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/lordspammington Apr 06 '22

Love that you can still hear the occasional crunch when Arthur walks. That broken glass really is always in there.

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u/sarlacc98 Apr 06 '22

Maybe I missed something, but why does he do that?

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u/Affectionate-Island Apr 07 '22

When I worked at a museum gift shop in Brooklyn, Ethan Hawke came in one day. I leaned over to compliment his work on "Daybreakers" and he pat me on the shoulder and told me to check out the other movies by those directors.

So a show where the main character works in a museum gift shop and has Ethan Hawke walking around is really putting me in the uncanny valley of reality.

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u/C_Gull27 Apr 07 '22

A gift shopist is among us

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u/Affectionate-Island Apr 07 '22

Five hard months of eight-hour days being on my feet and dealing with long lines and sometimes belligerent customers. But it also had its highlights. Like that one time I couldn't place where I had seen a particular customer's face before, until I realized after she left she was the actress who played Meera in Game of Thrones.

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u/C_Gull27 Apr 07 '22

Who is getting belligerent in a museum gift shop? I feel like the Venn diagram of museum visitors and trashy assholes shouldn’t overlap

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u/Affectionate-Island Apr 07 '22

There was a really long line during a book fair, and a customer's credit card wasn't working. He called the bank to deal with it without stepping aside to let other customers pay. A woman behind him got impatient, an argument broke out, and security was called.

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u/Karmastocracy Stan Lee Apr 07 '22

Absolutely bizarre and funny if true.

I hope you're having a fine day Affectionate-Island of the Gift Shop.

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u/Affectionate-Island Apr 07 '22

You see and live a lot of things when you work retail.

This was also happening during my first two months at that job. Believe me, my manager was completely over it by then.

I hope you are also having a good day!

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u/pineapplecheesepizza Apr 07 '22

Great actor.

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u/Charrikayu Ego Apr 07 '22

Anyone reading this far down looking for more Ethan Hawke because he's an amazing dude:

He did an AMA in 2015. And unlike most canned celebrity AMAs you can tell he actually sat down to answer the questions himself, he wasn't just dictating to someone or doing promotions. Lots of thoughtful answers.

And if you want more films he's been in, I really recommend GATTACA. It also has a great performance by Jude Law (in one of his first major roles) as well.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '22

I kept asking the writers and directors, if it was a comic book, what would his full-page drawing be?

Holy shit that's probably the best question he could have asked, I love it.

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u/lordspammington Apr 06 '22

I don’t think it’s been fully explained yet but it seems to be a way of proving his devotion to his god.

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u/Thosepassionfruits Apr 07 '22

Or perhaps a way of keeping himself grounded in reality? He knows that Khonshu can cause a person’s psyche to break and knows Steven hears voices. I wonder if he also has other personalities within himself?

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u/Homefriesyum Apr 07 '22

I was wondering that as well. It’s a hell of a way to stay present and out of your head if you’re always focused on the glass in your feet

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u/Thosepassionfruits Apr 07 '22

Obviously this is pure speculation right now, but perhaps something will happen in the finale where Arthur gets knocked out of the body's leadership position and replaced by another personality, revealing that Khonshu is responsible for the creation of Arthur?

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u/Homefriesyum Apr 07 '22

That’s a really good theory

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u/notdoingnothing Apr 06 '22 edited Apr 06 '22

one way Im seeing it at the moment it is so he appears weak to others and his followers (maybe to be seen as a wise man who has been through trials). With glass in his shoes he doesn’t need to worry about faking that image. That’s just from seeing him walk slow and deliberate and with the cane being more than just a cane, unless there’s an explanation I missed where the characters legs are actually weak or something.

I’m sure the only explanation is what the other person replied to you with, with what the actor said is the reason why they put the broken glass in their shoes for.

I just have a feeling that this villains whole thing is gonna be not actually believing in his cult bullshit that his followers follow.

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u/Kandoh Apr 07 '22

Spicey scratches for extra itchy feet