Half in the Bag: Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness

[@quinn7876]

I didn’t hate this film, but its peak was found in the credits, where a stunt performer can be found by the name of Hung Dong.

[@natelax1367]

I reallly really hope that they name their kids hang, ding, and 2hung 2

[@GeronimoPlaz]

That's actually me. Raimi was a dick. It was a really long hard shoot.

[@derekthedullard]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one to spot this legendary name 🤣

[@burgerkingler_anim]

i noticed that!

[@silviainsertsurnamehere9620]

Fucking BASED

[@Vaibhav1384]

Mike looks like he hasn't recorded the picard finale review yet, there's still life in his eyes

[@eloso2225]

That glint in his eyes is the alcohol in his veins. Life has left him long ago.

[@scottmccoppin3]

Not at 2:43 lol

[@fr2548]

or like some victim of abuse they deniyng the reality

[@Tee_B]

@@spaceman1965 Idk. SNW ep 1 was by far best nutrek

[@bunit1701]

I don't know, all I could think was 'Oh God, the Picard brain damage is real...'

[@c0horst]

I love how low the bar is for Mike enjoying things after Picard. "It made sense to me, and had a beginning, a middle, and an end."

[@kylekondit9709]

I think its him just appreciating a straight forward movie that isn't convoluted or being bogged down.

[@rettro6578]

Lol

[@randomfools808]

He forgot they already reviewed Far From Home too.

[@swiftee543]

Season 2 of Picard will do that to anyone

[@scotteous]

Picard’s the key to all this, ‘cause he’s a funnier character than they’ve ever had in the movies.

[@doublecrafters23]

I was expecting a universe hopping adventure, and all I got was "ain't this an odd looking New York" a few times

[@Jedibenuk]

Agreed, absolute waste of the premise. We should have seen 20 different universes in detail, met alternative actors in as iconic characters (a universe with anthropological entities nominatively arranged, like Howard the duck, Rocket, cosmo, maybe wolverine playing Wolverine complete with yellow spandex) or just gender swaps or robots or Lego.

[@lennyztrobos8678]

@@Jedibenuk America Chavez teaming up with Howard the duck would salvage her boring ass completely

[@robertlaidlaw4592]

whilst i agree, this served the story better. plus ya know marvel ahs a plan, and that plan is we're gonna hold you back on some of your creative decisions because of continuity stuff.

[@robertlaidlaw4592]

@Yeehaw woot you on bro non of the characters are the same as the commic.

[@robertlaidlaw4592]

@Yeehaw yea so why you care if it isn't the same mordo, literally makes no sense. that's why i was so baffled that i thought you were just referencing that he's not the same as the comics, but instead you talking about sth irrelevant like it's not the mordo from the og dr strange, like he probably gonna come up later, he's not important to this story .

[@jimberjamber8540]

I found it so hilarious how John Krazinski has been getting hounded by MCU fans for years now to play Mr. Fantastic, and he kept saying he had no interest in doing it. So when he FINALLY gave in, they killed him after like not even 5 minutes of screen time. I literally burst out laughing in the theater.

[@feathermanr7577]

I haven’t kept up with any Marvel discussions, but if that’s the case, that’s actually pretty funny

[@WiloPolis03]

He'll most likely be back, the Holland Spider-Man trilogy's director is gonna direct a Fantastic 4 movie coming out in a few years

[@SushiBandit28]

That would explain why he's written like a bit of a dummy by Mr. Fantastic standards

[@yuh860]

@@WiloPolis03 that director dropped out a while ago

[@mg682]

From a comic book fan on KZbin, it's a norm to kill off characters from alternate universes, due to them actually getting the chance to kill characters off and there's no way they'd be able to make stories out of them.

[@aortaplatinum]

Mike so confidently saying "look it up bitch" and being wrong is sure to become an iconic moment

[@PotatoMilkshake]

Especially since he READ Ready Player One and watched the movie where they mention it like 20 times, may there be mercy on his soul

[@idhunepijl1404]

The slow zoom was perfect.

[@thejosephchrist]

Whoever edited that "wrong" moment with the music put in the pure love of fucking with your best friend.

[@chad534]

He will find the time stone and fix that

[@BeelerzebubSA]

@@jordyb9063 The Tums festival was in Infinity War. It is painful how right I am.

[@Jamal_Ginsberg]

When Patrick Stewart appeared onscreen, I immediately envisioned Mike's soul leaving his body.

[@rudeboyspodcast]

He can't escape him

[@RedBairnMedia]

My major gripe with the multiverse is that it makes everything disposable. "Here's a brand new version of something, or some fan service - now watch us kill it off almost instantly with no over arching consequences"

[@worthythaneofross3925]

I really enjoyed “Everything Everywhere All at Once’s” take on the multiverse

[@KristofDE]

That's a big concern of mine, too, but they started on this path with Infinity War. The MCU's strength was having long-term consequences, an advantage over comic books. Now it's just like comic books, disposable continuities to be endlessly rehashed until people stop caring.

[@mikel3510]

That was kind of the point. Here's your fan service, watch us kill it.

[@sickofit1574]

I've never liked multiverse or time travel stories tbh. Just the idea that anything that can be accomplished can be effortlessly undone is not very satisfying in a plot.

[@Mack98421]

@@sickofit1574 It's awful. What's the point when there's take backsies on everything, they just bring back whoever the audience likes. So freaking lame and cowardly. 3 Spidermans... ughh... boooooooo....

[@redtexan7053]

Dr Strange should have gone to the universe where Mike was right about Easter Eggs.

[@Capopio]

Not even Disney has the budget for THAT

[@kkownzor]

You mean the universe without alcohol

[@rhetiq9989]

Universe without Star Trek on Paramount

[@micahpaulsen3940]

*slide whistle noise*

[@TerrenceNowicki]

It's also the universe where Cameron Mitchell was in Samurai Cop.

[@danthehomosapien2722]

I love how Mike recaps plots like he's solving a math problem

[@rbmk__1000]

Dude, he,s trying to remeber something he just saw give his elderly alcoholic brain some credit for working at all

[@rhetiq9989]

Not easy putting up with dementia and all those Picard nightmares

[@clavius8182]

i was surprised. and then remembered it was Sam Raimi, so of course Jay wants to watch it...

[@spurgear]

Jesus, Raimi...

[@Lyger101]

Exactly, my thoughts as soon as this was posted. I was sure this movie wouldn't be talked about for at least a few more weeks by them...but then again Raimi

[@TrevorT6]

True

[@jwnj9716]

He is such a diehard fan that he didn't even bother to mention Raimi's cameo in Freaked.

[@DrViperVideos]

Its 20% sam raimi. They reshot 80% of this nightmare

[@ObliviousMiner]

the "stoklasa" is a sex position where you both lie motionless on the couch

[@playedout148]

Both?

