I took advantage of the $1.99 Disney+ deal that I mentioned a week or so ago and while going though their catalog I realized that the bulk of the shows and movies available on the service I either didn’t care about seeing, had already seen or already own.

So there isn’t much point to it, as far as I can see.

That being said, I was curious about Moon Knight so if I were going to catch it, this would be the time.

And let’s be clear, I take Moon Knight seriously.

Above is Moon Knight from my collection (that’s Whirlwind in the background).

I prefer it to the Bowen Models Moon Knight Bowen mini-bust, image below.

In any case, what bothered me about The Goldfish Problem is that the version of Moon Knight depicted seems to suffer from schizophrenia, a fairly recent thing for the character.

Initially, while Marc Spector always had various identities (Steven Grant, Jake Lockley and Moon Knight) they were identities in the same way that Bruce Wayne was Batman in that they were able to go places and do things that Marc Spector himself couldn’t.

In the comics Jake Lockley was a cab driver, which enabled him to access certain low-level criminals; so there was always a method to his madness, so to speak.

This whole multiple personality thing is a fairly recent development and Marc Spector (Oscar Issac) comes off very Walter Mitty-ish, which got on my nerves quickly.

In this episode Marc Spector is unknowingly fighting Steven Grant for control of his body, and Spector would for instance go to bed and wake up in an entirely different place.

This displacement, as the episode went on, would happen during Spector’s waking life, so he’ll be in the middle of a task, then ‘wake’ to find the situation entirely changed.

I found this really frustrating to watch, partially because Marc Spector is a milquetoast and the opposite of the character in the comics, and partially because it was fairly jarring.

Then there’s Oscar Issac’s British accent, which sounded more British than an actual British person, which was weird and felt like he was trying way too hard.

I intend to complete the series – it only lasts six episodes – though I’m not enjoying it nearly as much as I thought I would.

Then there’s his costume, which takes the streamlined look from the comics and clutters it up unnecessarily.

I’m not hating it, but if you’ve made it this far, you could probably tell I’m not exactly loving it either.