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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."
internet pirates will be able to view it on the 13th.
I already saw the movie, its called the incredibles!
A classic group of beloved superheroes -OR- A nice set of...
well, nevermind, I think you all know where I'm going with this.
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... this movie could only possibly look worse if Paul W.S. Anderson had written and directed.
Jessica Alba may be a fine piece of ass, but she is totally wrong for this film, as is the rest of the cast.
I almost wish this Hollywood comic book phase was over so they'd stop fucking with my childhood heros.
Yahoo has an "on the set" video available for those who don't feel like waiting: http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/fantasticfo ur.html
The Hulk was such a smash hit. This is going to be 4 times better.
Nothing at all like a weaker version of The Incredibles.
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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I'm certainly looking forward to Sin City, tho.
I must admit that Sin City is one of the few upcoming "comic book adaptations" that I'm actually contemplating seeing. Most everything else looks to be drivel in the same mould as Daredevil and Hulk. Comic book based films haven't generally proved to be as bad films based on computer games, but they do seem to do a fine job of butchering them none the less. The problem mostly seems to be that the filmmakers don't seem to get the comics - they seem to presume that if you translate the characters and something resembling the storylines over they've got all they need. What they lack is the feel, the spirit, the essence, the thing that gave the comic interest and vitality. I have to credit Sin City, because from what I've seen of the previews, at least they're trying to actually translate the feel and the style to screen. Whether it works is yet to be seen, but at least it doesn't look like every other standard Hollywood film.
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They're trying to churn up some ticket sales to Elektra
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The Fantastic Four was done years ago already. It was so horrifically awful though that it was never released. The rumour is that the studio only made it so they could keep the rights to make it at a later date. The power of the internet brought that film to my computer when I accidentally used a Bit Torrent. I can inform you that it was terrible and that I loved it for that reason alone.
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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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Sad when you have to use a trailer in order to sell tickets to a crappy movie.
And Elektra is GREEK! Geez.
It was actually released to video, but then the video was pulled.
You can still find copies at gaming conventions.
All likely to be illegal, mind you, but that doesn't stop copies from being sold.
I like you, Stuart. You're not like everyone else, here, at Slashdot.
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 guess they are still trying to milk this dead cow. Hot chick just about naked. Running around with the cameras trying to catch every angle. The only problem is she is not naked.
(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.
Between Kingpin being black, and Sue Storm being Latina, I can only assume Galactus will be played by a jew. I suggest Al Franken. He rocks.
(Yes, I am joking... I'm usually PC, but I'm just looking for an excuse to peddle the idea of Al Franken as Galactus.)
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Am I the only one who read "Gang of Four" and then quickly started thinking about design patterns? I probably need professional help.
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.
recall folks buying tickets to Wing Commander, just to see the trailer for the new Star Wars movie?
I'm not as worried about the purity of the story as I am about the quality. I.e. I try not to grumble too much over 3 separate girlfriends being amalgamated into Mary Jane for Spiderman.
:). So Wolverine was a little thin and too tall. He was still believable. Hugh Jackman made up for the physical differences by _acting_ the part. If only more movie stars would do that :)
I am even willing to forgive letting her survive being tossed off a very high bridge (Spidy lost a girlfriend that way in the comic)
Those things are sometimes necessary to fit a long story into 2 hours or to promote the "new" paradigm of monogamy among heroes. (Seen a recent James Bond flick?)
In Spiderman's case they managed to still pull it off. The Hulk was another matter.
One thing I do like about the Marvel Superheroes movies is that they usually stock them with actors who look the part. No 5'10" 160 lb guys playing 6'4" 240 lb Vigilantes. That's where the problems began in the Batman movies. They went far and deep, but they started there
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That the Serenity trailer will be airing in this movie also.
More so when one of them men gets really long, one gets really hot and the other gets really big.
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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.
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.
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No, the TV movie of Dr. Strange used that title. Never heard of the other one, though -- interesting.