[@ObliviousMiner]

@@playedout148 both.

[@bigbakaboon]

I do the stoklasa every saturday night

[@Skimmerlit]

@@playedout148You and your many disappointments. Your shortcomings watch.

[@nickdanjer1923]

Jay, that was the most beautifully rendered 'WRONG' I've ever seen.

[@IndianBrah]

There’s a multiverse version of Jay and Rich where they’re unironically doing the Nerd Crew And another one where they’re the actors in Star Trek Picard having to work with Alex Kurtzmann

[@Voduke789]

In that universe, The Jedi Council is a satirical podcast that makes fun of Redlettermedia for being blatant shills.

[@Davidsworldtravels]

I think they’d rather live in the zombie universe. Or maybe there’s not much of a difference if you really think about it.

[@Lanai50]

Stop it 😅

[@TheLetsRead]

there’s another universe where rick berman never died

[@RedHeadKevin]

There's a Universe where RLM is the Definitive Source of All Information on Earth. They're ruled by Supreme Leader Plinkett. It's the universe where everyone's worse at everything than Deadpool. Buncha functional idiots...

[@TheFallofTheEleventh]

I just love the idea of Jay taking Mike to see the movie to help him relax from Picard and Mike reacting in Horror at Professor X appearing 😂

[@MadMaximo]

Thinking about mike reacting in pure fear in the theater while he comes into the movie is hilarious

[@sleepawoken]

I feel like I might have disturbed the people sitting next to me because every time he rolled on screen I couldn't help but wheeze a bit

[@crispyducksoup4324]

I've got to admit, seeing Patrick Stewart getting his neck broken was oddly therapeutic after that Picard Season 2.

[@ElectricalSwift]

Lmao

[@dereksbooks]

That was dark 😂

[@zephyr8072]

Not to me. He may have a daft opinion on what makes a show but he's still a sweet old man and I hate that this is probably the last image we'll ever see of him as Professor X.

[@Rastek19]

That wasn’t his neck

[@gingeralebean5375]

I love the part where Doctor Strange started traveling from one universe to another to acquire dozens of NFT’s and then selling them in different universes so he could raise more money for the set of the next Avengers film.

[@redlineeliminator7146]

Epic

[@stellviahohenheim]

Dr Avergers

[@whenpigsfly8178]

The most unbelievable part of the film is that there are universes where NFTs are worth something.

[@donnydogpiss4533]

That part made made my wee-wee hard. Not rock hard, but more like a hard boiled egg hard.

[@gingeralebean5375]

@@whenpigsfly8178 oh yeah, it sucks that I can’t spoil that part to any of my friends until after they watch it. So awesome

[@Gustavowith]

The “Mike was wrong” segment was informative, funny and poignant.

[@Tolkfie]

Don't know how Mike can top that the next time he is editing

[@HerohammerStudios]

I don't know. It felt way too long to be all that funny to me

[@JESUSCHRIST-ONLYWAYTOHEAVEN]

JESUS KNOCKS ON YOUR HEART AND LONGS FOR YOU TO ANSWER! HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE ANYONE PERISH INTO HELL. GOD LOVES YOU SO HE GIVES YOU FREE WILL AND A CHOICE TO ACCEPT HIM OR REJECT HIM. TO LOVE HIM OR TO LOVE SIN/THIS WORLD. CALL UPON JESUS & ASK HIM TO FORGIVE YOUR SINS! SURRENDER YOUR WILL & YOUR LIFE TO HIM & HE WILL GIVE YOU ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN! PICTURE YOUR BEST DAY ON EARTH TIMES A BILLION FOR ETERNITY, THAT'S HEAVEN! NOW PICTURE YOUR WORST DAY ON EARTH TIMES A BILLION FOR ETERNITY, THAT'S HELL! HE WILL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT SO IF YOU REJECT HIM YOU WILL BE SEPARATED FROM HIM & HIS BLESSINGS (LOVE, PEACE, JOY, HOPE, REST, ETC). IN HELL YOU WILL BE ALONE WITHOUT GOD OR PEOPLE... YOU WILL BE HOPELESS, IN DESPAIR & AGONY FOREVER! GOD'S STANDARD FOR HEAVEN IS PERFECTION AND ONLY JESUS (THE SON OF GOD/GOD IN THE FLESH) LIVED THAT PERFECT LIFE! HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE & TOOK THE WRATH OF THE FATHER ON THE CROSS FOR YOUR SINS! GOD IS JUST SO HE MUST PUNISH SIN & HE IS HOLY SO NO SIN CAN ENTER HIS KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. IF YOU ARE IN CHRIST ON JUDGEMENT DAY GOD WILL SEE YOU AS HIS PERFECT SON (SINLESS SINCE YOUR SINS ARE COVERED BY JESUS' OFFERING). YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO REJECT JESUS' GIFT/SACRIFICE & PAY FOR YOUR OWN SIN WITH DEATH (HELL) BUT THAT SEEMS PRETTY FOOLISH! GOD SEES & HEARS EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SAID & DONE. YOU WONT WIN AN ARGUMENT WITH HIM & YOU CANT DEFEND ANY OF YOUR SINS TO HIM. YOU'RE NOT A GOOD PERSON, I'M NOT A GOOD PERSON... ONLY GOD IS GOOD! WE'RE ALL GUILTY WITHOUT ACCEPTING JESUS' SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS! MUHAMMAD DIDN'T DIE FOR YOUR SINS, BUDDHA DIDN'T DIE FOR YOUR SINS, NO PASTOR/NO PRIEST/NO SAINT/NO ANCESTOR DIED FOR YOUR SINS, MARY DIDN'T, THE POPE DIDN'T EITHER, NO IDOLS OR FALSE gods DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO MUSICIAN OR CELEBRITY DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO INFLUENCER OR KZbin STAR DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO SCIENTIST OR POLITICIAN DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO ATHLETE OR ACTOR DIED FOR YOUR SINS! STOP IDOLIZING & WORSHIPING THESE PEOPLE! JESUS CHRIST ALONE DIED FOR YOUR SINS & WAS RESURRECTED FROM THE GRAVE! HE IS ALIVE & COMING BACK VERY SOON WITH JUDGEMENT (THESE ARE END TIMES)! PREPARE YOURSELVES, TURN FROM SIN & RUN TO JESUS! HE KNOWS YOUR PAIN & TROUBLES, HE WANTS TO HEAL & RESTORE YOU! TALK TO HIM LIKE A BEST FRIEND! ASK HIM TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO YOU & HELP YOU TO BELIEVE IF YOU DOUBT! DON'T WAIT TO CRY OUT! NO ONE IS PROMISED TOMORROW! HE LONGS FOR YOU TO INVITE HIM IN, HE LOVES YOU MORE THAN ANY PERSON EVER COULD, HE CREATED YOU! Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."-John 14:6 "But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven."-Matthew 10:33 “For the wages of sin is death (hell), but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”-Romans 6:23

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

Informative... seems like total and utter BS to go from evidenced factoid that there WERE easter eggs in Rocky Horror, and then go to a whole different context of video games where one thing one time was CALLED "an easter egg hunt", like that's the first thing in history where that ever happened. OBVIOUSLY Rocky Horror was also CALLED an easter egg hunt if there WERE easter eggs. Sounds like some obtuse wikimedia "citation needed" standard being used, where an obvious fact isn't admitted because you couldn't name a guy who said the obviously true thing. Slightly parallels how Marvel used to have compelling, if bland, conflicted villains, that you could tell are evil because you understand their ethics, but now with Wanda she's just "influenced" by a corruptive force. Just listen and believe the reliable sources, mang, no need for a show and tell or thinking for yourself.

