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by **Chris** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 9:42 am

Benedict Cumberbatch for Dr. Strange, and I'm sticking with it.

See this fanart depicting such a movie:

by **covalesky** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 9:47 am

Chris wrote:Benedict Cumberbatch for Dr. Strange, and I'm sticking with it.

See this fanart depicting such a movie:

Sherlock does have the look.

by **BubbaKanoosh** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 11:08 am

mrorangesoda wrote:
What makes you say that?

btw, I was referring to antman.

by **HNutz** » Sun Jan 27, 2013 10:05 pm

MikeinLA wrote:I hope Marvel does Dr. Strange as a period piece ala Captain America. Set it in the 60s or 70s and show his origin, which is one of the best in comics. Then they can fast forward to the present day with him still being Sorcerer Supreme.

Yeah, he shouldn't be a spring chicken.

Found some Stern issues at the store yesterday... GREAT reads!

by **Losty** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:21 am

DOPE!

by **Log-Man** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 2:54 pm

Much as I would love to see a good Doctor Strange movie, I'm not optimistic. It's another case where I hope they prove me wrong, but I don't think he'll translate well to the live action screen.

by **Chris** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 4:04 pm

Log-Man wrote:Much as I would love to see a good Doctor Strange movie, I'm not optimistic. It's another case where I hope they prove me wrong, but I don't think he'll translate well to the live action screen.

I think this has literally been said about every Marvel Studios movie to date.

by **Log-Man** » Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:13 pm

Chris wrote:I think this has literally been said about every Marvel Studios movie to date.

I'm not one of those general naysayers, though. I think what's been said is that it won't translate to the screen, not can't. A lot of the properties in movies now can work as long as they have the right script and the right people behind. The hulk is a good example. We've seen it done right and horribly wrong. Hell, I still feel that Green Lantern could work under the right circumstances. I have great hopes for Ant-Man because I know the visuals can be there (crossing fingers on a script).

Strange is different, though. His origins are psychedelic and his best books and adventures are not in an earthly, or even realistic, realm at all. If you try and translate him into an entirely earthly adventure, you lose a lot of the character's appeal. If you go unearthly and, god forbid, cgi the crap out of it, I just don't expect anything good there. As I said, though, I hope to be proven wrong.