Recording summary · May 2022
Why I HATE Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - VERY Disappointing
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Overview
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness receives a 4 out of 10 rating and is characterized as dull, uninspired, and disappointing, featuring repetitive fights, an emotionally flat Doctor Strange, and an unearned multiversal mechanic that lowers dramatic tension and cheapens character mortality.
The narrative centers on Doctor Strange protecting America from a powerful magic-wielding woman attempting to steal America's multiverse-traveling abilities to reunite with her lost children.
After falling unconscious from drugged tea, Doctor Strange and America are brought before the Illuminati, whose members—including Charles Xavier—are brutally killed when the witch invades their universe.
In the climax, Doctor Strange returns as a zombie controlling ghosts, America masters her abilities to show the witch her fearful alternate-universe children, and the witch abruptly halts her mission and collapses a tower on herself before Doctor Strange takes America to a training temple.
Themes
Critical evaluation of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, including its characterization, pacing, and 4 out of 10 rating.
Narrative impact and perceived shortcomings of the multiverse device in reducing dramatic stakes compared to stories like Game of Thrones.
Plot trajectory involving America, Doctor Strange, the Illuminati, and the antagonist witch.
Developments
Doctor Strange and America consume tea offered by strangers, pass out, and wake up contained in a glass box before the Illuminati.
The witch infiltrates the Illuminati's reality and brutally kills four members, including tearing apart a Fantastic Four hero and using another hero's beam to destroy his brain.
Doctor Strange re-emerges as a zombie commanding ghosts for the climactic battle.
America creates a portal revealing the alternate-universe children, who react in fear to the witch.
The witch pulls down a tower on top of herself after seeing her children's fear.
Doctor Strange delivers America to a temple to receive training.