Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness
Warning!Spoilers forDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness .
The debut of Mr. Fantastic has been one of the MCU ’s most anticipated moments , but his arriver inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesswas a disappointment , offering the worst variation of Reed Richards yet . audience have long promise for John Krasinki to play the stretchable superhero and they finally had their wish granted in Sam Raimi ’s multiverse exploring motion-picture show . Mr. Fantastic ’s appearance is one of severalsurprise cameo inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessand his introduction is one of the biggest crew - pleasing moments of the movie thanks to his cast .
Reed Richards , better known as Mr. Fantastic , is introduced in the MCU as part of The Illuminati of Earth-838 , an alternate version of Earth that Doctor Strange transports to with the helper of America Chavez . Krasinki expertly portrays the loss leader of the Fantastic Four , exudate the calm disposition he is known for in the Marvel comics . But although his first few second of filmdom time inDoctor Strange 2were promising , there really was n’t much else to care about Mr. Fantastic ’s first outing in the MCU .
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The biggest trouble with Krasinki ’s Mr. Fantastic inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessis that he is introduced as " the overbold gentleman alive " but almost immediately turn up that he is not . Despite being mindful of the scourge of the multiverse , Reed does not listen to Earth-616 ’s Doctor Strange warning that the extremely grievous , Darkhold - exert Scarlet Witchis on her way . He and the other Illuminati extremity only take activity when it ’s too late and she has come . When the team confronts Wanda , Mr. Fantastic ’s wanton lips cause the death of Black Bolt . Mr. Fantastic reveals that one whispering from Black Bolt would kill her , a index that she would n’t have known about given she had not met Bolt before . Wanda quickly distort reality to varnish Black Bolt ’s mouth shut , to which he panics and kills himself by internally screaming . That brief want of awareness by Mr. Fantastic makes him appear much more foolish than intelligent , and what ’s more , arrogant .
The 2d issue with the MCU ’s Mr. Fantastic is how little of his index are shown . Part of the appeal of institute him into the MCU is that his stretching ability could be the high spot of exciting and originative action spots , in a like room to howEvan Peters ' vista - slip Quicksilverinnovated the style that first-rate - firm hero are portrayed on screen . There are already plenty of examples of how his exponent could have been used , with the olderFantastic FourfilmsandThe Incrediblesmovies antecedently use elastic abilities . Instead , Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ' Mr. Fantastic only stretches a couple of metre before being shredded by Wanda , which does n’t scratch the surface in terms of how inventive the MCU could have been .
Of naturally , Mr. Fantastic has appeared in live - natural action moving picture before . So far Ioan Gruffudd ’s Mr. Fantastic from 2005 and 2007 has been the best take on the fiber because he was able-bodied to pair Reed ’s scientific judgement with some fun stretching moments . Miles Teller ’s portrayal of the lineament was one of the few things praise about the critically panned 2015 adaption and he at least got to show off Reed ’s powers . Despite his debut inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessbeing underwhelming , Krasinki is utterly cast as Mr. Fantasticand he still has sentence to become the best version of the hero in the MCU ’s upcomingFantastic Fourreboot .
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