Fantastic Four (2015) [Archive]

mitchables

11-12-2013, 09:03 PM

huh. there's gonna be an assassin's creed movie. i was not aware of that.

dunno, already don't really care about the FF reboot. if it's good, awesome, but honestly i never really loved the fantastic four anyway. like i get their appeal and understand their importance but... ehh.

Vastardikai

11-12-2013, 10:05 PM

mitchables

11-12-2013, 10:49 PM

http://mimg.ugo.com/201102/8/5/8/172858/cuts/professor-impossible-final_480_poster.jpg

if only this happened to reed

slik

11-13-2013, 12:48 AM

I heard they might go a more 'comedic tone' (think Rebel Wilson as the invisible woman and Jonah Hill as the thing)

SlickyTrickyDamon

11-13-2013, 01:25 AM

I heard they might go a more 'comedic tone' (think Rebel Wilson as the invisible woman and Jonah Hill as the thing)

It's not the Fat-tastic four Slik.

Blonde Moment

11-13-2013, 06:45 AM

They are going to have their work cut out for them to get this right

Krimzon7

11-13-2013, 07:19 AM

I wonder how did people feel about Iron Man when it was announced? Just don't remember.

The Destroyer

11-13-2013, 11:28 AM

All I remember is that some people were really down on RDJ as Stark. The fools.

DaveBrawl

11-13-2013, 01:12 PM

It's not the Fat-tastic four Slik.
Artie Lange for Mr. Fantastic.

Kane Knight

11-13-2013, 01:21 PM

I want to see a well done Dr. Doom. As in, he's clearly evil, but show how he is actually a good ruler and cares about his people.

But seriously, FUCK Reed Richards. I think the only "heroic" character that is more unlikeable than he is would be Cyclops.

Ant Man?

I hate Hank Pym.

I would like to see Doom as a charismatic despot though. Bonus points if the actor playing Doom can make Doom look badass while Doom refers to Doomself as Doom in the third Doomson.

I'm surprised there's no further news on the cast. The Michael B Jordan rumour is almost a year old now, with nothing to really confirm or supersede it. Granted, moving the date may be related to that....

It's also a shame Fox still has the FF rights because I'd love to see a persistent Doom show up in an Avengers or Avengers tie-in movie.

I heard they might go a more 'comedic tone' (think Rebel Wilson as the invisible woman and Jonah Hill as the thing)

Thank God your sources are 95% inaccurate.

All I remember is that some people were really down on RDJ as Stark. The fools.

It's really weird because Downey pretty much was the Tony Stark character minus the ability to build incredible devices from scraps in a terrorist hideout.

Tom Guycott

11-13-2013, 09:24 PM

I want to see a well done Dr. Doom. As in, he's clearly evil, but show how he is actually a good ruler and cares about his people.

But seriously, FUCK Reed Richards. I think the only "heroic" character that is more unlikeable than he is would be Cyclops.

Ehh. Arguable. I mean placing Cyke above Reed on the unlikability scale. They're both still asshats, though.

As for Doom, the Twisted Toyfare Theatre version of him would be awesome. Especially if they are ging for laughs. "I shall launch the Baxter Building into space! (again) Yes, this pleases Doom! Suck it, Richards!"

slik

02-20-2014, 01:53 AM

F4 cast announced...

Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm
Kate Mara as Sue Storm
Miles Teller as Reed Richards
Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/fox-chooses-fantastic-four-reboot-681868

Fignuts

02-20-2014, 02:03 AM

The previous movies weren't very good, but Bell and Jordan still have some big shoes to fill.

Evans and Chiklis did an amazing job, and made the movie fun for me despite all it's other flaws.

Blitz

02-20-2014, 02:16 AM

Not one of those actors screams their role to me (But Jordan did something of a super turned down Johnny in Chronicle kind of), but there's a lot of talent there. I'm curious.

Innovator

02-20-2014, 08:34 AM

You had me at Kara Mara

Sixx

02-20-2014, 08:44 AM

So how are Sue and Johnny siblings here?

Blonde Moment

02-20-2014, 09:28 AM

So how are Sue and Johnny siblings here?

Well I think the assumption is that it was an interracial marriage, at least that is the response some are getting for the casting choice. Personally I don't like the choices,

If people want diverse heroes then the companies need to make new heroes that youth can identify with rather then change the current ones. I read some forums and see people wanting so and so be gay and so and so changed to Black or Hispanic or whatever and I want to go "You stupid Mother fuckers why don't you support the minority heroes they did give titles to or added to groups, hell DC comics added an all Black line that pretty much disappeared due to lack of interest.

