According to their director, the final two episodes of Moon Knight are more dark and crazy than the rest of the series. Marvel’s cinematic universe is at the forefront of media and has been for over a decade. The installments in the Marvel franchise, across both television and film, have maintained a certain style and mood that at this point has become expected from Marvel projects. With Disney at the helm of most Marvel projects, it’s no surprise to viewers that the company rarely opts to make them brutal or dark due to the target demographic including adolescents.
Earlier this week, Moon Knight became the newest installment in the MCU with its series debut this past Wednesday on Disney+. When it was announced that Moon Knight would be receiving his own series on Disney+, fans were curious as to how the show would be handled due to Moon Knight's violent nature. However, all of the murmuring was silenced by the first episode of Moon Knight being one of the MCU’s most violent and wild installments in recent years. In the pilot alone, fans have experienced the turmoil of Steven Grant mysteriously sharing his body with other identities, resulting in him finding himself in the strangest of places bruised and bloodied with no knowledge of how or why.
In an interview with Deseret News, the director of Moon Knight, Mohamed Diab, states that episodes five and six are “crazier and darker” than the rest of the series. This was expanded on by the show's other directors, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, who directed episodes two and four of Moon Knight. Moorhead claims that the final two episodes very much have “their own individual personality.” Moorhead follows that claim up by saying each episode has its own personality but it seems that the finale will be on a different level. Diab adds that it’s important that Moon Knight be enjoyed without spoilers, urging fans to go into each episode blind.
It’s unclear how dark Disney and Marvel will allow their shows to get on Disney+. The pilot of Moon Knight coupled with the addition of the Netflix Marvel series, such as Daredevil and The Punisher, seems to suggest that Disney+ is willing to go darker than fans originally anticipated. Disney+ has even gone as far to add a TV-MA filter to the app, demonstrating that this type of content can have a place on the streaming platform in the future. It’s difficult to tell just how dark Disney+ will allow Moon Knight to become at this time.
Moorhead’s claim that the final episodes have a unique “personality” is a very intriguing choice of words. While he could simply be referring to the finale’s seemingly chaotic nature, the word “personality” has a unique meaning in Moon Knight. The hero has Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), meaning Moon Knight has multiple unique identities that can all manifest differently. Moorhead’s claims could be in reference to a new identity being revealed in the last two episodes, but only time will tell if this is true. New episodes of Moon Knight come out every Wednesday on Disney+.
Source: Deseret News
