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Another Avengers Tower Plothole Spotted In Doctor Strange 2

MCU is widely known for its distinctive world-building that looks like our own buts is different in many aspects. Though all of those differences are noticeable, the most noticeable is the superimposition of Stark Tower, and later, Avengers Tower, in the Manhattan Skyline. However, this Doctor Strange 2 scene misses the Avengers skyscraper and features the MetLife Building. Which is more geographically accurate in the real world but another Avengers tower plothole in the MCU!

The Avengers Tower, or the Former Stark Tower, was the first trademark of the MCU, featured in the first Iron Man. We can see this building right behind the NYC’sGrand Central Station, at the place of the MetLife Building. Since 2008’s Iron Man, the building has been one of the most significant parts of the franchise, given we saw it in almost every MCU movie. Fans enjoyed trying and looking for the building in the Manhattan skyline in every wide shot of the city. However recently, this trend has taken a dive as many MCU projects have seemingly forgotten to place the building.

 

For instance, Disney+’s Hawkeye, primarily set in Manhattan, thus featuring many wide shots, featured the MetLife Building. Now, the important thing to note here is that once everyone noticed this mistake, the VFX team replace it almost instantly, after it was already available for streaming on Disney+. And just when we thought this mistake was behind us, the movie that was expectedly the biggest movie of 2022, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, made the same mistake.

 

THE AVENGERS TOWER PLOT HOLE IN THE NEW DOCTOR STRANGE MOVIE!

Much like many Phase 4 projects of the MCU, Doctor Strange was primarily set in New York. And almost every MCU fan knows how much the movie creators love featuring wide shots of the city. It is arguably one of the most well-built cities, so this is quite understandable. Sam Raimi did the same for the fight scene between the monster Gargantos and Doctor Strange & Wong. The fight scene was one of the first action scenes that were beautifully executed. However, we can not say the same for the background that featured the MetLife Building in place of the Avengers Tower.

 

Thanks to one detail-obsessed fan on Reddit, u/Electrical_Daikon771, who noticed Doctor Strange’s Avengers Tower mistake for the first time. As we mentioned earlier, this is not the first time that Marvel has made this mistake. They easily fixed this mistake the first time, given it was a small episode, however, this is much bigger. It was a full-budget movie that was in the theatres for a long time. And all that time, not many people noticed it, and now that they have, it is a bigger problem. MCU fans have always been proud of the attention to detail that the execs put in. And seeing that they forgot to add in a big part of the MCU, fans may not receive it well.

 

THE PRESENT OF THE AVENGERS TOWER

The Tower was such a crucial part of the MCU that it was almost a character in itself. And like every character in the MCU, it went through a huge transition from Phase 3 to Phase 4. For instance, in Phase 3’s Spider-Man: Homecoming saw Stark selling this building and Happy overlooking the move. After that, every time we saw the Avengers meet-up was the new Avengers Compound upstate. The next time we saw the building was in Far From Home and later in No Way Home. Both of these movies featured a new building, covered with mirrored glass, instead of the iconic Tower.

 

Avengers Tower Plothole

As for the mistakes, we can not blame anyone, given the backlog that VFX companies are facing, following the pandemic. However, it won’t be the first time that a movie went through editing after its release. So, if the editors are willing to go for it, maybe the movie can go through a re-edit and the mistakes can be easily fixed. Which is something the movie needs, considering the quality of the third-eye VFX in the post-credits scene.

 

So what are your views on this Avengers tower plothole? Do let us know in the comments.

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