Personally I didn't think the Tim Story movies were THAT bad. My only real gripe was Jullian McMahon as Dr. Doom.
I certainly see them in a different light after this film...
they were certainly on the lower rung of superhero films for the time period... but there was far more spirit of source material in their... they just made several major mistakes...
- Things look
- Tying the 4 and doom's origins together
- Making Doom Norman Osborn 2.0
- Dooms Metal skin and electric abilities
- Dooms all around acting
- Casting Jessica Alba
- White-washing Jessica Alba
- including terrible blue contacts, wig, and "white face" make-up most notably in the sequel
- Reed and Ben's bachelor party dance
- making the first film feel very isolated
- lacking a sense of discovery
etc...
the only things well done in the franchise were the team becoming super heroes.. Ben's "curse", Alicia, and nearly all about Johnny Storm
honestly.. if a reboot with marvel doesn't do a time jump.. then send them into space via those "space flights" that richard bran-son and lance bass were touting about... i don't care, just don't push Doom in on them in the process