Although real-life science and pictures performed an integral half in designing the Quantum Realm, Peyton Reed was notably within the alternative to carry again an old-school sci-fi/fantasy vibe, one which was once seen on screens in addition to on retailer cabinets. As he elaborated:

“We actually drew from lots of stuff. ‘Flash Gordon.’ ‘Barbarella.’ All these kind of whacked-out issues. Actually wanting on the covers of previous science-fiction paperbacks, from the ’60s and ’70s and into the ’80s. There are lots of nice artists who would paint the covers for this stuff, and they might be within the newsstand and that cowl needed to seize you, and lots of them had been creating these actually unusual worlds that, if you happen to had been taking a look at paperbacks, that one would pull you in. It’s possible you’ll not even know what the story is, however that visible.”

One different main affect that Reed namechecked was the basic sci-fi fiction/caricature/illustration journal Heavy Steel, notably its run in the course of the ’70s and 80s (a run that influenced its personal big-screen animation adaptation, “Heavy Steel,” in 1981). He additionally talked about that the Quantum Realm “has a bit of sword and sorcery component [to it]” and “an actual Moebius component” concerned as properly, referencing the French artist Jean “Moebius” Giraud, whose work ceaselessly appeared within the pages of — you guessed it — Heavy Steel.

Whereas the film itself and its place throughout the bigger Marvel Cinematic Universe stays to be seen when it opens on February 17, 2023 it appears “Quantumania” will undoubtedly be a feast for the eyes, particularly for these of us who consider that the extra “whacked-out,” the higher.