Episode 33: Our full series review of Marvel Studios' Moon Knight

We’re happy to be back at the podcasting mic discussing another one of Marvel Studios’ latest television entries - Moon Knight. If you caught our livestreamed quick review on YouTube last month, as promised, we’ve gathered a few of our team’s bona fide Moon Knight fans to dive deep with their takes on the full series!

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In this episode, the #SavedDaredevil team’s resident Moon Knight experts - Lauren, Shelby, and Leslie - sit down to add another entry to our collection of #TalkDaredevil reviews with their deep dive into Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight! We’re covering a little bit of everything between the comics and show - thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!

  • 00:19 - Introduction

  • 00:53 - Overall impressions of the season

  • 02:30 - How the show changed up Steven Grant from Lemire’s run

  • 04:00 - What it means for Moon Knight to tell a story not tied to the greater MCU

  • 05:40 - Raving about Oscar Issac

  • 09:05 - About Steven’s accent

  • 11:20 - Where are the Moon Knight deleted scenes??

  • 12:10 - We love May Calamawy as Layla

  • 13:28 - Reviewing Ethan Hawke as Arthur Harrow

  • 14:30 - F. Murray Abraham as Khonshu

  • 16:20 - Moon Knight character easter eggs - will they return?

  • 19:25 - The fight choreography (and fight styles!) of Moon Knight 

  • 22:05 - All about Jake Lockley

  • 23:30 - More about the Lemire run and Moon Knight comics in general 

  • 25:45 - What we want more of from a Moon Knight show

  • 27:03 - A superior origin story and how the show improves on the comics

  • 30:50 - Our favorite moments from the show

  • 32:44 - The Asylum!

  • 38:40 - Did they stick the landing?

  • 41:44 - Our hopes for future Moon Knight and what we want to see regarding the character’s tone and rating aka how dark does it need to be?

  • 47:10 - Some remaining questions

  • 51:12 - Conclusion

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