I think they're more planting the seeds for a London-based Midnight Sons/Suns. Doctor Strange has the Sanctum Santorum there, Moon Knight is there, Black Knight is there and in the comics Blade has ties to London (he's in fact a London native, but I don't imagine he'll be played that way). It's a suspicious number of supernatural-based characters over at the UK.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."
Blade sounded like he had a very American accent in The Stinger for Eternals. Think he'll be an instance of being born in the UK but having grown up in the U.S up until a certain point?
London being a supernatural haven would be interesting, given it also has some cosmic connections via Thor and the Eternals.
"I'm Mr. Blue, woah-woah-ooh..."I'm reminded that MI 6 does have its own band of superheroes including Union Jack and Captain Britain
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."![]()
Comics Blade did go down the route of being born in England but having spent much more of his life in America his views attitude etc (and presumably his accent) were much more American than British anyway.
They also had Spitfire, who was a vampire (possibly tying into the mystic side of the MCU) and John the Skrull. But a Skrull who basically worships John Lennon seems like a concept the MCU could have fun with.
Edited by jakobitis on Mar 24th 2022 at 8:24:04 AM
"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."Yeah I think they might go for a Truer to the Text version of Blade who was born in London but grew up in the US.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Funny little bit that literally tells us nothing new but I like that Marvel at least seems able to poke a bit of fun at itself.
Also a little hint at Werewolf-by-Night which is probably just an in-joke...
"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."
So this is where Tom Holland and Mark Ruffalo are banished to for breaking spoiler laws...
Moon Knight director Mohamed Diab slams Wonder Woman 1984 for its portrayal of Egypt.
Mohamed Diab will not fucking stop until he has shit-talked every superhero movie with Egypt on it.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Damn, those are some hard-hitting words here. Looks like Diab has been reading his Said.
I'll at least give them credit for trying to have Russian accents, rather than Not Even Bothering with the Accent like Scarlett Johansson.
I get that Marvel isn't perfect, and like Synchronity said, it's pretty hit-or-miss. But I do like that we got a guy who knows what Egypt is actually like and wants to make efforts to portray it well for this series.
"I'm Mr. Blue, woah-woah-ooh..."Scarlett Johansson's case is less weird I think, because she's supposed to be a master spy. There's no reason for her to speak with a russian accent. This technically goes for her entire family, although you can wrangle a explanation for Alexei (having spent decades in jail his english presumably atrophyed). Everyone else having thick russian accents is odd for deep undercover spies.
Edited by Gaon on Mar 24th 2022 at 3:40:27 AM
"All you Fascists bound to lose."I think Natasha not having an accent is more because by the time we first meet her in Iron Man 2, she's been an American agent for quite some time, so her accent has faded. The Fury's Big Week comic actually shows that she apprehended Samuel Sterns shortly after the events of The Incredible Hulk and his newly-mutated Leader intelligence was able to pick up faint traces of her natural accent.
Edited by lbssb on Mar 24th 2022 at 4:00:03 AM
Disney100 Marathon | DreamWorks Marathonhttps://www.gamesradar.com/uk/moon-knight-episode-1-review-recap/
https://www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/moon-knight/
First reviews coming in, seem to be positive. Definitely going all in on the weird but apparently pulling it off and strong work from Isaac and Hawke.
I suspect overall it will be a show that people either really like or don't get at all with not a lot in between.
Edited by jakobitis on Mar 29th 2022 at 6:44:35 AM
"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."

They could feasibly do London Avengers given that Doctor Strange's order has a sanctum there.