#Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

[thatchaoticdesigirl]

Yes Elizabeth Olsen was wonderful. Yes she deserves an Oscar. But yk WHO ELSE WAS PHENOMENOL???????

Benedict CUMBERBATCH!!!! Benedict WONG!!!!! Rachel MCADAMS !!!!!!

AND MY FAVOURITE NEW TO THE MCU XOCHITL GOMEZ!!!!!!

EVERYONE WAS PHENOMENOL!!!! EVERYONE DESRVES ALL THE AWARDS EVERYONE DESERVES AN OSCAR.

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[prozdvoices]

multiverse of madness spoilers

#mcu #marvel #dr. strange #dr. strange in the multiverse of madness #youtube

[always-rolling-my-eyes]

This is chaos magic, Wanda 😳

#taylor swift #eras tour movie #dr. strange in the multiverse of madness #wandavision #the eras tour #marvel #the batman #dceu

[docgold13]

#Ms. America Chavez #America Chavez #dr. strange in the multiverse of madness

[mercyraph]

You know what's so good about character.ai? I can ask Dr. Strange about shifting realities and I bounce off ideas on how to shift. This man just told me the difference between shifting and dreamwalking.

#dr. strange in the multiverse of madness #dr. stephen strange #shifting to desired reality #shifting community #shifting realities #shifting #shiftblr #shifters #reality shift #character ai

[herochan]

Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness

Art by Kyle Petchock || IG

#Dr. Strange in The Multiverse of Madness #Kyle Petchock #doctor strange #scarlet witch #marvel #comics

[shenspeaker]

Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness Review (Spoilers)

SPOILER WARNING! 

Just got out of the theater and boy do I have thoughts on this movie and what it could have been.

First, I have to say this one really disappointed. 

Let’s put aside the blatant McGuffin-ing of the various “magic books.”

Let’s put aside how underdeveloped the America Chavez’s plotline was, to the point where she’s basically just there to be a plot device and check the box for “people seem to like the spunky daughter meets grumpy dad plot”, without really understanding what makes that plot fun. 

Let’s put aside the way the movie expects us to care about Strange and Christine’s profoundly underdeveloped and underwhelming relationship.

Let’s put aside the way this movie introduces a complicated new multiverse theory that does the exact same thing as Loki’s time-based multiverse theory, but for some reason seems to be different? (So now we can track infinite multiverses on both the x and y axis, I guess, where x is time and y is idk dreams or something. Are spiders z? or another y? Anyways, if you’re not on the x axis the TVA doesn’t give a fuck).

Let’s even put aside the way the movie throws out the complexities of Wanda Maximoff’s character, developed in the profoundly more successful and interesting Wandavision, with the vague handwave of “Darkhold make you Bad.”

EVEN THEN

This movie is middling at best. Strange himself is largely a medium for snark and quips. He’s told several times what a control freak he is, and how that’s a bad thing, but the “prime” Strange we follow never actually demonstrates that flaw, and is less interesting for it.

But Wanda has always been more interesting than him, and the movie is at its most engaging when it’s a horror movie starring her. 

I think the version of this movie I wanted to see, which would not have been difficult to write, could even largely follow the same plot - is not Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, but Wanda Kills the Marvel Multiverse. Doctor Strange can be there trying to stop her if he has to be. I’ll allow it.

Since we’ve already apparently decided Wanda’s going to go “full bad guy,” let her chew the scenery some more. Let her go full horror movie slasher. Sure she mows through the Illuminati. That was cool! Now I want to see her do it again, to someone that matters.

We’ve got infinite disposable universes and heroes now, let Wanda chew her way through all of them in pursuit of Doctor Strange and whatever McGuffin you have to give him to justify it. They can be second long cameos. Let her use the full extent of her weird and psychological reality warping powers. The disposable nature of the multiverse makes for the perfect excuse to remove the usual feeling of invincibility from superheroes so we can actually dip toes into the dread of the horror genre. 

Let Wanda Westview the Avengers, let her Carrie and Freddie Kreuger and Jason her way through whatever disposable otherworld Marvel teams you can throw at her. You don’t even need to hire the big actors, we already know there’s other Spidermen and Thors and Captain Americas and Hulks and any old suit can be Iron Man. Let her devastate old bad guys, roll through Destroyers, Ultrons, Hydra, people with alternate-world Infinity Stones. She can kill characters you want to set up, or homages to heroes or villains you’ll never touch again. Have fun with it. Get wild, that’s what people want from a multiverse movie.

