As a lifelong fan of the Moon Knight comic books I was excited to see that they were finally adapting this character for screen, though I was also mildly disappointed by the fact that it was going to be a Disney+ original series instead of a feature length film like I think this character deserves. Though I also understand that Moon Knight is historically not as popular a character as some of the other marvel heroes such as Spider-Man, or Iron Man. So I suppose it makes sense that studio execs would be hesitant to spend the money necessary for a feature length film.

Being an original series aside however, Moon Knight looks much more cinematic than one would usually expect from a show kin to television which was a huge relief to me because I tend to greatly dislike the cheap quality of television in terms of the general look and feel of things. The show has a dark, almost Batman like quality (which I don't think was an accident) and has very snappy, deliberately disjointed editing to really help us get in the head of Steven Grant.

Steven Grant is a troubled individual who works in a kind of natural history museum's gift shop. He clearly has a significant interest and nack for Egyption history that his boss refuses to see. Steven also feels the need to tie himself up in bed and take other various precautions because when he falls asleep he tends to wake up in other parts of the world or in awkward confusing situations. This episode is mostly an expository episode where we learn about the character Steven and his alter-ego(s).

Oscar Isaac does a great job portraying this character and looks like he is completely sleep deprived and stressed out all the time. This first episode we only see Isaac play Grant and very briefly play Spectre. These two characters obviously being very different from one another, I'm excited to see how Isaac does transitioning between an innocent and shy gift shop clerk to a ruthless mercenary in future episodes.

Ethan Hawke is in it as well as some kind of cult leader that judges people's characters by what they will be in the future as opposed to who they are in the present or what they have done in the past with dire consequences if being found guilty. Again, this opens up some doors to interesting moral questions that can be addressed in future episodes. Is this minority-report-esque future judgment the right thing to pursue? Is it moral to kill baby Hitler? I think this take can certainly go interesting places, especially in a show about a hero of dubious morals such as Moon Knight.

So far the series has plenty of interesting visuals and creative decisions to keep me interested in continuing watching the series. I'm Looking forward to seeing where they take the series in the coming episodes.