DOCTOR STRANGE in the Multiverse of Madness: EASTER EGGS and Breakdown: Every Marvel Cameo
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is here! We have a full breakdown, Easter Eggs, Marvel references, and cameos explained. We analyze how this movie fits into Sam raimi's film canon, and the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe. How about those cameos? Professor Xavier, Captains carter and Marvel, and You-Know-Who. Can we say? We can say. Spoiler. REED RICHARDS! We're excited, come join us!
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The film opens in the Gap Junction, where America Chavez and a Strange variant called Defender Strange are fighting off monsters and demons that were sent by Wanda.
Ten years ago, that sentence would have made no sense at all.
They’re after the book of Vishanti, which is like the ultimate good book of Marvel that has the most powerful white magic spells in the universe. In the comics, it was written by Agamotto, one of the first sorcerer supremes who also created the eye of Agamotto. In the MCU, this is the necklace that used to house the Time stone, but is still a powerful relic in its own right.
Now the monster is trying to take away her powers. This whole plotline was actually set up in WandaVision. In Agatha Harkness’s origin story, she is accused of, and later we see that she possess the Dark Hold. Gonna explain the dark hold in a bit, believe me.
So Agatha was unable to use this unnatural power fo the dark Hold to suck the life force and powers from her fellow witches. Agatha used this dark magic to try to absorb Wanda’s power, and now Wanda is using it on America.
America Chavez is also produced pretty faithfully from the comics. She’s actually from a dimension outside the multiverse called the Utopian parallel. Just like we see in the movie, her parents were two women, but they didn;t disappear accidentally. Long story short, they sacrificed themselves to save the Utopian parallel and move it into the regular multiverse. And in the comics instead of her moms being lost in the multiverse, it’s her sister Catalina.
And I just gotta say, superhero origins have gotten way weirder. When I was a kid, it was like, here’s a geek and he gets bit by a spider so now he’s like a spider. God I sound old In my day, if a man wanted ant powers, he made an ant suit and that was that.
Moving on. Her jacket is straight from the comics, but I believe they added this pride flag pin, a nod to her being a lesbian in the comics. And the phrase “amor es amor” is written on her jacket, Spanish for “love is love.” And the star-shaped portals she creates are also taken straight from the comics.
So Defender Strange is willing to sacrifice her, and says ““In the grand calculus of the multiverse, your sacrifice is worth more than your life.”
And this isn't just a throwaway easter egg. It’s showing that the MCU’s Strange is willing to make these same kinds of sacrifices. First he’s letting supervillains die, next he’s killing a teenage girl. These same hard calls are made by other Stephens in the movie-like Illuminati Stephen and Evil Stephen.
And we saw this in Strange Supreme in what if [talking about needing more power]. The first doctor strange movie showed usStrange learning to overcome his ego [it’s not about you]. But this movie shows us the root of that ego, that Strange doesn’t trust anyone else to succeed. He’s the smartest, the best, so it has to be him.
He carries around the guilt of letting his sister die-which happened in the comics, easter egg for you. Because of that guilt, he feels like the weight of the world is on his shoulders. He has to get more powerful so HE can be the one to save everyone. So Strange’s arc, in this movie, is to overcome this weakness, and learn to trust others. In the case of America Cghvez, he has to learn that important lesson that all teachers have to learn-he has to NOT take away the pencil, and trust her to win the day.
As Christine puts it, as a surgeon he always had to be the one to hold the knife. His trust issues drove them apart in every reality. And, as a side note, delegating saving the world gives him more time to focus on his own happiness. But more on that later.
When Strange gets ready for Christine’s wedding, he has to use magic to tie his tie, because his hands are still crippled and can't manage this task. This is also probably why he had a goatee trim guide in his basement in No way Home.
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"You’re late Worm " (Khonshu Voice)
too bad boomer, my hairstyle is same as Xavier's
Christine also said that she is from Earth-838, which is a universe where Loki tries to steal Santa Claus's powers to ruin Christmas.
Why couldn't they get another Vision from a different University to convince of fight "Scarlet Witch"?
The problem is probably that Sylvie is still writing kangs page's mr.Eery.
One Easter egg you missed was Xavier was talking to strange while they were under attack. He said, "someone may stumble and lose their way, but it doesn't mean their lost forever. " He said that to his younger self in day's of future past.
Underrated comment right here. Great catch.
Nice i noticed that too
Good catch. I thought it was referring to a redemption arc for Mordo
I kissed my fingers like a chef when I heard Charles say that
What scene was this? I don't remember it
The best line from the movie was when Dr Strange told Christine that “I loved you in every universe”… that broke my heart and this is Dr Strange’s first step towards healing himself.
Excellent line... same goosebumps as "what is grief if not love persevering"
@@rennykumar9397 great acting moments indeed
@Garry Oldman Well he just love her irrespective of Christine interest of opposite sex
Even sadder fact is that there isn't even a single universe where they end up together:(
nah the best line is definitely when steve says wanda's chindren are not real, she created trem with magic.
And she says: “every mother does that”
I think another easter egg is when Wanda is chasing Strange, America, and Christine; it is quite similar to the hedge maze scene in The Shining. She's even limping.
True
Good one.
