Spoilers Marvel Cinematic Universe spoiler-heavy speculation thread

[theenglish]

It's just the first teaser. That's always the one that reveals the least about a film.

Come to think of it, that might be why there are no shots of Reed stretching. Maybe the CGI on that is taking longer than the other stuff. Initial teaser trailers tend to be light on action and FX scenes because they're released before all the FX are done. They also tend to focus mainly on the first act of a film so as not to give too much away about the story. After all, a teaser is itself a "first act" of the promotional sequence, since there are usually around three major trailers in a film campaign.

That's true, but I'm just giving my emotional reaction. Here is a film I was really looking forward to, and still am, and the teaser not only fails to impress but makes me actually less excited about seeing the movie. Let's hope the Superbowl spot is more impressive.

This is the opposite of the Superman trailer for me. That was a film that I was cautiously optimistic about and became my most watched trailer of the past few years.

 

[Xerxes82]

That's true, but I'm just giving my emotional reaction. Here is a film I was really looking forward to, and still am, and the teaser not only fails to impress but makes me actually less excited about seeing the movie. Let's hope the Superbowl spot is more impressive.

This is the opposite of the Superman trailer for me. That was a film that I was cautiously optimistic about and became my most watched trailer of the past few years.

Interesting. My reaction is a complete 180 from yours. I really liked this early taste of F4, while Gunn's Superman trailer completely killed what little interest I had in that film.

 

[B.J.]

There's a shot of his shadow looming over Manhattan

I'm not all that familiar with Manhattan, but there's a lot of cool details in that shot. Many retro-future Googie (Jetsons) inspired buildings that don't exist (or have ever existed) IRL, and some kind of arches running up and down several streets (public transport?). It's not just in the near foreground either, there's lots of changes all the way into the background. I've tried to get the same perspective thru Google Maps, but the buildings get too low-res this far away to be useful.

 

[Dark Gilligan]

Galactus looks tiny.

He's also bigger than entire planets. He can be whatever size he needs to be. The trailer shows him at two different sizes (shadow and from the back) right off the bat.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Interesting. My reaction is a complete 180 from yours. I really liked this early taste of F4, while Gunn's Superman trailer completely killed what little interest I had in that film.

Agreed with both points. The FF--at least its Silver/Bronze Age version--is a favorite, and I've always believed it had the potential to be a great superhero film if placed in the right hands, unlike the earlier FF trash piles produced to this date. That said, the jury is still out on how this era of Marvel Studios (which has released a few shaky and/or bad productions) will adapt the FF, or will the heart of the original concept be captured to some degree.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Agreed with both points. The FF--at least its Silver/Bronze Age version--is a favorite, and I've always believed it had the potential to be a great superhero film if placed in the right hands, unlike the earlier FF trash piles produced to this date. That said, the jury is still out on how this era of Marvel Studios (which has released a few shaky and/or bad productions) will adapt the FF, or will the heart of the original concept be captured to some degree.

How does the current Teaser Trailer make you feel about this F4 Movie Iterations prospects?

Are they honoring the Golden/Silver/Bronze Age versions?

 

[Nerys Myk]

How does the current Teaser Trailer make you feel about this F4 Movie Iterations prospects?

Are they honoring the Golden/Silver/Bronze Age versions?

Is F4 a thing? In my day it was the “FF.”

There is no Golden Age Fantastic Four. It was one of the comics that launched the Silver Age.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Is F4 a thing? In my day it was the “FF.”

It can go either way. You know how Initial-isms work.
It's changed over time. Either one works.

There is no Golden Age Fantastic Four. It was one of the comics that launched the Silver Age.

Ah, my bad. Didn't know that part. I thought it was older than it was.

 

[Christopher]

Ah, my bad. Didn't know that part. I thought it was older than it was.

The Silver Age is generally considered to begin with the debut of the Barry Allen Flash in 1956. FF debuted in 1961.

 

[JD]

Bullsh*t. Fedora guy doesn't even have a head.

"Who're you gonna believe - us, or your lyin' eyes??"

It doesn't have to be AI, it could just be crappy photoshopping. Stuff like that has been showing up in bad Photoshop work since long before AI became a thing.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

Finally remembered where I saw that image of the rocket ship before. It's inspired by the 1960 East German/Polish film 'The Silent Star'; known in the West as 'The First Spaceship on Venus', which has been rifted on MST3K.

Also, did anyone else notice that the trailer started in 4:3 aspect ratio before switching to 16:9?

 

[theenglish]

Agreed with both points. The FF--at least its Silver/Bronze Age version--is a favorite, and I've always believed it had the potential to be a great superhero film if placed in the right hands, unlike the earlier FF trash piles produced to this date. That said, the jury is still out on how this era of Marvel Studios (which has released a few shaky and/or bad productions) will adapt the FF, or will the heart of the original concept be captured to some degree.

I appreciate that thought. I too hope that the movie understands the heart of what made the FF the "world's greatest comic magazine". I think my reaction to the trailer was because none of it was surprising. It played up the retro aspect while not really showing us anything about the characters other than their powers. Ben Grimm looks exactly like the late 60s and 70s version of the character. Galactus' scenes come straight from comic panels. Granted, we haven't seen anything of the story yet, but the teaser just comes across to me as the safest, most fan-serving trailer they can come up with.

 

[DigificWriter]

This is a deviation from current conversation, but I'm rewatching The Incredible Hulk and had forgotten just how good the movie truly is.

I'd also forgotten just how different it is in terms of structure, tone, and theme from anything else in the MCU.

 

[oktay]

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[oktay]

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[eschaton]

That's true, but I'm just giving my emotional reaction. Here is a film I was really looking forward to, and still am, and the teaser not only fails to impress but makes me actually less excited about seeing the movie. Let's hope the Superbowl spot is more impressive.

This is the opposite of the Superman trailer for me. That was a film that I was cautiously optimistic about and became my most watched trailer of the past few years.

I liked the visual styling of the Fantastic Four teaser/trailer, but the whole thing just felt emotionally dead to me, for some reason.

 

[Nerys Myk]

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Not bad choices.

 

[Set Harth]

WHERE ARE THEIR HEADS

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

How does the current Teaser Trailer make you feel about this F4 Movie Iterations prospects?

Are they honoring the Golden/Silver/Bronze Age versions?

The answer is in the post you quoted: "That said, the jury is still out on how this era of Marvel Studios (which has released a few shaky and/or bad productions) will adapt the FF, or will the heart of the original concept be captured to some degree." The jury is still out. I will need to see a few minutes of the character interactions to get an idea whether or not the movie is getting it right (and of course, the true heart of what made classic FF comics work were the character interactions).

Sadie Sink as Jean Grey

...reads like very bad fan BS. I believe that would not be a good choice (referring to the visual) for the Jean Grey character.

This is a deviation from current conversation, but I'm rewatching The Incredible Hulk and had forgotten just how good the movie truly is.

I'd also forgotten just how different it is in terms of structure, tone, and theme from anything else in the MCU.

The Norton Hulk film is by far the best MCU interpretation of the character. Norton was an excellent Banner, and the film took the gravity of his unenviable situation seriously.

 

[cooleddie74]

Glad to see some love for the Norton Hulk. He really nailed Banner better than anybody since Bill Bixby in terms of his fragility and humanity in the face of the results of his gamma ray experiments.