New article from Wizard Entertainment

[Kelly]

I have to admit that the thought of original Galactus on screen has me a bit leary. You've got to admit, he looks a bit dorky. He's got handles on his head for crying out loud. I guess we'll just have to wait for the next 5 months before we find out.

>^^<

After what they did to Doom last time.....I suggest they get Galactus as near the original....no matter how corny.....hey a green guy (that looked suspiciously like one of the villains off of the Power Rangers) did fine in Spidey I.....and a guy half octupus in Spidey 2.....and a guy made out of Sand in Spidey 3.........if they leave the pink and blue paint at home......the original will probably be just fine.......its what the fans of the comics want as a majority.....I suggest they go that way....

 

[Advanced Dark]

I'd rather just feel the presence of Galactus & hear him instead of seem some ridiculous looking doll like creature hanging there in an obvious blue screen environment. It'd be laughable. You dont' need to show everything to be so dramatic and that'll give time for tech to catch up to where they can show him maybe a few films down the road when Galactus runs out of planets suitable for him and he comes back to EArth.

 

[Inhuman63]

^^ I concur. I don't know if I actually want to see Galactus in all of his pink and purple glory on the big screen yet. If the story is worked correctly, Galactus can be menancing and never seen or never fully seen. I don't know. I don't even know how Galactus truly looks (based on John Byrne since Galactus looks like whatever your mind can comprehend). This is a real tough one. I hope Tim handles this correctly.

 

[Malus]

After what they did to Doom last time.....I suggest they get Galactus as near the original....no matter how corny.....hey a green guy (that looked suspiciously like one of the villains off of the Power Rangers) did fine in Spidey I.....and a guy half octupus in Spidey 2.....and a guy made out of Sand in Spidey 3.........if they leave the pink and blue paint at home......the original will probably be just fine.......its what the fans of the comics want as a majority.....I suggest they go that way....

Agreed.
Superhero comics are inherently corny and cheesy, period. It is only our excessive familiarity with certain characters and their appearances that make them seem less corny to us.

Consider: Superman's been running around with red underwear over his tights for almost 70 years.

Of course Galactus can be made menacing and mysterious and still resemble what the fans expect. It's all in the execution.

 

[Advanced Dark]

There's only so much corniness that will translate to the big screen in a good way. There's bad and good corn. The first Fantastic Four was good but the film itself was mediocre I think when you're marketing this to the entire World that a figure like Galactus is better left more of a myster than an overexposed purple giant. I think he'd be laughable. There's other ways to show him though with Military radar, through the eyes of galactus, in the reflection of the surfer, etc...I just don't want to see a wide shot of this thing floating in space or standing like Godzilla on the ground.

 

[Malus]

^^ I concur. I don't know if I actually want to see Galactus in all of his pink and purple glory on the big screen yet. If the story is worked correctly, Galactus can be menancing and never seen or never fully seen. I don't know. I don't even know how Galactus truly looks (based on John Byrne since Galactus looks like whatever your mind can comprehend). This is a real tough one. I hope Tim handles this correctly.

WHERE is the pink??

Any Galactus illustration with pink is off model, period.
Not saying there haven't been cases where it's happened. What I'm saying is that those colorists were off model. And with the old-style presses, it was far more common for a colorist's intent to differ greatly from the printed result. This Marvel's Greatest Comics cover is a good example of an almost pink-looking Galactus:

Obviously the colors and the placement of those colors on Galactus has changed (sometimes dramatically) from appearance to appearance, but pink has never been part of the equation, ever. It's been purple and blue, blue and purple, since FF #49.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Agreed.
Superhero comics are inherently corny and cheesy, period. It is only our excessive familiarity with certain characters and their appearances that make them seem less corny to us.

Consider: Superman's been running around with red underwear over his tights for almost 70 years.

Of course Galactus can be made menacing and mysterious and still resemble what the fans expect. It's all in the execution.

Nail on head.

I just dont buy into that whole "Galactus Is corny" arguement.

Seeing Galactus on top of the Baxter Building readying his machines is no more corny than last year's giant gorilla atop the Empire State building, swatting at bi-planes.