Wanda's Pennywise moment could be a callback to The Ring and The Grudge remakes since both were produced by Sam Raimi.
Definitely gave me grudge vibes lol
Yes! Hole movie seems to be homage to horror classics like evil dead, it, carrie, the ring and...alien (when they running in the tunnels under the river shuting gates behind them)
Idk why but to me some parts reminded me of “drag me to hell” which it traumatized me lol
@@Kwain. that's what it was, I couldn't place it, it was Aliens, sweet catch!
At the end of WandaVision, she hears the kids saying "mom help! Mom please" which is what they say when 616 Wanda shows up in multiverse of madness and the kids get scared. Prompting her to stop.
O:
Oh
seeing that clip in the beginning of this video made me notice that too!
Good catch!!👏🧐
Ayo
I took “the hex was easy, lying was hard” line as Wanda referring to the hex she was using on the orchard to make it look alive. That is why Strange say that the flowers smell real
I think doctor doom will be in the scarlet witch’s life and maybe wanda will also be in the fantastic four
@@lowkeyxdamian what makes you think that?
@@chasethemaster3440 dr doom and Wanda dated in the comics for a while but it wasn’t really that significant so I doubt it
@Jerimiah Holden Couldn't agree more, I think ScreenCrush misinterpreted that bit.
@@lowkeyxdamian didn't Wanda die in this movie tho? when she destroyed the mountain?
Anyone else remember when Strange says he has “Photographic Memory”….. even though Wanda destroyed the DarkHold in every universe Strange literally has it photographed in his memory. So he can recreate it very simply. So all I can imagine is the next film involving Strange will be others going after him to try and get that power since he may be the only one to actually have it memorized 🤷🏼♂️
This kinda made strange overpowered
Only if Strange looked through the entire Darkhold and not only through the pages he needed.
Yes i remember
The dark hold was written by an all powerful being the book is more like a tome it holds the power the words don’t mean anything without the power at least this is how it worked in the comics it’s the same as the other book and with the book and temple all being destroyed that “power” is lost
@@asdjkk1297
🤣True
This is just speculation of course but I think we can attribute Strange's determination to save America Chavez to Spiderman being a good influence on him. We know the other versions of him were on board with sacrificing her for the greater good. But post No Way Home Dr. Strange was willing to risk everything to save one life and trust that she could find a solution to this problem herself. I'd like to think it's because he recently witnessed another young hero do the same thing.
this!! enfp ppl (peter parker) always influence intj personality type (doctor strange) in a positive way
Yes this Strange learned to let go of that "must follow the grand calculations" mindset
Does that mean he secretly did not delete his memory of Peter Parker?
@@HuongTran-jg7tw from the way Strange and Wong talk about him with America I think they've forgotten who Spiderman really is, but not what he did or what he gave up.
@@HuongTran-jg7tw I think it he did forget Peter, but the change of worldview remained subconsciously with him.
Great breakdown as always. The one thing I saw you didn't mention - in the rubble when Xavier is trying to free Wanda, there is TV and it is playing the first ep. of WandaVision
Definitely didn't notice that. I'll have to look for it when I watch again in the theater.
Figured that one was obvious! On par with “if you look carefully when America says she’s eating pizza, you can see the pizza is ball-shaped.”
@@brianbaker1700 I suppose. I generally don't notice stuff like that the first time I'm watching something. I'm definitely more into the story and especially in that moment feeling the emotions than I am looking for Easter Eggs and the like.
That scene was cool
Proff X realizing how to break Wandas spell was so cool
also when the red fog is rolling in, the air raid siren from her childhood memory is heard.
I loved how Christine was so knowledgeable about the relics, she was able to use the jar (the Brazier of Bom’Galiath); which seems to be the one Strange just threw at Kaecilius because he didn’t know how to use that :)
This!
I was wondering if anyone else noticed that little bit from the film, to get to see what that thing did and I finally see someone else noticed it.
Im so happy im not the only one who noticed this small reference to the first movie, just like America saying "what's in that tea", just like Strange said in the first film
@@shamzam3012 yep I did
I noticed that too, so iconic
Arguably my favourite marvel movie now. That music note fight scene was so good. And that moment when Wanda broke the fourth wall. Gave me chills
Made me think of Disney influence of either Fantasia or Donald Duck 3D ride at Disney world (Mickey’s Philharmagic).
I think the music note fight was very creative and innovative, but also kinda corny and unnecesary
what moment did she break the first wall
@@ToMAhawKSlIp when 616 wanda possess 838 wanda in the first time
5/10
I genuinely got scared by some of the jumpscare scenes and I loved it, it’s so different from the other movies.
It's Marvel with a splash of horror.
Yeah those jumps scares got me too.
Same here and it didn’t help that I watched it in 4DX and my seat shook 😭
It's way scarier than New Mutants!
A cool easter egg you missed had to do with Disney history
When Wanda daywalks we see the kids watching a black and white show, that show is Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Meaning in this universe Oswald was not replaced with Mickey Mouse.
Someone else noticed!! Yay
@@oversizedmochalatte2607 it was indeed a cool ass easter egg :D
dreamwalks* great catch
I kept saying Daywalks versus Dreamwalks... my Virgoan husband pointed out- This is not Blade LOL.
