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Hey brother!
Holy butts, you guys.
We finally have a trailer for "Spider-Man: No Way Home,"
and like everything else Marvel
has been throwing at us lately,
it is just continuing to expand the multiverse.
And as far as I can tell,
is gonna be straight up bonkers!
In the trailer, we get a really cool glimpse of
what Dr. Strange's role is going to be
as we continue to barrel towards his movie,
"The Multiverse of Madness."
We're seeing characters from the
Tobey Maguire Spider-man series,
which means like in "WandaVision" and Pietro,
we're now pulling characters from out of MCU franchises.
Or maybe I should say, almost like in "WandaVision."
What could've been.
We also get the insanely nostalgic,
Willem Defoe, Green Goblin laugh.
(Green Goblin laughing)
And the literal Dr. Octopus from "Spider-Man 2."
- Hello, Peter.
- So as far as I can tell,
Marvel and Sony are straight up going for it.
And I have to tell you, I am 100% here for it.
Because seriously,
this is like the best kind of fan service.
It's like intentional, meaningful, meta, and it works!
So, in case you couldn't tell,
on the whole, I'm really excited
we're getting this movie before the end of the year.
But also, this movie seems to be blasting
gigantic holes into the MCU as we currently know it.
So as far as theories are concerned,
it feels like anything goes, where do we even start?
Because at this point in the MCU,
we literally have Skrulls,
variants soon to be in "Eternals,"
Deviants, recently in "Black Widow"
like face change technology.
And, as ever, Mephisto!
Maybe, he could be anyone, who knows.
But today, we're gonna dive on into the trailer.
Here we go.
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Okay, so word is out that
Peter Parker is in fact Spider-Man.
And The Daily Bugle is putting him
on absolute blast for killing Mephisto,
who the general public still believes to be a good guy.
Did I say Mephisto?
I meant Mysterio.
Or did I? I did.
But it seems like this is anything anybody can talk about.
We've got J. Jonah Jameson's face all over Times Square.
And it looks like Aunt May, Ned,
and Peter are all being interrogated.
Very much seems like Peter is gonna need himself a lawyer.
And holy goodness, and hairy arms, is that Matt Murdock?
Aka Daredevil?
I mean, who's arms?
Who else could have these arms?
Literally nobody.
Okay, so I have to bring this up
because I've literally seen every single person
on the internet talking about it.
But the idea here is that the arm that we're seeing
in this situation is in fact, Charlie Cox, aka Matt Murdoch,
aka Daredevil from the Netflix series "Daredevil."
And I agree, it's extremely little to go on.
But again, have you seen these arms?
No, but to actually be fair,
the rights for the character have in fact
changed hands again from Netflix back to Marvel.
So it is indeed possible.
Plus, with the multiverse essentially exploding,
we're already seeing a whole bunch of other fan favorites
making their way into this movie.
So, that said, if I had to guess,
it looks like this scene is happening in the movie
before the whole Dr. Strange spellamaroo.
But, but, that's not even that big of an issue anyway,
because when the Netflix series originally came out,
it was intended to be canon, part of the MCU.
The Netflix series was then made not canon.
But now it seems like maybe it just is canon again,
at which point Matt Murdock
is just a lawyer in New York City.
Plus, it would totally be so Matt Murdock
to just show up like this,
it is in New York City where he would be anyway.
And it's a superhero case.
How fitting.
Not to mention, Daredevil and Spider-Man
are friends in the comics.
With one run actually a featuring Matt Murdock
recognizing that Peter Parker was in fact Spider-Man
because they had the same heartbeat.
And it has been confirmed that Netflix Kingpin
is going to be the main villain in "Hawkeye."
So, again the arms.
Kind of surprised I'd even
explain any of the rest of it to you guys.
But now we need to address the elephant in the room
because you may have figured out at this point in time
that this Spider-Man movie seems to be based off of
the Spider-Man series called "Spider-Man: Brand New Day."
In that story, Aunt May is killed
when Peter reveals his secret identity,
and a bullet meant for him hits her instead.
Also in that story, Peter goes to Dr. Strange
and asks to make a deal with him to help bring her back.
Which Dr. Strange then refuses.
But not to worry, Peter is eventually able
to make this deal by trading away
his marriage to Mary Jane with Mephisto.
Please, please, please, please,
please stick with me, please.
Filming for "No Way Home" started
before "WandaVision" ever came out.
I cannot possibly imagine that Marvel
ever could have predicted the like frenzy
that is Mephisto memes.
Or maybe they totally did,
and Marvel just deserves an Academy Award
for whatever we would consider this category.
I don't even know what it would be,
but they, it's impressive.
But that does mean that if this was
already written and in production,
then there's really no way to stop it now.
That said, though, this movie is already
absolutely dripping with other classic Spider-Man villains.
So it doesn't really feel like it also needs Mephisto.
Which means my personal conclusion is that
it will be Mephisto when heck freezes over.
It's so funny you should say that, me,
because Sanctum Sanctorum is frozen over.
