This is Episode 10: Journey into the Psychedelic: Opening Your Third Eye in Doctor Strange and Fatherhood of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Topics of Discussion
Doctor Strange
Purely as an indulgence, remember that in Thor, when he is speaking to Jane Foster, he says “Your ancestors called it magic, but you call it science. I come from a land where they are one and the same.”
It is interesting to ponder this in light of what happens in Doctor Strange, where a man of science comes to practice a form of magic. Study and practice, there are crossovers. Strangely, for doctor Strange, it has been noted by philosophers that "science tries to make magic real."
Consider the following list of magical feats that were accomplished by science (please, feel free to add):
* Flying: we do fly, with machines and or wings attached.
* Flying to outer space: we put men on the moon and have reached the confines of our solar system.
* Seeing what is invisible to the eye: through our instruments, we see the world of the very small and the very large. We also see all the invisible radiation that surrounds us, infrared, ultraviolet, radio waves.
* Communicating at a distance: through radio, phones, cell phones, we can connect with people anywhere in the planet. Blogs!
* Seeing at a distance: with TV and video-phoning we can see beyond the reach of the eye.
* Fighting disease: one the oldest links between science and magic, healing the body and mind.
* Destruction: we all know this one.
* Add your own here.
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 develops a simple Greek tragedy theme with a twist: A son that kills his father because of his mother. In the Marvel adaptation, Peter Quill kills his father, Ego, because he confessed he had killed his mother and took the opportunity to have a child who’s half-god in order to conquer the entire universe. Oedipus experience was more human and Peter Quill did not marry his mother (can you imagine audiences enjoying this? No, and so did Marvel) but they did take it to the next level: Peter’s father was a God who had to be exterminated so the galaxy could keep being a harmonious place.
Premise of Discussion
Let us then talk about Magic and Science in Doctor Strange and its relationship and for Guardians, the literary character of Greek Tragedy in superheroes.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
