Prepare Yourself For The 'Multiverse of Madness'

It's all about Doctor Strange this week! [View this email in your browser]( [04302022-header] We're coming up on the release of the new [Doctor Strange movie](, so that's got us taking a close look at [the character](. He's had some strange [past movies](, and strange [alternate forms](, as well as some strange [legal controversies](. We've also been thinking about [Marvel movies]( in general, including the [future]( of the franchise and the way [marketing always lies](. [Benedict Cumberbatch]( is the star of the show, so we've been looking extra hard at him of course, whether he's acting as a [hero]( in real life, starring in [other movies](, or [embarrassing himself]( like a [fool](. Here's a look back at the [facts we learned](. The links all lead to full articles with much more info, so click every one that interests you, else the [Scarlet Witch]( will turn your mind into mush. [smc_features-01] [04302022-1]( [The First 'Doctor Strange' Film Was A Weird, Forgotten '70s TV Movie]( Strange puts on a purple costume with a star on the chest and makes out with Lucille Bluth from Arrested Development. We're talking about Doctor Strange's actual first movie: the 1978 made-for-TV one that had a soundtrack somewhere between The Exorcist and a porno. [Read it here](. [04302022-2]( [Predicting The Next Decade Of Marvel Movies (Based On Kevin Feige's Hat)]( Feige popped by CinemaCon real quick this week to show off footage from upcoming movies, but he didn't offer any clues about what they're cooking up for the MCU at large ... not with his mouth, anyway. But what about his hat? [Read it here](. [04302022-3]( [5 MCU Moments That Look Ridiculous Without CGI]( The Marvel Cinematic Universe is obviously filled with a lot of CGI—it’s easier than training a raccoon to talk and more legal than bombarding Mark Ruffalo with potentially lethal levels of radiation. That means some of the very best MCU scenes looked dumb as hell before receiving any digital assistance. [Read it here](. [04302022-4]( [Tell Us Now: 13 Questionable Marvel Casting Decisions]( Readers' complaints fell into two main categories: actors who don’t add much to the role and actors who were underutilized and should have been cast as a larger part of the series. [Read it here](. [04302022-5]( [Bring Back Sam Raimi And Liam Neeson's Forgotten Superhero: Darkman]( He may not be the most famous or most celebrated superhero, but to many fans, he is the glorious, non-Marvel/non-DC sci-fi tragic hero born from a Sam Raimi ‘90s idea about a Batman/The Shadow crossover with Phantom of the Opera/Elephant Man. [Read it here](. [04302022-6]( [15 Movie Scenes (That Are Only in the Trailer)]( Making a movie is a hard job. You have to film hours and hours of footage, with dozens of different scripts sometimes, actors ad libbing, directors changing their minds, and then they dump all of it on you in the editing bay. The trailer folk also get the raw footage, and they go a little nuts with it. [Read it here](. [04302022-7]( [All The Doctor Stranges In The Multiverse, Power Ranked]( Dr. Stephen "Doctor" Strange has been inspiring homages and ripoffs for decades, since long before he even got his own actual theatrical film. Let's take a tour of our own across the various ersatz Doctor ... Stranges? Doctors Strange? Let's go with Doctors Stranges. [Read it here](. It Gets Stranger: - [Benedict Cumberbatch did the most pointless nudity onstage](. He went [full-frontal]( when playing the creature in Frankenstein, and it's not totally clear that this helped the play. - [Dr. Strange's Infinity War prediction is ethical trash](. If you buy his idea that they had only one way to win, everyone's [stupid decisions]( magically become good decisions, and that makes everything very silly. - [What's at 177 Bleecker in IRL New York City (it's not the Sanctum Sanctorum)](. In fact, it's kind of weird they gave the fictional place a real address, but [there's a reason](. - [Benedict Cumberbatch saved a delivery guy from muggers](. He left his Uber when on the way to a club and [chased the gang off](. - [Elizabeth Olsen's spellcasting training involved dance](. They brought in a choreographer and taught her the finger movements, which she called "[wiggly-woo](." - [Benedict Cumberbatch is IRL-related to many of his movie characters](. He's related to Richard III, Alan Turing, and [Arthur Conan Doyle]( ... though this may say more about the obsessiveness of genealogists than it does about Benedict Cumberbatch. - [Doctor Strange once got sued by a Christian singer](. Amy Grant said the comic book had stolen her image for a cover—and [she was right](. - [Benedict Cumberbatch did (useless) motion capture for Smaug](. This [Hobbit behind-the-scenes footage]( is fun to watch, but it made the guy feel like an idiot, and the movie never actually used it. - [Doctor Strange is cool (except in his own movie)](. When you see the wizard cross paths with other heroes, it's more fun to forget that he was a [non-magical New Yorker]( just a couple years ago. - [Benedict Cumberbatch and Chiwetel Ejiofor's last film won Oscars (from voters who never saw it)](. Oscar voters who picked [12 Years a Slave]( for Best Picture privately admitted they hadn't actually seen it. [fb]( [tw]( [yt]( [Logomark_DIGITAL_Red_50X50-px] [insta png]( [tiktok png]( Literally media Ltd. 190 West St, Suite 17B, Brooklyn NY 11222 COPYRIGHT © 2005-2021 Cracked is published by Literally media Ltd. [Unsubscribe](