Which, of course, you just kind of accept
because let's face it, it's kind of a weird place.
And Dr. Strange doesn't really seem bothered by it.
What function it could possibly be serving,
I have absolutely no idea.
But there is a guy in there shoveling,
which doesn't really feel entirely necessary
considering Dr. Strange could probably just make it go away.
I mean, you know, like right here, he just makes fire.
That does fuel awfully devilish, doesn't it?
But also this movie is coming out near Christmastime,
which means that we all get to debate
for the rest of forever whether or not
"Spider-Man: No Way Home" is a Christmas movie.
It would seem like a really weird choice
to go with this like completely festive angle
for basically no other plot-based reason.
But you never really know do you?
Or hey, maybe old Stephen...
- That feels weird, but I'll allow it.
- Just wanted to bust out the old parka cape.
Also, how great is this mug?
I want it so badly.
This is unrelated entirely, but as long as we have
a fox-based mug to springboard off of,
I'm gonna use the opportunity.
Foxes, photos of foxes, for some reason,
to me, all look like they're computer animated.
What is up with foxes that they don't look real in photos?
Is it just me?
Is this a real fox or a drawn fox?
Maybe that's it, maybe it's a hint.
Maybe it's hinting like, you know,
in the same way that you can't tell whether or not
this is real fox or a digitally animated fox,
you don't know whether or not this is a real Dr. Strange.
That doesn't feel like it's probably it.
But it could be!
Marvel is totally in on this fox thing.
Getting back on track though,
because we totally left that way behind.
There is a poster in the background of this one shot
where there's a giant crowd that says the devil in disguise.
Now obviously, said devil is not in fact Peter,
but it possibly could be Dr. Strange,
who was the one who cast the gigantic spell
with little to no persuasion at all.
To me, this is the part that doesn't really
seem to make any sense whatsoever.
Like Peter just walks in,
asks for this random, insane spell.
Wong shows up and tells him not to do it.
He knows all of the reasons not to do it.
And then does it anyway.
Side note, I totally hope that in "Shang-Chi"
there's a scene where like Wong comes through a portal
and it looks like he's coming from
someplace like super snowy,
but where he's actually coming from
is like this scene right here.
Not really super plot related for Spider-Man.
I just think it'd be a super-fun Easter egg.
Anyway, but the point is, what does Peter realize
that he's going to be losing in the process
of Dr. Strange casting this spell?
- So MJ's gonna forget about everything
we've ever been through.
- Oh right, his relationship with MJ,
because his identity was revealed in a spell
that's being cast by a really,
unusually receptive Dr. Strange.
I'm gonna be honest, I can really start to see
why people are jumping to this conclusion.
But there is also a different situation that is available,
that would allow for this person to look like Dr. Strange,
not be Dr. Strange, and also not be Mephisto.
Watch us, a theory channel,
have predicted Mephisto like seven times, and been wrong.
And then the one time we're certain it's not Mephisto,
it will end up being Mephisto.
That would be embarrassing.
In the meantime, though,
it is also entirely possible that the Dr. Strange
that we're seeing in Spider-Man is, in fact, a Deviant.
Deviants are going to be
the longterm enemies of the Eternals.
And during the latest trailer for that movie,
we found out that the Deviants are going to be
returning to Earth after the second snap was performed.
And with the "Eternals" trailer,
we do get a glimpse of a good few different Deviants.
And most of them are these really terrifying,
dragon-looking, monster things.
Except for this one, who goes by the name of Kro,
and is most likely the key villain against the Eternals.
He is atypical even amongst the Deviants,
and has the unique ability to, wait for it, shape shift.
And, at least according to his Wiki,
one of his favorite pastimes is to don
a human-like appearance, and then cause chaos.
And then don a devil-like appearance, horns and all.
So if you look at it that way,
he's kind of like a devil in disguise.
Hey, wasn't that on the poster from before?
Yes, you wrote this video, and you set that joke up.
On the same vein though,
the "Eternals" is coming out like
one month before Spider-Man,
meaning something that was released in that movie
very well could have impact on Spider-Man.
It is also worth noting that we do see Dr. Strange
in a variety of different outfits in the trailer,
including a dark version of his traditional garb
and the blue version of his traditional garb.
So my guess would be that if one of these is not, in fact,
the real Dr. Strange, the other one almost certainly is.
Or maybe it's just Dr. Strange the entire time,
because the other thing that is absolutely going on
with this movie is that it is again,
dripping with other Spider-Man villains.
There are already at least three
that are absolutely confirmed.
The first of which is of course Doc Ock,
which we know is gonna be in there
because we literally see him on screen.
And if you somehow didn't realize the significance
of this scene, it was in fact shocking,
because this isn't just Doc Ock,
the reveal of this particular character,
it is the same Doc Ock, the same actor from "Spider-Man 2."
And he's not the only villain coming over
from the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movies.
Right here, we can of course see the iconic pumpkin bomb
from Green Goblin, also from the same Spider-Man series.
And the even more iconic laugh from Willem Dafoe.