Kalyx triaD

02-20-2014, 03:16 PM

I don't think this is for diversity; the director's just down with Jordan.

Damian Rey

02-20-2014, 05:09 PM

You had me at Kara Mara

:heart:

Kalyx triaD

05-08-2014, 06:18 PM

Johnny and Sue's father is black, meaning at least sibling in laws or Sue being adopted.

slik

07-18-2014, 09:46 PM

In an interview with MTV.com, upcoming Human Torch – Michael B. Jordan is talking about the new Fantastic Four movie.

"Josh’s vision is very clear and he knows exactly what he wants, and he gives us room to adapt and to play. That’s what I kind of think sets us apart, is that this is going to be grounded and unconventional.

It’s not your typical superhero film, you know, we aren’t looking at this as like, being superheroes. We’re more or less a bunch of kids that had an accident and we have disabilities now that we have to cope with, and try to find a life afterwards – try to be as normal as we can."

- BleedingCool.com

Just like X-Men...

Kalyx triaD

07-19-2014, 02:07 AM

I wouldn't say that's like X-Men.

slik

07-21-2014, 03:23 AM

I wouldn't say that's like the Fantastic Four either.

Kalyx triaD

07-21-2014, 02:30 PM

I'm not a huge fan or anything so however they wanna remix it is fine by me. Sadly, this does mean another version of Doom that will not be like what he is in the comics.

Kalyx triaD

01-27-2015, 05:35 AM

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--hUDKwEWS--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/ccvajktdy5vkbizya8gy.jpg

lol

Rammsteinmad

01-27-2015, 10:34 AM

Rammsteinmad

01-27-2015, 10:35 AM

Trailer doesn't really reveal too much, but it certainly doesn't look as god-awful as a lot of people have said it'll be.

JimmyMess

01-27-2015, 11:01 AM

kewl trailer. don't care much for the FF, but it was kewl.

Lock Jaw

01-27-2015, 01:27 PM

Kalyx triaD

01-27-2015, 04:06 PM

Exactly, seemed like some other interesting thing.

KIRA

01-28-2015, 04:54 AM

A lot of people don't really seem interested in this film or are convinced it's gonna suck.

Kalyx triaD

01-28-2015, 07:22 AM

I'm certainly not saying the trailer put FF on people's radar all over, just that by avoiding nearly every cliche of superhero movie trailers it is at the very least interesting in a way. Lock Jaw pointed this in the direction of oldschool sci-fi pulp comics. The official summary also reveals that they do get their abilities by traveling across dimensions rather than space. This is crazy sci-fi shit.

There may be some strategy to being a decent sci-fi movie rather than a bad superhero movie, but we don't know that they can pull at least that off. What's important is there's no way Doom is going to be done service for the third movie in a row.

Kris P Lettus

01-28-2015, 10:47 AM

They are doing reshoots ATM in Baton Rouge.

Rammsteinmad

01-28-2015, 11:49 AM

The trailer doesn't seem that amazing to me, but I'm not totally disgusted at the idea of this film existing like so many others are.

I like the other two FF movies, and will give this one a chance. I'm interested that they've made changes to this movie, so that at least it's not completely like the comics or the past two films.

Simple Fan

01-28-2015, 03:29 PM

This is not the Fantastic Four.

Rammsteinmad

01-28-2015, 04:16 PM

Why? Coz Ben Grimm is black?

01-28-2015, 05:39 PM

The black guy is Johnny Storm.

Rammsteinmad

01-28-2015, 06:30 PM

Whoops, yeah just re-watched it. My mistake.

So, to correct myself...

Why? Coz Johnny Storm is black?

Blonde Moment

01-28-2015, 07:32 PM

Iconoclasm

01-29-2015, 10:56 PM

Hmmmm... the "tone" of this thing so far.... I dunno... it seems like it could have been a "decent movie" if it were just about four people, and not a Fantastic Four movie.

Maybe a Challengers of the Unknown movie.

I dunno, not really enough to judge. The effects look cool, but so does every superhero movie this day and age.

As far as the tone goes, the Fantastic Four movie SHOULD be something different from a superhero movie, and more like stuff like challengers of the unknown.

