Episode 1574 Talkback - Spotlight on Dr. Strange
Adam_Murdough
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Praise be to the Vishanti! Chris 'Sorcerer Supreme' Eberle and Adam 'Master of the Mystic Arts' Murdough form a cabalistic collaboration to bring you this self-contained Spotlight episode about the Marvel Universe's expert-in-residence on all matters magical, Doctor Strange! We bring you the darksome details of every era in the good doctor's half-century history: his most significant storylines, his most awesome occult opponents, his most entertainingly enigmatic incantations! Download it now, True Believers--the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak compel you! (2:44:57)
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Despite its title it was as much a Dr Strange story as a Dead Girl one.
And as far as the TV movie, as a kid I actually liked Dr. Strange the best of all the Marvel TV movies of the ’70s. Yeah, it has cheesy effects, and the actor playing Strange has that disco perm, but the plot is pretty solid, if memory serves. I found it to be less disappointing to my childhood expectations than the Spidey, Cap, and Hulk movies.
By the way, is this the Trade that you mentioned in the Episode?
Notes on listening:
(Possible SPOILERS!): I think Mordo is the villain in the movie, but I don't know about Clea. Eternity is supposedly involved too. Hmm...you wonder if Doc will also make an appearance in Cap: Civil War since he was hiding them during the comic version.
Yeah, the Greenwich Bleeker Street Window!: I REALLY hope that appears in the movie!
Oh, man! That Pink Floyd album cover: AWESOME! I never knew that! (He appears on the right side--looks like he's doing an incantation for a spell)
Dr. Strange's blue Mask: I know he was having a problem with people knowing who he was so he decided to wear a mask and got a new civilian identity as Stephen Saunders.
Okay, I've listened up to Marvel Premiere...I'll stop here and continue tomorrow.
The "A Saucer Full of Secrets" album cover was created by the late Storm Thorgerson, legendary designer of many of Pink Floyd's album images.
It's also the 50th anniversary for Metamorpho, Scorpion, Count Nefaria, Ka-Zara, Jarvis, Stilt Man(!), Teen Titans, Starfinger, the Warriors Three, SHIELD and HYDRA, Power Man, Krona, Egg Fu(!), Beast Boy, Ultra the Multi Alien (!), and the Inhumans among others.
A little too close with the mic there Chris ;-) but I just thought of it as Dormammu had entrapped you within the Portmanteau of Podcasting, restricting your movement as he transported you via the Wind of Watoom to the vile Baron Mordo, where he used the Vapors of Valtorr to obscure your view of exactly how close you were to the microphone.
Just a fantastic episode guys, Seriously, thank you both. You have made this faithful listener very happy!!!!
That said, and I understand that it's the geeks show and choice of topics, I think that it's unfortunate that a bunch of 75th anniversaries are getting skipped in favor of non-anniversaries. More so due to the strong Marvel leanings.
I'd personally love to hear the same treatment given to Dr Fate and Spectre and I've got to believe that Peter would be all over a series on the Titans.
I would have liked to have heard Chris and Murd's take on The Doctor Is Out, which I think had the makings of a good ongoing. Alas. I think TDIO gets flak, but I rather enjoy it. It's a study of Stephen figuring out who he is when being Sorcerer Supreme is taken from him, and it was a really good direction, with a lighter Stephen written by Mark Waid.
If/when you do a Defenders spotlight, please include the Fraction/Dodsons series! It was gone too soon.
Thank you Adam and Chris. Can't wait for the next!!!