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Marvel: Everything I Have Ever Wanted
Aug. 26th, 2019 07:09 pmSo, this has been an amazing week of Marvel announcements for me - someone in one afternoon they revealed Disney+ shows for my three favourite characters who hadn't been in anything yet. (Assuming we're counting the Fox movies as being in things for X-Men purposes, and I am.)
Moon Knight is the one I'm most excited and nervous about. I have no doubt that they can make great shows about She-Hulk and Ms. Marvel. The superhero legal dramedy starring Jennifer Walters practically writes itself as long as they cast the right lead, i.e. someone that could plausibly be Mark Ruffalo's cousin. With Kamala they just have to follow the comics closely enough and everything will be fine. But with Moon Knight, there are plenty of things that could go wrong.
Just for starters: I have already seen a bunch of people saying that the show needs to handle his mental illness with sensitivity. Which ... no, that would be a terrible approach. I see that people mean well, but Marc Spector is my kind of crazy person. Which is to say: a person who calls himself crazy, who will probably punch you if you tell him he shouldn't say that, who ended up with a god in his head because his mind was cracked open already, who is a terrible friend to have, whose life has been damaged and sometimes virtually destroyed by his illness and his own dumb mistakes, who is never going to be cured, and who is determined to keep going and be a super hero anyway because FUCK YOU that's why. (Seriously, the page where he tells Konshu that he knows he's sick and will never be well and he's going to have a life regardless may be my favourite page of any comic, ever.)
In an ideal world, I think they would just let Max Bemis write the scripts and include all the rabid dolphins and immortal Nazis and guest appearances by Foolkiller he wants. In any case I hope the show handles his illness with all the sensitivity of a sledge hammer. That's how Moon Knight handles it! Let Marc be Marc! (And also Steven and Jake when the situation calls for it.)
Moon Knight is the one I'm most excited and nervous about. I have no doubt that they can make great shows about She-Hulk and Ms. Marvel. The superhero legal dramedy starring Jennifer Walters practically writes itself as long as they cast the right lead, i.e. someone that could plausibly be Mark Ruffalo's cousin. With Kamala they just have to follow the comics closely enough and everything will be fine. But with Moon Knight, there are plenty of things that could go wrong.
Just for starters: I have already seen a bunch of people saying that the show needs to handle his mental illness with sensitivity. Which ... no, that would be a terrible approach. I see that people mean well, but Marc Spector is my kind of crazy person. Which is to say: a person who calls himself crazy, who will probably punch you if you tell him he shouldn't say that, who ended up with a god in his head because his mind was cracked open already, who is a terrible friend to have, whose life has been damaged and sometimes virtually destroyed by his illness and his own dumb mistakes, who is never going to be cured, and who is determined to keep going and be a super hero anyway because FUCK YOU that's why. (Seriously, the page where he tells Konshu that he knows he's sick and will never be well and he's going to have a life regardless may be my favourite page of any comic, ever.)
In an ideal world, I think they would just let Max Bemis write the scripts and include all the rabid dolphins and immortal Nazis and guest appearances by Foolkiller he wants. In any case I hope the show handles his illness with all the sensitivity of a sledge hammer. That's how Moon Knight handles it! Let Marc be Marc! (And also Steven and Jake when the situation calls for it.)