicken

Black Sails -22

Invader Zim -14

The number in italics indicates how many spots a title moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded titles weren’t on the list last year.

#year in review #tv shows #tumblr2023

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Tumblr's 2023 Year in Review: TV Shows

It was another big year for that show that hasn't aired since 2020.

Take a peek at the top 100 TV shows on Tumblr ⤵

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[thirstghosting]

you click on a video about the beverly hillbillies. 8 hours later you are listening to the same guy talk about star trek model ships. its the same video. he has told you he will start talking about the beverly hillbillies again around the 12hr mark. you scroll to 12hrs on the timeline and it doesn't even reach close to halfway. this man has left his son in an abandoned big k mart. you have begun to say "californie" unironically

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[lgbtpopcult]

Best WLW TV of 2023

The last of us

Harley Quinn the animated series

Lucky My Love

NCIS Hawaii

wtFock

Special ops lioness

The Morning Show

Station 19

Everything now

Love Senior

Las Pelotaris 1926

Fall of the house of Usher

Stupid Wife

Wheel of Time

XO Kitty

Yellowjackets

The Owl House

4 Estrellas

Deadloch

Disenchantment

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[lunarhobbits]

memes for people who either are huge dobie gillis fans or have made it over 19 hours into the new Quinton Reviews video

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They are getting too powerful. Someone needs to stop the Reviews Dynasty.

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[autisticmuppeteer]

MINOR SPOILERS FOR: How The Beverley Hillbillies Changed TV

reblog for bigger sample :)

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Quinton Reviews Fans!!

I have archived the Beverly Hillbillies video over on archive.org in it's entirety! This includes the full 1080 p video, the audio track, the thumbnail, AND description! I know others also saved the video, but since I got the whole package and wanted to make triple sure all off Russ's / Quinton's dad's work was preserve, I posted my own download to be safe!

If you couldn't finish the video in time, or never got around to it, here you go!

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[misalpav]

yeah bc who was going to warn me that a 1700s period tv drama was gonna have a gay, forbidden lover, enemies to lovers, footmen trope that was going to drive me insane? WHO???

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[fandom]

TV Shows

So much sci-fi and fantasy—almost like you’re looking for an escape. Weird!

Stranger Things +51

The Owl House +1

Our Flag Means Death

Arcane

House of the Dragon

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir -1

What We Do In The Shadows +39

Supernatural -7

The Witcher +9

Succession

Moon Knight

The Sandman

Heartstopper

Amphibia +6

Doctor Who +2

Obi-Wan Kenobi

KinnPorsche

9-1-1 +7

Hawkeye +52

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles +58

Good Omens -6

Euphoria +45

The Umbrella Academy +3

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Hannibal -13

Gravity Falls +5

Bridgerton -8

Interview with the Vampire

The Mandalorian -25

Danny Phantom -3

Avatar: The Last Airbender -22

Eurovision Song Contest -16

Loki -31

The Book of Boba Fett

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

Bad Buddy

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

Supergirl -17

The Untamed -25

Killing Eve +48

Star Wars: The Clone Wars -9

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Breaking Bad

Steven Universe -20

Game Of Thrones +23

Merlin -13

South Park +37

Shadow and Bone -40

Baymax!

Better Call Saul

The Legend of Vox Machina

First Kill

The Boys

The Academy Awards

Ninjago

Riverdale -12

Teen Wolf -10

Derry Girls

Young Justice

Ted Lasso -21

Chucky

9-1-1: Lone Star -13

Druck -53

Young Royals -14

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine +9

Squid Game -44

Ms. Marvel

A League of Their Own

Lego Monkie Kid

Andor

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Criminal Minds -38

Gotham

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power -37

The Wheel Of Time

Cobra Kai -19

Black Sails +17

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series +1

Wandavision -73

Star Trek: The Original Series

Adventure Time -52

Extraordinary Attorney Woo

The Emmy Awards

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier -77

Community -13

Invader Zim -35

The Simpsons -14

Lucifer -48

Ghosts -23

Not Me

Love In The Air

Over The Garden Wall

Bee and PuppyCat

Legacies -13

Infinity Train -60

Abbott Elementary

The Flash

Columbo

Animaniacs -88

Peaky Blinders -18

The number in italics indicates how many spots a title moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded titles weren’t on the list last year.