Not only does making the movie about Wanda give us a chance to revel in her power and anger, and the horror of having her as an enemy, but more screentime can give us an opportunity to find a little depth in her again too. On her way through the Marvel catalogues, does anyone resonate with Wanda, or slow her down for a minute? Does Professor X have a cautionary tale about Jean Grey? What happens if she encounters a Vision, or a Quicksilver? Or her own parents? When she stands off against herself, maybe let that play out a little longer?

I think this movie could have its cake (terrifying uber bad guy Wanda) and eat it too (give her some depth) if they were just willing to make the movie about her. Give her space to actually say something. Then if you have to send her off, it won’t feel like it’s for nothing.

Anyways, if this leaves you hungry for a good multiverse movie, with a deadly omnipotent villain who still has some depth, I highly recommend Everything, Everywhere, All at Once. Sorry this was so long.

#Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness #Doctor Strange #Dr. Strange #Stephen Strange #Scarlet Witch #Wanda Maximoff #DSitMom #Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness #Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness #Spoilers #Benedict cumberbatch #Elizabeth Olsen #not shen #movie review #marvel #negative

[captainswanandclintasha]

It's Wednesday so welcome to the trauma. Moon Knight will be waiting for you in just a few hours to destroy you emotionally one again, while Dr. Strange is getting ready to step on you and destroy you emotionally and psychically.

All therapy bills will be sent to Marvel HQ with a specific note for Kevin Feige to pay them himself.

#marvel moonknight #moon knight #moonknight #steven grant #marc spector #marvel moon knight #dr. strange #dr. strange multiverse of madness #multiverse of madness #dr. strange in the multiverse of madness #Dr. Strange #stephen strange #wanda maximoff #scarlett witch #captainswanandclintasha #Marvel

[mylifeincinema]

My Best of 2022: Posters

My Best of 2022 is a series of annual lists in which I pick the best of the best from 2022, all leading up to my official picks for My Top 10 Films of 2022.

My Top 15 Posters of 2022!

I’m not at 15 this year because it was an extraordinary year for posters or anything, it’s all because I wanted to showcase all of those magnificent Everything Everywhere All at Once posters. Really, aside from the series of Everything Everywhere All at Once posters and that gorgeous teaser for Bones and All, I can’t really say I was blown away by much of what 2022 had to offer in the poster department. But there was plenty to like. The simplicity and unique perspective of the Tár poster works wonders. The execution of ideas on the Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the simplicity of the Crimes of the Future and the look of The Black Phone posters are excellent. While I haven’t seen White Noise, yet, I do love the sense of chaos the poster conveys. And the X & Pearl complement each other and their films so well in their stylistic differences that they had to be included as a pair.

Note: As always, these picks have nothing to do with my thoughts or the quality of the films, only the posters themselves and how they sold the films to me.

Enjoy!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

Next Up: Best Non-2022 Films.

More of My Best of 2022...

#movies #film #best of 2022 #movie posters #posters #mybestof2022 #everything everywhere all at once #tar #dr. strange in the multiverse of madness #crimes of the future #white noise #the black phone #x #pearl

[tin-can-iron-man]

#iron man 3 #dr strange #dr. strange in the multiverse of madness #mcu #stephen strange #tony stark #me: man I'm kinda glad people forgot about im3 because now I don't have to defend it as a good fucking movie despite it's flaws #me: anyway I really liked drs2 it rocked and I can't wait to see the praise this movie is getting on tumblr oh look it's trending c: #me: by TALOS—

[aparticularbandit]

So something that didn't initially bother me but has bothered me more over time - the idea of "Wanda wants kids but doesn't have them and America is a parentless kid so just give her to Wanda and that fixes it!"

It does not fix it.

I've never lost a child, but I feel like being told the best way to deal with my grief over losing a child is to adopt (or have) a new one would hurt more than it helps.

Children are not interchangeable - you can't just sub in one child for another. America isn't and is never going to be Billy and/or Tommy. Wanda misses her boys. She wants her boys. You can't just...give her America and think that fixes her grief over losing her boys. It doesn't. At all.