Great great catch!!!👏🧐
Shout out to Sam Raimi for making this movie genuinely scary. The scene where black bolt implodes his own head was brutal, all in all I was liking the Sam raimi horror I hope he stays with marvel for more projects
this isnt scary, just brutal
@@youleq3968 yes just like Deadpool but more serious. I really didn't feel the scary at all
@@youleq3968 the way Wanda chased after Strange, Chavez, and Rachel (I think. don’t really care about her character) seemed straight out of a classic horror movie. The way she came out of the reflection was also top tier.
@@Athenasblaze agreed. Wanda chasing them reminded me of the ring. There's a lot of shock horror too reminiscent of Raimi's signature style
Forced spaghettiing of Mr Fantastic was more brutal.
In the scene where Black Bolt kills Illuminati Strange, Mr. Fantastic has some blue fabric draped over his arms, presumably Illumnati Strange’s cloak since he is not wearing it when killed. Later on, after 616 Strange’s cloak is damaged, it gets patched up with blue fabric. Perhaps they used a section of Illuminati Strange’s blue cloak to fix it.
Wanda’s destruction of Cthon’s tower was reminiscent of Sokovia, being risen and then falling. Meaning she couldn’t avoid her own ending. That the same actions she took and behaviors she had led to a similar outcome that this time, she could not escape thru her redemption.
She ain't dead
@@archerlangfield8189 I'm thinking we're getting a kind of reverse House of M. Instead of "no more mutants", Wanda's going to create mutants in 616 (yeah, come at me) in another attempt to create her kids
@@rickysprangle4523 I never once said she was. “Ending” is a turn of phrase for a description of her established character arc.
End? The girl is a nexus being she can’t die I mean she can but can be revived
After watching this film and seeing the things that Wanda was willing to do in order to get her kids back, I now understand why this film came out on Mother’s Day weekend. The lengths that some mothers will go for their kids is astonishing. Her heart was in the right place but the execution wasn’t.
Multiverse Of Madness... M O M ;)
Yeah man this hit the second the credits went off
M(multiverse) O(f) M(adness). I cackled real good
What the fuck, killing other people is okey because she wants to live with imaginary children born out of another tyranical methods of enslaving people around her? World Has gone terribly mad
Also the Roe v Wade situation
Executions! 😂😂😂😂 She did a lot of those!
Also, when Xavier shows Strange that vision, the "waves" coming out of his head, along the camera angle and the position of his hand, is taken straight from the X-Men Animated Series
I loved that
It was frickin amazing
And the theme song too... 😄
I think this Professor X is actually from the animated series. If you recall, it ended on a cliffhanger where Professor X went missing.
@@IP_Films01 The animated series was from FOX, too. Hence their having the rights when the movies started coming out.
In Infinity War Strange also said he wouldn't hesitate to let anyone die to keep reality safe. I like that they made that a constant in every universe.
I like how Strange resisted X's telepathy for a while(hinted by his expressions), before letting it in after knowing the latter meant no harm
We needed the Watcher in this film. He needs to start doing cameos in each film like Stan Lee
I kept looking in the background to try and find him lol
Tbh this would've worked nicely yea
FR ! even if he was just watching in the sky would be dope
@@rickyticas5938 Imagine if man was just like: aw Jesus, these idiots are gonna cause some problems 😐
I was waiting for him
So strange how people can watch a movie and have a totally different experience. But such is life I suppose. I absolutely adored this movie, one of my favourite marvel movies for sure.
I loved ALL Marvel movies & Disney+, including Eternals & Hawkeye (LOVE Moon Knight right now).
This movie felt like a filler instead of thriller.
As it's own fun horror romp & action flick, it's sort of a satisfying mess, but to grow the ongoing narrative within the MCU (& for the WandaVision storyline) it's like HUH?
Just feels like a badly written comic book movie.
I LOVE Strange & Wanda but I wasn't even emotionally drawn in.
Definitely needed more quiet moments, like 10-15 more minutes. There was no soul. & magic needs SOUL.
Worst marvel movie yet lol
@@Jumpoable true but for me the biggest problem with this movie was their wasn’t as much multiverse because they only had 2 main universes they went to instead of a lot more also all the other multiverse stuff was only 30-40 seconds so it’s not that much multiverse
@@Jumpoable you thought externals was fire lmaooo
@@marcobarrueta3409 yeah that automatically rules their opinion null and void 😂
When Dr. Strange spoke about the death of his sibling and that he wasn't able to save her was very sad to hear and made it clear why he wanted to assure that Christine was not a part of his life so he wouldn't put her at risk of danger.
When Wanda was chasing Strange and America underground, the way she was staggering had a strong callback to Jack Torrence chasing Wendy and Danny at the end of “The Shining.”
The third eye only has one connection to the Darkhold for Strange, him using the grimoire to stop Wanda awoke the third eye, its not a remnant of the Darkhold energy. It means Strange has finally truly awoken, and yes "knowing evil" is a part of a Sorcerer's journey. Reminds me of a few lines from the Kybalion.
That book sounds really interesting. I'll definitely check it out
@@fishraposo7192 As above, so below, as below, so above. Principle of correspondence. Yeah Excellent book with some interesting philosophy. Its freely available on google books and many other places. Printed I think some places its fairly cheap.