#year in review #tv shows #tumblr2022

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I felt him. I still feel him. THE WALKING DEAD: THE ONES WHO LIVE | S1E2: Gone

#twdedit #towledit #the walking dead #the ones who live #twd: the ones who live #richonne #tvedit #towl spoilers #the budget is budgeting #love how big and atmospheric this ep was #a lot of reviewers mentioned it had a western feel #loved michonne getting the hero's journey #the companions the trials and eventually her damsel #** #*gifs #**tv

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LOUSOLVERSON’S REVIEW OF 2022 Best New Show - Severance, Apple TV+

#severanceedit #severance #severance apple tv plus #tvedit #2022 review #best show in years methinks #1k

[jwilliams051197]

Just watched the Invincible: Atom Eve Special, and it was beyond incredible. I did not know how tragic her backstory was, and by the end it gets very emotional. One of the final shots of her changing her family picture frame to who she considers family was extremely well done. I've really got to start reading the comics, because after rewatching the first season and then watching this, I'm really impressed how well written everyone is.

#invincible #atom eve #tv review #omni man #tv special #review #tv

[grenadine-grenades]

Korra's Upbringing

In the Legend of Korra I noticed that they only mention the way Korra was raised primarily in passing. Making remarks about how Korra grew up very isolated and not knowing anything about the outside world. It was always presented as ‘oh yeah the White Lotus never let me have friends my own age because I had to focus on training’ I think we just gloss over how traumatic Korra’s upbringing had to be.

When she goes to Republic City for the first time she immediately gets into trouble because she doesn't know you need money to buy things, she thinks everyone already knows she's the Avatar, and she basically doesn't know how the outside world works. It makes me wonder what the White Lotus was teaching her in the compound. Was she just focusing in on bending all the time? I'd assume that if you were going to isolate the Avatar from the rest of the world you'd at least keep them up on current events, political affairs, and teach them basic manners and customs in case of diplomatic meetings.

Along with the fact that no one knows or cares that Korra is the Avatar when she goes to Republic City. This could be explained by the fact that the Red Lotus tried to kidnap Korra when she was younger, but that would probably be world wide news considering that people know who the Red Lotus are. She'd also probably have to leave the compound at some point to give her opinion on world affairs when the time came to it.

What were the White Lotus's intentions with Korra? Were they going to let her out of the compound at some point or just make her stay only letting her leave when they decided that the Avatar's impute would be useful. It honestly comes up as a really messed up situation all around especially when you look at the way Korra acts around people.

She hasn't interacted with anyone her own age except maybe her cousins but Korra never really got along with them. It's why her relationships with Mako, Bolin, and Asami are so messy at first.

SHE. DOESN'T. KNOW. HOW. TO. INTERACT. WITH. PEOPLE!

I honestly think that the air of confidence that Korra puts on is something to compensate for the fact that she's an overall insecure and awkward teen girl. Like literally she thinks the first guy she likes is her soulmate.

Korra in the beginning

While I am one of Korra's biggest defenders I feel that Korra's upbringing largely informs why she is the way she is. When we first meet Korra she is a sheltered, hotheaded, and naive teenage girl who expects things to come easy to her. This makes her come off as spoiled and overzealous, jumping head first into the conflict with the equalists while only getting a surface level briefing of who they are and what they are trying to do (take away bending). Korra doesn't take the equalists that seriously thinking she can just hack and slash her way into stopping them, it's only until she is challenged then defeated by Amon does she really start being cautious.

Korra is at her best when she is challenged on a level other than purely physical fighting. While Korra is shown to be a strong fighter she is up against people who will kill her the second she shows any weakness. She doesn't hesitate but doesn't properly assess the situation she's in, like when she publicly challenged Amon she didn't truly realize how truly dangerous the threat she was up against was.

Korra really in the beginning a half-baked Avatar. She developed her own opinions on who the Avatar should be and it caused her fail again and again. It's only when she gets rid of the preconceived notions she had in her head is when she finally succeeds.

Later in the show she changes for the better becoming more calm in her approach to conflict. She’s still hotheaded but ends up learning from her mistakes.

#not me just airing out my opinions #tv review #legend of korra #this is just an incoherent mess #this is awful but enjoy #gonna end up adding more to this later

[lunarhobbits]

i feel like it's important that everyone know that quinton reviews did NOT make a 38 hour video on The Beverly Hillbillies.

quinton reviews's DAD made a 38 hour video on The Beverly Hillbillies seasons 1-3 (out of 9), Petticoat Junction seasons 1 and 2 (out of 7), related episodes of Mr. Ed, and the radio program Granby's Green Acres.

he hasn't even touched the henningverse media that's in color yet.

#guys this thing is HUGE you dont even knowwww #can you tell green acres + related materials has been a special interest of mine since 2019 lol #sincerely hoping there's a part 2. i want russ reviews to talk about Married Blorbos Lisa and Oliver Wendell Douglas #quinton reviews #the beverly hillbillies #petticoat junction #green acres #old tv