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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 9, 2022 12:09:21 GMT
B+High highs, alas some mediocre lows for me too... +- I really liked the horror aspects of it all. I'd always heard fans of the comics had been clambering for that for this MCU Dr. Strange, & for me, they didn't disappoint. Even if they were admittedly pulling their punches just enough to keep it PG-13. - The actual depictions of multiverse was also handled quite well, for my expectations. Fun, weird, silly, strange, brooding... & yet not too much of any. - Sorcerer vs Witch was cool throughout. Olson was pretty tremendous, carrying most of the weird stuff rather solidly. That stuff could've been goofy, it wasn't, she bought it & delivered. It's a shame Scarlet Witch wasn't at least co-headlining in the film's title. - All in all, I was quite entertained by most of its visuals & major plot points. I had set myself up putting it on a pedestal as if this would feel a major MCU tentpole chapter... it didn't feel quite that, & yet I'm still putting it top half MCU. I guess I was more expecting grand macro universe stakes than trying to reconcile Wanda stuff. Then again, the mid-credit tease maybe seems we're on that major path anyways. -- The 2nd 5th of the film if you will, I wasn't feeling it at all. That stretch of conventional stuff wasn't doing anything for me, not least this America Chavez girl's intro. She just felt like some Disney fangirl dropped into the MCU & I'm supposed to care? We're a long way from Tony Stark rolling up to AC/DC... a long, way. I did like her backstory though, her Spanish, 2 mothers, & not being some cocky hotshot was redeeming for me. She's a female Ned for me. There, I said it. She's the new Ned. Maybe those 2 will hook up. - The cameo stuff for what it was didn't feel all that special, considering we're talking about one of an infinite number of universes. Until Wolverine carves someone's face off in this universe with stakes at play, the gravitas wasn't quite there. Xavier was a pleasant treat though - they handled him with dignity & gave him something very cool to do. His matrix style moment with Wanda was boss, & I'm glad we have that, fan service or not. She had a great Evil Disney Queen vibe going for her and really pulled it off. Would've been nice to see her slow descent into madness (as opposed to being repentant at the end of her show and suddenly evil right out of the gate here), but there's only so much time to tell the story here. The Darkhold corrupts everyone, fair enough. But it's tough to see a character with such a compelling hero's journey turn to the dark side offscreen. Completely agree about the cameos. They ultimately didn't amount to anything, but the character we have the most emotional attachment to (Xavier) is the one whose presence actually mattered to the story. They were a treat for fans but didn't dominate another character's movie, as it should be. Though I actually would've listed the cameos as a plus, if only because they didn't go overboard with them like I was afraid they might.
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 9, 2022 14:57:29 GMT
B+High highs, alas some mediocre lows for me too... +- I really liked the horror aspects of it all. I'd always heard fans of the comics had been clambering for that for this MCU Dr. Strange, & for me, they didn't disappoint. Even if they were admittedly pulling their punches just enough to keep it PG-13. - The actual depictions of multiverse was also handled quite well, for my expectations. Fun, weird, silly, strange, brooding... & yet not too much of any. - Sorcerer vs Witch was cool throughout. Olson was pretty tremendous, carrying most of the weird stuff rather solidly. That stuff could've been goofy, it wasn't, she bought it & delivered. It's a shame Scarlet Witch wasn't at least co-headlining in the film's title. - All in all, I was quite entertained by most of its visuals & major plot points. I had set myself up putting it on a pedestal as if this would feel a major MCU tentpole chapter... it didn't feel quite that, & yet I'm still putting it top half MCU. I guess I was more expecting grand macro universe stakes than trying to reconcile Wanda stuff. Then again, the mid-credit tease maybe seems we're on that major path anyways. -- The 2nd 5th of the film if you will, I wasn't feeling it at all. That stretch of conventional stuff wasn't doing anything for me, not least this America Chavez girl's intro. She just felt like some Disney fangirl dropped into the MCU & I'm supposed to care? We're a long way from Tony Stark rolling up to AC/DC... a long, way. I did like her backstory though, her Spanish, 2 mothers, & not being some cocky hotshot was redeeming for me. She's a female Ned for me. There, I said it. She's the new Ned. Maybe those 2 will hook up. - The cameo stuff for what it was didn't feel all that special, considering we're talking about one of an infinite number of universes. Until Wolverine carves someone's face off in this universe with stakes at play, the gravitas wasn't quite there. Xavier was a pleasant treat though - they handled him with dignity & gave him something very cool to do. His matrix style moment with Wanda was boss, & I'm glad we have that, fan service or not. She had a great Evil Disney Queen vibe going for her and really pulled it off. Would've been nice to see her slow descent into madness (as opposed to being repentant at the end of her show and suddenly evil right out of the gate here), but there's only so much time to tell the story here. The Darkhold corrupts everyone, fair enough. But it's tough to see a character with such a compelling hero's journey turn to the dark side offscreen. Completely agree about the cameos. They ultimately didn't amount to anything, but the character we have the most emotional attachment to (Xavier) is the one whose presence actually mattered to the story. They were a treat for fans but didn't dominate another character's movie, as it should be. Though I actually would've listed the cameos as a plus, if only because they didn't go overboard with them like I was afraid they might. I overlooked the fact America Chavez is a gay character, so nix my Ned hook up. I know Disney wants us to embrace Strange as we did Stark, & that's nearly there if he's the layman's narrator... yet America as his Peter Parker 'kid' didn't land for me, maybe one day later on.