Well said
Thanks for explaining. I was like so he has 3 eyes now so he is evil. But ur explanation is better😅
@@yikesyikes5974 I've seen a few other channels talking and pointing out both sides, some say it is "evil" energy and other's say its not. But yeah, in a lot of mystic manuscripts and paintings wise masters are depicted with that 3rd eye.
when wanda was justifying to stephen about killing chavez, it paralelled when tony and steve rogers were arguing about wanda in civil war. stephen voices the same reasoning as cap by arguing chavez is just a kid, while wanda takes on tony's thoughts when he dehumanized wanda and talked of her being a weapon of mass destruction.
Except she proved Tony right….
When Xavier goes into Wanda's mind while she's dream walking, there is a TV in the rubble. It was playing a black and white show, and I think it was the first episode of WandaVision playing.
It was. I saw that. Which kind of defeats that everybody says he was trying to save 838 Wanda. But Wandavision is from multiverse 616...so that was our Wanda's mind.
Loved this movie! That fight scene between the 2 Stranges(the one with the music notes) was beautiful, and very creative. It’s the first movie I’ve seen in theaters in years, and it was definitely worth it.
Was laughing to myself watching thst wondering if the stranges just thought it would be good banter to fight each other with musical notes and rolled with it
OMg yes!! I loved that scene!!
That part was cringe
It was odd that Charles was dressed as Steve Jobs in Wanda's mind. But it was cool that we visually saw Charles using his telepathy like how in No Way Home we saw Spidey's tingle around his head or in Aquaman how he talks to fish.
I thought it was weird too but then u have to realize hes an old man, that was style back in his day. And remember when strange asked reed "did u guys chart in the 60s?" I would argue that he looks a little like a 60s singer
@@isaiahcooper203 Look up the band the Fantastic Four
LMAO I THOUGHT THE SAME THING
It was almost identical to the effect they used for Charles Xavier in Legion season 3. Just happened to watch that episode the day before i saw MoM.
That was always how Xavier would appear in astral form during the 90's.
He was wearing it the whole time he was Onslaught. James McEvoy wore it in Dark Phoenix. It's the character's second most iconic look.
To be honest I'm a bit disappointed Ryan didn't pick up on it.
The apples also represented the temptation in the garden of Eden, and the turning water to wine was a clear reference to the wedding feast at Cana, again showing Starnge's messiah complex.
"A little too on-the-nose?"
YES. I'm glad I'm not the only Theology buff to catch that.
he didnt turn water into wine, he jsut filled her wine glass back up
And how about the water into wine at a wedding reference, Jesus’ first show of his power as the son of God. Seems like another nod to Christian theology, Strange’s god complex, and Adam and Eve were told that to become like god they had to eat of the tree of good and evil. Or perhaps more true to the original language and culture, good and bad (ref. Tim Mackie - The Bible Project).
@@paulkloostra there was no water in the glass. He just filled an empty glass with wine. He did the same thing with Thor's beer in another movie.
To any of you wondering why the monsters didn't attack scarlett witch at the temple... she had the high ground.
Zombie Dr strange be like:
don't understimate my power
Apologies if someone has already mentioned this in the comments but I'm fairly certain 838 Christine repaired 616 Strange's cloak with 838 Strange's; Reed Richards is holding the blue cloak of levitation during the flashback projected by Professor X of 838 Strange's death.
yes and as they are both sentient, I have SO MANY QUESTIONS
I think there were two fourth wall breaks - both with characters looking straight into the camera.
The first was when 616 Wanda had possessed her 838 counterpart and she looked into the camera as if to say 'I'm in control now.'
Secondly, in the final post credits scene, Bruce Campbell's Pizza Poppa looks straight at the audience when shouting 'It's over!'
That was the attitude Wanda conveyed but it wasn't an acknowledgment of the audience so not really a 4th wall break but close. Bruce's totally was 4th wall
I think Bruce's 4th Wall break was a quick nod to Ferris Beuller and Deadpool.
best post credits scene ever. worth it.
My son just told me of this term recently
Professor X even looked at the camera a little when he first entered Wanda’s mind.
When Xavier is in Wanda’s head there is a tv playing WandaVision and he also refers to the trapped Wanda by her first name, almost as if they were friends. Maybe a nod to him knowing her because she is Magneto’s daughter in that universe?
😐
It's not impossible, if there are mutants there then most definitely Magneto exists and so do his kids. Wanda is in that universe and she has powers, is her brother alive too?
I was surprised there was no mention of Quicksilver in the movie. I figured searching for her brother would be a big part of a movie involving the universe. I thought he might be the one to convince her to stop what she was doing
@@marveloussentry would’ve been a cool way to bring him back and have a main speedster back in our universe (or at least on screen and more experienced than ultron version)
@@marveloussentry same with vision. aside from maybe 1 line i dont think hes mentioned or seen
I like that you compared the dark hold to the ring of power, because that was exactly the vibe I was getting from it. It can take good people and turn them evil by simply being in their presence, and the more powerful a person is, the more destructive they can be with it
Sorry if this has already been asked/answered, but...
