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essbee · 03-20-2008, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by shookem

Wait - he's a jew?

his father was jewish in the book if i remember, i don't think he was actively jewish though he worshipped the moon god or something.

shookem · 03-20-2008, 09:09 AM

hold up, Jews worship the moon? now you're blowing my mind.

where KAS when we need him?

MK's fam left Europe, if i remember correctly.

essbee · 03-20-2008, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by shookem

hold up, Jews worship the moon? now you're blowing my mind.

where KAS when we need him?

MK's fam left Europe, if i remember correctly.

Huh? For the comics of Moon Knight I read, he wasn't practicing as a Jewish person, he was worshipping the moon in an Egyptian cult or something.

shookem · 03-20-2008, 09:13 AM

yeah, he rejected his father's ways for materialism of the new world. then helped out some terrorists, then went to Egypt.

futuristxen · 03-20-2008, 09:18 AM

Moon knight's wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Knight

He's a crazy character.

"Moon Knight is often criticized as an ersatz Batman and the parallels are indeed apparent. Writer of the 2006 re-launch of Moon Knight, Charlie Huston attempted to answer these criticisms in an interview with Comixfan[1]. The interviewer noted that the comparison is not baseless, as both Moon Knight and the Dark Knight are wealthy, "normal" humans that use gadgetry to fight crime. Though not specifically mentioned by the interviewer, further comparisons may be drawn due to the two characters' specialized vehicles, use of themes in their gadgets, and use of fear to aid their fight against the criminal element.

Huston accepted that the two characters had their extreme similarities, but went on to contrast the two by noting in particular differences in origin, motives, and personality. "Bruce Wayne", he said, "fights crime to avenge the murders of his parents", whereas Moon Knight "beats up whoever has it coming because he believes he is the avatar of the Egyptian god of vengeance and it helps him to feel better about all the people he killed when he was a mercenary." Thus, while Batman is motivated by vengeance for wrong done to his parents, Marc Spector primarily seeks redemption from crimes he committed in his mercenary past. Huston further notes that Bruce Wayne, Batman's alter ego, takes on other personalities merely to aid in his fight. However, Moon Knight has three alter egos which aid him as much in dealing with personal demons as fighting law-breakers, and which have taken a further psychological toll of causing dissociative identity disorder. In the question of his sanity, Spider-Man remarked "Moony. Rhymes with looney."

jokeaward · 03-22-2008, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by jmk

Well, having Gavin Hood as director should assure this to be more of a serious comic book flick, but I really don't like Schrieber as Creed. I don't like him much as anything, though. Gerard Butler, who was rumored, would have been a much cooler Sabretooth.

Is Sabretooth supposed to be cool? I thought he was supposed to be the villain who really is a tool, a guy to truly hate and one that would rock a mullet, and a bad one at that.

So if you dislike Schrieber, doesn't that help?

**jmk** · 03-22-2008, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jokeaward

Is Sabretooth supposed to be cool? I thought he was supposed to be the villain who really is a tool, a guy to truly hate and one that would rock a mullet, and a bad one at that.

So if you dislike Schrieber, doesn't that help?

All I have to say to that is...

HB · 03-23-2008, 10:22 AM

Moon Knight is one of Marvel's most bizarre characters.

**Coatesvillain** · 03-23-2008, 10:50 AM

Moon Knight sucks, and so does his series. No liquor will be poured when that trainwreck is canceled.

futuristxen · 03-23-2008, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Coatesvillain

Moon Knight sucks, and so does his series. No liquor will be poured when that trainwreck is canceled.

booooo!

It's actually been pretty good since Huston left. Like from the Annual and on.

JT · 03-23-2008, 12:24 PM

ryan reynolds? this movie won't be serious then. he absolutely ruined blade: trinity. because of that, I only acknowledge the first two now.

**Coatesvillain** · 03-23-2008, 12:24 PM

Ah, okay. I was on board during the Huston run where it was getting all this hype. I didn't like the story, or the art.

Nevertheless Moon Knight couldn't hold Danny Rand's Chi powered jock strap.

essbee · 03-23-2008, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by sherako

ryan reynolds? this movie won't be serious then. he absolutely ruined blade: trinity. because of that, I only acknowledge the first two now.

Actually Goyer is the one who ruined that movie in every way possible.

**Coatesvillain** · 03-23-2008, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by sherako

ryan reynolds? this movie won't be serious then. he absolutely ruined blade: trinity. because of that, I only acknowledge the first two now.

There were a lot of things that ruined Blade Trinity, one of them was taking the focus off of Blade.

HB · 03-23-2008, 12:26 PM

He will be back in the next five to six years

03-20-2008, 09:09 AM	#62 (permalink)
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futuristxen Our Sentence Is Up Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 30 Posts: 40,250 Rep Power: 13467217	Re: Xmen Origins: Wolverine Moon knight's wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Knight He's a crazy character. "Moon Knight is often criticized as an ersatz Batman and the parallels are indeed apparent. Writer of the 2006 re-launch of Moon Knight, Charlie Huston attempted to answer these criticisms in an interview with Comixfan[1]. The interviewer noted that the comparison is not baseless, as both Moon Knight and the Dark Knight are wealthy, "normal" humans that use gadgetry to fight crime. Though not specifically mentioned by the interviewer, further comparisons may be drawn due to the two characters' specialized vehicles, use of themes in their gadgets, and use of fear to aid their fight against the criminal element. Huston accepted that the two characters had their extreme similarities, but went on to contrast the two by noting in particular differences in origin, motives, and personality. "Bruce Wayne", he said, "fights crime to avenge the murders of his parents", whereas Moon Knight "beats up whoever has it coming because he believes he is the avatar of the Egyptian god of vengeance and it helps him to feel better about all the people he killed when he was a mercenary." Thus, while Batman is motivated by vengeance for wrong done to his parents, Marc Spector primarily seeks redemption from crimes he committed in his mercenary past. Huston further notes that Bruce Wayne, Batman's alter ego, takes on other personalities merely to aid in his fight. However, Moon Knight has three alter egos which aid him as much in dealing with personal demons as fighting law-breakers, and which have taken a further psychological toll of causing dissociative identity disorder. In the question of his sanity, Spider-Man remarked "Moony. Rhymes with looney." __________________ My blog: Here

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Coatesvillain Kwisatz Haderach Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: West Philly Age: 30 Posts: 31,775 Rep Power: 18867400	Re: Xmen Origins: Wolverine Moon Knight sucks, and so does his series. No liquor will be poured when that trainwreck is canceled. __________________ They have muffin in common Breakfast at Timothy's 1 Featuring: Cocaine 80's, The Internet, J*Davey, The Antlers, Ford & Lopatin, Fol Chen, ::M∆De::In::Heights::, SBTRKT. Breakfast at Timothy's Archives Slow Motion Animatronics

03-23-2008, 12:24 PM	#72 (permalink)
Coatesvillain Kwisatz Haderach Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: West Philly Age: 30 Posts: 31,775 Rep Power: 18867400	Re: Xmen Origins: Wolverine Ah, okay. I was on board during the Huston run where it was getting all this hype. I didn't like the story, or the art. Nevertheless Moon Knight couldn't hold Danny Rand's Chi powered jock strap. __________________ They have muffin in common Breakfast at Timothy's 1 Featuring: Cocaine 80's, The Internet, J*Davey, The Antlers, Ford & Lopatin, Fol Chen, ::M∆De::In::Heights::, SBTRKT. Breakfast at Timothy's Archives Slow Motion Animatronics

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