Rise of the Silver Surfer GALACTUS Discussion

[GhostPoet]

We won't be seeing Galactus in the film. If we do, it will be the last 5 minutes and only vaguely see him. Probably in a massive ship or a shadow of him. Something that leads into the 3rd movie.

 

[ProfeZZor X]

There is just too much evidence pointing towards Galactus NOT being in the film. No word on his character, no casting rumors/announcements, no discusion of his effects...nothing. Honestly, I think they may be saving him for FF3.

I've been avoiding everything on this film thus far, but judging by this recent trailer, it would give me the indication that the Surfer came down to Earth to survey the planet and it's lifeforms. Then the FF (Johnny) engaged him in that chase scene. Since there was no dialogue after he grabbed him by the neck, I would asume Johnny made a smart ass comment to the Surfer about not being "all that", and the Surfer dragged him out into space to show him that this situation is serious, and that he had a reason for surveying the planet. From up there, Johnny probably witnessed the imminent threat coming to earth and came back to tell the team.

Most of the movie could probably be about the interaction and understanding of the Surfer and his reason for coming to Earth (like most movies that fail to provide the right dialogue communicate the simplest of messages... Like how the Jedi council could have easily avoided Anakin from being Vader). That's just my take on it, but I could be wrong.

 

[3 Dev Adam]

We won't be seeing Galactus in the film. If we do, it will be the last 5 minutes and only vaguely see him. Probably in a massive ship or a shadow of him. Something that leads into the 3rd movie.

The title of the movie is THE RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER, not THE COMING OF GALACTUS, but you can't have one without the other. It's possible that we'll even never see Galactus on this one, but I'm pretty sure he will be at least mentioned by name.

In fact, the rock that deformed Doc Doom on Corman's movie was originally called "Galactus", but they redubbed it "Colossus" for copyright reasons. Just watch their mouths.

 

[Proteus-X312]

Just give him the Marvel Ultimate Alliance treatment and I'm happy. Guy looks like a faced attatched to machinery...Kind of reminds me of a Sentinel with a weird helmet.

I agree.Surfer looks awesome so I think Galactus will look just about perfect.We'll just have to wait and see.

 

[lordofthenerds]

I agree with the people here that think Galactus will just be used as a cliffhanger to be shown at the end of the film. Imo, Galactus may just be mentioned several times by the Surfer since he is how Norrin became the Silver Surfer.

 

[LadyVader]

Well I've read Ultimate Nightmare now. Those sneaky f@#cking russians.

 

[Crazy Venom]

Galactus will have a role in this film, that's forsure.... he would be the hole reason the SS came to earth.... you know the first question Rich will ask SS is "who are you and what are you doing here?".... the SS will respond that he's a herald of Galctus, sent to seek out suitable planets so his master can feed...... the only question I have is wether the SS will be good from the beginning, or if he starts out bad, and then switches sides..... if it's option 1, I think galactus will have a huge part in the film, if it's the later.... possilbe cliffhanger...

my gut feeling is that Johnny is going to be hot headed and attack the SS......... a big fight will ensue, and then it turns out the SS means no harm to earth... he only fought Johnny because johnny attacked him first..... the SS will warn the FF that Galctus is coming... I think there will be tention then between Johnny and the SS.... Johnny not trusting the SS and all.....

 

[3 Dev Adam]

SS never came to Earth to "warn" us. He just arrived to keep the FF distracted while Galactus built his planet-eating machine.

 

[Crazy Venom]

SS never came to Earth to "warn" us. He just arrived to keep the FF distracted while Galactus built his planet-eating machine.

never was a huge fan of the FF comics... but i read somewhere that he did that.... could be wrong though

 

[3 Dev Adam]

From Wiki:

he Silver Surfer is a unique product of the Marvel system of comic creation. Unlike in the full scripts employed elsewhere, Lee and Kirby would discuss general storylines or plots initially but leave the specific story elements to the penciller (this was especially so in the case of Kirby). Reputedly, Kirby created the character of the Silver Surfer reasoning that a god-like cosmic predator of planets should have some sort of herald. (According to Lee, Kirby said he created the surfboard "because I'm tired of drawing spaceships!") Lee was surprised by this creation but, taken by the noble features of the new character that Kirby had penciled, scripted him, adding to his characterization.

