Now that Moon Knight is about to arrive and Disney Plus is already officially announcing it on its platform streaming, we have been able to know the official age rating you have received. And the truth is that, seeing what they have finally given him, it is likely that many of his fans will not like him. We tell you why and what this qualification implies for the character and the development of the series.
We now officially know the age rating of the series Moon Knight on the Disney Plus platform.
And the truth is that, for the most fans of the so-called "Marvel's Batman", the news has not been good and we will tell you the implications of this.
Moon Knight has been rated TV-14, what does it mean?
With the TV rating-14, which implies that the recommended viewing age is 14 years and up and "parental supervision is strongly recommended", Moon Knight joins the group of other Disney Plus Marvel series, such as Loki, Wandavision o Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
That's been a bit of a cold water drop for some of the character's most die-hard fans, because it implies that the series is suitable for almost all audiences and the darker nuances of Moon Knight. Let's remember that, in the comics, the initial intention is for him to be a villain and the qualification that we could give him is often that of an anti-hero, rather than a hero.
Or said easier for all of us to understand, that we can forget that be a new Dead Pool.
The truth is that this makes the character lose the edge and the shadows that have characterized him in the comics.
Although some of us expected that, according to some images of the trailer (like when you are mercilessly beating an already fallen enemy on the ground or with the treatment of his mental disorder), we had a more adult approach, the truth is that we had not had too many illusions either.
Disney was not going to risk it, especially with television.
Let's remember that, in fact, the first attempt to buy Marvel ended up frustrated. The reason was that the superhero brand was too on the edge for a company as familiar as Disney.
A decaf Moon Knight? What you are going to miss because of that rating
In practice, and regardless of which plot lines in the comic they decide to take as inspiration, a TV-14 rating means that we can forget about seeing some of the darker "best moments" on the screen. Moon Knight.
Moments like these:
- The most gruesome deaths it causes Moon Knight. that is not him Punisher, but almost. In fact, he is more sadistic. Impale a classic enemy like bushman in a machine gun, before slashing his face again, I don't think he appears in any episode, really.
- Mark your enemies on the forehead disfiguring them with the crescent moon, in order to inspire fear in criminals.
- Join the secret Society of Sadists in order to locate his uncle, who is a former Nazi and a serial killer.
- On one occasion, his investigations lead him to a nursing home where a catatonic resident has mentally manipulated people into murder. His solution of him? Pulling the plug on the machine that keeps you alive without blinking, leaving him to die slowly.
- Consider the possibility of kill an innocent little girl to save his own daughter. For that, he lets his most violent personality, Jake Lockley, do it, who advances towards the girl, but, finally, cannot do it.
Yeah, we definitely don't think that, with this age rating, we're going to see all the faces of Moon Knight in the comics. Now it only remains to be seen if leaving it decaffeinated is compensated with a good story.