So I Guess There's a Docter Strange Trailer
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Inception? You mean the The Matrix part 4? That's right, sequelception!Hawki said:
lol In all seriousness though, being someone that has read a lot of Doc Strange comics, until people started pointing them out I didn't even see the similarities to other movies, because what I'm seeing is those comics brought to life. Plus, when the good Doctor was doing it 50 years ago, I find it hard to believe he was the one doing the copying.
Well, that teaser managed to get me more interested than any trailer for BvS or SS did for those movies, so I guess it did it's job.
Well before they announced it a Strange film was the top of my list of hoped-for characters to appear in the MCU. Early talk from around the project referenced it as 'Marvel's Fantasia', and Derrickson's twitter, er, wallpaper-thing has some of the original Ditko art.mduncan50 said:
The trailer? Did just make me immediately think of Inception, so it's not an odd thing to point out at all. In fact that's what I found a little disappointing. Sure, the effects look great, and hopefully they'll be used in some interesting ways. But 'Inception aesthetic' is not what I hoped for or really expected from this film.
A Strange film doing justice to Ditko needs to be full of very bold, almost garish primary colours and abstract geometries. It's a horribly obvious pun... but a Doctor Strange film needs to be much stranger than what's shown in this trailer.
Oh snap! This movie was just a vague thing in my periphery but actually seeing how it looks I'm totally on board now. The plot seems pretty cool and it looks like it's got an awesome cast. Plus it has Mads Mikkelsen as the villain so I'm all for it.
I like that the trailer was remarkably spoiler free. Granted the other side of that coin is that we don't really know what the movie is about, other than his origin story.
I am still holding my cards on this one because of the difficulty of making movies about magical protagonists: it is just too easy for the writers to pull stuff out of their asses to write themselves out of difficult situations; which I think is harder in movies with protagonists with more defined powers.
Still, no way to counter that than actually seeing it. So far, at least the trailer makes it look like it will be visually stunning.
Still, no way to counter that than actually seeing it. So far, at least the trailer makes it look like it will be visually stunning.
I'm willing to bet it will be a lot Stranger than what we are seeing here, with them having hired a horror director. I think Marvel wants to make sure they don't completely freak out the general population not familiar with the Doctor, and I'm sure they want to save a lot for the movie.Darth Rosenberg said:
Its fucking magic dude. Doctor Strange is a wiiizzzard. Well, he calles himself a sorcerer, but I go by DnD rules, so hes a wizard. With Guardians of the Galaxy, and now Doctor Strange, realism is off the table, and I'm fine with that.Silentpony said:
Side note: Too many fake/modified trailers on youtube. Really confusing when they add in scenes from other movies an fan films.
Looks great. I was already curious to see what they were gonna do with this and I am sold. It looks like what I expect a movie about the Sorcerer Supreme to be like.
Hopefully, we get him in his full regalia in the movie. I'd like to think this is mostly the first 30 minutes or so.
Hopefully, we get him in his full regalia in the movie. I'd like to think this is mostly the first 30 minutes or so.
If we're lucky, Dr. Strange will say "ARCANE TOOOORTUUURE!!" at some point.Elfgore said:
OT: Looks interesting. I'm optimistic, but we'll see how it actually plays out. Though I'm glad that Tilda Swinton is in it. I really like her.
I was highly disappointed that she wasn't Mon Mothma in Rogue One, but oh well, at least she's playing a mystic badass in this.
Is that the same Madam Gao that's in Daredevil, because after the first seasons more down to Earth fighting Wilson Fisk and big criminal organisations I am getting a little side swiped by Season 2 taking what is rapidly looking like some sort of magic, immortal, cultist direction, I guess that would at least fit in with the kind of themes of Doctor Strange at least.
As for the trailer, meh, didn't grab me, then again Antman's first didn't so I'll wait and see what else they throw at us, it's Marvel so I am not worried but having so far had all the Marvel stuff being based in either tech, alien tech or mutation a movie that throws in magic worries me, isn't Dr Strange so powerful he could have just snapped his fingers and ended the Battle of New York, stuck Sokovia back in it's hole in the ground and basically end Thanos in a heart beat, how do you make someone that powerful interesting also doesn't he also render the rest of The Avengers a bit useless / pointless?
No, he's never quite reached that level of power (and it took him a decade to reach the level of Earth's Sorcerer Supreme), there are limits on the power of spells and the drain they place on him. He can take out pretty much anyone one-on-one, but against an army, I'll take the Hulk every time.Laughing Man said:
If we're judging directors on their twitter feeds, then Derrickson's frikkin' awesome. But whilst they hired a horror director, is it a good director? I've not seen anything he's done, but it all looks rather ho-hum (granted, the Russo brothers were complete unknowns to me, and I think Cap 2's the best MCU film yet).mduncan50 said:
And yeah, the teaser's admirably light on detail or full on spectacle, so clearly they're holding a huge amount back. But I just kinda desperately hope the astral traveling and dimensional warping won't be as weird/strange/out there as appears in this teaser. If those visuals are as freaky as they're going to get, then I'm going to find that element of the film incredibly disappointing (I ultimately came to really enjoy Guardians, but damn was that a conventional story, made all the more so by the glimpses of the cosmic scale courtesy of the Celestials and the stones/gems origins).
It's also more than just aesthetics - it's about Ditko's art and legacy, and the credit due. This year a seemingly very Ditko Spidey is joining the MCU, and then there's Strange. I hope Marvel/Disney do him and his art justice, and I think that needs much more than rather tame (if technically/creatively nifty) Inception-esque visuals. I also kinda hope Stan Lee just keeps his mush out of this film, too...
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Then again this poster's encouraging [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cf5pvuNUIAASG2w.jpg:large], as far as tone and colour goes.
Oh good to have some info I had just heard a few stories about him being stupid powerful a sort of all our heroes are dead and defeated everything is doomed and then up pops Dr Strange snaps his fingers and suddenly everything is okay.
Pft, he comes across as more like that Star Wars comedy duo I just found out about yesterday. Erm, oh yeah - Tag and Bink.mduncan50 said:
Apropos Uatu, though; who owns the rights to him? 'Cause Strange sharing some scenes with Uatu in the MCU would be very welcome.
Uatu is held by Marvel. There is actually an old theory that all of Stan's cameos across all Marvel movies is the Watcher keeping an eye on the different properties for them(including at Fox and Sony). But yeah, it would be cool to see Uatu and Strange hanging out in a parallel dimension somewhere.Darth Rosenberg said:
