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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Screen Crush reporting on the mid and post credit scenes of Doctor Strange.
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So Tina Minoru who showed up in the comics makes an appearance in the proper film too.
No idea if she's necessarily going to be in the Runaways show or is still meant to be Nico's mother, especially since she doesn't look old enough to be the mother of a teenager.
Likewise Kobna Holdbrook-Smith is Jericho Drumm aka Brother Voodoo. No idea if he'll make another appearance in the Black Panther solo film, but it's cool that we've got another Shakespearian actor in the fold.
The fact that they can't name her may have something to do with the animosity between the Film and TV divisions, but if she does show up on the TV show then that would settle doubters' thoughts about whether the television shows are canon for good.
edited 14th Oct '16 2:16:15 PM by AlleyOop
edited 14th Oct '16 2:18:01 PM by alliterator
When does Runaways come out? Feige officially said that Stephen Strange hasn't begun training yet at the time of TWS, and even assuming the movie happens the day after, and Runaways happens in 2018, that's unlikely for Nico to have gotten that old. Unless Tina has access to some sort of delayed aging powers.
That may be overthinking things. It could be as simple as Tina not being named onscreen because she doesn't have a lot of dialogue. Note he doesn't say they can't name her onscreen, they said she simply isn't named onscreen.
As for the age question, Hollywood casts younger women as parts that should logically be going to older women all the time so that also might be overthinking things.
edited 14th Oct '16 2:53:13 PM by comicwriter
Feige talks about Infinity War
and how they're keeping Doctor Strange from being a Story Breaker in the fight with Thanos.
edited 14th Oct '16 3:35:46 PM by comicwriter
edited 14th Oct '16 5:02:52 PM by Unsung
I don't think a drug trip was a good fit for Cassaday's art style, but I still like the concept of reality (already fictional here) being nothing but information, stored and generated on a cosmic or microcosmic scale, hackable if you can 'read' it. That 'cheat codes for the world' idea.
edited 14th Oct '16 5:36:19 PM by Unsung
In the comics it doesn't take long for Strange to become uber even though he only had less than five years of training as the SS. Yeah it makes more sense for an outsider who never had enough training to not be the best. He can't perform classic Strange feats off the back. Doesn't make sense even if the next film he's in fhere's Thanos.
So the first credit scene is an official teaser clip for ______ like CW in AM?
Btw Moon Knight is yea happening like fans speculated. No doubt Blade will be next...
edited 14th Oct '16 5:47:40 PM by RulerOfImagineverse
Moon Knight would be an interesting one for them to try and deal with. There's how they decide to play with the whole 'multiple identities' idea (and the reality or otherwise of Khonshu) and the fact that MK would be really, really violent. Like, Daredevil level brutal fights but with razor sharp knives/projectiles in the mix. They haven't sheered away from bloodshed and the reality of street vigilantism but you need some good writing to keep the guy sympathetic.
"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."![]()
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Oh you're right. Fucking screenrant made it sound official when they said "the Iron Fist trailer unveiled at New York Comic-Con makes it plain that the streaming service’s take on the Marvel universe is ready to add this character to its line-up." the headline was bait and click then.
you just create a 3D character. someone fully realized so theres not just not one side to them. empathy is more important than sympathy. if we can understand him inside and out then thats enough.
edited 15th Oct '16 3:17:19 AM by RulerOfImagineverse
Agreed that is what they should do with MK, but easier said than done. He's like if Batman took on the Punisher's mission, but with extra psychoses on the side. He's a filthy rich mercenary who goes around beating up (normally poor) criminals because he has voices in his head. It can be done but playing with all those is going to be an interesting prospect, if it ever happens.
"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."I found these articles about writing mental ill characters
http://www.springhole.net/writing/writing-mentally-ill-and-insane-characters.htm
http://rosieclaverton.com/2014/10/20/5-biggest-mistakes-writing-mental-illness/
http://writeworld.org/post/34877716413/this-is-a-towel-mental-disorders
edited 15th Oct '16 6:07:15 AM by RulerOfImagineverse
It seemed like more of a setup to me. Basically, they can have Ragnarok start with Thor either knowing where Odin and Loki are, or have all three be already back in Asgard, and just need a couple of sentences to explain that Strange helped Thor find them.
edited 15th Oct '16 8:32:56 AM by hollygoolightly

Heh. 'Enter.'
I guarantee you that fanfic already exists. It existed from the moment RDJ was in both Iron Man and Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes and the BBC Cumberbatch Sherlock was a thing. I'll bet if you looked you could find a crossover with Elementary, too.
edited 14th Oct '16 12:49:06 PM by Unsung