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Doctor Strange (2007)
★ 6.8 · 350 ratings on TMDB
The Sorcerer Supreme.
Dr. Stephen Strange embarks on a wondrous journey to the heights of a Tibetan mountain, where he seeks healing at the feet of the mysterious Ancient One.
The emergence reading
Doctor Strange keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
zero-distanceUS
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E0magicreality can be altered by spells, granting universal multiversal travel and dreamwalking (technology · universal)
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Same subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
The Death and Return of Superman (2019)E9/E10 · Action, Animation
Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006)E12/E13 · Action, Animation
Home (2015)E9/E10 · Animation, Fantasy
Titan A.E. (2000)E13/E14 · Action, Animation
Daybreakers (2010)E13/E14 · Action, Fantasy
Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)E9/E10 · Action, FantasyAlso bends a rule of reality
Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.
Back to the Future (1985)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
The Matrix (1999)alters at E0 · same rung · rigorous
Doctor Strange (2016)alters at E0 · same rung · rigorous
Interstellar (2014)alters at E0 · same rung · rigorous
Avengers: Endgame (2019)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)alters at E0 · same rung · looseSame people
Shared director or cast.
The Invincible Iron Man (2007)dir. Jay Oliva
Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008)dir. Jay Oliva
Ultimate Avengers 2 (2006)dir. Dick Sebast
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)dir. Jay Oliva
Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010)Josh Keaton
The Animatrix (2003)Kevin Michael Richardson