Fantastic Four reborn! - - - Part 12

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[Kelly]

Classic Sue had a Grace Kelly quality about her. Simple elegant natural beauty.

Mara is a different kind of beauty. More of an 'impish' look about her (imo).

Exactly.....

 

[C. Lee]

I'm getting tired of saying this over and over again but....THEY'RE TEENAGERS!!! Fox has said they were doing that from the beginning, and this casting has made it almost blindingly obvious. So why are you even expecting "wisdom and experience", when you obviously know the character is going to be at least 17-20 years old? Why are you acting like this is going to be anything but a prequel?

Because......the comic did not start with them as teenagers....only Johnny was a teenager....Reed and Ben were in their mid 30's......Sue was in her mid 20's.....so making them all teens or early 20's is changing many things....that is why so many of us are mad....mad at FOX....mad at everyone involved with the film....the only teenager we ever read about in the FF was Johnny....not every freaking one of them....for over 50 years, Reed started out as the older man who mistakenly took kids and his best friend into space and changed them forever....

 

[lordofthenerds]

Classic Sue had a Grace Kelly quality about her. Simple elegant natural beauty.

Mara is a different kind of beauty. More of an 'impish' look about her (imo).

Yep. I can see that.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

Because......the comic did not start with them as teenagers....only Johnny was a teenager....Reed and Ben were in their mid 30's......Sue was in her mid 20's.....so making them all teens or early 20's is changing many things....that is why so many of us are mad....mad at FOX....mad at everyone involved with the film....the only teenager we ever read about in the FF was Johnny....not every freaking one of them....for over 50 years, Reed started out as the older man who mistakenly took kids and his best friend into space and changed them forever....

Every day I wake up hoping this production is part of some ill advised horribly bad dream. But here we are...they are still pushing this s*** down our throats day after day.

Such a tragedy in the making. And must we be forced to watch?

 

[EssayM]

Is it me, or are you guys maybe being a little overdramatic about this?

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Its only overly dramatic to those who really don't care which way this film goes

 

[The Question]

Its only overly dramatic to those who really don't care which way this film goes

I care which way this film goes. I just don't think we have enough information to know what that is yet. The only thing we know for certain is that the casting has skewed younger than what is traditional for the Fantastic Four. That, in of itself, does not bother me. They did that in UFF and that mostly still felt like regular classic Fantastic Four to me, so I'm not super worried.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

Is it me, or are you guys maybe being a little overdramatic about this?

You're speaking as if we've already gotten two great Fantastic Four films and FOX is just now f***ing up the franchise with mediocrity and questionably weak casting choices.

No.

The past can inform the present--and even the future. This is our third rodeo dude...

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Is it me, or are you guys maybe being a little overdramatic about this?

It's just you.

You're speaking as if we've already gotten two great Fantastic Four films and FOX is just now f***ing up the franchise with mediocrity and questionably weak casting choices.

Oh, if only.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

I care which way this film goes. I just don't think we have enough information to know what that is yet. The only thing we know for certain is that the casting has skewed younger than what is traditional for the Fantastic Four. That, in of itself, does not bother me. They did that in UFF and that mostly still felt like regular classic Fantastic Four to me, so I'm not super worried.

Asshat Reed, Sue and Thing getting it on, and Goat Doom felt like the fantastic four to you? :/

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

Asshat Reed, Sue and Thing getting it on, and Goat Doom felt like the fantastic four to you? :/

Oh yes. Goat Doom.

Word has it we'll get a She-Goat this time. Yay.

 

[C. Lee]

Is it me, or are you guys maybe being a little overdramatic about this?

Have you read the comic for 50 years like I have? The FF isn't something that caught my fancy last Tuesday.......I have a long time invested in it.

 

[The Question]

Asshat Reed, Sue and Thing getting it on, and Goat Doom felt like the fantastic four to you? :/

Reed never came off as an asshat to me, the goat legs we weird but the character was still really well written and they quietly ignored the goat legs later on anyway, and I must have stopped reading before the Ben/Sue thing because I don't remember that.

 

[Kelly]

I care which way this film goes. I just don't think we have enough information to know what that is yet. The only thing we know for certain is that the casting has skewed younger than what is traditional for the Fantastic Four. That, in of itself, does not bother me. They did that in UFF and that mostly still felt like regular classic Fantastic Four to me, so I'm not super worried.

I'm sorry, but I do not believe that you know much about the 616 FF. Which is fine, that is not necessarily a bad thing.

For those that enjoy the UFF, that is great, and I can see why those that do enjoy the UFF are not too worried about this movie and the casting.