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 9, 2022 15:00:56 GMT
B+High highs, alas some mediocre lows for me too... +- I really liked the horror aspects of it all. I'd always heard fans of the comics had been clambering for that for this MCU Dr. Strange, & for me, they didn't disappoint. Even if they were admittedly pulling their punches just enough to keep it PG-13. - The actual depictions of multiverse was also handled quite well, for my expectations. Fun, weird, silly, strange, brooding... & yet not too much of any. - Sorcerer vs Witch was cool throughout. Olson was pretty tremendous, carrying most of the weird stuff rather solidly. That stuff could've been goofy, it wasn't, she bought it & delivered. It's a shame Scarlet Witch wasn't at least co-headlining in the film's title. - All in all, I was quite entertained by most of its visuals & major plot points. I had set myself up putting it on a pedestal as if this would feel a major MCU tentpole chapter... it didn't feel quite that, & yet I'm still putting it top half MCU. I guess I was more expecting grand macro universe stakes than trying to reconcile Wanda stuff. Then again, the mid-credit tease maybe seems we're on that major path anyways. -- The 2nd 5th of the film if you will, I wasn't feeling it at all. That stretch of conventional stuff wasn't doing anything for me, not least this America Chavez girl's intro. She just felt like some Disney fangirl dropped into the MCU & I'm supposed to care? We're a long way from Tony Stark rolling up to AC/DC... a long, way. I did like her backstory though, her Spanish, 2 mothers, & not being some cocky hotshot was redeeming for me. She's a female Ned for me. There, I said it. She's the new Ned. Maybe those 2 will hook up. - The cameo stuff for what it was didn't feel all that special, considering we're talking about one of an infinite number of universes. Until Wolverine carves someone's face off in this universe with stakes at play, the gravitas wasn't quite there. Xavier was a pleasant treat though - they handled him with dignity & gave him something very cool to do. His matrix style moment with Wanda was boss, & I'm glad we have that, fan service or not. She had a great Evil Disney Queen vibe going for her and really pulled it off. Would've been nice to see her slow descent into madness (as opposed to being repentant at the end of her show and suddenly evil right out of the gate here), but there's only so much time to tell the story here. The Darkhold corrupts everyone, fair enough. But it's tough to see a character with such a compelling hero's journey turn to the dark side offscreen. Completely agree about the cameos. They ultimately didn't amount to anything, but the character we have the most emotional attachment to (Xavier) is the one whose presence actually mattered to the story. They were a treat for fans but didn't dominate another character's movie, as it should be. Though I actually would've listed the cameos as a plus, if only because they didn't go overboard with them like I was afraid they might. 11pm viewing, 2am home, I've nixed/edited America Chavez hooking up with Ned - she's gay. I know Disney is wanting us to embrace Strange as we did Stark, & that America is supposed to be his Peter Parker 'kid'... maybe one day, yet not there for me right now.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 9, 2022 17:23:28 GMT
She had a great Evil Disney Queen vibe going for her and really pulled it off. Would've been nice to see her slow descent into madness (as opposed to being repentant at the end of her show and suddenly evil right out of the gate here), but there's only so much time to tell the story here. The Darkhold corrupts everyone, fair enough. But it's tough to see a character with such a compelling hero's journey turn to the dark side offscreen. Completely agree about the cameos. They ultimately didn't amount to anything, but the character we have the most emotional attachment to (Xavier) is the one whose presence actually mattered to the story. They were a treat for fans but didn't dominate another character's movie, as it should be. Though I actually would've listed the cameos as a plus, if only because they didn't go overboard with them like I was afraid they might. 11pm viewing, 2am home, I've nixed/edited America Chavez hooking up with Ned - she's gay. I know Disney is wanting us to embrace Strange as we did Stark, & that America is supposed to be his Peter Parker 'kid'... maybe one day, yet not there for me right now. Is she gay? I'm not familiar with the character in the comics and I don't remember that being addressed in the movie. Either way it was racist of you to ship those two characters.
