It’s Seymour. Haven’t you been paying attention?
I’ve known his name since I was a kid, but I’ve never been 100% sure how to correctly pronounce it.
I kind of liked the Hammond Spidey episodes. It was like a “porn parody” without all the distracting sex.
If it was batman I’d agree, I had never heard of Dr strange before so knowing the origin is important. I’m confident that it’ll be good. Seems like lately Disney/Marvel can’t miss.
I’m also curious how they’ll match up magic in the MCU which seems to be very tech driven.
Archaeologist actually.
Rumors today Dormammu might be in it. Why the heck wouldn’t he be? At least a cameo. Dormammu should be in any Doc Strange movie. Mordo is an annoying coworker. Who is this Kaecilius dude? I’d like to see Thanos try to suck up to Dormammu and get himself thrown across thirteen dimensions before convincing him to maybe kinda go along with his Infinity Stone plan.
Also Mindless Ones. They shamble! (and have eye-beams and so forth). Top quality minions/cannon fodder.
I want Clea.
Who doesn’t ? 
Well, maybe. If you know any Black Sabbath songs. Which I don’t.
I sort of vaguely knew Iron Man before the movie, in that he had red and yellow armour, but that was it. I think most people would actually know of this book by Ted Hughes, which had to change its name for copyright reasons in America, including when made into a (very good) movie.
I doubt it. I’m up on SF and all that, and your post is the first I’ve ever heard of that novel. RJM is most likely right.
Doesn’t seem like she’s going to be in this one, but hopefully in the next. What I’d like to see them do is really play up the Romeo-and-Juliet angle of her being his enemy’s niece (and since they don’t have years of comic history to go through, maybe they can go ahead and make it a full-on tragic romance).
It’d be nice to see lovely Ben in a swoon-worthy romance.
“It’s the wifi password.”
Hahaha…
I’m not a massive comics fanboi, though I did read my fair share in the '70’s and '80’s…but didn’t the trailer call him Stephen?
Well, yeah; his name is Stephen Strange, and he earned an MD. “Doctor Strange” isn’t just a superhero codename; it’s what folks called him before he ever donned the cape.
Or as a drunkin Bob Hartley would call him, Durr Strange. 
By the Moons of Munipoor… By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth… By the Shining Big-Sea Water…
…by the Hammer of Grabthar…
. . . shades of the sinister seraphim . . .
While admittedly I’d prefer to avoid more origin stories, it’s really hard to explain Dr. Strange without one, and it’s a treatment that basically never saw he light of day before so this can introduce some new elements to the MCU. My guess is that Dormammu is the villain behind the villain. Hopefully, they will give him actual motivations.
This is also the first time they’re introducing actual magic (as opposed to Agardian super-tech) to the MCU. And Dr. Strange is a bit different from other heroes, in that who he is is tied very closely to what he does. You don’t need to know anything about radioactivity or spiders to understand Spider-Man, but Strange is specfically “the guy who handles magic crises,” so they’re going to have to set up what magic is and how it woris, Easiest way to explain that to the audience is to explain it to Strange.