Doctor Strange Screenplay by Alex Cox (1990)

>>87413193
That all sounds completely awful.

>>87413193
>Byron Mordo is head of a multinational company destroying the environment
Nah

>>87413215
>>87413226
It was the early 90s, it was of its time just like '89 Batman.

>>87413193
Is that you Alex Cox?

>>87413242
No, I just saw people linking it because of the new movie and I gave it a read.

>>87413241
I actually like Batman 89, a couple problems notwithstanding. Making pre-acid bath Joker the killer of the Waynes honestly doesn't seem as big of a spit on the source material as making Mordo a business exec. and the rest of the movie took a lot of influences from Golden-age Batman.

This though, I'm reading it and its already making the mistake of trying to tie Strange's origins to Merlin, the most pedestrian and well-known magic ties they could come up with, the same thing they did with the Sorcerer's Apprentice. Strange is supposed to be eastern mythology in feel mixed with new-age mysticism, mixed with speculative science about alternate dimensions, and a healthy dose of Ditko zaniness, with some decent Lovecraft/Robert E Howard added later. Going "LOL, Merlin and Stonehenge" kind of misses the mark.

>>87413366
Merlin doesn't figure into the story much, if anything it grabs from a variety of magical traditions. Celtic, Egyptian, Native American, Eastern, and Mordo still has the same backstory of being a student of the Ancient One. The executive guise is just for expediency's sake.

Probably would have cost a shitload to make, what with all the special effects.

It's funny how old superhero scripts often make the main villain the CEO of a evil Corporation.

>Mordo
>Reverse Flash
>Doctor Paycho
>Ares
>Magneto
>Electro

>>87413193
>Byron Mordo

>>87414113
Reflected anxieties of the time. You'd think it'd happen more today given all the shady shit tech companies do.

>>87414135
"Baron" is outdated. Zemo and Mordo both lost their titles in the MCU.

I read the whole thing now, actually pretty cool. Varied uses of magic, multiple mythologies melding together, skips the origin because who cares? Visuals on the page.sound cool.

>>87414700
It's a real shame, titles in comic book character names always sound badass.

>Baron Zemo
>General Zod
>Captain America
>Captain Boomerang
>Count Vertigo

I lost all hype i had for this thread after I read the greentext.

Good job, OP.

>>87414113
It was the 80's; without CGI, a villain owning a multinational company was the easiest way to justify weird set pieces and gaining powers.