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Post by Lux on May 9, 2022 19:05:27 GMT
B+High highs, alas some mediocre lows for me too... +- I really liked the horror aspects of it all. I'd always heard fans of the comics had been clambering for that for this MCU Dr. Strange, & for me, they didn't disappoint. Even if they were admittedly pulling their punches just enough to keep it PG-13. - The actual depictions of multiverse was also handled quite well, for my expectations. Fun, weird, silly, strange, brooding... & yet not too much of any. - Sorcerer vs Witch was cool throughout. Olson was pretty tremendous, carrying most of the weird stuff rather solidly. That stuff could've been goofy, it wasn't, she bought it & delivered. It's a shame Scarlet Witch wasn't at least co-headlining in the film's title. - All in all, I was quite entertained by most of its visuals & major plot points. I had set myself up putting it on a pedestal as if this would feel a major MCU tentpole chapter... it didn't feel quite that, & yet I'm still putting it top half MCU. I guess I was more expecting grand macro universe stakes than trying to reconcile Wanda stuff. Then again, the mid-credit tease maybe seems we're on that major path anyways. -- The 2nd 5th of the film if you will, I wasn't feeling it at all. That stretch of conventional stuff wasn't doing anything for me, not least this America Chavez girl's intro. She just felt like some Disney fangirl dropped into the MCU & I'm supposed to care? We're a long way from Tony Stark rolling up to AC/DC... a long, way. I did like her backstory though, her Spanish, 2 mothers, & not being some cocky hotshot was redeeming for me. She's a female Ned for me. There, I said it. She's the new Ned. Maybe those 2 will hook up. - The cameo stuff for what it was didn't feel all that special, considering we're talking about one of an infinite number of universes. Until Wolverine carves someone's face off in this universe with stakes at play, the gravitas wasn't quite there. Xavier was a pleasant treat though - they handled him with dignity & gave him something very cool to do. His matrix style moment with Wanda was boss, & I'm glad we have that, fan service or not. She had a great Evil Disney Queen vibe going for her and really pulled it off. Would've been nice to see her slow descent into madness (as opposed to being repentant at the end of her show and suddenly evil right out of the gate here), but there's only so much time to tell the story here. The Darkhold corrupts everyone, fair enough. But it's tough to see a character with such a compelling hero's journey turn to the dark side offscreen. Completely agree about the cameos. They ultimately didn't amount to anything, but the character we have the most emotional attachment to (Xavier) is the one whose presence actually mattered to the story. They were a treat for fans but didn't dominate another character's movie, as it should be. Though I actually would've listed the cameos as a plus, if only because they didn't go overboard with them like I was afraid they might. His presence didn't really matter to the story because he was killed off like an old man choking on a burrito. Absolutely appalling.
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Post by scabab on May 9, 2022 21:15:17 GMT
I saw it earlier, as someone else said it wasn't the cameo fest I expected it to be or at least the internet seemed to make out. I can't say I'm not a little disappointed by that because I did have the Illuminate roster spoiled for me on Youtube days ago.
I suppose it was cool they had the likes of Reed Richards, Black Bolt and Professor X but in the movie itself not much came of it. I was really hoping the after credits scene was going to do something to set up the Fantastic Four or X-men movies but no just nothing. I can't help but feel it was a bit of a waste.
Aside from that how does Professor X relate to all this? Is there any connection to the X-men movies there? Is the X-men movie series another universe? Is it just a completely separate Professor X who happens to be being played by Patrick Stewart? Much like JK Simmons did for Jonah Jameson?
If other versions of Dr Strange and Christine still look like Benedict Cumberbatch and Rachel Mcadams then why do Peter Parkers look different?
Is there a Patrick Stewart Professor X in the main timeline?
