This story may have been posted here back in May (it's dated May 10th) but I didn't recall it. It's an interview with
FF2 screenwriter
Don Payne at
Cinematical.com:
http://www.cinematical.com/2006/05/10/cinematical-interview-with-super-ex-girlfriend-scribe-don-payne/
An excerpt:
Cinematical: Are you a big fan of old-school comic books / modern-day superhero flicks?
Don Payne: Yes and yes. I grew up on Marvel Comics.
Fantastic Four,
Spider-Man,
Captain America,
The Avengers,
The Invaders,
The Inhumans,
The Hulk,
X-Men. I could go on... I know it sounds goofy, but those characters helped form the person I grew up to be. I think any real fan knows what I'm talking about. One of the reasons I wanted to do
Fantastic Four 2 was because I wanted to take my son to the premiere.
Cinematical: Critical and fan response to the first
Fantastic Four was ... mild, yet the flick was one of last summer's biggest hits. How tough is it to write an adaptation of a really beloved super-team? What steps do you take to ensure that a sequel's an improvement?
Payne: I think you take a look at what worked and what didn't work, and you go from there. Certainly it's impossible to take something that's so beloved by millions of hardcore fans and make something which is going to please everyone. The nation of geeks (of which I'm a proud citizen) can be a little negative out of the gate, to say the least. But I'm trying to write the
Fantastic Four movie I would like to see. I'm hoping my brethren will feel the same way when all is said and done.
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