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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I don't know if Dr. Strange is going to explore the literal multiverse, or if they're just renaming the dimensions concept that's more akin to what Dr. Strange usually encounters. Like the Dark Dimensions, Dream Dimension, Chaos Dimension, etc. Much of the information we're getting for it implies so.
And it wouldn't be the first time the MCU renamed X thing to Y thing, despite Y name having connotations that aren't what X actually explores.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Aug 27th 2020 at 3:33:31 AM
They're also making a What If? movie, so I'm guessing Strange will indeed be going to alternate universes.
Imagine if they managed to get Henry Cavill to play Hyperion. (Gal Gadot playing Power Princess is probably too much to hope for).
Ukrainian Red CrossYeah. It seems that he can only bring those realities about if he does things exactly as he saw.
Which means there might be universes where Quill not flipping out (or being stopped before he could) lead to them losing.
One Strip! One Strip!Right, this.
When alternate universes show up in Dr. Strange, it's not "another world where everyone's in 1602 / Justice League expies exist / Civil War ended with Stark and Rogers getting married / etc" - that's the kind of thing reserved more for What If? and other similar titles.
Where Dr. Strange is concerned, alternate universes are "another realm of existence where physics are completely different / the personal domains of powerful beings / where everything is made of fingers / composed of pure chaos / etc." Magical realms and states of existence, not alternate versions of reality.
We've gotten word that the villain of this is Nightmare (or at least was intended to be at one point), which kind of reinforces this - most likely we're going to be delving into the Dream Dimension. And if they're delving into that in general, we're likely (or... well... hopefully) going to end up seeing the Chaos Dimension as well.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Aug 28th 2020 at 9:08:06 AM
I'd be very surprised if they did that, but I could see it being done as a jokey post-credits gag.
Although honestly, if Marvel really wanted to throw people for a loop, they'd get Jeffrey Combs and have Dr. Strange cross paths with his Divorced Installment counterpart Doctor Mordrid.
Edited by chasemaddigan on Aug 28th 2020 at 6:29:48 AM
Apparently Chadwick Boseman has died of cancer
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Edited by jjjj2 on Aug 28th 2020 at 10:14:19 AM
You can only write so much in your forum signature. It's not fair that I want to write a piece of writing yet it will cut me off in the midI'd have to imagine some people in the MCU knew about this for a while.
Sadly, I don't think we'll be seeing Black Panther in Phase 4 anytime soon. There's no way Feige and Coogler can see anyone *but* Boseman as T'Challa.
And in all fairness, that's the right call. It's respect.
Edited by Mario1995 on Aug 28th 2020 at 10:27:37 AM
"The devil's got all the good gear. What's God got? The Inspiral Carpets and nuns. Fuck that." - Liam Gallagher

I just hope that if that group shows up, they will be morally ambiguous at worst.
I don't want Hyperion in this universe to be just another "evil Superman".
Edited by JoLuRo075 on Aug 27th 2020 at 12:58:53 PM