Though Kirby seems to be the primary creator of the Silver Surfer, Lee enjoyed the character and decided to feature him in his own comic magazine. Kirby was unavailable and penciller John Buscema was chosen as the artist for the brief run (18 issues). The Silver Surfer comic and character allowed Lee to script some of his most thoughtful and introspective stories. Thematically, the stories dealt with the inhumanity of man as observed by the noble yet fallen Surfer. After his own comic was cancelled, the Surfer continued to make sporadic appearances as a guest star or antagonist in other comic books. A personal favorite of Lee's, a number of specials and graphic novels featuring the character have been published over the years.

After a one-shot published in 1982, he was given a chance at a solo, ongoing title for the second time in 1987, where he finally managed to escape the confines of Earth and left for the spaceways. This series was originally written by Steve Englehart and illustrated by Marshall Rogers, and later written by Jim Starlin and drawn by Ron Lim. Starlin was later replaced by Ron Marz as writer; later in the series' publication, George Perez and J. M. DeMatteis had brief stints at writing the series as well. Other artists included Tom Grindberg, Ron Garney, and Jon J. Muth, as well as periodic guest spots by the aforementioned John Buscema. Although the title experienced great initial success, and continued to be buoyed by tie-ins to Infinity Gauntlet and other crossovers, this second ongoing series was ultimately cancelled in 1998 after 146 issues, due to low sales and a change in Marvel's editorial direction.

A new Silver Surfer series began in 2003, focusing on the character's alien nature and messianic allegory, but only lasted fourteen issues. He later made an appearance in Cable/Deadpool, where he was the final line of defense against an overpowered Cable. He has twice been reunited with the superhero group he took part in, The Defenders. An alternate version of the character appeared in Marvel Zombies in his original role as a Galactus herald. He is currently appearing in a self-titled, four-issue miniseries linked to Marvel's cosmic event, Annihilation.

A Silver Surfer graphic novel was written by Lee and Kirby; another was entitled The Silver Surfer: Parable (originally serialized in two parts in 1988-1989) was scripted by Stan Lee and drawn by Moebius. Both feature an alternate Silver Surfer from a parallel Earth.

Fictional character biography

In the very earliest stories, Kirby envisioned the Surfer as a semi-divine being created by the godlike Galactus, immeasurably powerful yet lacking the most basic understanding of good or evil. Clearly drawing inspiration from Rousseau, Lee's script allowed this completely amoral entity to develop a sense of compassion through contact with the gentle Alicia Masters, a blind sculptress somehow capable of perceiving the surfer's innate nobility.

Lee and Kirby continued this theme through a series of subplots where the Surfer encounters negative human traits such as jealousy (The Thing, driven to rage by the Surfer's relationship with his girlfriend, Alicia); deception, evil and cruelty (de-powered and imprisoned by Doctor Doom, then tortured by Doom's brutal henchmen), despair and hopelessness (languishing in a Latverian dungeon while Doom uses the Power Cosmic to conquer the world); and finally a thirst for revenge (destroying Doom's castle - along with his sadistic captors, presumably - when he finally escapes).

At the same time, the Surfer continued to evolve as an individual, slowly groping his way to a knowledge of his own humanity. No mention, however, was made of any life or existence prior to the Surfer's arrival on Earth, lending credence to the idea that he was a whole-cloth creation of his world-devouring master. Significantly, during this early period, both Galactus and the Surfer fed in precisely the same manner - converting matter directly into energy - suggesting Galactus created the Surfer in his image.

The Surfer's background was retconned with the release of Silver Surfer #1, providing the character with a previously undisclosed existence, revealing that the character had a life as an ordinary being before he became the Silver Surfer. According to a number of sources, this overhauling of the character's history was one of the disputes which led to Jack Kirby's resignation from Marvel. [citation needed]

In the revised version, the Surfer was born Norrin Radd on the idyllic planet Zenn-La, home to an ancient and advanced civilization that had lost the will to strive or explore; leaving Norrin Radd restless and yearning for something more than the idle pleasure pursued by his fellows. Faced with the total destruction of his world by the planet-consuming Galactus, Radd struck a deal with the omnipotent space god to serve as his herald in return for the safety of Zenn-La and of his lover, Shalla-Bal, at the same time satisfying his desire to discover new worlds and adventures beyond the limits of his home. Galactus accepted the young mortal's sacrifice and imbued him with a portion of the Power Cosmic, transforming him into the Silver Surfer. He served Galactus for an unspecified amount of time, unable to return to Zenn-La or Shalla-Bal, until he came to the planet Earth.