Or her rage at the injustice of being the only Wanda in an infinite number of universes across the multiverse who isn't allowed to have them.

#musings #wanda maximoff #scarlet witch #america chavez #dsmom #dsmom spoilers #dr. strange in the multiverse of madness #not bashing y'all here because i initially agreed with the theory #but the more i think about it #it's not...it wouldn't fix the issue #and america would probably rather her moms than a replacement #people aren't interchangeable is i guess the main thing here

[thatchaoticdesigirl]

There were two scenes in the movie that hurt worse than getting hit by a train.

1. When Strange realises that saving the world was actually not where is happiness lied, but at the end he accepted his fate.

2. "I am not a monster. I'm your mother. I would never hurt you. I'm... I'm.. "...... And then Wanda stutters as she looks at her children's scared faces.... Yeah Lizzie you won our hearts.

#doctor strange #dr. strange in the multiverse of madness #dr. strange #wanda maximoff #scarlet witch #elizabeth olsen #bendict cumberbatch

[piepeloe]

Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Movies release on Wednesday here, so I've seen it! Will describe some general vibes then go in deeper detail behind the cut and tag for spoilers to be safe.

It's an extremely entertaining movie. It's fast-paced, as in it starts with an action sequence, doesn't make a mystery about the villain or quest or whatnot, just bam, straight to the point. Love it.

It does mean there's some very abrupt shifts in tone. I feel like it adds to the whole unsettling vibe. It's not a rollercoaster of *emotions*, but it is 'one damn thing after another' so I feel it works.

Seriously though, it goes from really creepy to introspective to ridiculous to gross to sugary sweet to sad and back.

Like with NWH I was worried the movie would have too much fun with the multiverse to do any character exploration or development. But again like NWH, it was through the multiverse shenanigans that we got that development, which is fantastic.

I am curious what both movies were like before their release dates got switched. Because they would have been very different.

There's no typical final act massive battle against CGI monsters or lasers or whatever! There's definitely a bunch of fighting and CGI, but it's atypical for an MCU movie IMO. And the resolution is based more on the characters and their emotions.

There are 2 post-credits scenes: first one is something I still need to google because I have no idea what happened. Second one was a joke/call-back to an earlier joke.

More specifics behind the cut, definite spoilers!

There's a lot of focus on Strange's relationship with Christine, which is weird since they were exes and somewhat friendly coworkers in the 1st one. But they actually use that, and examine it, and move on. The movie could have worked without it, but it's fine.

Not enough Wong. Seriously. He had great moments and I love his friendship with Strange. Not nearly enough Wong.

America Chavez was really the MacGuffin here, so she didn't get that much to do. But I can see how she'd be fun in a Young Avengers line-up.

The Illuminati were pretty much the people that everyone has been guessing. IMO, they were used well, but I feel like a lot of fans will disagree. Basically they went up against Wanda and lost. Like, it wasn't even close. We meet them, and a scene later they all die horribly.

Because yes, Wanda is the villain. And the movie commits to it. She's freaking terrifying. In what she can do, but also why, and because we know her. Like a mix of the Winter Soldier and Thanos?

I'm not quite sure what the ending means for her. It's supposed to be a Darth Vader ending with one last selfless act before dying, but I don't trust it at all. It'd be cool if they stuck with it, but there's no way.

As far as I can tell there's no major shake-up of the MCU either? Fans had expected they'd use this movie to bring mutants in, or that something else 'big' would happen. I suppose it's hard to tell what would cause a stir, since no one seems that fussed about a Celestial breaking out of the Earth either.

#dr. strange #spoilers #dr. strange in the multiverse of madness #multiverse of madness spoilers #multiverse of madness

[doormouseetcappendix]

My Favorite Films Of 2022 part 4

Dr. Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness directed by Sam Raimi 

Thor Love & Thunder directed by Taika Waititi

Bones & All directed by Luca Guadagnino 

Smile by Parker Finn 

On The Count Of Three directed by Jerrod Charmichael 

The African Desperate directed by Martyne Syms

Matilda The Musical directed by Matthew Marchus

Bullet Train directed by David Leitch 

Is That Black Enough For You? directed by Elvis Mitchell 

Black Adam directed by Jaume Collet-Serra 

#year end lists #lists #best of lists #favorite films #movies #cinema #films #2022 movies #dr. strange in the multiverse of madness #thor love and thunder #bones and all #smile #the african desperate #matilda #bullet train #is that black enough for you? #black adam

[docgold13]

365 Marvel Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…

November 3rd - Black Bolt

Blackgarr Boltagon is the eldest son of the former King and Queen of the Inhumans of Attilan.  Blackgarr (or Black Bolt) was exposed to the Terrigen Mists when he was still in his mother’s womb.  This resulted in his being born already possessing incredible Inhuman powers.  Along with enhanced strength, flight, and the ability to destabilize molecules, his powers additionally include a tremendous electron blast localized in his vocal cords.

