- (React) Today, you're reacting
to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
(Ed laughs)
We will discuss some of the most talked about moments from the movie,
as well as some Easter eggs that you may not have noticed.
- Oh, what?
- (React) But for anyone watching who has not seen the movie,
there are spoilers ahead. Click away if you don't wanna know.
- You read the title, you saw the thumbnail,
so don't get mad.
- (Wanda) You break the rules... - (America) Look out!
- (Wanda) And become a hero.
I do it, and I become the enemy.
That doesn't seem fair.
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness!
First review, it's the darkest,
weirdest, most horror-inspired MCU film yet.
Critics say Elizabeth Olsen steals the show,
and Sam Raimi reaches back into his horror bag
to deliver a visually spectacular,
surprisingly violent entry into the MCU.
100% agree!
- The whole horror and dark side of it with the little bit of jump scares.
They kinda get you in there.
- When I saw it in the theaters,
there were a couple children who screamed.
- I love Wanda in this. I just love her character.
I feel like she's just so iconic.
- I hope everyone watches Doctor Strange 2
for Wanda's performance alone, a literal Satanic witch.
I went into this movie having no clue who the villain was,
so I was [censored] floored when it turned out to be Wanda.
- They did not vanilla how actually bat [censored] insane she is.
- Wanda was giving major La Llorona vibes in this movie,
and I don't think anyone's talking about it!
- Scarlet Witch was terrifying, and I was surprised
by how almost cliche witchy she was.
You could take away the whole superhero thing,
and still have her as an evil witch, and everything would track, I feel.
- (React) Obviously, a big part of the story
is that Scarlet Witch dreamwalks into Earth-838's Wanda.
The first time she does this, there is a fun Easter egg.
Did you catch it?
- Uh, no.
- I don't know if I saw the Easter egg.
I definitely wanna know.
- (Wanda) Every morning.
- Oh wait, what are they watching?
- (React) It's Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
- Oh, what?
- That's the name, I was like I'm blanking on it.
I was like, I knew it the moment I saw it.
- So that was Walt Disney's very first cartoon character.
He made it for Universal, and then made Disney later on.
♪ (epic orchestral music) ♪ (Izzy claps)
- Best part, one of the best parts, one of the best parts!
(yells)
- That scene had me like chills in the theater,
like everyone in the theater was cheering.
- Let's talk the Illuminati.
- Peace and love to everyone that loved this movie.
When they said the Illuminati, I had the biggest eye roll.
I thought it was just so cringy.
- I looked it up after, and they're called that in the comics,
but at first I was like the Illuminati, what the heck?
(laughs) Okay.
- But when you met the Illuminati, fantastic.
- (React) Starting with Captain Carter.
- That's right, she was in there from the What If episode.
- Ooh, she got sliced and diced. Rest in peace. (laughs)
- (React) In the fight scene, there is a nod to this.
She says a specific line, do you know what it was?
- It was a little ham-fisted, yes. I could do this all day.
I was a little less thrilled with that.
- I'm not the type of person who will talk through a movie,
but I am the person who if I hear some [censored] like that,
and I know the lore, I'll go "oh, they did it!"
- I wish they made her more of her own character,
rather than just like a Steve rip off.
- Oh, Jim Halpert! (laughs)
- This better not be just a cameo,
like I need him to save the Fantastic Four franchise.
- When I look at John Krasinski,
I don't see the smartest man in the universe.
I wanna see the smartest man in the universe do his thing,
and the most he did was go blah,
and then turned into a bunch of hot dogs. (laughs)
- I'm curious to see if in the future, they use him again.
- I'll be into a good Fantastic Four movie.
And if that happens with Krasinski as Reed Richards,
I will eat my words, you know? And I'll be with it.
- With Black Bolt, for example,
years ago there was supposed to be an Inhumans movie,
it got canceled, turned into a TV show,
which flopped, but then they brought the same actor
who played that version of Black Bolt into this one,
so I thought it was really fun to see him,
'cause I like him a lot, his name's Anson Mount.
So I imagine for him, it was really cool
to finally don the costume that he was sort of denied.
- Okay, it was amazing to see Black Bolt,
that was like one of my absolute favorite things.
His death was so brutal, and seeing just how powerful he is
when he melts Doctor Strange was great.
- (React) Captain Marvel as Maria Rambeau.
- Wasn't she like the best friend, right?
- Yeah, she was Captain Marvel's friend,
and then later had a daughter named Monica Rambeau,
who was in WandaVision.
Yeah, she becomes a super hero.
- And then gets killed five business seconds later.
(laughs) At least they let the women die last.
- Professor X! (claps)
That was the coolest thing!
I can't believe it happened! (laughs)
- Look, I think I can die happy now that the '97 X-Men theme
is playing as Professor X is in his little floating wheel chair.
That was so incredible.
- I absolutely lost it at the Fantastic Four cameo,
but then this just, I could not see any more,
I was just laugh crying, but in a good way.