In yet later versions of the story, it was explained that the Zenn-Lavians were an offshoot of the Kree, a scientifically advanced, galaxy-spanning, alien race first created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the Fantastic Four.[citation needed]

On Earth, the Surfer encountered a number of individuals whose nobility and honor touched him, such as the Fantastic Four and their companion Alicia Masters. The Surfer chose to rebel against Galactus and attempted to prevent his master from consuming the Earth. Galactus was eventually driven off, but as punishment for his rebellion, Galactus confined the Surfer to Earth by creating an invisible barrier which affected only him (deprived him of his space-time powers in the original version - the "Great Barrier" first appeared in the Doctor Doom story arc the following year).

Doctor Doom imprisoned Radd and stole the Surfer's power for himself but lost his new might when he collided with Galactus' barrier and the Surfer's powers returned to their true master. Increasingly pessimistic about humanity, the Surfer attempted to befriend fellow outcast the Hulk, but was driven away by his violent temper. Next, the Surfer took pity on the Mad Thinker's abandoned sentient computer Quasimodo and gave it humanoid form, but he was forced to petrify his new creation after it proved to be criminally insane. Convinced by now that humanity was a savage race that could only survive and evolve if the planet were united against a common foe, the Surfer decided to become that foe; he terrorized the world with his cosmic powers until the U.S. military struck him down with an experimental power-draining "Sonic Shark" missile based on technology developed by Reed Richards. Humbled by the incident, the Surfer resumed his wanderings. His powers were diminished, though they returned to their original levels when he was finally able to return to space.

Aided by the Fantastic Four, the Surfer resisted attempts by Galactus to regain his services; he also faced foes such as the alien Badoon, the demonic Mephisto (who became obsessed with breaking the Surfer's spirit), Asgardian trickster god Loki (who manipulated the Surfer into battling his brother Thor), the alternate-future Overlord, mad scientist Ludwig von Frankenstein, the ghostly Flying Dutchman, rogue Zenn-Lavian scientist Yarro Gort (who coveted Shalla-Bal for himself and died trying to destroy the Surfer), the occultist Warlock Prime, the monstrous Abomination, and the robotic Doomsday Man. One of the Surfer's few true friends during these early adventures was physicist Al B. Harper, who sacrificed his life to help the Surfer save the world from the enigmatic Stranger.

Several times during this period, the Surfer was briefly reunited with Shalla-Bal, who was used as an unwilling pawn against the Surfer by foes such as Mephisto and Gort; but circumstances always forced the lovers apart, sending Shalla Bal home each time. Increasingly frustrated by his situation and disgusted by man's inhumanity to man, the Surfer, secretly influenced by Psycho-Man, became more hostile, battling Spider-Man, Human Torch (Johnny Storm), S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Inhumans.

The Surfer formed a temporary alliance with the Hulk and Namor the Sub-Mariner to oppose a new weather technology that threatened to destroy the world; these "Titans Three" completed their mission despite the misguided interference of the Avengers, and even toppled a minor hostile dictator along the way. Namor, Hulk and Doctor Strange soon formed a more enduring heroic alliance as the Defenders, saving the world from Yandroth; they tried to recruit the Surfer for their first mission, but he was recovering from a collision with Galactus' barrier at the time. After aiding Thor against Loki's minion Durok the Demolisher, the Surfer helped the FF defeat Galactus' latest herald, the Air-Walker android. The Surfer soon fell under the mental sway of Calizuma and his Warrior Wizards, agents of the demonic Undying Ones; freed from their influence by the Defenders, the Surfer helped defeat the wizards and became one of the Defenders' earliest recruits, aiding the team against foes such as the Nameless One, Attuma and the Red Ghost. At one point, a quest to restore the petrified Black Knight (Dane Whitman) led the Defenders into a conflict with the Avengers orchestrated by Loki and Dormammu. In the end, the villains were defeated, though the restless Surfer soon left the Defenders.