[@Snipurss]

The sacred and the propane

[@Arthezius]

The "WRONG" bit was the best. It really nailed home that feeling, where Mike was, once again, wrong.

[@theawesomeboy8888]

Since Mike got fact checked, I gotta fact check Jay at 28:50 and point out the character is not called 'Mac the Knight', he is 'Mac Tonight'.

[@jacksonf578]

He actually said Mack the Knife which is a hit song from 1959. I know mike is old but jeez

[@jasper_of_puppets]

Now I gotta fact-check you. They literally showed the text of the 'Mac Tonight' on screen 17 seconds later while Mike says "The Night". Jay fact-checked himself already.

[@ryanamendt8363]

Fun fact: Mac Tonight was played by Doug Jones.

[@mulvi747]

Haha, I knew Jay wouldn't be able to resist a new Sam Raimi movie.

[@WllKiedSnake]

Is it even a Sam Raimi movie though? Or did he just get hired as a performing monkey for Kevin Feige?

[@stellviahohenheim]

I'm surprised he's still not cancelled

[@jmnyc212]

Who can after 9 yrs without anything at the cinema from the man? Hell I haven't watched a Marvel movie since the original Avengers movie but I have IMAX tickets to this cause it's Sam Raimi's visual aptitude on a gigantic screen. Even through the prism of a very corporate IP that has to be worth a watch.

[@mistere5857]

@@jmnyc212 it is worth it. As a Raimi fan, the parts that were clearly his doing were incredible and made the movie worth it. Ultimately the movie wasnt good, but there we so many glimmers in there that I had fun.

[@Anenome5]

Neither can I.

[@mattyryon]

My favorite thing about Jay is the amount of joy he got making a full minute edit of Mike's face with WRONG slowly being stamped over it lol

[@deathsyth8888]

My favorite part of the movie is when Doctor Strange turns to Wanda and asks, "What are we, some kind of multiverse of madness?"

[@missingabalustrade9178]

on some kind of star trek...? Do we represent a clear and present danger? Is this my Shawshank redemption?

[@freakjob0]

I'm something of a magician myself!

[@jaycro3284]

my favorite part was when they're falling through multiverses and we see the sex scene between wanda and Thanos

[@freakjob0]

@@jaycro3284 I don't even know who I'm inside of...

[@jaycro3284]

@@freakjob0 lol that, but I realized how creepy it sounds now. The actors had a sex scene in a movie.

[@frogambassador]

I like how Jay is happy about Raimi using his usual editor one moment and then complains about the pacing and cross-cutting in the final act a few minutes later

[@Commander_Shepard.]

The final act being an explosive dumpster fire is just marvel being marvel.

[@blank-vj1mc]

He edited all of the “boring” talking scenes. The CGI battles were rendered three years ago.

[@frogambassador]

@@blank-vj1mc they may have been pre-viz years ago (which is basically just digital storyboarding), the final product is usually only completed at the last minute and there's no telling how much it resembles initial pre-viz

[@airsheeps]

One can appreciate a director's loyalty to a coworker/friend, or an editor's general body of work, while still finding room to reasonably critique a new film they worked on.

[@phantomprism7659]

​@@frogambassadorWrong!

[@MrDe4dGuy34]

Anytime I see Mike and Rich make a mistake, I have faith Jay will highlight their error with the utmost pettiness. He did not disappoint when he edited this video. Bravo.

[@rolandoftheeld]

There are several videos where editor Mike does it to himself, like the baseball bat in Halloween Kills. He knows not to let pride get in the way of a good joke.

[@delitatactics6721]

It's so perfect how he lingers a lil too long on the wrong sign to just to twist the knife

[@DoodooSwaggy]

@@rolandoftheeld Evil dies tonight

[@3Dant]

@@DoodooSwaggy Evil Mac Tonight

[@dylansporrer1198]

I was hoping that half way through this review there'd be a "universe swap" where Mike and Jay were in different outfits and were reviewing Everything Everywhere All At Once.

[@HimerPr0]

With Mike waring a fake beard

[@white_finch]

@@HimerPr0 and Jay had hot dog fingers

[@Chiefofbricks]

I want them to review that movie so badly

[@redcomet_622]

And like Mike is replaced with Rich Evans as they talk about Everything Everywhere All At Once

[@FF-ch9nr]

I really hope they at least briefly review that movie in a catch up

[@ArizonanSummer]

Lol, this must be their shortest Half in the Bag episode in years

[@jtom416]

Saw the time and thought, "this is gonna be a gag/fake out, or they're pretty over Marvel"

[@sir0nion]

I haven't watched yet, but I hope a Gay Volcano God shows up!

[@hellfire5108]

And they spend first ten minutes not even talking about Dr. Strange :).

[@spillanegottleib1681]

The rest of the episode is TRAPPED SOMEWHERE IN THE FUCKING MULTIVERSE.

[@predalien1413]

It’s very strange seeing an ep this short.

[@Divergent-ym3py]

The fun creative aspects from Raimi carried the movie a ton. Elizabeth also did a fantastic job with her slasher villain character. She stole the show for me. What the most grating aspect of the movie was marvels input. All the non stop exposition that was required, just so they fit into the larger puzzle.

[@JackgarPrime]

Yeah anytime Raimi was just getting to do his thing and do wacky horror bullshit the enjoyment of the movie would spike significantly. And she definitely seemed to have fun playing those horror scenes.

[@Relugus]

Shame they ruined her character who is supposed to be an Avenger.

[@mostlylow]

The Stoklasa is just missionary punctuated with Star Trek facts.

[@ethzero]

... and a general fact that's wrong.

[@sir0nion]

It's when you use chloroform on a Woodoo Hide rag beforehand.

[@vituperation]

Throw in some terrible puns. "What's the measure of _this_ man? Is it a deep nine in your space? What do mean I'm attempting an incursion into your neutral zone? I'm just trying to put this borg implant in you then fill you with reverse-engineered nanoprobes to blast your wormhole all the way back to the delta quadrant."

