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Is Doctor Strange Too Powerful For The Marvel Cinematic Universe?

The MCU's newest hero may be too powerful.

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Is Doctor Strange Too Powerful For The Marvel Cinematic Universe?
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This past Saturday, I finally got to see the newest film the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) library. "Doctor Strange," starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is a tale of a broken man who seeks spiritual guidance to help heal his body. He learns not only to do this but also some freaky ways to fight off evil while rebuilding himself physically. That's the plot of the movie in a nutshell.

Before Doctor Strange's emergence into the MCU, the Avengers crew has had a solid balance of characters that, more or less, were all mortal. The Hulk is the strongest, but even he seems like he can go down for the count if the threat is big enough. Scarlet Witch is super powerful, but she's still learning to hone her skill, so she's not without fault.

With Doctor Strange now in the mix, one would wonder how Thanos would even be a threat to anyone now. I mean, if you really truly think about it.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD


Strange took down big bad Dormammu at the end of the film using his knowledge of his new gifts. Now Thanos, being that he may be able to control all the Infinity Stones may pose more of a threat, but with Strange being as advanced as he is, wouldn't you think he would find a way to work around it?

It also doesn't help that we have no real backstory for Thanos at this point. The dude just seems to like chilling in his chair, being all bad ass. Something needs to happen soon that makes us feel that he can do some damage. He's suffering from the same villain problem that has been a feature in the MCU flicks (Loki aside), and he's already been in a movie!

If Doctor Strange and Scarlet Witch actually teamed up, and maybe brought the Hulk with them, possibly grabbing Thor as well, what really would be the need for any other characters? That's a super team right there! Iron Man and the gang can only do so much, outside of creating a diversion.

I know that the Russo brothers will figure this out, and I have faith. However, it may have been a mistake to have Strange be so good at the end of the movie, especially since he seemed to get all knowledge of everything regarding spiritual defense. Thanos is really going to have to knock out the power players one way or another to make way for the more common good guys to figure out a method to take him down. That Infinity Gauntlet hasn't really come into being yet so who knows what it can do? I may be worrying about something that could easily be figured out when the film is released.

Whatever the case, I can't wait to finally see the Infinity Wart come to life in 2018.


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