With Sherlock stock being higher than ever, introducing Strange as a sleuth-like sorcerer could be a great way to draw audiences in to a film which might otherwise look a bit too odd. Just as Watson’s writings and obsession with Holmes have always been the audience’s way in to those classic stories, Night Nurse is the real-world grounding for Strange as well as being an intriguing and likeable character. Linda becomes the Watson to Stephen’s Holmes, assisting him, arguing with him and pestering him for more details about his past, albeit with slightly more screwball comedy flirting than you get with the iconic detective duo. The recap of Strange’s first foray with magic is told as fleeting conversations and brief flashbacks, creating a non-linear narrative which helps make wacky elements more bearable for mainstream audiences by breaking them up into small chunks. This could be a great way to introduce mysticism using the same techniques Marvel utilised to introduce Thor and his Asgardian abilities in 2011 using pseudo-science.Īlthough no ‘it’s all science really’ retcons occur in The Oath, by explaining how Strange and his former surgeon colleague Nicodemus both came to learn the mystic arts, this story at least aims to make these mystic revelations more palatable – if serious, scientifically-minded characters can be convinced by the existence of black magic, hopefully audiences can too.Īnother factor which could make The Oath a hot candidate for screen adaption is its mode of storytelling. Updating, rejuvenating and grounding fantastical elements as slightly more believable is exactly what Marvel Studios have aimed to do with all their properties so far.

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