- I really love this movie, like I really enjoyed it,
but I don't know if I needed the '90s X-Men theme
to come on when he rolled in,
'cause that wasn't ever used in the movies before,
so it was just like a little cheesy.
And he even had the yellow chair.
Yeah, so, I mean, it was fun having him,
and again, they brutally murdered him.
- Me being excited that
Reed Richards and Professor X are in the MCU.
Five minutes later. (laughs) Right?
They just totally crushed you.
- Wanda was just like you know what, [censored] that.
- If there is a definition of emotional damage, it's that.
I was literally like you brought him back
to be in this movie for five minutes!?
- I'm really hoping they go further into this,
and this isn't just like a one time,
okay, we threw in X-Men, like a little cameo part here too.
Like, I really hope that this becomes a permanent thing.
- It was a lot going on.
I felt like they tried to fit so much into one film,
that it kinda felt like chaotic.
It was so hyped, and then kinda just felt, kinda dull.
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- Those are Ultrons.
A bunch of them, not just one.
- Ultron, yeah.
'Cause I remember when Wanda like crushes the head of one of them.
- America Chavez. (laughs)
- They added Shuma-Gorath into this, and that's fantastic.
Like, I didn't think they were gonna add that in.
- That's so sick. I want that.
As a whole, I'm so glad that America exists.
I'm glad she's here. Let's keep her around.
I can't wait to see all the little girls
dressed as her for Halloween.
It brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it.
I kinda wish they'd given her more.
- To have a Latina on the big screen,
and she's an important role is amazing,
and it's nice to see that.
- And I guess maybe, like they're setting it up
for future projects where we can actually see her working on it.
Working on her powers and everything.
- I felt like they just kinda threw her in there,
and then you were kinda like oh, this is this.
- But I love that she exists,
and I think she's so cute, and I love the actress,
I think she's adorable, and I want her jacket.
- Oh, it says love is love on her jacket in Spanish.
- She has a LGBT pin on.
- Oh my God! Let's go!
I did, that I did not notice. That's cool!
- And her moms are gay.
- I was really surprised to learn that the movie got banned
in a bunch of countries because of the whole mom thing.
- They're not as accepting of the LGTBQ.
Refused to show the film in their countries.
- For me, I was just super excited,
just like the fact that she's a Latina alone.
Then add on the element of she's in the LGBTQ+ community.
Again, like, young kids specifically who are also part of that community
have a super hero to look up to,
that's just like them and wears it proudly on her jacket.
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- (Wong) Strange!
- Oh, so good.
That part, yo, dude. Zombie Strange with the arms!
- Yeah, this is a very Sam Raimi film.
He has a specific way of shooting things.
It had a lot of good parts, but then sometimes,
I felt like it didn't work.
- I think horror-inspired is a good,
a lot of people keep calling it like a horror film.
- You don't see that, that was the first time in the MCU
that you saw them do something like...
Elizabeth Olsen delivered the horror parts of it.
She was fantastic, like her walking with a limp.
- And also the part when Wanda is like crawling out of the gong,
and she's all like frickin' the girl from The Ring,
like ooh, love it. More horror in Marvel please.
Bruce Campbell! Mr. Pizza Ball Man himself.
- He's in all of Raimi's movies. He's in the Spider-Man movies.
- Starred in the Evil Dead movies,
which is how Sam Raimi got his directing fame.
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- Aw, the trippy scene where they keep going through all the universes.
- I wanna know what color I'd be in the paint universe.
- (Stephen) Things just got out of hand.
- In this, they're trying to tell you that he gets the third eye
'cause he uses the Darkhold.
- It's going to be awesome, because it's a thing
that inevitably makes him stronger.
- We see at the very end where he like,
oh no, like he's screaming in the middle of the street.
This third eye opens up on his forehead, like,
is he gonna become evil now, 'cause he used the Darkhold like once?
But it doesn't really exist anymore.
- Going back to the Dark Dimension with the introduction of Clea,
who is Doctor Strange's girlfriend, kind of, in the books.
Yeah, she's probably the biggest love interest
he's ever had, I think, so far.
But she exists in the Dark Dimension, so they're going back.
- Clea, let's give Christine a break. Christine's fine, Christine's married.
We need to leave Christine alone.
- Yeah, I like them together. Yeah, you know?
Christine's not appreciative of Doctor Strange
in a lot of the universes, you know?
Christine in every universe: Why are you so obsessed with me?
(laughs) I'm dead!
- No more! (laughs)
Doctor Strange, if you're listening...
- It was sickening, and I didn't think that Marvel would go there,
oh, but they did.
- Trailers sometimes do spoil things.
- I'm a big stickler for only watching one trailer,
and that's enough, that's plenty for me.
- Thanks for watching this Strange episode.
- What did you think of Multiverse of Madness?
Let us know in the comments.
- (laughs) Bye!