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Fantastic Four

Post by Blackferne » Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:40 pm

Saw it mostly to see how bad it was.

I'll say this: Ben Affleck's Daredevil is better. Batman and Robin with Clooney is better. Holy shit this was a trainwreck.
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Post by Jimer Lins » Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:57 pm

Dang. I knew it was supposed to be bad, but if that's the bar it met, I'm impressed. You kind of have to work to make something worse than those two.
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Post by Staris » Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:00 pm

I have a feeling they meant for it to be one simply to write it off the loses and not have the license revert back to Marvel, presumably in the hopes that Marvel will step up to the table and buy it back like they did for spiderman.

Personally don't see that panning out currently as I would bet there where discussions and Marvel walked away from the talk when the price was too high.

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Post by Jimer Lins » Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:28 pm

If I were Marvel I'd tell them congrats on making a second-tier franchise with a limited following into a total shitshow and to enjoy how much they devalued the property.

Fox just took a dump in their own bed, and they don't even understand how badly they've screwed up. After these just terrible FF movies, it's impossible that anyone could make one and be successful at it now.
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Post by Dashl » Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:41 pm

I didn't even plan on watching it, and I watched the Roger Corman one on youtube.

Reports say Fox wants a X-Men series, but has to go through Marvel. Marvel could use this as a chance to get it back, so they can at least of Galactus and Dr Doom as villians.
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Post by Blackferne » Tue Aug 11, 2015 4:05 pm

Jimer here is why you are wrong about there ever being a good FF movie. It should be done as a period piece. If it stays with Fox, set it in the X-men universe as a period piece with that Jetson's bright eyed futuristic optimism set in the 60s. It allows you to embrace the cheesy aspect of the FF and not have to apologize for it.

Alternately FF might be better done as a serialized drama/action. Think what Marvel did with Daredevil on netflix, make it into a tv show which allows you to actually explore the team even if it is set in modern era.

Regardless I have faith that Marvel studios regaining the rights could save the characters, but Fox doesn't seem to care enough to do the actual work.
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Re: Fantastic Four

Post by Jimer Lins » Tue Aug 11, 2015 4:10 pm

As an old-school FF fan, I like the idea. But moviegoers are cynical about stuff like this now and after 3 truly awful FF films, they're not going to queue up for another reboot, even if Marvel did it. I sure as hell would, but I don't think it'd make enough to justify the cost, which pisses me off even more at Fox for this cynical crap they're pulling to spit in Marvel's soup.

A series could be interesting, but I don't know if there's enough meat on those bones for it. Consider that Daredevil was always a sort of everyman's comic- a working class hero who often dealt with small-time stuff. The FF were always saving the universe. That worked in a comic, but I don't know how long it'd hold interest in a TV type format.
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Post by Blackferne » Tue Aug 11, 2015 4:46 pm

Well a FF series in my mind would play out more like Star Trek where while the movies are great, the series is where the heart is. If you did it as a exploration show that could be interesting.
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Re: Fantastic Four

Post by Bulwark » Wed Aug 12, 2015 3:15 am

It's just hard to make a rubber band man cool.

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Post by Happyclam » Wed Aug 12, 2015 5:53 pm

Bulwark wrote:It's just hard to make a rubber band man cool.

Porn.

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