Tricked into helping Doctor Doom create the deadly Doomsman android, the Surfer helped the FF neutralize this menace, then clashed with the vampire lord Dracula. Later, the Surfer was present at an Avengers-Defenders gathering ineffectually attacked by mind-controlled heroine Jewel (Jessica Jones). After another clash with the Hulk, the Surfer aided the Defenders against the demonic Six-Fingered Hand and their hellish masters, including Mephisto. After aiding the Avengers against the Molecule Man, declining an offer of Avengers membership, attending the funeral of seemingly deceased Defenders teammates Nighthawk (Marvel Comics) and Valkyrie, and participating in another Avengers-Defenders clash orchestrated by alien menaces Nebulon and Supernalia, the Surfer finally pierced Galactus' barrier with the aid of Reed Richards and escaped Earth; but he discovered Zenn-La had been devastated by a vengeful Galactus, barely capable of supporting life. Worse yet, Shalla-Bal had been abducted back to Earth by Mephisto. Though it meant trapping himself on Earth again (since Reed's escape method would work only once), the Surfer returned to Earth and defeated Mephisto, who sent Shalla-Bal back to Zenn-La, though not before the Surfer endowed her with a portion of his cosmic power which she used to revitalize their ravaged homeworld.

The Surfer helped the Defenders liberate the Squadron Supreme's alternate Earth (Earth-S,Earth-712) from the control of the demonic Null the Living Darkness, then celebrated the Hulk's brief public acceptance after gaining Bruce Banner's intellect; but the Surfer and his fellow senior Defenders Hulk, Namor and Strange were hoaxed into disbanding after the alien Tribunal convinced them their continued teamwork was fated to cause Earth's doom. The Surfer, meanwhile, helped the FF defeat the cosmic-powered Tyros (formerly Galactus' herald Terrax) and locate a missing Reed Richards, helped Earth's heroes neutralize the threat of the near-omnipotent Beyonder, and teamed with the Molecule Man to undo much of the damage done to Earth by the Beyonder.

Piercing Galactus' barrier again (this time by using the Thing's simple suggestion of trying to pass through it without his surfboard), the Surfer made peace with Galactus by rescuing his current herald Nova (Frankie Raye) from the Skrulls, after which Galactus finally ended the Surfer's long exile. Radd revisited his homeworld, but Shalla-Bal had become empress of the rejuvenated Zenn-La and was not free to renew their romance. The Surfer became embroiled in fresh hostilities between the interstellar Kree and Skrull empires, and intervened in a series of plots by the Elders of the Universe, who planned to destroy Galactus, and the universe with him-- in order to become the supreme powers of a new universe. The Surfer thwarted the Elders with the aid of his new love interest Mantis, the Earth-born cosmic heroine also known as the Celestial Madonna, but she seemingly died in the process; though she would later return, she never fully renewed her romance with the Surfer. Romantic sparks developed between Nova and the Surfer, whose influence gradually led Nova to question the morality of her role as a herald. Galactus finally replaced her with the far more ruthless Morg, who killed Nova during a conflict with the Surfer and most of the other ex-heralds.

The Surfer has repeatedly battled space-born menaces such as Reptyl, Ego the Living Planet, Super-Skrull, Midnight Sun, Nebula, Tyrant, and perhaps most notably Thanos, a death-worshipping mutant Eternal who wiped out half the life in the universe using the omnipotent Infinity Gauntlet. The Surfer has been allied with cosmic adventurers such as Jack of Hearts, Ganymede, Genis-Vell and Adam Warlock's Infinity Watch, who helped the Surfer restore Shalla-Bal to life after she sacrificed herself to save Zenn-La from the supremely powerful Great One. The Surfer also partnered with Quasar, Beta Ray Bill, Morfex and Xenith to form the short-lived Star Masters team, and began participating in occasional Defenders reunions, the Tribunal's hoax having been exposed. During his travels, the Surfer also met his long-lost brother Fennan. However, Zenn-La and its people later seemingly vanished, and the Surfer came to discover that his homeworld was destroyed in the 1940s by the mysterious, all powerful entity known as the Other. The Zenn-Lavian world and people he had encountered since his leaving the service of Galactus were "re-creations" of the originals. Galactus, after finding Zenn-La utterly decimated by the Other, recreated the planet and its inhabitants in every detail so when the Surfer left his service, as he knew he one day would, he would have a home to return to. So accurate was this new Zenn-La that the Surfer, Skrull, Kree, the demonic Mephisto and even the Celestials never came to realize it wasn't the original planet or people. Why the "new" Zenn-La dissolved was never made entirely clear but it was likely the result of Galactus' temporary absence from the main universe due to being caught in the Ultimate Nullifier's blast.

