Oscar Isaac’s accent seemed good to me, even got to say ‘Bogeyman’ in a way that doesn’t make you check for a nearby sleazy disco!
I’m a bit unsure of the two distinctly different aspects to him though: The scarab stuff seemed really vague - he has it in his dream but then in the museum at the end the voice (of Mark?) is telling him to give him (Mark?) the scarab and we know he doesn’t have it, or it seems like he doesn’t? And where’s F Murray Abraham’s BIG VOICE guy now. It feels like a completely different mechanic, odd. Hopefully it will all make sense later…
i assumed he had it? the steven personality doesn’t know he has it because the marc personality took over and hid it somewhere (i kept expecting him to find it in the fishtank)
Right I’ve gone back and yes, I think you’re right but the sound is incredibly similar for me of the two voices (the one that says that and when he’s in the bathroom) so I just thought they were the same. Particularly as Hawke’s character had said he didn’t want the scarab just before and hadn’t seemed bothered about it
To be clear I am specifically hoping there is an explanation for F Murray Abraham’s snarky big voice only appearing in the Alps while his Mark personality only existing after that, no apparent crossover at all which I am reasonably hopeful there will be.
My only real niggle with this episode (again probably it’ll be explained) is if you phoned someone and someone with completely different voice answered who claimed they were someone else, would you actually just tough it out as “no it must be you”? Surely your first thing is to end the call and dial again in case something went odd. But obviously maybe he has a history of doing the voice thing so who knows.
I thought it was great. Isaac was excellent as Steven, thought it was a really funny performance. The accent was decent. Yes London geography was silly but it’s always fun to see familiar locations.
The phone thing did make me question why he would say 'why did you call me Marc? and not ‘sorry I’m Steven, this isn’t my phone’ but presumably the name Marc rings a bell in his head
the only thing that bothered me a bit was after he runs away from ethan hawke and his goons he just… goes back to work? youve seen ethan kill someone and you know he’s in the building, but fuck, better do that inventory!
Some slightly dodgy CG aside, I thought this was absolutely EXCELLENT. Issac is clearly having loads of fun, and it is very stylish. Loads of great creative choices, the script is fresh, and it’s really funny. Can’t wait for the rest.
From the Moon Knight wikipedia page - hidden because it’s obviously something of a spoiler if you want to keep going cold:
Summary
he primarily uses three other identities to gain information from different social circles: billionairebusinessmanSteven Grant , taxicabdriverJake Lockley , and suited consultantMr. Knight .
Surely your first thing is to end the call and dial again in case something went odd. But obviously maybe he has a history of doing the voice thing so who knows.
