Warning: Spoilers ahead
A warning for the curious: Only read this if youve already seenDoctor Strange.
DITKO LIVES
Steve Ditko literally lives.
I felt very strongly that art was still progressive and had not been imitated.
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Additional artists who inspired the movie: M.C.
Escher, known for his reality-twisting etchings, and surrealist painter Salvador Dali.
We just tried to push the boundaries as far as we could, Derrickson says.
Jay Maidment
I remember meeting with Kevin Feige and I actually wrote and storyboarded that.
Theres nothing less magical than a gun, Derrickson says.
Getting [rid] of any kind of traditional hardware was necessary to make it about more than destructiveness.
I really wanted to have set-pieces that were not about mass destruction and gunfights.
One of them is described as a Marine Colonel who has a spinal injury from using experimental armor.
UPDATE:One clue he did offer the chronology doesnt add up.
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We see footage in Iron Man 2 of one subject getting seriously hurt while using the experimental gear.
Another patient mention in Stranges call is much more likely to be an important Marvel character in the future.
But he was smiling (so infer from that what you like).
Its not even as sentient asAladdins magic carpet, he said, referencing the 1992 animated Disney film.
But it does act on its own in the comics.
But Strange would never have seen the bands if the cloak didnt tug him toward them.
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I thought, This is great!
Why dont we put this all through the fight scene?
The moment with the wiping of the tears that was Benedict Cumberbatchs idea, Derrickson said.
Jay Maidment
It was not in the script, and it was his idea on the day we were shooting it.
He said what if the cloak wipes my tears?
I thought that was hilarious.
“These gestures are ways of creating the magic. It’s a beautiful thing, it’s balletic, it’s very dynamic,” says Benedict Cumberbatch. “And once the boys in the backroom get to work on it, there’s going to be crazy s–t going on.”.Photograph by MICHAEL MULLER/© 2015 MVLFFLLC. TM & © 2015 Marvel. All Rights Reserved.
The answer: yes.
I think theres a good chance youll be seeing him down the line.
Hes one of my favorite characters in theDoctor Strangecomics, Derrickson said.
In fact, Brother Voodoo is already in this one, played by actor Mark Anthony Brighton.
When you go to make a movie like this you have this huge buffet of characters.
Who do we save for later movies and who do we give a shot to bring in now?
That was one we always discussed.
I dont see aDoctor Strangefranchise without him.
[Doctor Strange] is very much a stand-alone movie.
When they shot it, it wasnt intended to be the tag.
It just worked really well.
I never felt burdened by it.
Reality Stone A red gem fromThor: The Dark World, which can collapse the universe into darkness.
Power Stone The orb fromGuardians of the Galaxy, which can wipe out planets.
Mind Stone Part of Lokis scepter, which can command obedience.
It was later extracted and used as a key component of the synthezoid Vision.
Currently, it can be found embedded in his forehead.
Joe Russo explained the plot for bothInfinity Warmovies to me standing in front of the mens room.
I was like, Wow, now I know the future of the Marvel Universe.
The rest of us will have to wait.
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