Fantastic Four reboot

[FatHotei]

The tone is so dour and pretentious. Trank is calling this "hard scifi" in interviews. Ug, what a mess. This is will another overly-serious piece of tripe like Ang Lee's Hulk. Fauxtastic.

I can't help but feel that the serious tone is gonna be hard to maintain the first time Mr. Fantastic does his stretchy thing. Let's hope it doesn't try to be something it's not. I'm looking at you Man of Steel...

But honestly, after the rumors about the state of this new Fantastic 4, between reshoots and Trank's blow-ups on set I'm just happy to see a trailer. The actors are quality, and Chronicle is probably the closest to a live action DBZ we'll get so I'm interested to see it.

 

[DFanatic]

Lol, what a turd. I like how they copy and pasted half the trailer for Interstellar. Car driving in dusty road next to a field, some clips of scientific stuff, nature scenes, narrator talking about the future of the human race.... it's all there. In fact, looks like they are trying to copy as much from Nolan as possible. Man, it really is a shame and it hurts to see the Marvel logo on this thing.

Btw, they should have lead in with "the studio that brought you X-men Origins - Wolverine". That would have prepared people better for what they are about to watch.

 

[Sachiel]

Looks fantastic.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

It's not a bad trailer, but if this is the tone of the film, then I'm not feeling it. It's too serious, it lacks color, and the lack of sense of humor doesn't help. It might work for Nolan and Batman because of the source material, but when I think of the F4, dark and serious is not what I have in mind. Maybe a few years ago this film could've worked, but I think most people want something "fantastic" and colorful, like the Disney/Marvel films, and F4 fits perfectly in the Disney/Marvel MCU.

 

[DFanatic]

Like the previously mentioned movies, it's not something I'll spend $ money on in theaters to see, but will eventually catch it on-demand or something......or wait for it to hit the bargain bin.

I'll definitely see it, but not until it's released on HBO.

Yeah, you guys are right... I'll wait until this is on TV. Should hit Bravo or TNT in less than an years time.

 

[RIDDICK]

two mediocre movies that under performed at the box office.

Marvel having the license back does not automatically equate into a good or successful movie.

Points ruined by these meaningless statements.
There are tons of successful atrocities and unlucky goodies.

 

[Khev]

Just looks like a random mutant film set in the Singerverse. Could have easily been X-Men: Origins 2. Bunch of young people in black suits, change is coming, get ready for what's coming, bla bla bla. Been there done that.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I always wondered what The Thing looked like naked....and now, we all know.

 

[karamazov80]

. . .FOX took a gamble and hired a young director to try a different tact that would target the YA and international market as opposed to the vocal fanboys/fangirls that make up less than 1/10 of 1%. . .The classic FF may well be too outdated for today's marketplace.

Well here's the thing, and this has been my perspective since we first got inklings of what they were going for here--yes, they may be trying to appeal to a different demographic here. And yes, it's very possible the movie will be good, on its own merits. But if they're going to **** on the source material, and in fact, if they believe that the FF is outdated for today's marketplace, then why hold onto the franchise name at all? Because they hope to capture the interest from Joe Moviegoer who has a very vague and not well defined idea of what the FF are--the 99.9% of the potential audience as you understand it? At that point, why? Why not just scrap the franchise name, and just do Chronicle 2 as they apparently want to?

The reason the FF were as important and popular as they were once upon a time, and the reason they connect with comic fans, is because of the tone, the relationships, the wonder and excitement, and the fun that Lee/Kirby and later John Byrne represented so brilliantly. You lose that, and again, I have to wonder why. At least in the case of Man of Steel, I understand that they just wanted to retain the superficial similarities for the purpose of capitalizing on name recognition. Superman is the most important comic book character there is, and the most iconic (even if his popularity doesn't match Batman anymore). But as you point out, FF isn't a standard household name. And it isn't where it was in the '60s, when it was the premier comic book of Marvel.

I personally think it's bull**** to argue that there's no longer a place for fun comic movies, and I think Marvel Studios proves that again and again. So that argument doesn't hold water to me anyway. But I guess there are some execs out there who don't pay attention.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Underwhelming IMO. It has a sci-fi movie feel but it doesn't feel or look like a Fantastic Four movie.

 

[RIDDICK]

Lol, what a turd. I like how they copy and pasted half the trailer for Interstellar. Car driving in dusty road next to a field, some clips of scientific stuff, nature scenes, narrator talking about the future of the human race.... it's all there. In fact, looks like they are trying to copy as much from Nolan as possible.

It's also funny because Interstellar's trailer was as original as the flatulence humor.

Just looks like a random mutant film set in the Singerverse. Could have easily been X-Men: Origins 2. Bunch of young people in black suits, change is coming, get ready for what's coming, bla bla bla. Been there done that.

yes, they may be trying to appeal to a different demographic here.

 

[Morgul Matt]

The reason that I like the other 2 Fantastic Four films is because they strayed from the norm & were actually very light-hearted & fun with upbeat characters. For me, they were a welcome break from the grim & depressing Nolan Batman, X-Men, Man of Steel kind of movies that take something so ludicrously silly as the scenarios in the comic books & try to make them as gritty & real as an episode of The Wire.

But I appreciate that they weren't hits either commercially or critically. So I guess that this version of Fantastic Four was inevitable. The trailer was as grim as I expected it to be, sadly.

 

[karamazov80]

Yeah, I think the general approach to the previous FF films was spot on. The problem there is that they were badly written and unfunny (and some of the casting was questionable). It's interesting that I can imagine the complete opposite here--films that totally miss the tone, but are well written and half-way decent.

 

[filip629]

Pretty much what I expected. Don't care for the cast and nothing about the trailer excites me.

 

[nexus]

I really don't get all the continued seething. It's in the can and will be released in the theater. The rest is up to the moviegoing audience. At the end of the day, good bad or indifferent this is just a movie. It's not the vision I'd hoped to see, but then again I'm not investing $100M-$200M into it. The most I'll plop down is $20-$30. I did it for the other two, and felt that while they weren't great they were serviceable enough.

I know folks are passionate about the source material. It's not just the comic fans, who get a bad rap. Apparently the soccer moms hooked on Shades of Grey were ready to draw and quarter whoever was responsible for casting Charlie Hunnan. But once the movie is out there the only option left is go or don't go. I'm probably going to go, and hope for the best.

 

[Entropy]

Lol, what a turd. I like how they copy and pasted half the trailer for Interstellar. Car driving in dusty road next to a field, some clips of scientific stuff, nature scenes, narrator talking about the future of the human race.... it's all there. In fact, looks like they are trying to copy as much from Nolan as possible. Man, it really is a shame and it hurts to see the Marvel logo on this thing.

Btw, they should have lead in with "the studio that brought you X-men Origins - Wolverine". That would have prepared people better for what they are about to watch.

Yup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_AE4GMaeH4&feature=share

Turdtastic.

 

[karamazov80]

Herbie will be a close cousin of HAL-9000

 

[cokebabies]

So with naked Thing, are they teasing some Thundergun Express dong-hanging in the actual movie?

 

[karamazov80]

Cronenberg would probably have him use his dong as a deadly weapon, so I hope Trank is thinking this through.

 

[Khev]

Ugh, just realized that Reed Richards was in Divergent. I had free HBO for a weekend a couple weeks back and watched it. I thought he sucked in that movie.