(Norman laughing)
Meaning, Norman Osborn, specifically this Norman Osborn,
is coming to the MCU.
And honestly, the fact that Norman Osborn,
or Oscorp at all, hasn't been in the Spider-Man movies
to this point is kind of shocking,
because in the comics, this is like
one of the most central characters to Spider-Man.
Like his son Harry is normally one of Peter's best friends.
So for me, the question of how
they were going to introduce this character
has been tugging at me for a very long time.
And I have to tell you, I never could have predicted this.
And that is not even where the craziness ends,
because do you know who else
is confirmed to be in this movie?
Jamie Foxx as Max Dillon, aka Electro,
aka the same role that he played in "Spider-Man 2."
This time the Andrew Garfield one.
Been a whole bunch of Spider-Mans.
But more on than in a second.
In fact, I dare say that this is probably him
causing this lightening blast right here.
But the more important point is that we have
three different spider-verses all crossing over,
and I don't even think we're done yet.
This one's kind of hard to tell because of the shadows,
but I am almost certain that this right here
is yet another villain.
And based on his movement,
and everything else that we've just presented,
I'm fairly certain that this is gonna be lizard, probably.
Also from the Andrew Garfield movies.
If that's the case, then literally the only other
Spider-Man movie that we are missing a villain from
is going to be "Spider-Man 3."
Or, are we?
Let's go back to that lightning blast scene again.
I swear this giant mound of earth is a little too big,
a little too early.
And is that a face on there?
Maybe?
Zoom in, right there!
Sandman?
I mean, why not, right?
I mean, this would literally give us a villain
from every other live-action Spider-Man movie.
Well, except for the other movies in this particular series,
"Homecoming" and "Far From Home."
But like, I can't possibly imagine them
doing Mysterio twice in a row.
Not that I'd be upset with it.
But "Homecoming" does end with them
setting up a return of Vulture.
But, if my math is correct here,
that would give us Doc Ock, Green Goblin,
Electro, Sandman, Lizard, and Vulture.
Which would give us six villains,
which is a very significant number of villains
as it pertains to the spidey-verse.
Because in case you are unaware,
Spider-Man has a very famous group of six adversaries
known as the Sinister Six.
The group does have different members
depending on which version of the Spider-Man story it is,
but most of the core members are featured here.
And the Sinister Six is a team-up event
that people have been dying for
out of the Spider-Man movies forever.
In fact, I even think Sony was trying to set up
this very idea during the Andrew Garfield series,
where you can see the technology for each of these villains
being designed in Oscorp.
Either way, in just one movie,
it would be incredibly difficult to introduce
six villains all at once.
But this is a really clever way to use
all of the existing knowledge that us, the fans, have,
to put it all in one place.
But then, moving on from that, the other huge implications
of bringing villains from other spidey-verses,
is other Spideys.
I mean, and not for nothing, but "Into the Spider-Verse"
was one of the wackiest,
but best executed Spider-Man movies of all time.
And people absolutely loved it.
- You're like me.
- Which personally, I think is fantastic proof of concept
for how much people want exactly this thing.
And while we haven't seen a glimpse of either Toby McGuire
or Andrew Garfield in the trailer so far,
I do think there is a small hint in this trailer
to suggest they might be there.
It's right here, when Doc Ock says...
- Hello, Peter.
- Because, in this particular case,
how would he know that this
Tom Holland Spider-Man is Peter Parker?
Now, to be completely fair,
we have no idea the context of the situation,
or when he's even saying it, because of trailer editing.
So it very well could be the case that he's just
seeing Tom Holland in full Spider-Man garb,
and just knows that Spider-Man is Peter Parker.
But also, maybe he's seeing the actual
Peter Parker that he does recognize,
which in this case will be Tobey Maguire.
Now, with all of that said,
there is one character in this movie that might be
throwing a wrench into literally everything else.
And that is J. Jonah Jameson.
Who, like many other characters in this movie,
is going to be reprised by his former actor, J.K. Simmons.
The difference here is that J. Jonah Jameson
appears at the end of "Far From Home,"
well before Dr. Strange's great big spellamaroo.
Spellamaroo, official title.
If that is the case,
then this J. Jonah Jameson at the end of "Far From Home,"
it's just quite literally an entirely different
J. Jonah Jameson from the one that we saw
in the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man,
that just happened to look exactly the same.
Which I'm not entirely fussed over
because J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson
is like one of the most perfect casting calls ever.
(J. Jonah laughing)
But I also do recognize how this could
potentially be confusing, given all the other
things involved with the story as it's developing.
It's entirely possible that
J. Jonah Jameson is just a nexus being,
and he is literally the same person, whatever universe.
I'd buy into that.
I'm not entirely sure that J.K. Simmons
in this universe that we live in
isn't also J. Jonah Jameson.
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But guys, for my question of the day,
what did you think of the trailer?
Do you feel like there's gonna be
too much going on for it to even make sense?
Do you think that Dr. Strange was acting strange?
Let me know in the towel section down below.
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