Losing his capacity for emotion again, the Surfer returned to Earth, eventually regaining his personality during a time travel adventure and sharing a romance with Alicia Masters. They ultimately parted as friends after many adventures together, one of which pitted them against Galactus' new herald Red Shift and led to the temporary destruction of Galactus himself. When a Gaea-powered curse from a dying Yandroth mystically forced Surfer, Namor, Hulk and Strange to assemble in response to any and all threats to the Earth, the ongoing stress of this situation coupled with the subtle emotional influence of the curse itself gradually drove the four senior Defenders mad, and they attempted to rule the world as the Order in the belief that this was the most efficient way to protect the planet. Their fellow Defenders Hellcat, Nighthawk, Valkyrie and Clea teamed with other heroes-- including Ardina, a cosmic-powered woman they mystically created from a portion of the Surfer's own energy-- to oppose the Order and return them to their senses, just in time to prevent the curse from rendering a resurrected Yandroth all-powerful.

More recently, fearing a prophesied apocalypse, the Surfer worked with the alien Annunaki race to gather and protect some of Earth's most extraordinarily gifted children; in the end, one of those children, Ellie Waters, saved Earth from the godlike Marduk entity, preventing the apocalypse and reordering reality as if the Marduk crisis had never happened, though Ellie apparently retains her memories of these events. The Surfer has resumed his interstellar wanderings, but remains ready to aid his adopted homeworld should Earth ever need him.

For some time the Surfer roamed aimlessly with not much to do until a distress signal drew him to a faraway world where the chameleon-like Krosakis had stolen the Uni-Power and captured Gladiator of the Shi'ar. The Surfer battled Krosakis and was able to free the Uni-Power and save Gladiator and an entire world from death. The Surfer made a detour where he was the first to greet the new Captain Universe: Gabriel Vargas.

Currently, he has banded together with the other heralds of Galactus who are being hunted by the forces of Annihilus's Annihilation Wave for an unknown purpose. In the course of this, Galactus requested the Silver Surfer's help to defend against the coming onslaught of Tenebrous, of the Darkness Between, and Aegis, Lady of All Sorrows, two beings presumably as old as the universe itself who wield vast cosmic power and to a lesser extent, Annihilus and his Seekers. Given the current crisis, Silver Surfer has gained back his position as herald of Galactus, and in return, Galactus has enhanced the Silver Surfer's power and restored his will to fight, giving him a new sense of purpose as Galactus Herald and an envoy of cosmic balance. He is able to defeat the fleet that Annihilus sends against Galactus but is unable to later defeat Aegis and Tenebrous in battle. Aegis and Tenebrous capture the Silver Surfer and Galactus and hand them over to Thanos who has been entrusted by Annihilus to finding "the biological application" of the Power Cosmic.

 

[3 Dev Adam]

The Silver Surfer possesses vast power known as the "Power Cosmic," gained when Galactus restructured his former body. He has the ability to channel ambient cosmic energy into his body at will, and expel it violently as concussive force or gently as a means to restructure molecules according to his mental design. The Surfer can generate beams of energy with sufficient destructive force to destroy a planet or, by contrast, generate such subtle amounts of energy to restructure the molecules of the natural pigments within a plant to change its color. The Surfer can rearrange the molecules of matter to create other configurations and can even directly transmute elements. The Surfer can manipulate "chronal" energies and thus can peel back the veil of time to witness past events or to even directly travel through time. While he can use his power to revitalize life energies and heal the wounded, there is no proof that he can create life from nothingness or return the dead to life.

The Surfer possesses superhuman strength. Additionally, the Surfer can use the Power Cosmic to amplify his physical strength to a level at least rivaling that of an enraged Hulk. In addition, his body can move and react at superhuman velocities; he routinely navigates asteroid fields and attacks entire armadas of starships at or beyond the speed of light while maintaining surgical precision.

