Doctor Strange News & Speculation thread - Part 1

[Gamma Goliath]

It was a prosthetic beard. He was beard less days before he started filming.

 

[SuperSAINT]

It was a prosthetic beard. He was beard less days before he started filming.

I know, I thought it was possible he might of had a real one for if he's got a slightly more manageable beard once he's out of Nepal

 

[Typhoon22]

No sign of any goatee-beard on the 'Batch last night on the Graham Norton show.

They recorded that segment months ago. They only released it last week.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

It was a prosthetic beard. He was beard less days before he started filming.

If you strain really really hard you can push a good beard out in just a few days.

 

[Brian Braddock]

Or a coupla seconds, if you're Play-Doh.

 

[sabetoonth]

I posted this in the MCU thread last night but igured maybe post it here as well. I had an idea regarding the Soul Stone in the MCU and how it an be in Dr Strange without being an object like the Eye or the Orb. Put it in the binding of the Necrnomicon, the souce of the power in those pages.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

well... if Adam Warlock ends up being in GOTG 2 the soul stone really needs to also be in it...

give strange the time gem.. or... i guess you could use the soul stone in both Strange and GOTG2... and save the time Gem for the infinity war

 

[BoredGuy]

I had 2 thoughts on the infiniti stones:

1- Thanos should already have one of the stones. If not, he gave away his only stone (Loki's scepter) in hopes of getting the tesseract back. This plan seems slightly less stupid if he already had multiple stones in his possesion.

2- The other stone should not be on Earth. Seriously, what are the chances that over 50% of the remnants of pre-big-bang universal singularities would end up on one tiny speck of a planet. It would be more appropriate to have the Guardians dealing with the stones, finding out Thanos' plan, and having to race him back to Earth to get the stones and warn the Avengers.

That said, If Strange finds one in an alternate dimension I guess that's not "on earth"

 

[sabetoonth]

That's definitly how I'd actually prefer it. But toying with the T.H.A.N.O.S. theory, I was looking at MU artifacts that could be either of our two remaining Stones. Necronomicon has the N, though its just as easy to make it an original artifact and use an H or N name.

 

[BoredGuy]

oh, I haven't seen that theory

what, is it:
T-Tesseract
H-
A-Aether
N-
O-Orb
S-Scepter
?

I could buy that more if Orb and Scepter were official names for those stones

 

[sabetoonth]

A lot of folks have said its the recepticles of the stones more than the stones' names. Believably seeing the Tesseract shatter and inside was the space stone, the orb coming apart, Scepter releasing the mind stone and Aether coalessning in Thor's vision.

Its an interesting coincidence if nothing else, 4/6 letters?

Some have theorized H could be HIM/Adam Warlock, or Hammer meaning Mjolnir(I very doubt this one). Lots of times N is said to be Necklace as in the Eye of Agamotto.

 

[BoredGuy]

well if they refer to it as the Necklace of Agamotto I'll be very disappointed lol

 

[spideyboy_1111]

the problem with the Eye of Agomotto is ...
1) it's not a necklace it's a cape clasp... not even remotely the same thing
2) we already know Vision may be killed or depowered for the time being when the mind stone in claimed. so i doubt they're going to do something similar with Strange losing something as important as the EoA

all the words thus far were just sorta made up and changed ... the Cosmic Cube became the Tesseract, the Orb could have easily been "the Sphere", and well they could have called the Aether anything they pleased.

so i wouldn't rule out they just end up calling some artifact something the just fits with that first letter.

 

[sabetoonth]

lol yea. That's the flaw in thinking that theory right, and that its the Eye lol

Personally, if a stone shows up in Dr Strange, I really dont want them depowering Strange by taking the Eye. And sa Spidey just said, its not even really a necklace.

Also, about the words, they do, save perhaps the Orb, have names relating to their stone.

Tesseract: The 4D equivlant of a 3D Cube, but existing in 4D space.(this actually figured into a theory I had regarding its power before the Tesseract was revealed to be a Stone.)
Aether: In classical science, the aether was what filled the universe above the Earth. Essentially, it made up reality/was reality.
Scepter: This is much less me and the words of people who really hardcore subscribe to the idea. Many powerful men throughout history, men with some kind of influence over their people carried scepters, going back thousands of years. Leaders, be they pharohs or preists etc. IMO, flimsy reasoning that one, but I also think the Scepter was not originally intended to be a stone.