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@vituperation Where no man has gone before, the naked time, Friday's child, is there in truth no beauty when I use my turnabout intruder on your undiscovered country?

[@b14luar]

@@vituperation For one night stands only: " Let's get galaxy big brained, procreate as slimy creatures and then never speak of it again"

[@slinkyninja]

"I wish *my* name sounded like a sex position." And thus the Stoklasa manoeuver was created.

[@avenderiel]

Is that like the kobayashi maru of sex manouvers?

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@avenderiel Nobody wins, in the end, when you whip out the Stoklasa Maneuver.

[@Jakeinlivincolor]

Stoklasa is Polish for sausage pounding

[@camclemons]

Stoklass-to-mouth

[@alexsilva28]

@@Corbomite_Meatballs So many deaths brought upon by the Stoklasa maneuver...

[@HowdyDuty4]

Darkman also had that piratey sound to his voice as well as the exposed teeth to the jaw. I honestly couldn't tell if Zombie Strange was more an homage to Darkman or Deadite Ash from Army of Darkness.

[@fredflux2738]

God you’re right…

[@PhantomFelix211164]

Both?

[@kaleblundberg7479]

I kind of want him to direct a Superman movie that's actually a secret Bizaro movie and Bizaro has the jerky Darkman/Deadite Ash vibe.

[@gwimbly519]

I think raimi just like dead looking characters doing a piratey voice

[@BT-su1yf]

Watching a RLM video where they review a superhero movie fills me with warmth and comfort, because it reminds me of a time when my life wasn’t in shambles.

[@lostempyrean]

Jay editing in a one minute sequence solely to disprove Mike's claim to the origins of the term Easter Egg was the best part of this episode

[@vaan_]

it broke new ground

[@shugaroony]

Far more entertaining and emotional, over anything ever produced by Marvel.

[@tullberg87]

Passive progressive

[@nickberg3630]

Calling it before watching: Mike’s Picard experience was *so* terrible that he absolutely loved this flick, simply because it wasn’t Picard.

[@MrFloyd-jf6fh]

You will not be disappointed

[@rebeccagibson7428]

Almost

[@Michael_ORourke]

Mike has resorted to watching MCU movies because Star Trek is dead to him. Now Jay is making the Star Trek references because someone has to carry that torch.

[@t.c.bramblett617]

I'm curious about his reaction to ST Strange New Worlds, but I know in my heart he will despise it because of course he will. I doubt they will review it, but maybe they will for the masochistic thrill

[@dont_i_know4858]

Do you think Mike got some closure seeing what happened to Neil Patrick Harris in the movie?

[@jujutaylor2186]

When Jay called Patrick Stewart an old bag of bones I couldn't contain my laughter. Such an unexpected and necessary laugh.

[@rhetiq9989]

And Mike wishing he had a name sounding like a sex position after talking about Anson Mount

[@averbalin]

I am looking forward to Patrick Stewart playing the part of "grandpa's bones" in the upcoming thriller The Inside.

[@LaytonEversaul]

The fact that a video with two guys talking about the latest Marvel/Sam Raimi movie with the enthusiasm of a dentist visit still gives me hope.

[@NorthernRealmJackal]

Did you forget an "exists" after "visit"?

[@LumpyAdams]

Their super hero reviews are always their worst content. These movies are just soulless and not interesting but they know this crap gets the clicks. So they just blandly sit there and review with zero enthusiasm lol.

[@explanationmark_]

@@LumpyAdamsdon’t necessarily agree, they can be pretty funny ripping into the worse ones and also if they were only doing superhero movie reviews for the clicks wouldn’t they have reviewed The Batman by now?

[@MP197742]

Jay - Evil Spock reference Jay - Pointing out the actor that plays Pike on Star Trek The multiverse is real. How do I get home?

[@matte8677]

LMFAOO Mike saying “look it up bitch” only to be proven wrong immediately is so good.

[@PaddyMcMe]

The whimsically melancholy music is what truly elevated it for me.

[@equaleye6705]

My favourite part was when Black Bolt went to speak and Rich Evans voice saying "AAAIIIDS!" came out.

[@johnnythewalrus]

When Jay described Patrick Stewart as "the old bag of bones" I laughed so hard 🤣

[@ElGeekSinNombre]

"It's a movie with a kinda messy not very engaging story filled with neat little things" I couldn't agree more!

[@Bmanritchie]

Middle sucked/meh but beginning & ending were fun to watch.

[@xdrkcldx]

so true

[@gushutchins4287]

That’s how one can describe every Sam Raimi movie.

[@ziggygunz2447]

That's exactly the feeling I got from it. Like it should have been Avengers 5 or whatever as a setup for the new phase

[@cashtache]

"kinda messy" is the understatement of the year.... It was horrible

[@stupidityevolved7513]

I loved the part where Dr. Strange turned into Morbius, made a dozen clones of Morbius, and used their bodies as wings to fly. Peak cinema.

[@freakcree6218]

MOOOOOOOOOORBIUS

[@bigs5078]

It was Morbin Time.

[@RocTroller]

“It Morb’in time” Morbius’s signature catchphrase

[@sethmeadors1274]

Question. Who y’all got in a fight; two VENUUMMMMMMMMMs or half of Morbius?

[@_all_around_us]

It isn't called the Multiverse of Morbiuseness for nothing

[@georgeclinton4524]

I like how the first 10 minutes were mostly about how they thought the last 2 Spiderman movies were ok/enjoyable, and then the next five minutes were Evil Dead/Army of Darkness references. . .and then they never said whether they would recommend watching the movie or not lol Jay started to say he would recommend it if you got to see it for free or like on Disney+ and then Mike asked if he could please leave now XD

[@luiginastro8831]

Classic RLM

[@reginaldsafety6090]

That's the answer, this is a perfect movie to see if you can sneak in through the exit in the back.

[@21Arrozito]

it's a movie you watch in the backroom while doing something boring like washing dishes

[@romeomatei5692]

It is bad. A very bad movie.

[@arenkai]

I got invited to see it, and I still felt bad for the person that paid my seat.

[@dingleberrysnigglefritz]

In the first Dr. Strange Cumberbatch, in the operating room, was a music buff. He knew all there was to know about Feel So Good by Chuck Mangione.

[@eachday9538]

When I saw the thumbnail for a new half in the bag I murmured "oh god, yes" like a wife in a loveless marriage eating premium icecream.

[@carterslade8771]

Wow, that's... Oddly specific!

[@TheMaestroso]

I feel like you have to talk about "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once" now since Mike's wish list for the multiverse stuff in Dr. Strange would be fulfilled above and beyond what he wanted.

[@ZachTechnicolour]

it really did make MoM look so superficial in comparison. I'm hoping they'll watch it!