The Silver Surfer has certain cosmic energy-enhanced perceptions which enable him, through concentration, to become aware of the patterns of energy which surround him. Accordingly, he can sense great concentrations or deployments of energy at a great range, the extent of which is undetermined but is at least on an intra-galactic scale. He has a special affinity for the life energies of living beings, and can use his cosmic powers to augment them to a certain degree. The Surfer's other senses are also thus enhanced: he has demonstrated the ability to see as far as a light year while concentrating and without obstructions to his line of sight. Although the Surfer's senses are superhumanly keen, his sometimes detached and introspective nature occasionally leaves him unaware of his surroundings.

The forces binding together the molecules making up the silvery material that composes the Silver Surfer's "skin" are so great that there are few known forces in the universe great enough to overcome them. The inner portions of his body have also been restructured to be highly resistant to injury. Thus, the Surfer is invulnerable to most forms of physical harm. He can easily withstand great extremes of temperature caused by the build-up of friction within atmospheres, the vacuum of space or the intense heat found within stars. He has flown through the cores of stars and even soared through a supernova explosion on at least one occasion. He can survive without difficulties in the vacuum of outer space and hyperspace, and his body can withstand the stresses of travel at multiples of light speed in hyperspace. He has maintained that he is no longer in fact "mortal", but this is most likely an inference that he now has very little in common biologically with humans, rather than an assertion that he cannot be killed. It is likely that the Surfer does not age; his counterpart in the future timeline of the Guardians of the Galaxy is over a thousand years old and is at least as powerful as his present-day counterpart. The Surfer's mind has also been restructured so that he has considerable resistance to telepathy and other mind control methods. He has the ability to communicate with various alien species regardless of their native language, and to speak to others in the vacuum of space, possibly through a limited form of telepathy.

The Silver Surfer does not need to eat or breathe since he absorbs life-maintaining cosmic energy directly into his body. Although his body does not require sleep, his mind must still rest occasionally in order to give it an opportunity to dream.

By using his board to exceed the speed of light. The Surfer can shift himself into hyperspace, a dimension in which velocity is not limited by the speed of light. The Surfer can also compress his own bodily matter so as to shift himself into a so-called microverse. Additionally, he can phase his body's molecules to pass through solid matter or energy.

Despite these vast powers, the Surfer is not completely unstoppable. He has in the past been wounded by vastly powerful forms of magic and by other users of the Power Cosmic, such as Galactus and his other heralds. He is not completely immune to psionics or other forms of mental attack or manipulation, although his willpower, spiritual strength, and Galactus' mental and spiritual tampering provide him with a superhuman resistance to mind control and psionics.

Paraphernalia and weapons

While flying, the Silver Surfer usually makes use of an object known on Earth as his "board", which was created by Galactus and is constructed of the same unknown substance as the Surfer's body; therefore, it too is virtually indestructible. Even when it was destroyed, the Surfer was able to easily reconstruct it.

The surfboard is psionically linked with the Surfer's mind, to the extent that damage that is somehow dealt to the board also causes the Surfer duress or pain. Apparently only a being possessing the Surfer's cosmic powers can cause the surfboard to fly, and its movement is controlled mentally by the Surfer. When he requires the board, he can call it to himself even from cosmic distances. The surfboard apparently taps ambient cosmic energy in much the same way that the Surfer himself does. Although the Surfer can utilize his cosmic power to fly without it, the surfboard enables him to fly with greater maneuverability and without the expenditure of his own energy.

The Silver Surfer can utilize the surfboard to attain multiples of the speed of light, but seldom exceeds Mach 10 (ten times the speed of sound) within the outer layers of a planet's atmosphere, and Mach 5 within the inner layers.

In addition, the Surfer and the Fantastic Four realized that Galactus' means of imprisoning the Surfer on Earth was linked to the board since the world devourer knew that his former herald would not think of leaving the planet without it. Putting the idea to the test, the Surfer left the board planetside and the Four transported him off the planet in their spacecraft. Once he realized he was free of Earth, the Surfer remotely converted the board to energy, recalled it to him and reformed it in space. The Surfer then met up with Galactus and rescued his current herald, Nova, from the Skrulls. In return, Galactus fully freed the Surfer and he could once again travel the universe.