The whole basis of FF is that it combines old serial sci-fi stuff with comic book super heroes. So in that regard, it looks like they're doing alright.

Have never completely given up on this film despite the foreboding updates. Mainly because my love of Doom makes me want them to succeed with this.

The trailer has given me a faint bit of hope but it doesn't show much (doesn't show anything of hacker doom) so still on the fence here.

Frank Drebin

04-02-2015, 07:46 AM

http://i2.wp.com/www.heyuguys.com/images/2015/01/FF-11.jpg?resize=1348%2C564

http://collegeage.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/mass-effect-3-ending.jpg

Sixx

04-02-2015, 07:51 AM

The Thing's got no panties?

Kalyx triaD

04-02-2015, 04:53 PM

Pillar of light visual has been used in sci-fi movies yes.

Kalyx triaD

04-09-2015, 12:55 PM

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/mzx0ik6rarrqcpokaiaa.jpg

loopydate

04-09-2015, 01:19 PM

Clayface?

Rammsteinmad

04-09-2015, 04:37 PM

Holy shit that's scary.

Lock Jaw

04-19-2015, 02:35 PM

Lock Jaw

04-19-2015, 02:37 PM

I've never seen the two other Fantastic Four movies, but I may just go out to the theater to watch this one.

Fignuts

04-19-2015, 03:33 PM

Definitely a more serious tone than the last two, but not too serious either.

Still can't really tell if it will be good or not.

Rammsteinmad

04-19-2015, 05:39 PM

This looks like it could be a great movie if people don't compare it too much to the source material.

Thing looks terrifying. In a good way.

Kalyx triaD

05-22-2015, 01:56 PM

http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2015/05/fan4-2.jpg

Evil Vito

05-23-2015, 11:00 AM

<font color=goldenrod>Michael B. Jordan recently fired back at some of the basement-dwelling morons saying he has no business playing Johnny Storm because he's black. Because clearly Marvel universes can never be open to creative interpretation. Dude is a good actor, really happy with this cast.

Pumped for this movie. Thing looks completely badass.</font>

Miotch

08-06-2015, 01:52 PM

Saw a screening last night.

It's pretty terrible.

Damian Rey

08-06-2015, 01:58 PM

It is being critically murdered right now. May be the worst comic book movie of all time. Rotten tomatoes currently lists it at 8%. Oof.

El Vaquero de Infierno

08-06-2015, 02:09 PM

Crikey, and there was me thinking I might go to see it (primarily to get my sugar-hit via popcorn) on Saturday. I may have to wait until next weekend when Man from U.N.C.L.E. comes out, to get my sugar fix.

Miotch

08-06-2015, 02:10 PM

It's not the worst comic book movie of all time.

But it feels like it's 3 hours long and the third act is about 10 minutes.

The writing is also especially poor.

Kalyx triaD

08-06-2015, 02:31 PM

Cut the deal, Fox. I expect the Baxter Building a few blocks away from Stark Tower by Phase 4.

drave

08-06-2015, 02:48 PM

Didn't they make a Fantastic Four movie a few years back? Why again?

Kalyx triaD

08-06-2015, 02:49 PM

Same as Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, etc. It just happens that way.

drave

08-06-2015, 03:06 PM

Seems dumb.

drave

08-06-2015, 03:06 PM

And is also shit, apparently.

Kalyx triaD

08-06-2015, 03:14 PM

Stories are told and retold. This will be true for comic movies probably for the foreseeable future.

Miotch

08-06-2015, 03:18 PM

Didn't they make a Fantastic Four movie a few years back? Why again?
For dollars. And to not lose rights.

Emperor Smeat

08-06-2015, 05:40 PM

Didn't they make a Fantastic Four movie a few years back? Why again?

Wanted to reboot the series like they did recently for the X-Men series after a while. Also have a deal similar to what Sony had with Spiderman requiring them to make films on a constant basis to keep the license regardless if they were any good or needed at the time.

Damian Rey

08-06-2015, 06:00 PM

I feel bad for fans. I know the Fantastic Four are beloved but in three, well, four counting the unreleased film, but in four tries they haven't gotten it right. Sucks really. I was hoping it'd be decent.

Sixx

08-06-2015, 06:03 PM

Of all the comic book teams they could fuck up, I'm glad it's FF as I find them shitty and boring as fuck.