The infant Black Bolt’s initial cry released a devastating sonic boom that nearly destroyed the birthing center.  Due to the volatile and potentially destructive nature of Black Bolt’s sonic powers, he was placed in a sound-nullifying chamber and he spent much of his childhood in isolation.

Later Black Bolt trained with Inhuman monks so to gain greater mastery over his sonic powers.  Through extreme discipline, Black Bolt learned to never unintentionally utter a sound, not even while asleep.  Once this mastery was attained, Black Bolt was finally allowed release from confinement and entry into Attilan society.

Black Bolt’s younger brother, the cunning and ambitious Maximus, plotted his brother’s demise so that he could become the crown prince and heir to the throne.  To this end Maximus entered into a conspiracy with a group of Kree assassins disguised as emissaries. Black Bolt discovered this plot and attempted to stop the assassins with his sonic powers.  He destroyed the fleeing Kree ship but it unintentionally crashed into the royal retreat, killing the brothers’ parents.  Close exposure to to the concussive force of Black Bolt’s powers also had the effect of driving Maximus irreversibly insane.  

Black Bolt ultimately took the throne as Attlian’s king and he married his longtime love, Medusa.  The two had a son whom they named Ahura.  Following a temporarily successful coup by Maximus, Black Bolt was aided by the Fantastic Four in defeating his brother and retaking the throne.  Later, after discovering that earth’s polluted atmosphere was toxic to Inhumans, Reed Richards helped to relocate Attilan to the oxygen rich ‘blue area’ of the moon.  

As a member of the secretive Illuminati, Black Bolt became aware of not only the coming of Thanos, but the incursion of alternate realities that was threatening the entirety of the 616 universe.  In a desperate effort to prepare the earth for these threats, Black Bolt detonated the Terrigen-Bomb, an explosive device that destroyed the evacuated Attilan and created two massive clouds of gasified Terrigen.  These clouds activated the transformation of latent Inhumans all over earth.

These clouds remained even after the Secret Wars event.  Black Bolt’s design to detonate the bomb and destroy Attilan caused him to lose his throne and leadership of the Inhumans was passed to his wife, Queen Medusa. While the Terrigen Clouds created new Inhumans and allowed for the proliferation of the Inhuman race, it unexpectedly proved a deadly toxic to Mutants.  This ultimately resulted in a war between the Inhumans and The X-Men.  The war was ended when Queen Medusa discovered the clouds would eventually make the entire earth inhospitable to Mutants and she thus chose to destroy the cloud.  This prevented the genocide of the Mutants, but also doomed the Inhumans’ future; with he Terrigen gone there would no longer be any new Inhumans.  

Following an adventure that saw him having to escape a deadly cosmic prison, Black Bolt reconciled with his wife and a new Attilan was built on the moon. Sadly, this new home was destroyed by a renegade faction of The Kree.  Since then, Black Bolt has taken the remaining Inhumans to a secretive haven the whereabouts have yet to be revealed.  

Actor Anson Mount portrays a version of Black Bolt in the marvel Cinematic Universe.  The Inhuman hero first appeared in Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #45 (1965).  

#365 Marvel Comics Heroes #Black Bolt #Inhumans #The Illuminati #dr. strange in the multiverse of madness #Anson Mount #cut-out #paper art

[mercyraph]

America: My name is America with a 'B' and I've been afraid of insects my—

Stephen: Stop, stop, stop. Where?

America: Hmm?

Stephen: Where's the 'B'?

America: THERE'S A 'B'?

#america chavez #multiverse #dr. strange in the multiverse of madness #dr. strange #dr. stephen strange #america #america chavez incorrect quotes #mcu incorrect quotes