For those that have been fans of 616, many on here for over 40 years, well they definitely have a reason to be pissed. They know these characters inside and out, and have watched all differences brought by each writer and artist, yet all of those writers and artists had threads that ran true through each issue. These long time fans, KNOW those threads....and those threads look to have been CUT.

 

[Docker2.0]

Oh yes. Goat Doom.

Word has it we'll get a She-Goat this time. Yay.

Forgot all about that! Who thought that was a good idea?

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

For those that have been fans of 616, many on here for over 40 years, well they definitely have a reason to be pissed. They know these characters inside and out, and have watched all differences brought by each writer and artist, yet all of those writers and artists had threads that ran true through each issue. These long time fans, KNOW those threads....and those threads look to have been CUT.

And "cut" for no plausible reason aside from "Because we can".

No one expects a 100% faithful adaptation of the source material. But can we at least recognize the characters? Damn. LOL

 

[Spider-Fan]

Reed never came off as an asshat to me, the goat legs we weird but the character was still really well written and they quietly ignored the goat legs later on anyway, and I must have stopped reading before the Ben/Sue thing because I don't remember that.

UFF was many thing. Well-written, it was not. USM was a fairly well-written book for a while. UXM had some decent stories (mostly early on...about issue 40 it tanked). Ultimates early on (though it never came out on time) was fun (though it lacked any of the 616 world's heart). Though, Ultimates 3 killed any quality it had. UFF was just garbage from the word go. Doom being the worst offender. He was whiny and pathetic.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Oh yes. Goat Doom.

Spoiler

Word has it we'll get a She-Goat this time. Yay.

That's Victor Van Damme, yo. Respect.

 

[Shikamaru]

For those saying this is based on UFF, here's what you probably don't realize: you're making two arguments, not one.

The first is obvious...the claim they're basing it on UFF, with no solid evidence to back that up. Reed/Sue/Ben being younger is the only information we have that would suggest that. And even then, it still doesn't add up because Johnny's age fits his 616 counterpart and is the same age as them.

The second argument is that UFF has any merit to be adapted in the first place. It was the most poorly received Ultimate book out of the original four main titles (USM, Ultimate X-Men, Ultimates, UFF). Its reception and sales lead to its cancellation, along with Ultimate X-Men. Several characterizations were also heavily criticized, especially Reed's.

You're not making FF fans any more optimistic by bringing up UFF. If anything, you're only adding more fuel to their worries.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

Forgot all about that! Who thought that was a good idea?

Goat Doom is brought to you courtesy of the same fools working on this film.

 

[lordofthenerds]

For those saying this is based on UFF, here's what you probably don't realize: you're making two arguments, not one.

The first is obvious...the claim they're basing it on UFF, with no solid evidence to back that up. Reed/Sue/Ben being younger is the only information we have that would suggest that. And even then, it still doesn't add up because Johnny is his 616 counterpart and the same age as them.

The second argument is that UFF has merit to be adapted in the first place. It was the most poorly received Ultimate book out of the original four main titles (USM, Ultimate X-Men, Ultimates, UFF). Its reception and sales lead to its cancellation, along with Ultimate X-Men. Several characterizations were also heavily criticized, especially Reed's.

You're not making FF fans any more optimistic by bringing up UFF. If anything, you're only adding more fuel to their worries.

UFF doesn't excuse Trank's "vision".

 

[The Question]

I'm sorry, but I do not believe that you know much about the 616 FF. Which is fine, that is not necessarily a bad thing.

But the thing is, I do. I've been reading the comics my whole life. My favorite comic growing up was a history of the FF special detailing every character and every adventure from their first issue to about 1995. I must have read that thing 100 times, along with my hardcover collection of the first ten issues of the original run. I've loved and known the Fantastic Four since long before UFF came out, which I liked well enough but it certainly didn't inform my opinions about any of the characters.

This "no true scotsman" thing that's been going on around here lately is starting to bug me.

For those that enjoy the UFF, that is great, and I can see why those that do enjoy the UFF are not too worried about this movie and the casting.

For those that have been fans of 616, many on here for over 40 years, well they definitely have a reason to be pissed. They know these characters inside and out, and have watched all differences brought by each writer and artist, yet all of those writers and artists had threads that ran true through each issue. These long time fans, KNOW those threads....and those threads look to have been CUT.

Except I'm one of those fans too, and I don't see any information we've received that suggests those threads have been cut. All we know is that the cast is skewing kind of young. That's it. It's a change, sure, but a change doesn't mean a betrayal.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

That's Victor Van Damme, yo. Respect.

Did you have to mention his damned Damme name? I was trying to forget that...and so many other stupid-ass things from that series.