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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I'm just waiting for Doctor Strange to come out and for the dissolution of the creative committee to be credited for the fact that magic is suddenly allowed to exist in the MCU, a claim that will be wrong for several reasons and reignite the Magic v. Science debate.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.we already saw magic. ant man and agents of shield already showed you it. for example Dr. Croit could use darkforce and Scott Lang went into the quantum realm. one is a type of negative energy that grants people its power and the other is the place where such an energy can come from. meanwhile some aliens learned how to apply that through their technology and somehow gained other abilities without said technology, which hasnt been explained yet. this leaves us with sorcerer supremes. they can use anything simply by will power alone. your basically controlling science itself EXCEPT we have things like anthropomorphic personifications... i guess they fill in the universe is alive theory. shows like Cosmos and Through the Wormhole ask a bunch of questions. Dr. Strange's duty is to answer them obviously not realistically
"Are you watching the Cosmos series? That’s magic, [the quantum physics]. It’s unbelievable. If somebody knew how to tap into that stuff, what’s the difference between that and magic?" - Kevin Feige
theres evidence out there already guys. we just need to dabble into it BAM BAM BAM BABY. stop being subtle
note none of this excludes the supernatural. blade may or may not still have a chance at happening
edited 7th Sep '15 4:48:50 PM by xbimpy
That's the one where the Civil War is resolved through the marriage of Steve Rogers and Natasha Stark
, right?
They went with a director known for low quality horror films because he's far more likely to play nice with them. Del Toro has his fingers in a lot of pies and constantly has a bunch of projects in some stage of pre-production. If he disagreed with Marvel he could just flip them the bird and go make something else. (And in fact I think he was even in talks to helm Thor at one point and left because he wanted a Thor movie more in line with his tastes).
A lesser known, up and coming director is going to be far more likely to shut their mouth and do what they're told without rocking the boat.
edited 7th Sep '15 5:51:53 PM by comicwriter
The staff for Dr. Strange worries me. Neither the director nor the writers have an even remotely track record. Thus said, I guess they wanted someone who does horror movies, which are not about gore or jump scares. And currently there aren't really that many directors out there who do it...though too bad that they didn't go for Jennifer Kent. But then, I guess they settled on a director before she drew attention to herself.
not just dr strange but spiderman too. both teams appear meh based on their records. i liked the most recent sinister in contrast to all those paranormal activity/insidious films and their rip off/spin offs. all the best horror movies have been indies anyway for the past few years. ever watched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIZbq7V2xvs
? but theres really nothing out there like a dr strange story apart from del toro stuff. derrickson posted lovecraftian stuff so at least he hinted at a weird direction
edited 7th Sep '15 6:27:54 PM by xbimpy
I see. My mistake, then.
Oh God! Natural light!

Anyway, now that the creative committee is dissolved, maybe the environment would be better for it.
Um, didn't that get Jossed sometime ago?