Is the crappy Inhumans TV series set in the main timeline?
All that aside I did like the movie and also that they did tie WandaVision into as heavily as they did and the show wasn't just waved off because it was a streaming show.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2022 1:25:05 GMT
Just back from the theater!
I have to say that even though I loved the absolute glorious RAIMINESS of this movie I am a tad conflicted.
I would be willing to bet the original cut of this movie was considerably better. You can feel the reshoots and they very clearly butchered Act One. This movie needed more character moments and an extra half hour in there.
Though I love Olsen and her performance, I did find her sudden witchy witchness very jarring. They just throw in a few hand waves to WandaVision, but the thing is that the whole hex thing was rendered redundant and the references to it here were completely awkward. They should’ve just ignored the show completely and built her arc from scratch.
The Illuminati stuff was oddly dull. I should’ve been excited to see all those characters, but they felt forced. The movie was so much better when they focused on Strange.
The best parts of the movie were the pure Raimi moments and Stephen-centric stuff. Act Three was phenomenal because it had lots of both.
I know I’ll like it more on rewatches. Just gotta get some of the negative thoughts out of my system.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2022 2:09:33 GMT
Thinking about this a little more I think all of my issues with the movie revolve around Wanda. She’s revealed as villain in her first scene. A little more build up could’ve done wonders. Maybe she goes with him and infiltrates the sanctum before turning? It was all just too quick.
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 10, 2022 2:23:21 GMT
I'm seeing more collective takes that ppl seemed to have this one on a pedestal as I did. I realize now that its hype was what I pedestalled... not the actual movie.
This could be its own thread, yet not everyone's seen the film I guess so I'll go here.
For me the MCU has seemed to show me 4 types: A-list tentpoles - the 4 Avengers films. A-list Avengers lite films - Civil War & Ragnarok B-list ensembles - Guardians, Eternals. Standalones.
Honestly, with where we are in Phase 4, having dealt this one to follow-up No Way Home, & even with the Multiverse in actual title, I was for months expecting this somewhere between Civil War & Ragnarok. Instead, while a very entertaining flick, & solid production... its lack of macro arc direction towards a Thanos like north star target was admittedly surprising.
As to the expanded stuff, we don't even know which Xavier we saw in this movie - I'm betting we're to presume it wasn't the Xavier we know, rather just Patrick playing alt-Xavier from another universe. That's fine too. There seems to be false bait & switch reactions to these things... when in fact Marvel never promised or suggested anything of the sort. We're feeling not letdown by the film or the MCU, yet from our heightened expectations we've grown to sow post-Endgame.
The Avengers 2012 was 4 years into Phase 1 after Iron Man. Now we seem to want to jump to Kang or Dr. Doom months after Shang Chi. Thor 4 & Black Panther 2 on deck, Guardians 3 & Ant-Man 3 in the hole... I think MCU fans should calm down & not think the MCU is dead without Wolverine or The Thing swooping in to save the day asap. With zero hype or rumours, Doctor Strange 2's surprises surely would be far more appreciative... instead of that's it? That's all??
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Post by thisguy4000 on May 10, 2022 2:41:35 GMT
I'm seeing more collective takes that ppl seemed to have this one on a pedestal as I did. I realize now that its hype was what I pedestalled... not the actual movie. This could be its own thread, yet not everyone's seen the film I guess so I'll go here. For me the MCU has seemed to show me 4 types: A-list tentpoles - the 4 Avengers films. A-list Avengers lite films - Civil War & Ragnarok B-list ensembles - Guardians, Eternals. Standalones. Honestly, with where we are in Phase 4, having dealt this one to follow-up No Way Home, & even with the Multiverse in actual title, I was for months expecting this somewhere between Civil War & Ragnarok. Instead, while a very entertaining flick, & solid production... its lack of macro arc direction towards a Thanos like north star target was admittedly surprising. As to the expanded stuff, we don't even know which Xavier we saw in this movie - I'm betting we're to presume it wasn't the Xavier we know, rather just Patrick playing alt-Xavier from another universe. That's fine too. There seems to be false bait & switch reactions to these things... when in fact Marvel never promised or suggested anything of the sort. We're feeling not letdown by the film or the MCU, yet from our heightened expectations we've grown to sow post-Endgame. The Avengers 2012 was 4 years into Phase 1 after Iron Man. Now we seem to want to jump to Kang or Dr. Doom months after Shang Chi. Thor 4 & Black Panther 2 on deck, Guardians 3 & Ant-Man 3 in the hole... I think MCU fans should calm down & not think the MCU is dead without Wolverine or The Thing swooping in to save the day asap. With zero hype or rumours, Doctor Strange 2's surprises surely would be far more appreciative... instead of that's it? That's all?? Their big mistake was making people think this movie was going to be some epic follow-up to NWH, when in reality, it’s very much a Dr. Strange movie that only uses the multiverse as a backdrop. People were led to believe that this would be some Avengers-level event movie, when that simply wasn’t the case.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2022 3:57:35 GMT
I'm seeing more collective takes that ppl seemed to have this one on a pedestal as I did. I realize now that its hype was what I pedestalled... not the actual movie. This could be its own thread, yet not everyone's seen the film I guess so I'll go here. For me the MCU has seemed to show me 4 types: A-list tentpoles - the 4 Avengers films. A-list Avengers lite films - Civil War & Ragnarok B-list ensembles - Guardians, Eternals. Standalones. Honestly, with where we are in Phase 4, having dealt this one to follow-up No Way Home, & even with the Multiverse in actual title, I was for months expecting this somewhere between Civil War & Ragnarok. Instead, while a very entertaining flick, & solid production... its lack of macro arc direction towards a Thanos like north star target was admittedly surprising. As to the expanded stuff, we don't even know which Xavier we saw in this movie - I'm betting we're to presume it wasn't the Xavier we know, rather just Patrick playing alt-Xavier from another universe. That's fine too. There seems to be false bait & switch reactions to these things... when in fact Marvel never promised or suggested anything of the sort. We're feeling not letdown by the film or the MCU, yet from our heightened expectations we've grown to sow post-Endgame. The Avengers 2012 was 4 years into Phase 1 after Iron Man. Now we seem to want to jump to Kang or Dr. Doom months after Shang Chi. Thor 4 & Black Panther 2 on deck, Guardians 3 & Ant-Man 3 in the hole... I think MCU fans should calm down & not think the MCU is dead without Wolverine or The Thing swooping in to save the day asap. With zero hype or rumours, Doctor Strange 2's surprises surely would be far more appreciative... instead of that's it? That's all?? For me the pedestal was that it was a RAIMI FILM . I was actually happy that it wasn’t a big Avengers level event. I wanted a Dr Strange movie, but I wanted it to be to Dr Strange what Spider-Man 2 was to Spider-Man.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on May 10, 2022 5:00:02 GMT
Liked it a lot, but I did find it weird to introduce those characters (Xavier, Reed Richards, etc.) just to kill them off. Also, it leaves us wondering if John Krasinski will indeed be Reed Richards moving forward or if it was a one time nod to the fandom.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2022 5:26:11 GMT
Liked it a lot, but I did find it weird to introduce those characters (Xavier, Reed Richards, etc.) just to kill them off. Also, it leaves us wondering if John Krasinski will indeed be Reed Richards moving forward or if it was a one time nod to the fandom. I think he absolutely will be. It’d be so weird if he’s not. It seems most variants look exactly like their mcu counterparts… unless they existed in other studio’s marvel movies. It would really confuse people to have a different actor playing him from now on.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2022 17:14:39 GMT
Did anyone notice the funny squishy sound when Reed Richards stretched? I hope they keep that for the F4 movie.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on May 10, 2022 17:37:39 GMT
Did anyone notice the funny squishy sound when Reed Richards stretched? I hope they keep that for the F4 movie.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 10, 2022 22:50:23 GMT
Liked it a lot, but I did find it weird to introduce those characters (Xavier, Reed Richards, etc.) just to kill them off. Also, it leaves us wondering if John Krasinski will indeed be Reed Richards moving forward or if it was a one time nod to the fandom. I think he absolutely will be. It’d be so weird if he’s not. It seems most variants look exactly like their mcu counterparts… unless they existed in other studio’s marvel movies. It would really confuse people to have a different actor playing him from now on. I don't think it would confuse people at all. Captain Marvel was a different person in that universe. I think this was a wink to the fancasting crowd and they'll find someone else for the actual role. I don't think they're going to bring in a 100 year old Patrick Stewart for the full time Prof. X role, either. Seems weird to have them killed off so easily if you're going to hype them as the future of your cinematic universe. But I could be wrong, I'm not that invested in the character so whatever they do will be fine with me.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2022 23:37:51 GMT
