No, but you could try making a clever one.
Fantastic Four Being Rebooted
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Rumors that Fox was going to reboot the Fantastic Four movies have been floating around for awhile now--well before the Disney acquisition of Marvel--and have even been discussed in this forum before.
Yep, Disney has nothing to do with this. Fox has to keep making them or they lose control of the rights.
It's just like Corman making an FF movie so he could hold onto them so someone would have to pay HIM to get the rights...
And maybe The Thing could look like he was made from rocks. And maybe Alicia Masters could be a red-headed white girl. And maybe Johnny Storm could be blonde. And maybe an actual actress could play Sue Storm. And maybe Doctor Doom could be a foreign dictator.
That's OSCAR WINNER Akiva Goldsman!
His credits do involve a lot of adaptations of other's material and there do seem to be a lot of examples of not really "getting" the core of the material but are often financially successful.
Elektra rocked!!
I really don't see in what way those two things would have improved the movies.
With the technology available today and the amount of money they throw at these movies, virtually any vision desired can be presented. If you like a comic so much, why change so much when making the movie? Outside of the types of things that are necessary when adapting anything to a visual medium that spans 120 minutes.
I'm glad the Thor movie is apparently going balls-out with the Asgard stuff, I didn't want to see some toned-down accountant version of Thor beating up street thugs.
If I hear one more fanboy complain about shitty movies one day and then go pay money just to see Jessica Alba walk around in a tight outfit while acknowledging she can't act her way out of a paper bag I'll blow my brains out.
"Well, I heard it isn't good, but Jessica Alba is hot so...".
Stop rewarding Hollywood for style over substance. There are plenty of hot actresses who can actually act, and masturbation surely must be a lot easier in the privacy of home!
ANYTHING would've improved the movies.
Ah, alright then. I'm all for Alicia as a one-legged man and Whoopi Goldberg playing Johnny Storm.
Even forgetting the fact that Fox can't make a good movie to save its life, it's too damn soon for a reboot. I don't know if these people realize that quite a few years have to pass between projects for people to forget the bad taste of the last one. Batman Begins was like 8 years after Robin. By the time this film shows up it'll probably be only about 4 years since ROTSS.
And not only that, but a reboot, almost by definition, requires a major step in a different direction. The original films were mediocre at best, although I thought they were pretty damn bad. Does Fox have what it takes to add a little depth and seriousness into the storyline while keeping it somewhat light in tone? That's what FF requires. And I think it requires a really solid screenplay and storyline, something that balances the imaginaut aspect, while keeping the family aspects intact. It requires skill. A rushed hack job won't cut it.
And not only that, but a reboot, almost by definition, requires a major step in a different direction. The original films were mediocre at best, although I thought they were pretty damn bad. Does Fox have what it takes to add a little depth and seriousness into the storyline while keeping it somewhat light in tone? That's what FF requires. And I think it requires a really solid screenplay and storyline, something that balances the imaginaut aspect, while keeping the family aspects intact. It requires skill. A rushed hack job won't cut it.
THE DREAMAh, alright then. I'm all for Alicia as a one-legged man and Whoopi Goldberg playing Johnny Storm.
Yeah I agree they got the tone right. The problem was with the low-grade storytelling, acting, and special effects.
Well the fact they're choosing to reboot suggests that Fox is at least AWARE of the faults of the previous two.
Whether this new version actually ends up being any better (or just the same crap with a CG Thing instead of a guy in a costume) is another thing...
I'm disappointed by your 14,000th post.
I think the F4 we got were ok. But Chilkis was really the only great casting choice in them.
The reboot should, I hope, be closer to the original concept of the FF, that is, they should get their powers from a rocket ride -- to update it, would have to be some kind of experimental flight by civilians, like the type some companies are focusing on now. Dr. Doom should have little to no involvement in their origin and he should be dictator of Latveria, instead of making him a super-powered Lex Luthor. Those were my two big gripes about the FF movies.
Doom should be a silent investor who wants to use Richards and his flight crew as guinea pigs to test his theory that exposure to cosmic rays, under the proper circumstances, could lead to human mutation. I call that the "Joker effect" -- how Tim Burton tied in the Joker to Batman's origin, one of the twists I like about that flick.
I also thought Ioan Gruffud as Reed Richards was a bit miscast, and he wasn't written properly in the first movie. In the second flick, the character is much closer to the comic book version -- a bit absent-minded, but brilliant.
The other changes -- Jessica Alba as a blonde, Johnny Storm as a brunette, and Alicia Masters as a black woman -- none of that really bothered me. I kind of liked the last casting choice.
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Doom should be a silent investor who wants to use Richards and his flight crew as guinea pigs to test his theory that exposure to cosmic rays, under the proper circumstances, could lead to human mutation. I call that the "Joker effect" -- how Tim Burton tied in the Joker to Batman's origin, one of the twists I like about that flick.
I also thought Ioan Gruffud as Reed Richards was a bit miscast, and he wasn't written properly in the first movie. In the second flick, the character is much closer to the comic book version -- a bit absent-minded, but brilliant.
The other changes -- Jessica Alba as a blonde, Johnny Storm as a brunette, and Alicia Masters as a black woman -- none of that really bothered me. I kind of liked the last casting choice.
Red Ranger
In Hollywood, 3 to 4 years apparently is considered a long time these days as we're already looking at other reboots in the works for Battlestar Galactica and Superman.
IMO, movie studios are looking at their bottom line and can't afford to wait 8 years between projects anymore...
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