...everyone better catch up on [Doctor Strange’s] other appearances (especially No Way Home)

How fastidious is Gus about Los Pollos Hermanos’ operations?

I thought that’s obvious? Strange learned to let go of Christine. [...] he decided in the end to move on from her.

Agreed. To use another Simpsons reference, they’ve become Comic Book Guy.

That it 100% it. They wanted the TNG cast to be full main characters, as a kind of principle I think. Them plus Seven and Raffi makes 9, which is a kind of maximum number for a main cast.

Fun fact: the alien parasite plot was supposed to be the beginnings of the Borg.

You could have reviewed 3 deserving indie games instead of writing this.

and considering all other versions of characters look exactly the same across the Multiverse

Kinda wild that this official trailer is not available in 4K.

I also didn’t feel anything watching it, but I think it’s a fine teaser trailer. Teasers are supposed to hold back on details, unlike full proper trailers. The only problem with this one is just that it’s waaaay too long for a teaser trailer, and doesn’t have enough in it for a full trailer.

My original point was that comic book sensibility (where storylines, character arcs, and narrative themes ebb and flow in random directions and make less and less sense as a collective whole as time goes on) is how the MCU is being plotted these days.

That’s exactly the multi-layered take that people project onto these things.

Harrow not only escaped Ammit’s justice and Khonshu’s justice (well, for awhile anyway), he escaped human legal justice, too!

It’s a hell of a way to end this run, a reminder that Marc/Steven still don’t know all there is to know about themselves.

Given how many cinematic multiverses filmmakers have created in recent years [...] the most baffling choice Doctor Strange makes is that its exploration of this idea has nothing to do with any of them.

Honestly, that’s just comics. As a genre, it’s 100% governed by the “rule of cool,” which doesn’t just mean flashy costumes, powers, and gizmos, but narrative ideas and themes, too.

The “relationship” he’s referring to is structural, not personal. It’s like how sequential Presidential administrations “relate” to each other even if the two presidents themselves don’t have a personal relationship.

Pike joins the show in season 2 and is present throughout just that the season, while Spock appears a bit later and Number One is not used much.

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