Fignuts

08-06-2015, 06:54 PM

I've never been a big fan either. I did read Future Foundation, and enjoyed that but stopped when they started requiring you toread Fantastic Four to follow the story.

alvarado52

08-06-2015, 07:05 PM

Eeeeehhhh.....never really cared for the FF. Always felt they were better as supporting characters.

Their villians on the other hand...those are the real stars.

Miotch

08-06-2015, 07:16 PM

On that note (major spoiler ahead)

The fight Dr. Doom for all of 10 minutes and he gets fucking vaporized into nothing at the end. They couldn't even do that right.

SlickyTrickyDamon

08-06-2015, 07:49 PM

<img style="-webkit-user-select: none; ████████ zoom-in;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NT45O1ftQCk/UaarRF5sG2I/AAAAAAAAAwc/bv_Iow7LPyk/s1600/Arrested+Development+Fantastic+Four2.jpg" width="1352" height="845">

Still a more believable Thing. It's Clobbering Time.

Lock Jaw

08-06-2015, 07:57 PM

Too bad the reviews seem terrible... Was mildly looking forward to this... Not because it seemed like any Fantastic Four I know, but because if I divorced it from everything it is "supposed" to be, it looked like it could have been a "cool" sci-fi movie.

alvarado52

08-06-2015, 08:19 PM

I know Doom is the baddy in this flick, but I am extremely bummed that, with all the planet traveling, they didnt go with Super Skrull

Fignuts

08-06-2015, 09:56 PM

I would have preferred someone new like Annihilus

Kalyx triaD

08-07-2015, 04:56 AM

https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/11800068_1114708478542847_1069707511571750460_n.jpg?oh=793ba4d5670f51ff582535b7d404a76e&oe=563677AF

Shots.

Fucking.

Fired.

Damian Rey

08-07-2015, 01:49 PM

He immediately deleted that tweet. Wonder what will come of it though. I'd be interested to hear his version.

Sixx

08-08-2015, 12:33 PM

FF completely tanking @ the box office.

https://www.zalando.pl/anna-field-sandaly-black-an611l00w-q11.html?size=36

08-08-2015, 12:57 PM

This movie was horrible. I almost left.

slik

08-08-2015, 01:47 PM

FF completely tanking @ the box office.

https://www.zalando.pl/anna-field-sandaly-black-an611l00w-q11.html?size=36

that is a nice looking shoe

Sixx

08-08-2015, 01:50 PM

that is a nice looking shoe

Accidentally pasted the link my gf bookmarked on my computer and asked me to send her through facebook.

Not editing it, because it is a beautiful shoe.

slik

08-08-2015, 01:51 PM

the shoe is probably better than the Fantastic Four movie, tbh

Sixx

08-08-2015, 01:55 PM

the shoe is probably better than the Fantastic Four movie, tbh

Guess I'd rather watch this shoe for 2 hours.

mitch_h

08-08-2015, 03:35 PM

I think these reboots are shit and that general audiences have less patience for them than say Kalyx, but they would at least be bearable if we didn't have to go over the characters origins every time. Like in the Incredibles (who were original characters) they didn't spend half the movie going over each characters origin, it was covered in like five minutes of newsreel footage, yet every eight years we have to spend a third of a movie watching Spider-man get bitten by a fucking spider and see his uncle die.

Triple A

08-08-2015, 03:56 PM

08-08-2015, 04:03 PM

Fucking horrible.

loopydate

08-08-2015, 04:10 PM

How come this comic book movie sequel / reboot is "effing horrible" but every other one seems to be "beloved"... genuinely curious... is the movie actually really horrible or are a lot of people jumping on the "this movie sucks" meme train...

Everything I've read (including a tweet by the director himself that was quickly deleted) says it's just a bad movie. Poorly paced, badly edited, horribly written. The initial trailers were all pretty bad, so I've been avoiding it, but it sounds like the critics and the fans agree that this is just a bad movie that had potential to be a good one, except they made a wrong step each time they had to make a decision (although I, for one, really like all the actors they cast).

Emperor Smeat

08-08-2015, 08:20 PM

Can't remember the name of the other film was but seems like this is the second time in recent months that the "public won't see my version of the film" excuse has been used for a bad film.

