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Fantastic Four Teaser Trailer
Brian Renner writes "20th Century Fox will debut the teaser trailer for Fantastic Four , on January 14th, before theatrical screenings of Elektra. Only moviegoers attending Elektra showings will get this first look at Fox's epic incarnation of Marvel's first family of comic superheroes."
clobbering time!
Scenario A) People who want to see the trailer will force themselves to go see Elektra, which they had no interest in before, only because Fox is so desperate to make some money on Elektra that they would go so far as to try to deny the power of the internet.
Scenario B) There will be a torrent posted here in 3...2...1...Who knows, we might end up with a torrent to the entire movie here before it has even been completed. Thus is the power of the internet.
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Funy thing with the FF. I spent 6 Years thinking the Thing was black ontil I read a flashback isue that showed his original apearance.
Just something to look out for in the movie.
Another thing. Spiderman was the best Chemis in the Marvel Universe. By giving him biological webs the movie made him average. Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic) is the best phisicist and 3rd best enginear (Behind IronMan and Dr. Doom).
Will they ignore his technological inovations and render him just a luky geak? Or worse, will they pull off a Hulk and drag his forgoten parents into it with prenatal genetic enginearing?
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I find it inexplicable that movie producers don't let their trailers out into the wild of the Internets. If you want to put movie trailers on your website, you have to go through this incredible rigmarole - in Australia you have to purchase a license from APRA (the Australian Performing Rights Associaton), and then obtain permission from the owner/distributor of the movie to make their trailers available (legally).
When you consider that these things are essentially glorified ads, then it is somewhat irksome.
(i don't think Daredevil did well in Europe either, did it?)
Don't think that it did so well in Europe, it is not that here wouldn't be any fans, but who would like to see a crappy movie.
Horrid Spelling errors aside, you've got a point.
...Parker is very quickly bitten by a genetically enhanced spider. (Updating the original comic book, in which it's a radioactive spider. Wouldn't that be funny now? SCENE ONE - Peter is bitten by radioactive spider. SCENE TWO - Peter dies from radiation poisoning. THE END)"
There's always some modernization that happens when a movie is released. People now know much more about what is possible. A movie critic elucidats the point rather nicely.
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But, no matter how faithful a movie stays to its source material, purists will still hate it.
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As a kid, my favorite comics were Siler Surfer, Captain Marvel (Marvel's Captain Marvel, whom they killed off), and the Fantastic Four. So a large part of me eagerly anticipates this, but I also can't help but wonder...Do we REALLY want cinematic versions of every frickin' comic and TV show? Maybe Hollywood could stick to ORIGINAL ideas?
Yeah, I know... Canned ideas mean more $$$$.
Still, can't they just leave some things be?!
I'm honestly torn about this.
Don't know who the Fantastic Four are?!?!
I can only guess that you live in a country/region where for some odd reason Marvel didn't ship as many F.F. comics as thier other lines.
Kinda wierd idea though considering it was a pretty important title. It was the FF the got Marvel back into the Super Hero bussiness in the early 60's, they had gone to monster/horror type stuff when the superhero comics became on of the 'satan worshiping/mind controll/reason teenagers behave like teenagers' things of thier time (much (A)D&D of the 80's or rock and roll, etc.)
To give you a clue to the FF's influence I suggest you look at both Darth Vaders outfit and Dr. Victor Dooms outfit, then consider Dr. Doom predates Darth Vader by over a decade.
Here's an interesting page google turned up: http://www.toonopedia.com/fant4.htm.
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recall folks buying tickets to Wing Commander, just to see the trailer for the new Star Wars movie?
1) They're shooting in Vancouver. Not to disparage the incredible film industry up there. But one of Spider-Man's greatest assets has to be its adherence to New York being a backdrop to the life of Peter Parker. The stories are ridiculous, anything that grounds them deeper in reality, adds character, and boosts suspension of disbelief works. And in Spider-Man it does - the city is a supporting character.
The problem isn't that they're shooting in Vancouver - it's that they're using it yet again to stand in for New York. Which only works in Jackie Chan movies where hovercrafts run rampant on the streets. There's something that's just too clean about Vancouver that doesn't translate and you know it, period.
2) It's reeking of Punisher / Daredevil and not Spider-Man / X-Men. The major difference? At their core, the charcter arcs of the latter films are totally believable and relatable. The X-Men are every societal outcast. Spider-Man is the everyman with an incredible secret life who's really, really good at something but can never sell out because of a true, guilty conscience. And he happens to be a normal person. That's what makes these films work, period. The costume changes don't matter. It's truth to the story and how people respond to them. So much so, I like to call Spider-Man 2 "The Passion of the Peter Parker"
The Fantastic Four's modern relevance and situational metaphors just aren't as compelling to a broader audience. Not in this shape and form. The lead performers may be suitable but no one has marvelled at their casting. When Hugh Jackman and Tobey Maguire first were shown as their characters, doubts faded. We knew they'd nailed the essence of their characters. Though Peter could use some more wisecracking.
I think in everything I've seen that Chiklis gets it - but the rest of the actors strike me as just blank.
3) The director made Taxi with Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah.
4) Again, the director made Taxi with Jimmy Fallon and Queen Latifah.
Then the inability to right-click on the ads to do "block images from this server" in Mozilla.
Then the AWESOME refresh that happens after having the web page open a few minutes while reading the story, where it transfers you to some poker gaming site.
Way to go, slashdot, you found a true winner this time!
Have you read and seen the Bourne Supremacy? The plot of the film has nothing whatsoever in common with the book. Zero. Zip. (except the title maybe and the name of the protagonist) I was very surprised when I read the book.
Actually, believe it or not, The Thing is Jewish. (Another article.)
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No, the TV movie of Dr. Strange used that title. Never heard of the other one, though -- interesting.