Ok so the official trailer for Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness is now here and
throughout this video we're gonna be breaking down the easter eggs in it, giving our general
reaction to it and also talking about some of the rumours on the movie and it's cast
of characters.
We got our first look at the film alongside Spider-Man No Way Home in it's post credits
scene and since then there's been several action figures and behind the scenes clips
that tease what's gonna be happening in the film.
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With that out the way, thanks for clicking this, now let's get into the Multiverse Of
Madness.
Now before we get into the breakdown of the trailer bit by bit I kinda wanna talk about
the big reveals in it and how this ties into the other MCU properties and Marvel comic
books. Timecodes will be linked below so if you wanna skip ahead then open the eye of
agamotto to jump right into the breakdown.
Now the big mindblowing thing to take from this is what appears to be Strange Supreme
from What If. It's long been rumoured that he's gonna be in the film and Benedict Cumberbatch
actually did an interview whilst What If was on in which he couldn't show his face because
he said it would spoil some surprises.
We theorised at the time that this would be because this variant of the character would
be popping up in the film and I now think that's the most likely thing unless they're
also taking it to the extreme and introducing his beast form.
Incase you didn't see What If, Strange Supreme was a version of the character in which Christine
died during the car accident that originally destroyed his hands. Spurred on with finding
a way to bring her back he mastered the ways of a sorcerer and the timestone. Strange travelled
back to save her but found that it was a fixed point in time and that no matter what he did,
her death couldn't be altered.
Thus he attempted to find a way to become powerful enough to basically break the rules
but in doing so it led to the death of his universe.
In the show he absorbed several creatures including a giant tentacled one that could
either be Shuma Gorath or Gargantos who appears in this teaser. Because of this he was able
to shoot tentacles out of his hands and we actually see this being carried out by the
character during one of the split second cuts that we get in the trailer.
He was left trapped on his own come the end of his solo episode but Supreme somewhat found
redemption after he helped to save the multiverse from Infinite Ultron and Kilmonger. Left guarding
these reality guarding forces it seems like his need for some company could've got the
best of him and he's now returned to pose what Mordo says is the biggest threat to the
universe.
We also know from the action figures that Defender Strange will be in the film too and
we'll talk him more in just a bit. Interestingly No Way Home confirmed that Strange was no
longer the Soceror Supreme and this title has now fallen to Wong. Guess he was in the
wight place at the wong time.
Ey.
I actually like Strange as more of the rogue sorcerer that's destroying reality and Wong
to be the leader and this would also explain why he was handling things with Shang-Chi
at the end of his solo movie.
Now Strange Supreme is a character that's driven by grief and on the other side of this
is Wanda who is still living at what seems to be the Mountain that we last left her at.
After the events of Westview she's been living in the multiverse of Sadness and though it's
never been confirmed, it is possible that this is Wundagore Mountain from the comics.
In the source material this is actually the location where the Darkhold was created at
and she's been obsessing over this long enough to grow an Orchard.
Symbolically white blossom is actually meant to represent peace and in spirituality it's
classed as being something that that shows universal acceptance with life. Interestingly,
white trees are often called The Tree Of Light and they're an opposite to chaos. Wanda's
magic is actually called Chaos Magic and thus her planting these shows that she's somewhat
found peace until Strange disturbs this.
According to rumours on the movie, Wanda will be asked by Strange to help fix the Multiverse
but she'll discover other versions of her children and then turn into a villain that
has the power to destroy everything. I think that in this trailer the Strange Supreme stuff
could actually be a bait and switch and we'll see her become the main villain in the movie.
I feel like Marvel is very much doing what Fox should have done with those two attempts
at a Dark Phenoix film and that we'll watch as she almost destroys the entire multiverse
trying to get her kids back.
Now that kinda ties into Defender Strange and in the Age Of Ultron graphic novel we
watched as the Machine actually ended up destroying the world. In the book Wolverine travelled
back in time to kill Hank Pym but in doing so he created a world in which he wasn't there
to help the Avengers during certain battles. This created a timeline in which all of the
heroes now pushed The Defenders as the main team and that was the main group instead of
The Avengers. Defender Strange is clearly an alternate version of the MCU one and we
could end up seeing an alternate timeline involving him. According to the leaks on the
film we'll actually visit a timeline in which the Ultron initiative worked as intended and
there'll be several bots that help to defend the planet.
Now in Age Of Ultron we watched as this timeline was destroyed by the witch Morgan Le Fay who
launched an attack and it led to Wolverine travelling back in time to stop himself from
killing Hank Pym. Morgan was a witch as well much like Wanda and thus I'm kinda thinking
that they're gonna adapt several elements of this book and change things up so that
it fits the MCU.
I think Strange is gonna be really confused over exactly what's happened with the Multiverse
and this will be why he reaches out to Wanda instead of just fixing things himself. If
we look at things from his point of view, because he no longer remembers Peter Parker,
he very much has no idea why the Multiverse has cracked open. Because he doesn't remember
what caused it he probably doesn't know how to fix it and I believe that this will set
up why he turns to her.
Now the trailer opens with Dialogue from No Way Home but also alternate takes from the
trailer as well involving the exchange with Wong. It also carries across elements from
when Strange told Peter that the Multiverse was something that they know frighteningly
little about.
From here we get a close up of Strange's broken watch which you might remember was a gift
that he got from Christine in his first film. This had a big focus on watches, time and
the timestone and it somewhat also foreshadowed him breaking time open at the end of the movie.
The fact that Strange isn't wearing this makes me think that it might actually be Strange
Supremes and that he could be finding this in the dark and dingy Sanctorum that we see
him walking up the staircase of.