[@whiteganser]

Yesss! The wild creativity in that film makes Doctor Strange look like a big commercial, corporate joke. Let alone how they somehow managed to shove in a beautifully emotional story on top of all the insanity

[@bradleymcdonald6273]

@@whiteganserwere the marvel comics use of the multiverse ever as wacky and chaotic as everything everywhere all at once? You wanted Wolverine to rock up with dildos coming out of his hands instead of blades and try to shove butt plugs up his arse?

[@bradleymcdonald6273]

@@ZachTechnicolour I like that marvel are slowly building into the multiverse.... Rather than just going straight chaotic

[@eladpeleg745]

I became a EEAAO missionary after watching it. Better than every marvel movie combined

[@jamdoodles]

I really enjoyed the musical notes fight. I always wanted the magic people to use their environment in their finger waggling & it’s always just orange beams & circles. The notes were great.

[@melonhead2477]

My problem was they used it for the entire fight

[@dancinginfernal]

@@melonhead2477 yeah it was cool

[@gracefulPainter]

Except it just amounted to fireball/shield. It wasn't clever at all, it was just a skin

[@sealinseguro]

I thought it was cool that the scene’s score changed in response to the notes they were playing

[@magnopere]

@@melonhead2477 that was the best part. they actually tried to explore a theme in the effects instead of just throwing a "music notes" skin on their standard magic missile spell. the reactive music was very fitting and the conclusion of the sequence actually followed very loose principles of acoustics. to me it was honestly the best scene in the movie.

[@mattchew8mealey921]

Really hoping they do a video on Everything Everywhere all at Once. That movie had all the creativity I wished this movie had.

[@RaffleSnaffle20]

Dr Strange took a major hit because I saw a far superior multiverse movie the night before: Everything Everywhere All At Once.

[@reikun86]

I think what made that story work (besides much better writing) is that Michelle Yeoh's character got to spend time in all those other universes.

[@isushi]

Completely agree. It feels like there is a much better movie here rather than something that felt rushed especially after seeing the recent superior multiverse film. I also think they are completely right that they needed to show Wanda descent in the film and exploring the multiverse as Wanda/Strange try to train America (hate that name). It would have been better if it was a Scarlet Witch from another universe, but then Wanda turns into the Scarlet Witch in order to protect her family across the multiverse.

[@mavrick45]

well arent you a lucky boy

[@halfmettlealchemist8076]

I imagine a bunch of Disney/Marvel executives being like "Aw man, audiences are gonna lose it over our multiverse movie, there's gonna be nothing else like it this year" and then EEAAO came out and everyone loved it and all those execs were just like ".....Fuck."

[@majinanti3645]

Imagine the universe where Jay says "I can't believe Sam Raimi based this movie on the famous TNG episode...", and Mike starts to have a seizure because he just wants to go home watch Twin Peaks again...

[@sir0nion]

Alex Kurtzman got his hands on Twin Peaks in this universe.

[@adamstone3318]

Cameron Mitchell just won an Oscar.

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@adamstone3318 As he should!

[@billhicks8]

@@sir0nion Are you trying to kill us through cancer in type form??

[@scottmccoppin3]

If Mike hadn't pompously added "look it up, bitch!" after his Easter egg 'factoid' he wouldn't have been proven wrong. Twice the pride, double the fall.

[@Neodeleux]

Nah, he would've been proved wrong as well, but it wouldn't have been as well edited or cathartic.

[@tyceohollow]

What makes it even more funny to me is the fact they watched Ready Player One which has the origin of Easter eggs as part of the climax. Classic Mike though nonetheless

[@luiginastro8831]

When will he learn?

[@HookersAndCoke]

Two years late, But I know that’s you Dooku

[@KingNothing710]

I love how Mike takes a shot at Bryan Singer every chance he gets 🤣

[@KasumiKenshirou]

To bad it's not with a gun.

[@einhochaufhorror7344]

The way Mike explains how he would have shot a multi-scene Multiverse montage sounds like something that could have been right out of Buffy.

[@einhochaufhorror7344]

@@gsesquire3441 :D Very much

[@taliavaryn4393]

The World Without Shrimp and the World With Nothing But Shrimp.

[@unlimited-edge]

I’ll be honest I smiled really big when the movie just kinda turned into Army of Darkness for a little at the climax

[@TheBigJConYouTube]

Yeah same

[@FaithInFocus]

“Everything, Everywhere, All at Once” is a multiverse movie I’d love to see them review

[@m19s200sd]

I scrolled to see if this was already mentioned

[@Coryalan2]

I am taking a poop while writing this comment.

[@spillanegottleib1681]

@@Coryalan2 Whose poop are you taking, and did they give you permission?

[@penguinguy1551]

Can’t believe Jay didn’t think differently of the movie, as a Raimi fan I was laughing through most of the third act!!! Doctor Strange Zombie Man literally winked at the audience 😉🤣 and they didn’t mention the lovely cameo from Bruce Campbell either….

[@davidkeys4284]

Bruce Campbell was in the movie? Groovy

[@Cotcan]

Ya I'm surprised he didn't mention it either since Raimi loves to have his Bruce Campbell cameos in his movies. The cameo was quite funny in this one too.

[@reikun86]

@@Cotcan I was wondering about that too. It’s always good to see Bruce Campbell.

[@ashb7]

Yeah the fact that the zombie character with souls for a cloak turned out to not be a bad guy, but rather the protagonist possessing an alternate self's dead body was a pretty neat subversion of expectation. And it's Sam Raimi, of course he recognizes how goofy the effect looks, he's banking on you laughing at the close ups and the zombie speaking normally while not having lips. Campbell cameo was great of course. I dunno if it's a spoiler really but the "end" of his cameo was excellent. Also another Raimi easter egg was a floating '73 Oldsmobile in the destroyed universe.

[@reikun86]

@@ashb7 Ooh I missed the Oldsmobile.

[@nosenseofhumor1]

The biggest problem I have with this movie is that there are no rules at all about what the protagonist and antagonist are capable of. Whenever a rule is established it’s promptly broken. There is no tension at all because either of them can just do some random unimaginable shit to pull themselves out of any situation whatsoever. Then, the one time, the only time in the whole movie where it seemed like something had consequences, when the book was destroyed, a new book is revealed 10 seconds later

[@0Aberration]

Are we gonna talk about how Mike went into the multiverse and found the one Jay that loves and knows all things Star Trek?

[@Wizuu0274]

Jay got worried for Mike after the last re:View and is trying to rekindle the fire, like when Jay caught Rich by surprise by saying he had a Star Trek reference to make.

[@michaeldiekmann6494]

There is one where Jay played Wesley Crusher on TNG.

[@alansmithee.01]

Seeing Mike's joy over having enjoyed Spider-Man after Picard brings such a smile to my face. I felt so bad for him after his devastating conclusion to the last Picard review.