 

[SuperSAINT]

Rachel McAdams Reveals Why She Joined Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’

Like so much about Marvel’s upcoming “Doctor Strange“, Rachel McAdams’ role is still completely shrouded in mystery. Who is she playing, and how will she be connected to the film’s hero, Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch)?

McAdams isn’t ready to get into juicy spoiler territory just yet, but when MTV News caught up with her at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York City last night (November 30), which she was attending for her new film “Spotlight,” the actress finally opened up about why she decided to join the Marvel family.

“I mean, I just love the director,” McAdams told us. “I met with Scott [Derrickson] and loved his vision, he was so passionate. And the opportunity to work with Benedict was kind of a no-brainer. And Marvel makes amazing films, so it was a complete package.”

Although she has yet to appear in the Cumberbatch-filled photos from on set, she confirmed she’s begun filming her part, too — and while she can’t say anything yet, expect “Dr. Strange” to get — well, pretty strange.

When asked about the look of the film, particularly given the surreal art director Derrickson has been posting to Twitter, McAdams agreed that this is going to be a very different visual feel from you “Iron Man” movies and “Avengers.”

“It’s definitely not going to be like any of the other films,” McAdams added.

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/2617115/rachel-mcadams-doctor-strange-interview/

 

[Web-Head]

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/2617115/rachel-mcadams-doctor-strange-interview/

I'm glad it will be different than most of the Marvel movies so far.

 

[Strangefan]

Going back to the Eye of Agamotto and it's potential to be an infinity stone, I had an idea that perhaps it is kind of like hiding a tree in a forest. You hide a thing of power in a thing of power. The EofA has been used as a doorway to other dimensions, perhaps, if he does indeed have a stone, he is hiding it in another dimension, which is what he did in the comics.

The movie has been filming almost for a month, I wish some nice person would post a picture of Strange in full costume, even a drawing. Sigh. The waiting is the hardest.

 

[metaphysician]

I really hope the Eye of Agamotto *isn't* an Infinity Stone. Earth already had one stone hidden on it, it really shouldn't have two.

 

[Mike Murdock]

But the alternative argument is both Thor and GotG had one stone each featured in the movies. If you want it off Earth, it seems likely one of those movies would have two. Do you really want the same MacGuffin in each GotG movie?

 

[spideyboy_1111]

But the alternative argument is both Thor and GotG had one stone each featured in the movies. If you want it off Earth, it seems likely one of those movies would have two. Do you really want the same MacGuffin in each GotG movie?

well... to be fair almost every story in comics usually deals with someone getting some obscene power.. be it tech they build or steal, alien, magical, or a power they're gifted/cursed with... so making it a physical object really shouldn't change too much

 

[Mike Murdock]

I have no problem with that. Making every object an Infinity Stone is where it's pretty derivative. For narrative purposes, mixing things up and having different characters involved is more interesting - even if that means two Infinity Stones are on Earth.

That being said, if they go with Doctor Strange, it could be in another dimension for all we know.

 

[metaphysician]

But the alternative argument is both Thor and GotG had one stone each featured in the movies. If you want it off Earth, it seems likely one of those movies would have two. Do you really want the same MacGuffin in each GotG movie?

Why? We already have four of the stones accounted for ( Power, Space, Reality, Mind ). Stick one in Thor, one in Guardians, bam, done.

Regardless, I don't mind if a Stone shows up in Dr Strange, I just don't want it to be the Eye of Agamotto, and I'd prefer it not be on Earth.

 

[Moridin]

What about leaving the last 2 stones for the 2 Infinity War films?

 

[Mike Murdock]

Why? We already have four of the stones accounted for ( Power, Space, Reality, Mind ). Stick one in Thor, one in Guardians, bam, done.

Regardless, I don't mind if a Stone shows up in Dr Strange, I just don't want it to be the Eye of Agamotto, and I'd prefer it not be on Earth.

I agree with it not being the Eye of Agamotto. That undermines the eye and creates logistical issues once Thanos has all the gems. Sticking one in Thor and one in Guardians just feels lazy. It'll make Guardians 2 a little too derivative of Guardians 1.

 

[fixxxer]

What about leaving the last 2 stones for the 2 Infinity War films?

Ditto.