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How much do I love that it's got Selma Blair with Russ Meyer sized gazongas?
The picture I saw made even the most extreme Meyer chick look like Twiggy. Like, I may need to see the movie to see her character move around, just to see if it looks remotely...feasible.
Ooh. That's some good Thing makeup. And it looks like Reed's got a bit of the gray. People can put away the automatic weapons.The people likely to whip out automatic weapons are the ones who disagree with you on the first point. Personally I'm impressed with the look, but I understand the people who want the low, projecting brow that has been for such a long time associated with the Thing. I think once they see him in action they'll fall in line, assuming the script is worth a damn. Really, that's the part I'm least certain about, given the scuttlebutt on the storyline.
Ben looks passable to me, and I assume any prosthetic wonkiness will be overshadowed by Chicklis' acting. What REALLY worries me is the potential lameness of Mr. Fantastic stretching effects. I hope they spend beaucoup $ to get the CGI right in the establishing scene, and then never have him stretch again in the entire movie.
Wouldn't that kind of make him superfluous as a superhero? Sure, staggering intellect and all, but he's got to do some stretching throughout. I know I'll feel gypped if he doesn't. Besides which, I can think of a variety of uses of his power that would be visually impressive and not the least bit lame.
Yeah, I think there should be stretching. It would be weird not to have him do it, especially offhand.
Besides which, I can think of a variety of uses of his power that would be visually impressive and not the least bit lame.
Retreiving toilet paper from the stall next to his?
Also, can he strech his eyeballs under doors, etc?
I liked the Byrne era Fantastic Four, when Reed's contribution to the team was primarily leadership and scientific know-how and the stretching was indicental at best. It was rare that his power was used to any great effect in a story, more just for movement and background.
Granted, and Byrne was a god and I won't gainsay him here. I'd surely be torn apart by wild dogs for such heresy, and rightly so. But the fact is that this is going to be a fairly large film, and for movie audiences, it's going to be necessary for him to do some pretty wild things with his stretchy self. People who go to a movie that has some guy who can move his body like the lovechild of Gumby and Stretch Armstrong are going to be disappointed if he uses is solely for, say, grabbing a far-away beaker while concocting a cure for cancer. Cerebral stuff doesn't equal ticket sales, sadly.
Now, Nick Lachey is going to be in The Hard Easy with David Boreanaz and Henry Thomas.
98 Degrees.
Angel.
E.T.
t boom
t /head exploding