[@KruddMan]

yeah! i can't wait for them to review the next episodes. Hopefully they don't keep a loaded gun in the studio.

[@rotwang2000]

There was an age when movie special effects were so limited the title and poster could conjure up far more amazing in the mind's eye than the movie ever could. Today with seamless special effects and talented creators with amazing ideas, this still holds true today.

[@dyveira]

The special effects these days are exhausting to look at. It's just so much visual noise. To paraphrase the Bard, 'a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing'.

[@kungfukenny9300]

The cut after Mike says so confidently "look it up bitch" and is actually wrong is hilarious,

[@steve3154]

I love how obviously happy it made mike that they played the x men cartoon theme

[@robertfitzgerald3118]

And once again professor X gets fuckin wasted by someone who normally wouldn't stand a chance against him. But hey he did better than Mr fantastic...

[@rhetiq9989]

@@robertfitzgerald3118 Not really I mean Scarlet Witch is one of the more powerful mutants in the comics but hey let's not nerd talk around here

[@rhetiq9989]

@@robertfitzgerald3118 Not really I mean Scarlet Witch is one of the more powerful mutants in the comics but hey let's not nerd talk around here

[@rosecullen4429]

@@rhetiq9989 sadly I agree with you, but I would have really appreciated some more explanation of what her power truly was in the MCU.

[@DreamwalkerFilms]

Mike's failure re: Easter Eggs is particularly surprising, considering that he not only talked for like 3 hours about the movie "Ready Player One", which literally, visually breaks down the Easter Egg origin story, but he ALSO stated that he read the associated book, which goes into even MORE literal and [excruciatingly] detailed discussion. Steve Wright's story is centerfold and pretty much the whole point of both the movie and book. Senility is a bitch!

[@memento81]

I don't blame him. No human brain with a working relevance filter mechanism would memorize ANYTHING from that terribly shallow book and movie.

[@luiginastro8831]

Ready Player One is that forgettable

[@BT-su1yf]

Eh, I think Ready Player One gets a little too much hate. It's forgettable, but it's a harmless bit of fun nonsense that has some cool moments.

[@MichaelNNY]

I think he was a bit drunk in this episode, which would explain a lot. =)

[@Funr1r]

That book was awful and forgettable. Its the rantings of a basement dwelling man child. Like he spends the entire story explaining how escapism and nostalgia have left the world crippled and full of idiots who'd rather play in 1980's themed nostalgia, than fix the world's problems. And how people can't let go of obsession, and even other characters criticize protagonist boy for being a huge nerd, and too obsessed. And when it comes time to land the metaphorical plane, the author is like "So with that all in mind, we force everyone to log out one day a week, but otherwise isn't it great that now we ca continue to delve into hedonistic nostalgia without corporate greed to force us back into the real world? Yay, all of our obsessions are validated!" It's an absolute popcorn fart of literature. I read the book, watched the movie, and my brain STILL refuses to memorize protagonist boy's name. It's like Artemis Pendragon Percval or something a YA novel would doodle in the margins lol.

[@JamesFarrOfficial]

Most joyously satisfying "WRONG" ever. 🤣🤣🤣

[@actualturtle2421]

Bro I nearly died laughing. Woke up my roommate.

[@ridiculousman1664]

I wondered wtf was going on🤣🤣🤣

[@MD-yd8lh]

@@ridiculousman1664 you are roommate of @Actual Turtle?

[@He11Jumper]

I love that it is preceded by Mike saying "look it up, bitch" which to my memory is the only instance of Mike saying the word "bitch".

[@Skabanis]

That’s was the funniest thing I seen ins. While

[@glowyrm]

No Way Home's spider dudes being really interested in the fact that Spider-Man went to space and fought Thanos was amazing I thought. No matter how self referencing.

[@Cyber_Noot]

I hope the "Wrong" stamp slowly coming in while Mike is fact-checked is a recurring bit. There's something hilariously tragic about it.

[@BeerdyBruceLeeCentral]

This video is just the waiting room for Picard Season 2 episode 10 re:View

[@greatestscott6599]

Like the Red Room for the Black Lodge. _let'S sucK_ !

[@alexsilva28]

@@stackthatartpaper yet you clicked on it

[@jeremysmith4620]

While Mike is wrong in our heads, he's always right in our hearts.

[@Bananahammock681]

And questionable in our butts, but undeniable between our arms.

[@HellecticMojo]

Vampire Assassin in the head, Surviving Edged Weapons in the heart

[@alexanderkantakusiniii8411]

Rich Evans clearly edited this video lol

[@jeremysmith4620]

@@alexanderkantakusiniii8411 I wish Rich edited porn. I actually wish I could stumble upon a trove of pornography that the guys did as their "real" day jobs. The plot for every episode would be some random Canadian coming over and getting gang banged most likely or the same exact plot except in space, but I'd watch. God knows I'd watch

[@davidmaximjr7110]

“Did you notice the Daredevil Cameo?” Literally everyone in my movie theater: “I clapped! I clapped when I saw it”

[@TheSharkIsWorking_23]

“Michael Waldron was a writer on Rick & Morty”. ONE EPISODE. He’s credited for “The Old Man and The Seat” episode of S4 Ep2. One episode. Before that, staff writer assistant on “Community”. Only other big title on his filmography is “Loki” when someone thought it was a good idea to have him try writing a Doctor Strange movie.

[@ApesAmongUs]

Well, Community is surreal and does have a multi-verse, so ...

[@Volt35]

You also have to consider unproduced scripts written by screenwriters that we never read.

[@Lottofatto]

Season 4 Episode 2*

[@todd8398]

@@Volt35 Because in an alternate universe, those scripts were produced.

[@TheSharkIsWorking_23]

@@Lottofatto lol 😆

[@mastermike7000]

"I wish my name sounded like a sex position" I'm pretty sure the Stoklasa is mentioned in the Kama Sutra.

[@sir0nion]

Jay Bauman is mentioned extensively in The Man Hole.

[@spillanegottleib1681]

I vaguely recall a dude asking a hooker once: "How much for a stoklasa?" She reflexively covered her backside.

[@TheKML777]

I'm pretty sure drunk sex has existed thousands of years before Kama Sutra was ever written.

[@5ch3nk]

Should have saw Everything Everywhere all at Once instead. Movie is a lot of fun and a real trip. Most fun I've had at the theater since Fury Road.

[@RumourdProd]

Should have SEEN. Please, stop ruining the English language.

[@definitelynotofficial7350]

@@RumourdProd English deserves to be ruined.

[@RumourdProd]

@@definitelynotofficial7350 No, you're just being a defensive idiot. Who's illiterate. An illiterate idiot. An illidiot.