 

[3 Dev Adam]

never was a huge fan of the FF comics... but i read somewhere that he did that.... could be wrong though

He switched sides after some events and joined the FF against Galactus (in fact, who REALLY helped end the ruckus was Uatu the Watcher), but that was not his original purpose.

 

[Memphis Slim]

Doom's movie suit was pretty cool. Problem is, he wasn't no ****ing Doom, he was Elektro.

Doom had on green Leisure suit and slacks with a double belt!! And thought that was cool??? t: t: t:

 

[Crazy Venom]

Doom had on green Leisure suit and slacks with a double belt!! And thought that was cool??? t: t: t:

double belt??? I think it was the just the FF director making sure Julian didn't pull a Nip/Tuck and show us his ass again...... he's a saint for that

 

[3 Dev Adam]

So I guess everyone loves Miniskirt Doom.

 

[Vile]

Quote:
Originally Posted by IronMan_2005
this is how Galactus should look like

Okay. I give.
Explain to us why that looks horrible to you.
Please.

Because he's a hundred foot tall white dude wearing a blender for a helmet.

Not very impressive for one who supposedly is the scourge of the cosmos and devours planets.

Now, Godzilla-foe on the other hand...? Yes.

 

[gerbstat]

Because he's a hundred foot tall white dude wearing a blender for a helmet.

Not very impressive for one who supposedly is the scourge of the cosmos and devours planets.

Now, Godzilla-foe on the other hand...? Yes.

I don't know about you, but if I saw a hundred foot tall white dude wearing a blender for a helmet heading in my direction, I'd be outta there fast!

Gojira, on the other hand, probably wouldn't faze me...

 

[Vile]

Luckily for us, we dont have to worry about giant guys in pink or lizards.

...but the movies? I think a massive redesign is in order.

 

[wobbly]

Because he's a hundred foot tall white dude wearing a blender for a helmet.

Not very impressive for one who supposedly is the scourge of the cosmos and devours planets.

Now, Godzilla-foe on the other hand...? Yes.

God himself is traditionally portrayed as just a big old white guy in a toga with a long white beard, and he allegedly created everything.
Don't hear many complaints from the faithful that he isn't impressive

Seriously though, those designs from the in-game movies in Ulitmate Alliance are damn close to being what they should use for Galactus in a film and I think that would be very workable with any audience: It's imposing, intimidating and (imo) very impressive.

 

[Memphis Slim]

So I guess everyone loves Miniskirt Doom.

Yes.....

And it's not a skirt,,,,,,

 

[GoblinScrier]

I can't believe fans wouldn't want to see Dr. Doom in his full gear...why would you want to see a trench coat ala Matrix when you could have the regal cloak/cape that shows the majestic look of Doom....If you took the upper torso of McMahon's Doom in the first movie, then it looked great but it needs armor, not metallic skin, a cloak, not a coat, and despite the very cheap budget of Corman's '94 F4 film, I loved the look of Doom..he had Latveria, he had "Doom soldiers," and he hated Richards for a college rivalry....

 

[Matt]

I dunno, but when I think of the ending of this film, I think of the horribly cheesey ending of Mortal Kombat, where giant Shao Kahn pops out of nowhere and says something like "The world is mine!"

 

[Spider-Fan]

I dunno, but when I think of the ending of this film, I think of the horribly cheesey ending of Mortal Kombat, where giant Shao Kahn pops out of nowhere and says something like "The world is mine!"

I believe he said "I've come for your souls".

Like I said before, I just don't see them fleshing this story out into two parts. The movie will probably get to the Surfer's arrival very quickly (possibly the teaser will be pretty much the very beginning), and we will have a battle against Galactus at the end.

 

[Memphis Slim]

I can't believe fans wouldn't want to see Dr. Doom in his full gear...why would you want to see a trench coat ala Matrix when you could have the regal cloak/cape that shows the majestic look of Doom....If you took the upper torso of McMahon's Doom in the first movie, then it looked great but it needs armor, not metallic skin, a cloak, not a coat, and despite the very cheap budget of Corman's '94 F4 film, I loved the look of Doom..he had Latveria, he had "Doom soldiers," and he hated Richards for a college rivalry....

Exactly! I mean, this McMahon's Doom isn't even a science genious like Reed.

 

[Savage]

Really? I got the impression he was on par with both Sue and Reed. Just not as obsessed.