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Doctor Strange
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Late in pointing this out, but funny you should mention that.(I'm surprised we haven't seen more of it, if folks remember how everything eye-rollingly copied the Matrix for a good decade after it was released).
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So, I'm thinking this may be where Marvel finally makes their misstep. It really shouldn't be (how hard should it be to get people interested in a movie with magic after the success of "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter" film series?), but both trailers have been a fuck fucking mess.
I can't tell if this is trying to be "The Matrix," "Inception," "The Prestige," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" or all four at once. It's looking to be a harder sell than either "Guardians of the Galaxy" or "Ant-Man" were.
I can't tell if this is trying to be "The Matrix," "Inception," "The Prestige," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" or all four at once. It's looking to be a harder sell than either "Guardians of the Galaxy" or "Ant-Man" were.
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I would be all for something like that. But I was hoping for a Doctor Strange movie.
In addition to the trailer failing to really give much indication of what the hell the movie's even supposed to be about, I can't but imagine the uninitiated noticing the similarities we've remarked upon and feeling that those kind of movies are played out. At any rate, a viewer's not going to come away from these trailers thinking "Sorcerer Supreme," "Master of the Mystic Arts" or anything else one would normally ascribe to a description of Doctor Strange -- or, for that matter, even feel compelled to make so much as a comparison to Harry Potter.X said:
That, in my view, is a failure.
Even if Doctor Strange shouldn't be a harder sell than GotG or Ant-Man, he was always going to be tougher than, say, Iron Man or Captain America. Unlike GotG or Ant-Man's trailers, though, there's not really a pitch here that would draw in everyone.
I'm hoping it's an awesome movie, don't get me wrong. I don't want Marvel to drop the ball, and I love Doctor Strange. And since this is the studio that made me give a shit about Ant-Man, I Want to Believe™.
Just not feeling confident for this one based on what we've seen so far.
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Well I am, it looks deliciously eldritch and if it's got a Thing That Should Not Be, which is kinda likely seeing that it seems to deal with Dimensions Beyond the Human Consciousness, I'm gonna say ia ia, Cthulhu fhtagn.
er. Disregard me, I don't know comic books
(and I thought ant man was lame)
er. Disregard me, I don't know comic books
(and I thought ant man was lame)
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Coming from reading comics of the character for 25 years, the aesthetic choices here strike me as sterile and quite the opposite of deliciously eldritch. I'm used to the weirdness he encounters brimming with color and atmosphere, and palpable atmosphere when there isn't much color -- the transition here thus far feels like the jump from the original FFVII to Advent Children.
But yes, hopefully we shall get a Thing That Should Not Be. This thing is one of Strange's recurring adversaries, and is pretty much lifted right out of Lovecraft.
But yes, hopefully we shall get a Thing That Should Not Be. This thing is one of Strange's recurring adversaries, and is pretty much lifted right out of Lovecraft.
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This. This is the kind of quality trippy content that I'm here for: https://twitter.com/MarvelStudios/status/783461920204476416
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Definitely boosts my confidence in this, especially if they really do use Ditko's style as inspiration.
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Looks like the next Infinity Stone to be revealed will be
the Time Stone -- set within the Eye of Agamotto of all things.
Have to admit, I was expecting this movie to go with the Soul Stone, but I guess the Time Stone isn't necessarily out of place here. In the comics, the Eye of Agamotto does offer Strange the ability to see past events -- though it also has a lot of other functions. We'll see to what effect it's used here, I guess.
Have to admit, I was expecting this movie to go with the Soul Stone, but I guess the Time Stone isn't necessarily out of place here. In the comics, the Eye of Agamotto does offer Strange the ability to see past events -- though it also has a lot of other functions. We'll see to what effect it's used here, I guess.