Hello, hello, hello. Between the holidays and school and other such matters, my blog has gotten some serious neglect over the last month. But with news as big as this, it has brought me back!
As you can see from the title of this post, it was confirmed by Marvel yesterday that the one and only Benedict Cumberbatch will be portraying the Sorcerer Supreme in Marvel's Doctor Strange movie set to be released in November of 2016. This news supposedly "broke" back in October when the heavy rumor was going around about Cumberbatch being in serious talks with Marvel for this role. So, needless to say, I was prepared, but then again, I wasn't.
There are some fans who are quite upset by this casting choice due to the fact that they believe Marvel is "whitewashing" the entire genre. While they definitely could have gone with a person of color for the role, I have enough faith in Marvel to believe that they chose the person who could best fulfill their expectations and someone who could really bring the character to life in a way that no one has ever seen before.
Benedict Cumberbatch is one of my all-time favorite actors and I'm beyond excited to see where he can take the character of Stephen Strange. This movie is said to be Marvel's most wacky and weird film yet. With Stephen Strange gaining the powers to travel to parallel dimensions, and the "strangest" parts of space, I think that Cumberbatch has the right caliber to bring the gravitas that the character flaunts. And he not only has a flair for dramatics, but The Batch also has a knack for playing characters whose brains are much larger and more knowledgeable than the uncultured swine that is 99% of the population. You can see these characters in such works as the BBC show "Sherlock," 2013's "Star Trek Into Darkness," and most recently, "The Imitation Game" where he plays noted mathematician Alan Turing who helped break the Enigma Code during WWII.
With credits such as these coupled with Marvel's track record for making ridiculously good movies out of material that no one thought would be good, I have nothing but faith in this film. If Benedict Cumberbatch is good enough for Marvel, then he's good enough for me. (But who am I kidding, he's always been good enough for me).
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Also, I will post about Guardians of the Galaxy issues 7-10 as soon as I possibly can. Thanks for your patience, folks. It's been a wild month.
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