I think he absolutely will be. It’d be so weird if he’s not. It seems most variants look exactly like their mcu counterparts… unless they existed in other studio’s marvel movies. It would really confuse people to have a different actor playing him from now on. I don't think it would confuse people at all. Captain Marvel was a different person in that universe. I think this was a wink to the fancasting crowd and they'll find someone else for the actual role. I don't think they're going to bring in a 100 year old Patrick Stewart for the full time Prof. X role, either. Seems weird to have them killed off so easily if you're going to hype them as the future of your cinematic universe. But I could be wrong, I'm not that invested in the character so whatever they do will be fine with me. Well, that Captain Marvel wasn’t Carol though, it was Monica Rambo, played by the same actress who played her in Captain Marvel. And Xavier was like the Spider-Man’s in NWH. We knew them already from other movies. Doing a one off fan casting might indeed be what this was, but if so I don’t really understand the point of it.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 10, 2022 23:51:54 GMT
I don't think it would confuse people at all. Captain Marvel was a different person in that universe. I think this was a wink to the fancasting crowd and they'll find someone else for the actual role. I don't think they're going to bring in a 100 year old Patrick Stewart for the full time Prof. X role, either. Seems weird to have them killed off so easily if you're going to hype them as the future of your cinematic universe. But I could be wrong, I'm not that invested in the character so whatever they do will be fine with me. Well, that Captain Marvel wasn’t Carol though, it was Monica Rambo, played by the same actress who played her in Captain Marvel. And Xavier was like the Spider-Man’s in NWH. We knew them already from other movies. Doing a one off fan casting might indeed be what this was, but if so I don’t really understand the point of it. That's my point though. If it can be an entirely different person in another universe, it definitely doesn't mean it has to be the same actor in every universe. And I don't understand the point of introducing an actor you intend on using in the future just to have him immediately killed off in humiliating fashion. Are audiences supposed to be excited the next time he shows up? "Oh hey, it's that dude who was killed in a matter of seconds the last time we saw him! He literally did nothing, watched his friend get killed, and got turned into ribbons until his head exploded." I'm not a FF fan, but if I was I would've hated the treatment he got in this movie. The whole thing felt like a gag to me, not something to be taken seriously. I read they tried to get Tom Cruise to play Iron Man in this universe but he was busy filming Mission Impossible movies. Everything in that universe was a wink to the audience, there doesn't seem to be anything substantial to it.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2022 2:13:10 GMT
Well, that Captain Marvel wasn’t Carol though, it was Monica Rambo, played by the same actress who played her in Captain Marvel. And Xavier was like the Spider-Man’s in NWH. We knew them already from other movies. Doing a one off fan casting might indeed be what this was, but if so I don’t really understand the point of it. That's my point though. If it can be an entirely different person in another universe, it definitely doesn't mean it has to be the same actor in every universe. And I don't understand the point of introducing an actor you intend on using in the future just to have him immediately killed off in humiliating fashion. Are audiences supposed to be excited the next time he shows up? "Oh hey, it's that dude who was killed in a matter of seconds the last time we saw him! He literally did nothing, watched his friend get killed, and got turned into ribbons until his head exploded." I'm not a FF fan, but if I was I would've hated the treatment he got in this movie. The whole thing felt like a gag to me, not something to be taken seriously. I read they tried to get Tom Cruise to play Iron Man in this universe but he was busy filming Mission Impossible movies. Everything in that universe was a wink to the audience, there doesn't seem to be anything substantial to it. Could be a one off. But I’ll be disappointed if it is. I really like the casting choice. Either way though, it is odd. Cast or recast, I’m not quite sure what they were thinking introducing the character this way.
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Post by politicidal on May 11, 2022 15:50:04 GMT
Who else had a standing O when the hover wheel chair came on screen? Well tech I think the O started with the musical flourish that accompanied his entrance... Nope. The audience went insane a minute earlier when Krazinski appeared. X was kinda expected when Stewart's cameo was announced. I was not happy no Namor. When I heard Illuminati named I hoped Namor would be there. Boo. Hiss. Liked the Beuce Campbell cameo. Didn't like what they did with Wanda. Ohmygodclea!!!!!! My kid was "Charlize Theron!" While I was "white hair. Purple!" So I love McAdams as Christine, but I could see why they ended it. Strange is supposed to be with Clea. Looks that way.
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