I'm going to see Mr. Holmes tomorrow, and then I want to see Sean the Sheep, and once I've got those watched I can see about Ant Man. Plans!
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So because I was basically dared into it, I now own both the previous FF movies. Movies I purposefully avoided viewing.
I'm mildly terrified.
As your friend, I feel compelled to warn you: before watching the first movie, drink enough that you don't object to the idea of Jessica Alba playing a rocket scientist, and while watching the second movie make sure you're sober enough to find something else to do for five minutes as soon as you see a dance floor.
Boing boing noted today that the original, unreleased Roger Corman version of the FF is up on youtube.
Why was that FF movie never released?
Liked Ant-Man as much on the second viewing. Just a fun film. I hadn't even realized that was Peggy Carter in the beginning; I didn't recognize Atwell.
As your friend, I feel compelled to warn you: before watching the first movie, drink enough that you don't object to the idea of Jessica Alba playing a rocket scientist, and while watching the second movie make sure you're sober enough to find something else to do for five minutes as soon as you see a dance floor.
Well, I own both seasons of Dark Angel, so I have an entire suspension bridge for my disbelief.
She's much more believable as a genetically engineered super soldier who periodically goes into heat.
Why was that FF movie never released?
The producers held the rights to the Fantastic Four, and if they didn't make a movie within a certain time frame, the rights would revert back to Marvel. So they made the cheapest movie possible.
Thinking about it, I've never been a big fan of the Fantastic Four, though I did watch the old cartoon that had HERBIE the robot (instead of Johnny) as a kid. Doom, on the other hand, has always been awesome in his over-the-top villainy. And that's been the problem with these movies, they keep trying to make Doom more "grounded", which eliminates what's so great about the character.
Doom just might be the perfect comic book villain. He's just so over the top and campy, yet he's still a legitimate threat, and there's just enough pathos to make him sympathetic.