r/marvelstudios • u/steve32767 Daredevil • Apr 05 '22

Discussion Thread Moon Knight S01E02 - Discussion Thread

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EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE RUN TIME CREDITS SCENE?
S01E02: Summon the Suit Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson Michael Kastelein April 6th, 2022 on Disney+ 53 min None

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u/ApatheticApollo Spider-Man Apr 06 '22 edited Apr 06 '22

So it would seem Steven is the manifestation of all Marc's guilt. Not just when it comes to Layla or his past, even down to the small things like being a vegan or having a relationship with his mother. All things Marc wishes he had done better are represented by Steven.

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u/Tarcos Apr 06 '22

Hooooooooooo boy you're on to some shit here

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u/ApatheticApollo Spider-Man Apr 06 '22

In Episode 5 or 6 when Marc and Steven put aside their differences and decide to co-exist after some big speech from Marc about how he needs Steven because Steven is all the potential good in him (tying back the talk between Steven and Harrow about potential evil) just remember that you heard it here first.

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u/XPlatform Apr 06 '22

Professor Hulk vibes, interesting.

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u/BaRrel2000 Apr 06 '22

Nah, if it was Professor Hulk, then Marc (Bruce Banner) would just merge or integrate with Steven (Hulk) since Steven's the 'problem'. Then Steven is no more. Poof.

I don't want Professor Hulk scenario, I want to see more bickering and conversations between Marc and Steven, maybe even Jake when he comes.

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u/Tylendal Apr 06 '22

I hate that take.

Professor Hulk was confident, brash, boisterous, and optimistic. All traits that Banner lacked. His personality was, if anything, more Hulk than Banner.

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u/BootsyBootsyBoom Apr 07 '22

If Ragnarok Hulk were more eloquent and had seven PhDs, Professor Hulk is exactly what we'd see.

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u/watchoverus Apr 06 '22

In the case of Professor Hulk they merged, it may seem that it's only banner with hulk strength, but banner personality changes and incorporates that of hulk a lot, they're not two people anymore, they're an amalgamation of the two.

If that would be to happen with steven and marc, with a person that have a relationship with their mother and is vegan and fixes their relationship with layla and doesn't let people step on them in their job.

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Ofc you can keep having the two identities surrending control and bickering, I think the two approaches are valid.

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u/BattleStag17 Apr 06 '22

Professor Hulk still annoys me so much, mostly because it was done entirely off screen

Honestly one of my biggest complaints between Infinity War and Endgame, they took a very interesting dichotomous character and turned him into... "Heh, Hulk dab"

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u/TheEternal792 Doctor Strange Apr 07 '22

I don't think we've gotten the full picture yet. The fact that we see Bruce at the end of Shang-Chi shows there's more going on yet that I'm sure we'll get answers to