Didn't they make a huge point in WandaVision about how Wanda is a "Nexus Being?" Maybe I totally misinterpreted that, but I took it to mean that there was only ONE of her in the multiverse, not a separate version in each reality. This movie made that the case for America Chavez, but I was surprised there were other Wandas out there...
i feel like the scarlet witch is the one that’s a nexus being versus wanda herself, when we saw the other wandas they seemed to live happier lives with their kids, never having grown as powerful as our wanda
@@crystallopez8824 yea your 100% right
Each universe has their own Nexus being. So yeah, there are multiple Wanda’s in the multiverse, but only one of them is a nexus being for their universe. The one we saw her dreamwalk into has a different nexus being for that universe.
In the comics, other nexus beings include Kang, Odin, and even Vision is one.
@@Michelle-kq7ic A nexus being is someone who only exists as one individual in the entire multiverse.
My
This movie was unapologetically Raimi and love it! And did anyone notice that one of the dimensions Strange and Chavez pass through looked futuristic but had Mysterio's drones flying by. At least it looked like of his drones.
Yeahh saw that on another movie breakdown channel, but those are actually stark drones🎯 lol
@@kto.levell4567 yeah the new rockstars video
Did anyone else notice the rooftop at the beginning of the movie where Defender Doctor Strange was buried looked a lot like the same rooftop The Ancient One speaks to Bruce Banner in Endgame about the alternate branching timelines?
Omg yes!!
Probably cause it was the roof of the sanctum dummy
@@TheQwadle Settle down.
I know, it looked similar
Here's one that blew my mind (even if it wasn't on purpose):
During the boys' ice cream song, there is a 30's-era Mickey Mouse cartoon playing on the TV over their shoulder. Only...it wasn't Mickey and Minnie, but variations on their character designs. The character substitute for Minnie was a cat, and the substitute for Mickey was your mom.
Sorry I couldn't resist. Actually, he's a rabbit. This is reminiscent of Oswald, the Lucky Rabbit; Walt Disney's very first fleshed-out character creation. But he was rejected by the studio he worked for. Embittered, he re-worked the character and thus, Mickey Mouse was born. But Oswald still remained dear to Walt Disney, even if the character never endured.
This is significant, because Oswald signifies Mickey as he was meant to be...or rather Wanda as SHE was meant to be. And it stands in contrast in this scene with who she has compromised herself to become.
Xavier told mordo that he trusts our strange when they both were arguing that should they bring him to the book of vishanti or not. Xavier probably read strange's mind while he was showing him the titan memory and he got to know that he was not bad
When Charlize Theron appeared in the mid credit scene, I legit facepalmed thinking that it was Cipher from the Fast franchise and that they were finally joining the MCU lol
This movie has been so polarizing so far and only been out for a day. I thoroughly believe that DS2 MOM will go down as one of the most ENTERTAINING MCU movies to date, the pace was fast and felt like a rollercoaster. I would personally LOVE to see a directors cut or the original version. Raimi said it was over 3 hours long and was also rewritten during covid. I also think MCU fanboys and leakers create too much Hype for MCU content and it leads to people getting their expectations too high and feeling let down after watching. I always temper my expectations and just go with the flow. Its all about entertainment value and I personally LOVED the film :)
I agree -- most of the hype that caused some people to complain never came from Marvel but rather from Internet "scoopers." It was a very good movie. Not my favorite MCU film but definitely in the top half. Also, people complain that all Marvel movies are the same, and yet, when they get something different, they complain.
Yeah I think they just previewed way too much in the previews tbh. Made it seem like a No Way Home type situation where there’s be massive crossovers involved in the story. That being said I agree this was easily the most entertaining MCU movie probably ever. Also the best cinematography over all
I am praying we get the directors cut. I would go back to the theaters and rewatch that. I loved the pacing of the film and Elizabeth Olsen did an amazing job as the Scarlet Witch. She is slowly turning into one of my favorite actresses in the MCU now
It's going down as one of the movies of all time ever
DS2 MOM
Dark souls 2 Mom lol
I believe a spotted The Watcher during the 2nd end scene... when the screen went black and lightning strikes.. there was the outline of the Watcher standing ominously in the top right corner!
Just realizing that when Strange gave up the time stone, the sequence he was enabling specifically took him out of the fight until someone else figured out time travel and defeated Thanos. IE, he was not insisting on holding the knife there - literally choosing non-existence and depending on others to save him.
I know Wandas arc may be upsetting to some of her fans and I genuinely respect that, but I would be lying if Wanda and her story didn't just turn into the most interesting character of the entire MCU for me because of the new direction
This is so GOOD because it involves so many different elements like dark magic/ witchcraft, her family and heroism while being destined for evil. There is so much that plays active part in her characters story now and isn't just side material like with most other characters and the best thing about it? With Wanda they let go of the damn hero coding for the most part regarding her actions, meaning Wanda has a fuck ton more narrative freedom to DO interesting stuff which the audience won't expect. I love that. I love characters like Wanda because for once it's allowed to get interesting as hell for a character and their arc without the tight restrictions that come with a protagonist
Not to mention her acting in this movie was such a treat to watch.