How come this comic book movie sequel / reboot is "effing horrible" but every other one seems to be "beloved"... genuinely curious... is the movie actually really horrible or are a lot of people jumping on the "this movie sucks" meme train...
Whole film series itself has struggled trying to be popular with the public. Biggest problem seems to be nobody knows how to adapt the comics into a good enough film without something screwing up big time.

Ruien

08-08-2015, 09:05 PM

Loved the first film with Jessica Alba in it.

slik

08-08-2015, 09:12 PM

How come this comic book movie sequel / reboot is "effing horrible" but every other one seems to be "beloved"... genuinely curious... is the movie actually really horrible or are a lot of people jumping on the "this movie sucks" meme train...

I really want to see it. I love bad movies.

This one had bad mojo before it was ever released. Lots of rumors on-set DRAMA, FOX refused to release promo shots or images until a few months before the film was released (we've already seen photos/trailers for superhero films coming out next year by comparison...including Fox's Deadpool). From what I've read the beginning of the movie is kind of good, then the middle part is badly written and super boring and then the big finale and fight with the bad guy is ten-minutes long and has bad CGI.

Droford

08-09-2015, 11:28 PM

It seems odd to me with comic books that there's lots of source material for new original movies in every franchise and yet they seem to want to just go back and start from the beginning every kind of like..cycle.

Droford

08-09-2015, 11:35 PM

It is being critically murdered right now. May be the worst comic book movie of all time. Rotten tomatoes currently lists it at 8%. Oof.

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17kwqagu8p7tygif/original.gif

Even worse than that huh? Lol

SlickyTrickyDamon

08-10-2015, 02:17 AM

Yeah, that one was thrown together at the 11th hour to keep the license. This one was made for 111 million dollars. Not that much in today's standards so they might make alot of that back.

There's already a sequel scheduled. Well... probably not anymore.

SlickyTrickyDamon

08-10-2015, 02:19 AM

Wooo trainwreck has racked in 91 million so far. Good for Amy Shumer.

Kalyx triaD

08-10-2015, 05:43 AM

Fox is confirming, all of a sudden, that this is NOT in the same universe as X-Men. A few weeks ago everybody at Fox was giggly about a potential merging, not now. There will not be a sequel, I'm thinking.

Too bad, it was mostly well cast and the director's legit.

Sixx

08-10-2015, 05:56 AM

The cast blows imo and I'm not even talking about black Johnny Storm.

Rammsteinmad

08-10-2015, 10:06 AM

I'm still gonna see it. Been a life-long Marvel fan, and for the most part love all their movies (I liked the 2005 and 2007 FF movies).

Fignuts

08-10-2015, 07:25 PM

Those movies weren't even that bad. Doom and Susan were bad, but Johnny, The Thing, and Silver Surfer were great.

Not saying they were great but they get shit on more than they deserve.

Rammsteinmad

08-11-2015, 03:33 AM

Definitely. Obviously they're nowhere near as good as Avengers, Dark Knight etc... but they're not awful. I didn't even mind Galactus seeing as I think a giant man with a purple helmet with hook sticking out of it would have looked ridiculous. But nah those films are alright for what they are.

Seeing this film in about two hours, I'm still excited. I'll make my own judgments of it.

Rammsteinmad

08-11-2015, 09:37 AM

Well, I'm back. I thought it was alright. Nothing amazing, but nowhere near as bad as the universal panning it's getting makes it out to be. The CGI is pretty basic, and Human Torch does look fairly naff, but overall I enjoyed it. "Dr. Doom" was a fucking monster, and I somewhat understand his reasons for being how he is, but the fight at the end is overall pretty lackluster.

I wouldn't be against a sequel, but please please please no more Dr. Doom. Let's get a different villain!

If I had to compare it to the original two movies, I'd probably go with the first two because the chemistry between the cast ie. the banter between the characters was a lot more fun. But this film is like the Amazing Spider-Man was to the Sam Raimi movies, same story, but told completely differently.

slik

08-11-2015, 10:15 AM

what should the sequel be about, the mole man or the galactus cloud

Sixx

08-11-2015, 10:28 AM

How bout a Lifetime movie?

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/40/1892604-reed_575.png

I'd watch the shit outta that.

Damian Rey

08-11-2015, 11:08 AM

Lmao never knew those panels existed.

Think the original F4 gets crapped on because they were purposely mediocre movies made to appeal to young children in an attempt to shill merchandise, and it worked.

Never saw Silver Surfer but the first one wasn't God awful. It was an at least competent movie.