Doctor Strange Wastes Its Very Epic Cameos Due To Fan Service
The following article contains spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Marvel movies have perfected the art of the cameo, whether it was the late Stan Lee being seamlessly or obviously being put into scenes for comedic effect, or that very first time Samuel L. Jackson popped up in Iron Man to kick off the movie industry’s mightiest force. So perhaps that is why it’s so perplexing to see Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness struggle so much to nail its highly-anticipated crossovers.
It’s here where the first line must be drawn as not all crossovers are cameos the same way not all cameos are crossovers. Hawkeye in Thor is a cameo crossover, Matt Damon in Thor: Ragnarok is a brief cameo, while any team-up film is the definitive crossover; it sounds dumb when said out loud, yet it’s that very simplicity that makes the Doctor Strange’s sequel choices so odd, especially after some very revealing trailers.
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For years, Marvel chief Kevin Feige has said that MCU cameos or crossovers must serve a purpose. In the case of Lee’s past appearances, it was funny fan service, when it was J.K. Simmons in Far From Home, it signaled the impeding mess Spider-Man and Doctor Strange would cause in No Way Home. For the second variety, cameos must serve a specific purpose within the story, it’s the reason why Spider-Man doesn’t lend a hand to Sam and Bucky in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s New York finale as Peter Parker wouldn’t really bring anything to the Captain America adventure.
With that premise in mind, one would think that Professor X’s impending arrival would mean that Doctor Strange 2 was to be the film that finally brought the X-Men to the MCU, if not
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