I'm okay with her being a villain, what I'm not okay with is her always being manipulated or out of control. It kinda softens the whole impetus for me
thats the beauty>Strange could eventually be her redemption. This Strange knows the powerful lure of the Darkhold himself since he had to use it, and he's fully aware other versions of himself have fallen just as far as she did listening to it. Steven says early on he always knew she would set things right in the end about Westview, and she finally did so in this too destroying Wundergarr. I still think shes on a redemption arc but lets not forget she began as a villain in the comics and has backslid ocassionally there too
I admit, I didn't want Wanda to be a villain at all, but after seeing the movie. I made my peace with it, it fits her character so well. It's a situation like, iron man dying in Endgame to me. I didn't want that, but what happened needed to happen and it was great. And I absolutely loved Olsen's portrayal.
The one thing I am pissed off about is, Wanda killing herself. I know it's not confirmed and there's a big chance that she will return. But on the off chance that she did actually die. I would be really pissed, not that she died but how she died. She deserved a better death if they were gonna kill her.
She's the only villain in the MCU that has both marks. I was terrified of her, and felt bad for her. Thanos might have been intimidating, but no marvel villain to date hit like Wanda
Yesss! The Bruce Campbell cameo was expected for me cause of his history with Sam Raimi and the Spider-Man cameos, but as a lover of Evil Dead, I was even happier & surprised when his cameo involved his hand being possessed to beat himself up
Let’s be honest, though: if you were hitting yourself for three weeks, you’d be a bloody mess.
I came here JUST to say this.
Bruce hitting himself with his own possesed hand I pointed to the screen like OOOOH OOOOH OOOH! I’m the only one! Wtf!
exactly! and that thing with Black Bolt's mouth reminded me of Evil Dead too. If I'm not mistaken, the disappearing mouth happens briefly to Ash in one of the movies. Army of Darkness, I think?
All this drama could have been avoided if Strange had called Hawkeye to give a little lecture to Wanda
Or maybe if he had never given a little lecture
@@nsomandin5342 maybe😁
In the movie when Steven and Christine are in the reality that's been destroyed by the incursion (seen in your breakdown at 26:41 ) you can see Sam Raimi's Oldsmobile Delta 88 that can be seen in many of his movies floating and twisting in a static position.
I thought so..
Professor X repeated his quote to Strange, "Just because someone stumbles and loses their path, doesn’t mean they’re lost forever" from Days of Future Past
Honestly, i'm waiting on Quantum Mania now. I feel like Antman's movie is really going to give us some eyes on the situation. Plus, I almost feel like Scott's life should have taken a turn for the extremely better, considering the time heist was his idea (it'll be interesting contrast for the bleak events ahead).
Was taking about the same thing with my friend after watching the movie.. We still have no clue what Marvel planning on with this Multiverse Saga
I want to see Deadpool in this one. Wade and Scott would vibe hard
@@rennykumar9397 yea, and don't forget we still have to see how Shang-chi's 10 rings are going to fit into all this.
@Jason I don’t think the ten rings are tied to a multiverse. The post credit scene shows them sending a signal and the directors said it’s sending a signal to the aliens that made the ten rings for a future appearance but I doubt it’ll be a multiverse type movie
@@user-so5fp3kk7d the rings do coe from another universe though
The first time Wanda dreamwalks to see her kids (the "I want more ice cream scene"), the cartoon playing on the TV is Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Oswald was Walt Disney's original creation, but he lost the rights to Universal, and had to create the character of Mickey Mouse so that he could keep making cartoons. Disney re-aqcuired the rights in 2006, which is why they could use the short in this movie. It was a quick symbol to show that this was a universe that was familiar, but where slightly different decisions had been made.
EDIT: It might also be foreshadowing to a number of the members of the Illuminati being characters the MCU didn't originally have the rights to.
That's some obscure sh** right there! Props from Walt's childhood town in MO.
The part where wanda said the "hex was easy, lying was hard" didn't meant that she was lying to vision it meant that she was having a hard time lying to strange. At least that's what I have gotten.
With the X-men theme being used, it is surprisingly credited as “X-men ‘97 theme” rather than as the animated theme. Possible confirmation there that they will be using it in the upcoming series or at least the slightly redone version that was used here
I noticed this too! Pretty sure they realized we'd all go crazy if the original theme didn't make a comeback in some way.
I noticed this too. Good catch!
I saw that as well! I would assume they want to tie things to their future projects rather than just drop an Easter egg to a 30 year old tv show. Always be closing...
the blue patch on 616 strange's cloak is from the cloak of levitation of 838's strange. we see the blue cloak held by reed richards after black bolt kills strange and we see the patch on strange's cape after he gets it back.
Ashes's car from Evil Dead is floating in the evil dr. Stange reality and the post credit scene with Bruce Campbell shows a fork sticking up which was the same one he used in Army of Darkness to kill the mini Ashes running around
I love how this movie showed that two of the strongest books in magic are just ordinary books. It's the contents that make them so powerful. Light and Dark magic are always present in the universe. All it needs to do is be channelled. And that's what those two books do. Nothing more. Nothing less.
I haven't seen Wanda vision. But they treated the Darkhold as if it was the Necronomicon from Evil Dead, a sentient book bound in human flesh, written blood, and powered by the souls of the deceased.
But it wasn't that. Just a book of written spells in a fancy case.