[@aaronwebb1548]

@@RumourdProd Thanks for what you do. Not all heroes wear capes, some just ensure that human societies can continue to communicate.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

@@definitelynotofficial7350 honestly yes, but not right now, so focus on grammar comes first

[@BrendonLee]

The Strange vs Strange musical fight was the highlight of the movie for me. He basically did a class change from a mage to a bard. Am surprised no one mentioned the score during that fight, it was pretty creative with moments of silence and orchestral crescendos.

[@ThePorpoisepower]

And then he became a Lich!

[@itsdabees]

Not every thing is dnd, you probably don't have to be a bard to turn music into magic if you're doctor strange.

[@sbrevoltuion5]

Mike is literally explaining everything everywhere all at once talking about the montage.

[@Scott_Silver]

It is sad, but slightly wholesome to see Jay ignoring Mike’s early onset dementia when Mike cannot remember who Rachel McAdams is.

[@AgentPothead]

In Mike's defense, these white ladies all do look alike.

[@AntiVectorTV]

My favourite part of the movie is when michael morbius showed up and said "it's Morbius time."

[@Spaceman2921]

I liked the part when he turned to face the camera and said "Please watch the new hit film Morbius in theatres now," before masturbating into the camera for twelve minutes.

[@ravenkarlin]

It’s Morbin’ time.

[@dinkledord7026]

Morbo Mode

[@MrTuas]

So true, almost forgot my daily morbius rewatch

[@spike5499]

Hilarious and original

[@partyondudes5789]

Far From Home is like the last marvel thing I managed to enjoy. I'm glad Mike likes it I agree with Jay so much. It might as well be Wanda's movie

[@TheBigTunaMunster]

Maybe Wanda wasn't really redeemed in WandsVision. She never really faces the consequences for her actions and in the post credits was using the Darkhold.....

[@kellyjaggers8934]

If that was true Westview would still be enslaved by her. Once she became the Scarlet Witch she was powerful enough to stop anyone else coming in and stopping her.

[@bubblehulk7647]

“They’ll never know what you sacrificed for them.” 😂 she got a pat on the back, let alone consequences.

[@kellyjaggers8934]

@@bubblehulk7647 Consequences aren't the same as personal growth and healing. Just because she wasn't tossed in super jail (again) does not mean that she didn't learn and grow emotionally.

[@corroded]

I mean I kinda feel like in an infinite multiverse maybe she could have just adopted her own orphaned children but I guess a plot had to happen.

[@XenithflareGaming]

I think a lot of people didn't see the end credits scene of Wandavision. It sets up this entire movie as Wanda having moved on from creating a fake town to be with her fictional family to actually finding her fictional family using the Dark Hold. If it weren't for Harkness she might have eventually been "redeemed" properly.

[@davidhiltebrand3987]

This will sound like I’m being sarcastic, but I truly love watching an old man with dementia try to recall the details of a comic book multiverse movie.

[@allenwalsh1180]

I'm surprised that you guys reviewed this one, but I love hearing from you. My take away was that Jennifer Garner couldn't be with Dr Strange, because he had control issues(he's always got to be the "one holding the knife"). And the movie was him being confronted by his infinite selves all of whom were control freaks and bringing ruin to every reality. This Strange finally learns to trust and support others by the end of the movie. How effective the movie was at building the story? I'm not sure, but that's my take on it.

[@claytob]

I love it when Jay pretends to know what he's talking about. Like not even a knock against him I genuinely love it.

[@8r00K35]

It's cute

[@whatagreatnameaye1169]

Takes a lot of cues from Mike it looks like. Can't fault em

[@RudyHarlanPhantomBoom]

Annoyed a lot and crusty are my favorite character traits of Mike Stoklasa.

[@brigbjones]

"Can I go now? Are you done with me?" probably the most accurate possible review for this movie.

[@rhetiq9989]

Jay dragging Mike into this movie eventhough I got a feeling Mike was actually the one who enjoyed the movie more

[@xmort]

Underlined by that last after credits scene in the movie.

[@natthebug2]

Would love to hear them talk about Everything Everywhere All At Once after this. I think it's even on demand, so they wouldn't have to drag themselves to that awful, grimy, noisy, polluted, obnoxious, overpriced, inconvenient, uncomfortable, pitiful theater. But it is a good movie to see in IMAX, so...

[@xTHHxAimiForevr]

They avoid good movies now

[@deano1699]

@@TheRitzierComic actually... that IS one of their best functions. Because too many movies receive universal praise, so it's really nice to have a bunch of crusty Cheeseheads confirm that it is, in fact, good.

[@goseeaboutagirl]

really enjoyed that movie! a little too absurdist for me at times, and I hated the villain girl she was insufferable, but prolly a 8.5 or 9/10 for me.

[@mat6732]

I loved that movie!!

[@BetaBreaking]

@@deano1699 I think it's good to just hear the opinions from all critics, especially these greasy boys

[@TimeBucks]

Mike is literally explaining everything

[@fredflux2738]

Literally 😤

[@tapset]

He's just explaining it. We know it's literal

[@MoRo1333]

you mean mikesplaining...

[@deepanshujain9633]

Its wrong

[@niyazniyazahamed8317]

Ooojh

[@RevDrKillJoy]

If they continue with the whole "Multiverse" thing, we need Bruce Campbell as an alternate Dr Strange.

[@Jakeinlivincolor]

No, he needs to be Mysterio

[@robert779]

I wanna see Tom Jane’s Punisher back!!!

[@luiginastro8831]

No, he needs to be *every* Marvel character

[@Bale4Bond]

Speak for yourself, dweeb.

[@liteney]

@@robert779 Thomas Jane is the Punisher. Best Punisher movie and video game ever.

[@gaasts]

I think Jay's a little jaded XD he wont even *let* Mike say anything nice on this one! Cheers, love you guys

[@Neodeleux]

I live for the edits where someone is proven wrong after being so confident before, this and the "tums festival" will live rent free in my head forever. Thanks Jay.

[@johnadams9514]

Couldn’t care less about these movies but I always look forward to seeing the boys talking about them

[@dereksbooks]

Despite having seen this movie only a few months ago, I've forgotten 80% of it. Although I haven't seen the original Doctor Strange for a few years, I still remember 80% of it. The Marvel movies are simply an assembly line of cookie cutter product now and have been for years.

[@DA_Garden]

SPOILER: My one question throughout this entire film was, if Wanda Maximoff has all this grief due to the death of Vision, and that's the catalyst for these turn of events... then where the hell is Vision? You're telling me that Earth-616 is the only universe within the multi-verse to contain a Vision?

[@nhagan001]

Ima gonna have to ask you to not ask about males in this movie. Males do one of two things in this movie: lose or get blamed for it all. But women? Now they can stand up to anything, and do no wrong. I stopped counting how many times Wanda “wasn’t wrong” and “you’re justified” in her actions.

