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  1. industry (industry): Trolls → Doctor Strange. Trolls (2016) opened the same weekend as Doctor Strange, the election weekend.
    “This came out the same weekend as Dr. Strange.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Trolls: The Experience with Richard Lawson · 1:40:53 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Benedict Cumberbatch → Doctor Strange. Disliked him in Doctor Strange, prefers him in the two Avengers films.
    “And I disliked him in Doctor Strange quite a bit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:36:24 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. theme (parallel): Doctor Strange → Robert Downey Jr.. Strange's origin as a brought-low egotist who rebuilds mirrors Tony Stark's.
    “the true origin story of Doctor Strange is so parallel to Tony Stark”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:37:00 · John Hodgman (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (contrast): Doctor Strange → Avengers: Infinity War. Doctor Strange has the worst joke writing in any Marvel film, while the Avengers films do his comedy better.
    “I think Doctor Strange also suffers from the worst joke writing in any Marvel film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:37:31 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Rachel McAdams → Doctor Strange. McAdams's Doctor Strange role as Christine Palmer rules her out as Invisible Woman.
    “forgetting that she is in Doctor Strange”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:54:22 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  6. what-if (what-if): Joaquin Phoenix → Doctor Strange. Feige wanted Joaquin Phoenix to play Strange.
    “Oh, and he wanted Joaquin to be strange.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:20:59 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  7. industry (industry): Guardians of the Galaxy → Doctor Strange. Feige's goal of growing the universe: Guardians is the cosmic layer, Doctor Strange the magical one, areas once thought too silly or expensive.
    “Like Doctor Strange is like sort of the magical element.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:17:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. craft (craft): Thor: The Dark World → Doctor Strange. Doctor Strange does tactile magic well, with sparks, whereas Thor's magic read as CGI doodles elsewhere; the Dark World's has texture.
    “I think Doctor Strange does really well, but they make magic look tactile, which is hard to do.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:51:02 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. verdict (verdict): Thor: The Dark World → Doctor Strange. Doctor Strange fails on comedy, trying too hard to make Strange like Tony Stark; they should have owned being po-faced like this earnest film.
    “That movie conclusively fails on the comedy front.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:36:31 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  10. what-if (what-if): Doctor Strange → Michelle Yeoh. The Tilda Swinton Ancient One part should have gone to Michelle Yeoh; erasure vs. smart Mandarin twist.
    “The Tilda Swinton parts should have been Michelle Yeo.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:07:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  11. theme (theme): Captain America: The First Avenger → Doctor Strange. Cap's Brooklyn move parallels Strange's East Village, updated for real estate realism by the time of the movie.
    “Because like Dr. Strange is supposed to live in the East Village”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:27:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)