The books themselves are harmless. It's the contents that are dangerous. As long as the knowledge to use those particular spells exists in some form, the power will always be there.
And thanks to Stevens photographic memory, he's now a walking Darkhold.
Not sure if anyone else noticed but Wanda calling Strange a hypocrite for using the Darkhold to dreamwalk reminded me of Kaecillius calling the Ancient One a hypocrite for tapping into the Dark Dimension in Doctor Strange 1
I 100% want Krasinski to keep playing Mister Fantastic.
Another other casting would be a huge disappointment. Marvel has one chance to get FF right after the sad history of bad movies. Recasting Reed and not using Krasinski would be the first nail in the coffin. They need to keep the guy
I think he really fits the role. I was not disappointed in his acting at all portraying Reed Richards.
Funny note....when I first heard Baxter in the movie......it got me thinking so hard.....hmmm where do I know Baxter from? It sounds so familiar. And then BOOM, seeing Reed appear reminded me of the Baxter Building in F4 with Chris Evans as The Human Torch.
Lmao
Same here. He was great!
I was hoping they'd do a reference to the Scarlet Witch being Magneto's daughter, etc, when Xavier went into her mind but I guess the MCU isn't ready for all that yet
Exactly
Actually I don’t think Wanda meant to create the Westview hex, but she did know that she caused it. Whereas after studying the dark hold, she could do it on purpose. Also, she probably calls it a hex cause she’s a witch. Don’t know if she even knew that’s what Darcy called it.
I loved Doctor Strange and Multiverse of Madness because it was dark and different from other movies in the MCU. Also, completely loved when Professor Xavier in his Yellow Hoverchair came out to the 90s X-men cartoon theme. I had to explain who Clea was after the movie to other people in the theater.
I want John Krasinski to keep playing Reed Richards. Plus, when Dr. Strange talks about him being from the 60s means John is a modern day version of him in this universe. I think he will still play him. I also think they could do what they did in the Future Fight mobile game where they get lost in other dimensions. Then they meet/regroup and accidentally go to the future.
or maybe that was Marvels way of telling us that they won't be doing a modern F4
@@stevenyoung9473 interesting
@@stevenyoung9473 Based on what Jon Watts was Pitching, He wanted the F4 to be set in the 60s and then get trapped in the Negative Zone battling Annihilus or somewhere else but since he left direction the movie could go either ways
@@quzar3291 that already sounds dope
@@gavinbrewer7392 Indeed
The best outcome would be getting John to star in the F4 movie and also letting him direct it so he can come onboard without amy hesitation
When America sees Wanda's eye in the puddle before splashing it away, may have been a reference to Army of Darkness when Ash sees the eye of Evil Ash forming in his shoulder. Had a similar angle and feel to it.
When doctor strange and sinister strange were fighting, sinister strange's magic was purple just like agatha harkness'es magic is also purple and Agatha used the dark hold just like sinister strange
I loved that Black Bolt's one line in the movie was whispering "I'm sorry." It wasn't Anson Mounts fault that the inhumans was a terrible show. They should have cast Chris pine as Reed Richards. Then, they could have had Captain Pike, Kirk and Picard in one room.
I know, right? Yes the Inhumans wasn't great but how fun to see two Enterprise captains together? If Kirk joined them they could've saved Wanda.
And when Wanda uses her powers, everyone turns into a red shirt 🤣.
And Thor could show up and say hi to his son.
Technically you had piccard, pike and khan in the same room
Excited for Star Trek Strange New World
I believe Krasinski will stay cast as Reed Richards. If he wasn’t hanging around for more films I believe Ioan Gruffudd would’ve been cast in MoM.
Agreed. He's too good of a choice. The people will revolt if anyone else is cast. This was just a trial run.
I've seen something about john watts leaving something and krasinski being in line for it, might be talking shit but I'm hopeful krasi6will return
@@Smith-ft3uw moth culture said that, but they are not to be trusted as they spewed out a buncha bullshit about cameos in mom
The director leaving probably postponed the cast and release date announcement that might have followed this movie.
Oh most definitely. Why waste the potential and treat the fans who were screaming for him to be cast that way?
The bee always made me think of the hexagonal shape of honey comb. The bee biting America was supposed to mirror Wanda “biting” America, symbolizing America starting all of this and eventually leading to the redemption and demise of Wanda. Although the butterfly effect is pretty cool.
When I was in the theater I remember thinking “I love how we can have a random Minotaur now and not question it”
This film is a directorial treat
It's artistic, pushes creative boundaries, amazing vision and spot on execution
Amazing how he got most out of benedict Cumberbatch and elizabeth olsen
Also did a great job with music
💯
The Astral Planes visualization from Professor X was also a callback to how the Astral plane was portrayed (and also used by Professor X) in the FX series Legion
I really need to finish that show!
@@averycash9899 No, no you don't. It's an artsy chaos factory. Big deal.
I'm wondering why I haven't seen any mention of the magic used by Defender Strange in the beginning of this film? I feel like over the years the discussion of the color of a hero or villains power has been super prominent in these breakdowns. And in the very beginning of this film we literally see a type of magic/power that has never been shown in nearly 15 years of the MCU, yet every breakdown I've seen (not just yours) totally ignores it. It's white magic that is not only white, but creates fully three dimensional objects of magic and not just the flat, orange shield type magic we see from literally every other sorcerer in thr MCU so far. I don't pretend to know what it is, but I'd like to see a discussion about it, it's source, why and how it's different, etc. What do you think?
