Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness
Warning : Containsspoilers forDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness .
Several Doctor Strange var. were shown or referred to inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness , but the film missed an opportunity to include ( or at least reference ) a translation of Stephen Strange who precedes the MCU itself . Sam Raimi makes his jubilant income tax return toMarvel adaptations inDoctor Strange 2 , but in one of his celebratedSpider - Manfilms , he acknowledges the Master of the Mystic Arts in a throwaway reference . With Raimi ’s version of Spider - Man appearing inSpider - Man : No Way Home , it ’s queer thatDoctor unusual 2didn’t feature or acknowledge the MCU multiverse ’s first Stephen Strange .
Despite its lack of an Avengers squad ( as humorously confirmed inNo Way Home ) , Sam Raimi’sSpider - Manmovie trilogy exist in a to the full populated Marvel universe ( Earth-96283 ) , agree to easter eggs and ancillary cloth jell in the RaimiSpider - Mancontinuity . This let in noted Marvel characters who subsist outside of theSpider - Manmythos , like Ant - Man , Namor , and Captain America , but Doctor Strange was excellently referenced by name in 2004’sSpider - Man 2 . While brainstorm a supervillain name for Otto Octavius with Ted Hoffman , J. Jonah Jameson rejects the name Doctor Strange because “ it ’s take , ” prompting him to settle on Doctor Octopus .
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Both through the variousDoctorStrange 2cameosand plot , the film research the MCU ’s multiverse and includes other looping of Stephen Strange , so referencing theSpider - Mantrilogy ’s variant of Doctor Strange would have fit the movie well , but this variant was notably scatty , despite Tobey Maguire ’s Spider - Man returning inNo Way Home . While there are several points in the film when the Stephen Strange of Earth-96283 could have been cite , one of the best would have been in a conversation with a denizen of Earth-838 . Another would be during Doctor Strange and Wong ’s conversation withthe superpowered America Chavez , who is perhaps familiar with a version of Spider - Man thanks to the Doctor Strange of Earth-96283 .
When Doctor Strange and America Chavez speak to the Christine Palmer or Illuminati penis of Earth-838 , there were chance to mention that there are other adaptation of Doctor Strange who display like foibles to the principal MCU iteration , citing the Strange of Earth-96283 as an example alongside that of Earth-838 . America Chavez ’s want of intimacy with Spider - Man resulted in comedic dialogue , but she could have surprised Strange , Wong , and the viewers by mentioning both the Spider - Man and the Doctor Strange of Earth-96283 . As shown in Sam Raimi’sSpider - Mantrilogy , Earth-96283 ’s New York City is extremely similar to that of the master MCU , which would make Chavez reference it middling naturalinDoctor Strange 2’scontext .
Sam Raimi’sSpider - Manfilms have a impregnable influence on the MCU itself , so having Tobey Maguire ’s Spider - Man appear inNo Way Homeand Raimi direct an MCU flick bring the franchises full lap . With this andDoctor Strange 2’smultiversal assumption in mind , it is unfortunate that the Doctor Strange of Raimi ’s original Marvel cosmos was n’t mentioned . HadDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessacknowledged this adaptation of Strange , it would have had a crowd - pleasing moment that figure out as well in - creation as it does on a meta level .
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