The world of Sci-Fi/Fantasy cinema is OVERFLOWING with all kinds of odd and unique characters, from the original Metropolis silent film, to Star Trek and Star Wars, all the way to the present.

If done CORRECTLY, and executed PROPERLY, Galactus will be no "cornier" or "goofier" than any other fantastic character before him.

Do it justice, Tim. Dont MAKE me come up there!

 

[Advanced Dark]

Oh come on. Could you imagine in a live action film how awful that scene above would look. If Fox and Story thought they could pull it off...they would. Maybe with better film f/x & tech in a few years they can do it right but now I just can't imagine it being good in a 130 million dollar film. 250 million maybe. Thor in that pic could just fly up his pants and hammer him in the nads. Gonadacus. Also comics are one thing while this film is aiming towards a much broader audience. Should Galactus look like a giant human with a human face anyways with white bleached teeth and a skirt. LOL Also the Kong comparison isn't good because we've all seen apes before and gorilla's. The suspension of disbelief is that on this Island they're much larger and after that everything else should fit into place. Of course it's fantasy but the whole look of Galactus reeks of disaster in a live action film. I'm happy as hell he's gonna be more of just a presence. That makes him even more ominous instead of a joke. I think showing glimpses of him in the Surfers reflection or as an object on a radar screen, etc...hearing his voice...that's fine.

 

[Hunter Rider]

The concept of corny should go out the window the minute you buy a ticket for a fantasy movie,the term alone tells you to let your imagination free and just go with the flow.

I mean sure if Galactus rocked up in the middle of Heat to take on De Niro and Pacino one would would raise an eyebrow but in a film that already contains 3 spandex clad ppl who can by turn,go invisible,stretch their limbs like rubber,cover themselves in flames along with a 4th made made of Rock who are chasing a silver man in their flying car a giant planet devouring God is no biggie on the acceptance meter


*Spiderfan430 converted met:

 

[Advanced Dark]

Of course but there's a line that should be drawn somewhere.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Oh come on. Could you imagine in a live action film how awful that scene above would look. If Fox and Story thought they could pull it off...they would. Maybe with better film f/x & tech in a few years they can do it right but now I just can't imagine it being good in a 130 million dollar film. 250 million maybe. Thor in that pic could just fly up his pants and hammer him in the nads. Gonadacus. Also comics are one thing while this film is aiming towards a much broader audience. Should Galactus look like a giant human with a human face anyways with white bleached teeth and a skirt. LOL Also the Kong comparison isn't good because we've all seen apes before and gorilla's. The suspension of disbelief is that on this Island they're much larger and after that everything else should fit into place. Of course it's fantasy but the whole look of Galactus reeks of disaster in a live action film. I'm happy as hell he's gonna be more of just a presence. That makes him even more ominous instead of a joke.

Well, no offense, but maybe the FF just aint your "thing".

And the Kong referece is spot on. Sure, we've all seen gorillas. But not GIANT gorillas.

At least I havent.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Of course but there's a line that should be drawn somewhere.

Why ? why should we have to draw a line on imagination ? if Lucas had done that we wouldn't even have any of these movies

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Why ? why should we have to draw a line on imagination ? if Lucas had done that we wouldn't even have any of these movies

Bingo.

It was Fox's LACK of imagination that gave us that horrendous, watered down version of Dr. Doom.

If they try and pull any of that nonsense this time around, it might end up costing them severely.

 

[Malus]

Oh come on. Could you imagine in a live action film how awful that scene above would look. If Fox and Story thought they could pull it off...they would. Maybe with better film f/x & tech in a few years they can do it right but now I just can't imagine it being good in a 130 million dollar film. 250 million maybe. Thor in that pic could just fly up his pants and hammer him in the nads. Gonadacus. Also comics are one thing while this film is aiming towards a much broader audience. Should Galactus look like a giant human with a human face anyways with white bleached teeth and a skirt. LOL Also the Kong comparison isn't good because we've all seen apes before and gorilla's. The suspension of disbelief is that on this Island they're much larger and after that everything else should fit into place. Of course it's fantasy but the whole look of Galactus reeks of disaster in a live action film. I'm happy as hell he's gonna be more of just a presence. That makes him even more ominous instead of a joke. I think showing glimpses of him in the Surfers reflection or as an object on a radar screen, etc...hearing his voice...that's fine.

