Fantastic Four reboot-- Casting, Rumors, Pix, ect;

[Mudd]

Ben's by far my favorite of these guys. Isn't he everyone's?

 

[Nerys Myk]

The idol o' millions.

 

[DWF]

I saw the trailer before The Age Of Ultron and while it looks like an awesome movie, the updated origin doesn't feel quite right. The idea of the four of them being tjhe first humans in space is rather outdated, so I can see the reason for the altered origin, but yet again they're adding Doom's origin to their origin instead of trying the movie without Doom as the main villain.

 

[Mudd]

It's customary for superhero movies to connect the origins of the villain and the hero - wasn't it Burton's Batman that set the pattern? It makes story sense, if one is trying to make a film that exists for its own sake rather than as a brick in a franchise.

 

[DWF]

It's customary for superhero movies to connect the origins of the villain and the hero - wasn't it Burton's Batman that set the pattern? It makes story sense, if one is trying to make a film that exists for its own sake rather than as a brick in a franchise.

The Fantastic Four's first villain was The Mole Man, it might've been nice to have him in the movie. Dr. Doom like Magneto in the X-Men is rathe limiting creatively when boht the X-Men and The Fantastic Four have so many other villains to pick from.

 

[theenglish]

The Thing eats. One of my earliest FF memories is Ben eating an entire stack of pancakes in one bite.

But how does he digest that food?

As for Doom, I can't remember, is UU Doom connected to the Negative Zone? I agree that Mole Man would have made a good villain for the movie--he could have easily been connected to the Negative Zone in some way.

 

[Nerys Myk]

The Thing eats. One of my earliest FF memories is Ben eating an entire stack of pancakes in one bite.

But how does he digest that food?

As for Doom, I can't remember, is UU Doom connected to the Negative Zone? I agree that Mole Man would have made a good villain for the movie--he could have easily been connected to the Negative Zone in some way.

I've always assumed he digests food like we do. As does Reed

 

[JD]

(This was in response to Theenglish, Nerys Mylk posted while I was typing)
According to wikipedia Ultimate Dr. Doom was caught in the same Negative Zone teleporter accident as the UFF,

and his flesh was changed into a metallic hide (with a somewhat reduced ability to perceive tactile sensations and pain), clawed hands, his legs transmogrified into demonic goat-hooved legs, and he re-appeared on Earth in Copenhagen

 

[DigificWriter]

I saw the trailer before The Age Of Ultron and while it looks like an awesome movie, the updated origin doesn't feel quite right. The idea of the four of them being tjhe first humans in space is rather outdated, so I can see the reason for the altered origin, but yet again they're adding Doom's origin to their origin instead of trying the movie without Doom as the main villain.

The film is based on and inspired by the iteration of the characters introduced for Marvel's Ultimate Universe by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Millar back in 2004.

 

[theenglish]

(This was in response to Theenglish, Nerys Mylk posted while I was typing)
According to wikipedia Ultimate Dr. Doom was caught in the same Negative Zone teleporter accident as the UFF,

and his flesh was changed into a metallic hide (with a somewhat reduced ability to perceive tactile sensations and pain), clawed hands, his legs transmogrified into demonic goat-hooved legs, and he re-appeared on Earth in Copenhagen

I was going to check my old back issues--but Wikipedia works just as well. This movie seems very connected to the UU version--for all those complaining that it is different than their cosmic ray version.

The Ultimate Universe really had a lot of potential at some point--it is a shame that it fell out of favor although that was mainly due to poor writing.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Reed looks about 12.

I've a suspicion you guys aren't as far apart as you think.

Indeed.

Hammering home the point that race is biologically speaking a fiction is of course absolutely necessary;

That's exactly what I said.

trying to omit other mention of it or, worse, denounce actually accounting for bigotry as somehow being a form of racism itself is destructive stupidity that reinforces and gives succour to racism. It's a toxic inversion of King's point about colour-blindness.

That's exactly what I never said.

 

[Mr Light]

<<The Fantastic Four's first villain was The Mole Man, it might've been nice to have him in the movie. Dr. Doom like Magneto in the X-Men is rathe limiting creatively when boht the X-Men and The Fantastic Four have so many other villains to pick from. >>

Tim Blake Nelson ... Harvey Elder

A. K. A. The Mole Man

 

[Marsden]

(This was in response to Theenglish, Nerys Mylk posted while I was typing)
According to wikipedia Ultimate Dr. Doom was caught in the same Negative Zone teleporter accident as the UFF,

and his flesh was changed into a metallic hide (with a somewhat reduced ability to perceive tactile sensations and pain), clawed hands, his legs transmogrified into demonic goat-hooved legs, and he re-appeared on Earth in Copenhagen

Is SatyrDanishDoom also a sorcerer?


This seems to be repeating a pattern for me, Johnny and Ben look like they will be good and Reed and Sue and Doom don't. But it's hard to say from a poster, that just the impression the posters give me. Chilkis and Evans were good I thought in those other movies but those other three were not.

 

[hux]

I'm not mad keen on these characters in general but the rubbery make up of "The Thing" on Chiklis in the previous movies didn't help. Not sure what the thinking was there

At least this time, he actually looks like he's made of rock (and I've always liked Jamie Bell as an actor)

 

[Mr. Adventure]

(This was in response to Theenglish, Nerys Mylk posted while I was typing)
According to wikipedia Ultimate Dr. Doom was caught in the same Negative Zone teleporter accident as the UFF,

and his flesh was changed into a metallic hide (with a somewhat reduced ability to perceive tactile sensations and pain), clawed hands, his legs transmogrified into demonic goat-hooved legs, and he re-appeared on Earth in Copenhagen

Puts Johnny being black in perspective.

 

[JD]

<<The Fantastic Four's first villain was The Mole Man, it might've been nice to have him in the movie. Dr. Doom like Magneto in the X-Men is rathe limiting creatively when boht the X-Men and The Fantastic Four have so many other villains to pick from. >>

Tim Blake Nelson ... Harvey Elder

A. K. A. The Mole Man

So that means if they ever bring back Samuel Sterns in the MCU and this series continues with him still around, he could end up playing two different Marvel villains at the same time.

 

[the G-man]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/inside-a-star-wars-firing-792933: Inside a 'Star Wars' Firing: 'Fantastic Four' Problems Led to Director Josh Trank's Ouster

 

[theenglish]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/inside-a-star-wars-firing-792933: Inside a 'Star Wars' Firing: 'Fantastic Four' Problems Led to Director Josh Trank's Ouster

So this is not good new for Star Wars Rogue One?

 

[Rat Boy]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/inside-a-star-wars-firing-792933: Inside a 'Star Wars' Firing: 'Fantastic Four' Problems Led to Director Josh Trank's Ouster

So this is not good new for Star Wars Rogue One?

Gareth Edwards is directing Rogue One, not Trank. It's bad news if you had any hope for Fantastic Four.

 

[DigificWriter]

^ We shall see.