The first few works of the fourth phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, whether it is the depiction of the power of dark magic and the foreshadowing of the multiverse worldview in "WandaVision", or the introduction of the Time Authority and Kang the Conqueror in "Loki", or "What if...?" The animated series' imagination of the infinite possibilities of the multiverse, or the display of mysterious forces in different universes and dimensions by "Shang Qi" and "Eternals" will gradually introduce the audience into the main story line of the multiverse.
In addition, "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier", "Black Widow" and "Hawkeye" all tell the story of heroic inheritance, and pave the way for the next stage of the development of works such as "Thunder Agents" and "Secret War".
If the first few works of the Marvel Cinematic Universe focused more on the foreshadowing of the multiverse story line, then starting from "Spider-Man: Homeless", the "multiverse" story line of the fourth phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe began to gradually reach a climax, and the themes of growth, sacrifice and exploration began to appear continuously in the works introduced today...
"Spider-Man: Homeless"
Speaking of Marvel's highlights in recent years, it is estimated that the vast majority of audiences first blurted out "Spider-Man: Homeless".
With the super popularity of this character and the cameo appearance of Doctor Strange, and the most important "Three Spiders in the Same Frame", "Spider-Man: Homeless" successfully won a global box office result of $19.71 for Marvel after its release. And such commercial achievements were produced when the film was not released in Chinese mainland, which shows the high popularity of "Spider-Man" around the world.
The story begins with Spider-Man, who has encountered difficulties in life, facing the help of Doctor Strange, but because the little spider modified the spell many times in a row during the spell casting of Doctor Strange, he finally accidentally teleported other Spider-Man and villains in the multiverse to the main universe.
In order to give these villains a chance at redemption, Spider-Man disobeyed Doctor Strange's orders, which indirectly led to the Green Goblin later brutally killing Aunt May in the attack.
While grieving, the Amazing Spider-Man and the original Spider-Man found the Dutch brother's version of Spider-Man, encouraging the latter to cheer up, and finally the three Spider-Men united to defeat the villains.
At the end of the story, in order to avoid a parallel universe crisis, the Dutch brother's version of Spider-Man made Doctor Strange cast a spell that the world would forget that Peter Parker was Spider-Man. And Spider-Man began a new journey of his life.
Although the story plot of "Spider-Man: Homeless" can be said to be a day and a night, this movie is completely full of emotional points. When Aunt May says the phrase "the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility", when three generations of Spider-Man fight side by side in the long night, when the villain returns to normal after getting the antidote and talks to Peter Parker like an old friend... When these scenes appeared on the big screen, I think I understood why some fans would say that although this is not a good movie, it is a successful "Spider-Man" series of movies...
After experiencing the death of his career mentor Iron Man, the tragic death of his dear Aunt May in front of his eyes, and the loss of his memories of his former friend, Peter Parker officially transformed from the fledgling, enthusiastic but still unaware of what it takes to be a superhero in "Return of the Heroes" to a city guardian who can be alone and alone.
"Moonlight Knight"
Speaking of Moonlight Knight, it is estimated that many viewers who have not known about Marvel Comics before may be confused, but when it comes to Batman, I estimate that the vast majority of viewers know. Because Moonlight Knight is mostly incarnated at night, and is good at various fighting skills, has a variety of exclusive weapons, and even shows ruthlessness in his style, the character of Moonlight Knight has been described by many fans as "Marvel's Batman".
The episodic version of "Moonlight Knight" invited Oscar Isaac, who has performed brilliantly in the "Star Wars" series, "Dune" and other works, as the actor of the protagonist "Moonlight Knight". At the same time, in terms of character shaping, world view setting, etc., the series is also completely faithful to the series of comics.
In the comics, Moonlight Knight has multiple personalities, mainly appearing in three personalities, namely the gentle scholar Steven, the mercenary Mark with explosive combat skills, and the tyrannical driver Jack. At the same time, the Moonlight Knight can continue to split into new personalities as needed, and can split and replicate the personalities of other heroic characters to imitate their combat skills.
Steven, who first appeared in the series, has lived an ordinary social animal life since he was a child, and he commuted to the museum on time every day.
But one thing is different from others, Steven has an inexplicable "sleepwalker", often waking up in strange places, ordinary people sleepwalking may be wandering around home, Steven's sleepwalking is different, he can even accidentally wake up in another country hundreds of kilometers away.
As the story unfolds, Steven gradually understands that he is a person with multiple personalities, and his other personality mercenary, Mark, is accidentally chosen as an agent by the Egyptian moon god Konsu, thus giving the latter the ability to incarnate as a moonlight knight.
As Steven gradually explores and learns about his multiple lives, a crisis between the Egyptian gods has occurred, and the Moonlight Knight, as an agent of Kongsu, will play a crucial role in this crisis...
In general, in the fourth stage of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where the concept of "multiverse" is becoming more complex and chaotic, it is very rare that Marvel can also launch such a unique and relatively independent heroic character as "Moonlight Knight".
Through the creation of a suspenseful thriller atmosphere in the first few episodes and the discussion of life and death in the later episodes, we can see that the creators of the series are trying their best to get out of the traditional narrative of routine superhero film and television works, and integrate more genre elements and thematic thinking into the work. Although the story plot of the series still inevitably falls into the narrative routine of successfully saving the world after the superhero experience and the confrontation between the villain, it has to be said that the diversified narrative mode and the integration of multiple elements still make this work extremely innovative, and this breakthrough innovation is obviously an important driving force in the development of the current Marvel Cinematic Universe.
And with the launch of "Moonlight Knight", projects such as "Blade Warrior" began to start production, and the classic dark to the hero team "Children of Midnight" in the Marvel series of comics is also about to come out!
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