I don't want any of the above scenes translated literally.
I was referring specifically to the colors throughout the years.
I think Galactus should be kept mysterious, bathed in light and crackling energy, so much that humans would avert their eyes.
And I agree that pulling off a face-to-shin confrontation with Galactus on Earth would likely be impossible to pull off.
But what they do show should as faithful as possible to what Lee & Kirby created 45 years ago as, or in my opinion it's NOT Galactus.
You can change how you present him, but you can't change the basic elements or it's simply not the same character.

 

[Malus]

Here's another scene they probably shouldn't try to pull off.
Again, note the lack of pink:

 

[TheShadowCat]

I think I've made creamed corn.

>^^<

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

After what they did to Doom last time.....I suggest they get Galactus as near the original....no matter how corny.....hey a green guy (that looked suspiciously like one of the villains off of the Power Rangers) did fine in Spidey I.....and a guy half octupus in Spidey 2.....and a guy made out of Sand in Spidey 3.........if they leave the pink and blue paint at home......the original will probably be just fine.......its what the fans of the comics want as a majority.....I suggest they go that way....

Agreed.

I would think after butchering so many classic characters in favor of Marvel's "Ultimate" distinction that the powers-that-be would learn by now that the majority of the fanbase really cleaves to the 616 versions still. They may "try" to make the characters more "cool", "worldly" and dumbed down but in the end people think the effect comes off corny anyway. So if they're going to be cheesy--why not let the cheese factor come from the original source and everyone can be happy?

LOL at "Mega-Maid" though. Heh. That's furny.

 

[VICTORVONDOOMX]

I find it amazing that some of the folks I have the most respect for here can look at the same interview which gives me chills (in a bad way) and say it's amazingly good news.

These clowns are going to butcher this.

 

[Advanced Dark]

It's not butchering the character at all and it's also not straying from the source if we feel his presence and know he's there and get glimpses of him...but don't see him in full form. The budget is only 130 million if that and if they can be effective this way I'm very happy and I realize there is a certain amount of cheese in these films but Galactus is probably too difficult to translate by showing him in full form...in a way that would be awesome...right now anyways. The point is the SS if some mystery alien to the Earth and he's been sent here to set up our planet for destruction. Maybe that girl (forget her name now) will sacrifice herself as well to become a Herald in turn to stop Galactus from destroying the Earth. Damn I forgot her name that newscaster is playing her.

 

[TheShadowCat]

Frankie Raye played by Beau Garrett.

>^^<

 

[highguard]

why are they even playing with us (payne that is), Story should understand the deal after doom. Just go with the classic Galactus.

And be done with it

 

[Advanced Dark]

I think to really make Galactus right how the fans would all want him and to be able to fully see him in all his glory it'd have to be an all CGI film something like what Cameron is doing w/Avatar.

 

[Rac]

No fysical Galactus? Or wtf he's talking about some force?

 

[Ahura Mazda]

I think cackling energy that coalecses into a face would look really good. The guy is nigh ominpotent, why should it be difficult for him to appear to us anyway he wanted to.

And I have to agree that believeability should not be too great of an issue given that people realise that it is all fantasy.

 

[Kelly]

Agreed.
Superhero comics are inherently corny and cheesy, period. It is only our excessive familiarity with certain characters and their appearances that make them seem less corny to us.

Consider: Superman's been running around with red underwear over his tights for almost 70 years.

Of course Galactus can be made menacing and mysterious and still resemble what the fans expect. It's all in the execution.

I agree with all that you've said.....the problem is.......the money made on the first movie is not from the comic geekdom (if anything....in my humble opinion....they did more to hurt the film than help its success)....its from the average moviegoer.....the average moviegoer, to my knowledge, has no clue who Galactus is.....I didn't until a couple of years ago.....and I actually knew quite a bit about the Fantastic Four from the cartoon.....but I really didn't know many of their villains other than Doom, Malice and the Frightful Four.....I think there is a way to merge the old with the new.....and make it work......I do not want a total original Galactus...but I do think there is a way to merge the two....and hopefully Fox has figured that out.....