I also saw it as being purposely done to look similar to the Sanctorum window which is of
course a thing that Strange spends a lot of time in front of.
The shattered glass with Strange at the centre of it could also reflect how the multiverse
is now cracked open because of his actions.
And yeah, it wasn't Peter's fault the spell got botched, lad should've laid out the ground
rules before even trying it that summoffabich.
Mordo then says your desecration of reality will not go unpunished and we know from the
ending of the last movie that he's hunting wizards. We know from the action figures that
he will be called Master Mordo but I actually have a theory that the one we see in the trailer
will be a version from another reality. Potentially he could have discovered the Strange Supreme
version and have come across to the MCU to warn our Stephen about how much of a threat
to the multiverse he is. I'd actually love to see it if Mordo recruited him and he's
the one who made Stephen go into another reality to confront himself.
Next we see Strange in a snowy New York and he then looks at a skyscraper which has been
split in half. On the left hand side we can see the spyre with the one on the right having
elements of it floating into the sky.
This is not too dissimilar to what Happened in What If when reality started to break open
and this could potentially be Strange Supreme's reality.
We then get a shot of Wanda causing her chaos magic to flourish and not too long after a
shot of her in the costume that she manifested at the end of Wandavision.
If you cast your mind back to the ending of Wandavision then you'll remember that she
absorbed Agatha's powers so this could also explain why she has started to head down a
darker path.
I absolutely love this look and it works really well for her when she's a hero but also it
works if she's gonna be a villain. At one point in the teaser we see Wong being attacked
by something magical and I do think that this will be her.
Later on we watch as several of the Wizards come together at Kamartaj and this could be
her attacking much like how Morgan Le Fay did in the comics. She isn't in this shot
at all potentially teasing to us that she's the one they're facing off against. If you
look closely at the explosions they do have a red tint to them so it may be her or it
may be a reach.
From her we also see Christine Palmer on her wedding day and due to Strange standing in
one of the pughs, she's clearly not getting married to him.
Nick West is also standing beside him who you'll probably remember as being the doctor
from the first movie that strange told to cover his watch which of course tied back
to the theme of watches and time. See it's all connected.
According to the plot leaks this scene is actually meant to start quite near the opening
of the movie but the ceremony will be interrupted when Gargantos attacks New York. During this
Strange will also meet America Chavez who has travelled to the MCU from another reality.
The film is meant to open with her, a variant of Wong and Strange and a monster that kills
the latter two. She will then travel into the MCU and tell Strange that there's a dark
terror moving across the multiverse which will start off the events of this movie.
We see the back of America's jacket which has a star symbol on it and from what I've
heard on the movie, America's portals will open up as stars instead of the typical circles
that we see from the wizards. This actually pulls from the comics and I think that'll
be such a cool effect in the film. We do actually see what potentially could be one of those
portals though it happens so fast it's difficult to make out even though it does look like
a star shape.
Now the movie is taking place less than a year after the blip and it's a bit quick for
Christine to find someone and arrange a wedding. Therefore I think that she probably met this
person during the five years after the snap and that would explain why Strange looks so
devastated. If we find out that he basically lost the love of his life because he wasn't
there during the five years I think it'll add another layer to the movie and I'd love
that to be thrown into the mix of the movie.
Next we cut to a hatch door opening to reveal a rotating universe where the gravity is completely
off it's axis.
Behind him we can catch Wanda and America so we are definitely gonna be seeing the pair
in this reality.
We then see Strange conjuring chaos magic himself in a sanctum with a broken window.
In order to stop chaos magic one might have to weild it and thus it does makes sense that
he would be going toe to toe with Wanda at this point.
Now next we get the shot in which Gargantos appears in New York and it throws a bus at
Strange. Though people initially believed that this was Shuma Gorath and some people...on
this channel may have reported that...we know from the lego leaks that it's actually Gargantos.
Gargantos is a monster from the sea and initially this was a Namor villain, potentially teasing
that he'll be showing up in Black Panther 2 like he's been rumoured to.
We end with Strange coming face to face with the darker version of himself who says things
just got out of hand. We closed out on Strange Supreme holding this pocket dimension in his
hand potentially teasing what happened.
Now I do say that we can't always take things like this at face value so it might not even
be Strange Supreme and knowing that Defender Strange is in the movie too means that we
could end up getting lots of alternate variants of the character. I think that would be the
best way to explore the multiverse and Strange being the villain of his own movie does make
a lot of sense if our theories and the leaks are wrong.
As for my thoughts on the film, I really can't wait to see it and I love how dark this first
look is.
Wandavision was of course a massive show and now everyone wants to know what's gonna happen
next with not only her but also Strange after No Way Home. Sam Raimi is also someone that
people in the comic book movie community love and there's so many different elements coming
together for what I think will be a massive movie.
I've heard a lot of characters are returning from things like the Fox verse and all the
extended properties that Disney have acquired. There's also rumours that there's gonna be
big actors playing variants of existing ones and we're in for a massive movie that will
have some big surprises.
Now you guys know how much of a DC fan that I am and though people are saying that No
Way Home has kinda killed the momentum for the Flash, I actually think that Multiverse
Of Madness will do it even more. From what I've heard this movie is gonna be absolutely
insane and we're barely getting a taste of what's gonna be happening in the film.
Kinda sucks Marvel will have had two big multiverse movies out by the time that DC get their first
one and with it releasing two months before The Flash does I kinda think it might suck
all the air out the room.
It's gonna be interesting to see what happens as we now see two studios tackling the same
sorts of concepts but obviously let me know your thoughts on the situation below.
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