Beginning with the merits of this episode,
1. The unique style of shading, design is eye catching. Some moments are quite wallpaper worthy.
2. Voice acting was good I suppose, but people do have mixed reactions to it. Many original actors have reprised their roles.
Many things could have been done better, but I feel the main culprit here is the runtime. Marvel stories work quite good when we have good pacing and character development to help us root for the characters.
My main issue here was so many plot points one after the other, which end up not mattering in the end. 'Heartless Doctor Strange' here wins over his better self, and is still trapped in the pocket universe.
The first 10 minutes have a standard time altering storyline- hero loses girl, makes a lot of effort (disproportionate I must say) and finds himself unable to change the past. We then see the Ancient One here, who tries to stop him and eventually uses Dark dimension magic to split Strange into two selves, one who moves forward with saving Christine and one who stays behind and comes to terms with Christine's death. The heartless Strange then finds himself at the Lost Library Of Cagliostro. He spends centuries there trying to reverse an Absolute point in time (Christine's Death). A gatekeeper at the library is there just to be alive for those centuries and tell Strange he is just half of a life.
Good Strange battles Bad Strange, Good Strange is defeated, Christine comes alive but disintegrates. The Watcher talks with Bad Strange, denies help. I think they are just juggling a lot of moving pieces to keep us interested.
Also, why does the Ancient One in this world not know about other universes? Or Evil Strange after centuries of study for that matter? This episode is the most like the old Twilight Zone episodes, just made to show us a dark but pretty concept.
2. Voice acting was good I suppose, but people do have mixed reactions to it. Many original actors have reprised their roles.
Many things could have been done better, but I feel the main culprit here is the runtime. Marvel stories work quite good when we have good pacing and character development to help us root for the characters.
My main issue here was so many plot points one after the other, which end up not mattering in the end. 'Heartless Doctor Strange' here wins over his better self, and is still trapped in the pocket universe.
The first 10 minutes have a standard time altering storyline- hero loses girl, makes a lot of effort (disproportionate I must say) and finds himself unable to change the past. We then see the Ancient One here, who tries to stop him and eventually uses Dark dimension magic to split Strange into two selves, one who moves forward with saving Christine and one who stays behind and comes to terms with Christine's death. The heartless Strange then finds himself at the Lost Library Of Cagliostro. He spends centuries there trying to reverse an Absolute point in time (Christine's Death). A gatekeeper at the library is there just to be alive for those centuries and tell Strange he is just half of a life.
Good Strange battles Bad Strange, Good Strange is defeated, Christine comes alive but disintegrates. The Watcher talks with Bad Strange, denies help. I think they are just juggling a lot of moving pieces to keep us interested.
Also, why does the Ancient One in this world not know about other universes? Or Evil Strange after centuries of study for that matter? This episode is the most like the old Twilight Zone episodes, just made to show us a dark but pretty concept.
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