By far one of Infinity War's most devastating moments came when Doctor Strange - a man who prioritised the Eye of Agamotto over the lives of Tony and Peter - willingly gave the time gem to Thanos. As the Sorcerer Supreme says, the end game is now in full effect. And with his surrender having pretty much doomed half the universe to oblivion, he must've had a pretty good reason for doing what he did.
By now, most audiences are probably familiar with the theory that, out of all the possible futures Strange witnessed when he used the Eye before the battle with Thanos, the only one where the heroes succeed is the one where Thanos actually gets what he wants - at least for a period of time. As such, it's likely that once most of the ending is reversed, and Spidey, Strange, and the rest of the deceased ranks return, that the Sorcerer Supreme can get his moment of satisfaction.
Though Strange was introduced as one of the most powerful characters in the MCU, he only had one film to establish himself, as opposed to the several most of his cohorts have. Few would've predicted how important a part he'd have to play in these features, and yet the entire fate of the universe rests upon his shoulders.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