[@jasonpeet6198]

No there's Cleary other universes with vision in it If you've seen what if

[@Chaddledee]

Two possibilities: Wanda and Vision can't actually have kids so Vision isn't part of her life in any universe where she has kids OR she knows Vision would disagree with and stop her plan so she deliberately avoids a universe with Vision.

[@nhagan001]

@@Chaddledee probably, but also doesn’t explain how Wanda has many universes where she has children… which means EVERY Wanda has mind controlled Westfield… Because her kids are not real, in any universe.

[@nhagan001]

@@dthbdbsfgh she didn’t realize she was wrong. She did not attone for any of her actions. When was she punished for her actions? You think she killed herself at the end? Very unlikely. Not to mention, when you consider that in EVERY universe, Wanda has kids, that means EVERY Wanda has enslaved Westfield… So a movie where every Wanda get away with her crimes? That don’t sound right.

[@thegameneededme5]

Jay being the one to mention Star Trek first is some fun role-reversal.

[@JohnMichaelson]

It really is like a Multiverse of Madness!

[@jakegittes1864]

The script was weak but Raimi’s style and Olsen’s performance really did a lot of heavy lifting in this movie.

[@GigaEnigma]

I just watched the MCU in order and I really enjoyed how different this one felt

[@dereksbooks]

Really? It had all of the same beats and gimmicks of every other Marvel movie. You won't remember more like five minutes of this in a few years.

[@conserztasfia0078]

@@dereksbooks he probably means the shots, the cinematography, visuals, raimi-ness, and brutal deaths and all Otherwise, the story is still the same old "save the world from an evil monster" bs

[@metalheadzaki]

@@conserztasfia0078 raimi-ness lol, his thumbprint is all over that movie

[@victortachiquin4965]

This movie fucking sucks especially compared to the first one

[@aidanm5634]

have they ever put out a half in the bag this quick? movie came out 3 days ago

[@trodeb9130]

i wanna say that the force awakens review came out on the friday/saturday of the weekend it released

[@jeckles]

I would say it's mostly that it's Raimi

[@nortonman1178]

@@trodeb9130 that sounds right. I think they recorded it right after they saw the movie.

[@ThePeekmeister]

Joker came out on the Sunday

[@kaptainKrill]

@@trodeb9130 yeah, they call it out in the review. They literally filmed at 4AM, right after seeing the film

[@nathand265]

I believe that the reason the Atari programmer had to hide his name in the game is because game developers weren't credited out of fear of being poached by other companies.

[@mckennaa3641]

I was hoping this would secretly be a review for Everything Everywhere All At Once but this is fine too

[@charliedue4222]

Thats what I was hoping for too; just a bit at the end saying “and the far better multiverse movie in theatres right now…”

[@dwaynezilla]

"Nobody wants to get in the Bryan Singer chair" (cut to photo) That hit perfectly, hahahaha

[@AnthonyRecenello]

Great point about showing her journey into darkness rather than what they did in the movie.

[@tjolsonmcse]

This is the arguement about do you need to watch the Disney+ series for the movie MCU. They could have done more backstory, but that's what Wandavision showed. Watching the series we know how she got to where it picks up in the movie. Loki is the establishment of the multiverse. The next Captain America movie will be Sam as CA, and that series shows how that evolved.

[@Crusader2012]

@@tjolsonmcse Lol I’d argue this movie completely ignores the character work done in WandaVision.

[@tjolsonmcse]

​@@Crusader2012 I wouldn't disagree. It showed she was mourning the death of Vision. But it also introduced the boys, and the darkhold. Then at the end she was looking for her boys in the multiverse using the darkhold. If her character comes back, her behavior will be 100% blamed on the darkhold.

[@jcore0981]

@@tjolsonmcse All Wandavision did was grind her character into bits of meat and throw them into a trash can.

[@mikemills4007]

@@Crusader2012 did you not see the post credit scene for Wandavision? Perfectly shows how she’s at where she is in MoM

[@lanolinlight]

Superbowl commercial and SNL skit--man, you have nailed the tone of just about all these Marvel flicks. Flippant wink-wink punctuating CGI showreels.

[@deadnorth8648]

Don't forget the girl that's the key to everything

[@luiginastro8831]

@@deadnorth8648 'cause she's a funnier character than we you know how it goes

[@jonathanpark7245]

I saw this the other day. The theatre cheered when Jim from The Office showed up. I was like "what?" The picard came out, no one made a sound. So i had to give a wooo solo

[@teetheluchador]

Me being the only one excited for black bolt

[@DarkSpiderZero]

My theater and I did the same exact reaction. I know for me, seeing Jim was truly a shocking unexpected moment. But then right afterwards, we get Patrick and he kinda gets absorbed into the overall moment. I was excited for Patrick too, but I wasn't really finished being excited for Jim, if that makes sense. And Jim was more unexpected than Patrick.

[@kagamiyagami7321]

@@ungreatfulduck750 the xmen theme was a cute reference too.

[@dothedewww321]

I shout "THAT'S JIM HALPERT" to a no shit reaction in Chino CA

[@saeklin]

For years now I've been trying to articulate my thoughts about fantasy adventure movies and here's what I have so far. To make an effective fantasy story, there needs to be more of the mundane than of magic, mystery, and might. Less is more. But the MCU has for the most part become one cgi fest after another. The charm of Iron Man and the very first Spider-man was the real set pieces, the vulnerability of the characters, and the fact that they had JOBS. They ate food, drove cars, worried about money, watched the news, interacted with regular people, etc. I think the slow and novel emergence of a transcendent being and their antithesis rival in an otherwise mundane world is the most fascinating story of all, while going past that will always be less astonishing. I mean FFS, this movie kicks off with Strange casually battling a giant tentacle monster in a city street while Christine is practically rolling her eyes at it instead of having any kind of normal reaction like I dunno screaming in insane terror. Mordo said it best... "there's too many sorcerers". All the Thors, Captains, Animalmen, and cookie cutter rogues they face don't do it for me anymore. These all feel like Pixar movies to me now, formulaic and forgettable :( I hate being old. HOWEVER THERE IS HOPE. I watched The Batman and it was so refreshing! If you told me (arguably) the best Batman movie ever would star the Twilight guy and John Turturro and Colin Farrel as fucking Penguin, I never would have believed you.

[@MrSkeltal268]

I think you encapsulated my thoughts on this exactly. I was just thinking about the first Marvel movies. Iron Man was fairly grounded. People don't probably remember, but it was refreshing because other superhero movies at the time were a bit over the top. Hell even the first Thor has him lose his power for a majority of the film, in an effort to gradually introduce the concept of an alien race of "gods". Marvel has completely ditched the concept of keeping the conflicts toned down, to heighten the stakes for the character's personal lives. It was more enjoyable, IMO.