You are excellent in your breakdowns
I took the apple orchard as a reference to Snow White, which is also playing in the Westview scene in the film.
She is the witch, attempting to corrupt Strange with a poisoned apple - bring America to her and reality will be safe.
Seeing Jim from The Office as Reed Richards and hearing the orchestra version of the X-Men cartoon theme playing when Charles Xavier appears was the greatest moment I've ever experienced watching a Marvel movie, a better moment than Endgame. Bite me!
Only for em to get killed a few minutes later
Found your channel randomly. The work you put in your content is insane. Good job and thanks!
That video is dope and full of details ! Thx you 🔥🫰🏾
I just got back from the cinema AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS MOVIE!!! It was way more graphic than I expected and the jumpscares were exquisite. I also loved Wanda in this movie. I suppose the animation goes without saying but it was incredible
I believe the reason Stephen's thrid eye appears and why the Darkhold lives on within him is due to his photographic memory.
I concur. Because the Ancient One pointed that out when she "smacked the soul" out of him...
I think this is your best video yet. Thank you!
The first reference to the Darkhold I heard, outside of the comics, was in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Hi Ryan. Great video. Just want to add a couple of easter eggs that you missed:
1. When Charles was in the astral dimension trying to free the Earth-838 Wanda from the Earth-616 Wanda, there was a black and white TV playing the first episode of WandaVision.
2. Charles had faith in the Earth-616 Strange even tho Mordo did not and Charles expressed it by saying, “Just because someone stumbles and loses their way, doesn’t mean they will be lost forever.” which was previously said in the Days of the Future Past.
And, for the sake of accuracy, the other Sanctums are in Hongkong and London, not China and London :-)
You know Hong Kong is IN China right?
Although, something someone didny mention:
When ultron says: "ultron commands you to stop" or sum, snd repeats it. She remembered her ultron, and smashed the head ragefully
Ryan, you are incredible at tying in your sponsors… cracks me up every time.
This was a great video! Thank you!
The Darkhold was presented in the underrated and sadly ignored Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Damn, what a great show. Even if not canon, it's still worth a shot for every MCU fan, 'cause every season was lined up with the movies events.
Loved agents of shield truly underrated
Yes, featuring Ghost Rider. AOS is so underrated that they have this FITZSIMMONS love team. Their love story is greater than every romantic movies. HAHA
YES! I was surprised he didn't mention this in the video. I was really hoping for a Ghost Rider cameo in the movie.
This movie proves AoS is canon in the MCU.
While things didn't fare well for Billy & Tommy here, I'm assuming we're still getting a Young Avengers team. After all, between America's powers and Kang's time-traveling, the team's membership has multiple ways of tracking down some version of the twins.
I could see it being that they just skip over the fantastic four and use there 838 deaths as an inciting incident for there children. Especially because, If I recall, Kang in the comics is a Richards descendant.
@@animo358 Kang is a descendant of Reed Richards and Doctor Doom!
Thank you so much for this!
Thanks Ryan, great insights
I was so worried for Cowman. He just does not look very quick on his feet or hooves. Or whatever
Xavier says to Stephen: "Just becaue someone stumbles... loses their way... doesn't mean they're lost forever" which is exactly what he said to his younger self in DoFP.
How'd everyone miss the statue in Mt. Wundagore? It looks a lot like Von Doom.
Keep it up dude, great work
I like how Reed's teleporter is fairly similar to the TVA's since Kang is his descendant
Kang is his grandson right?
@@carlz3955 I think it's more like great great great etc. Grandson, but yes, he's Nathaniel Richards
@@carlz3955 Mhm! basically what Benri said since Kang was born in the 31st century
Small thing; When America kicks rubble down onto the tentacle beast from the crumbling building, the piece shatters into the shape of a star. I think that it's an early hint of very fine (if unintentional) control over her powers
This was really good. Thanks
This is brilliant. Subscribed!
At the end when Clea appears and opens a portal, I thought it looked like the same dark space that Dormarmu lives.
I thought the half blood splatters on Wanda represented that there's two Wanda's in that body. The bloody half is our Universe's Wanda who's going on this tear killing everyone and tainted by the Darkhold and the clean half is that universe's Wanda who is still good and is untainted by the Darkhold
Yeah but the Zombie version was OP vs the Illumanati, and boss heroes but got tossed around by evil Wanda not even raginig to protect her kids, that was a bit off imho, but pretty good movie. I want Kang now....
That's a good one!
@@ceasj23 that wasn’t her fighting the illuminati tho she was possessed by our wanda 💀
Precisely my thought.
And the good Wanda that the Scarlet Witch possessed was already super lethal and strong power-wise (it was her power that rampaged the Illuminati 😬).
Imagine if she wishes to do right, make up for the brutality, and take over as hero Wanda again.
@@treysniper True. 616 Scarlet Witch somehow unlocked her true power when she possessed 863(?) Wanda.
You missed that restaurant at the beginning with the one eyed octopus was the same restaurant Doc Ock threw a car through in Spider-Man 2