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.
Stop means no. And no means no. So . . . stop.
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Tom Scola - Aug 11, 2015 2:52:45 am PDT #193 of 4001
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Kalshane - Aug 11, 2015 4:30:23 am PDT #194 of 4001
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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.
Tom Scola - Aug 11, 2015 4:36:39 am PDT #195 of 4001
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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.
Tom Scola - Aug 11, 2015 4:40:58 am PDT #196 of 4001
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Also, there is such an opportunity for a Vladimir Putin parody (Putin is the closest analog to Doom in both real life AND fiction). I don't understand how the filmmakers could pass on it.
Connie Neil - Aug 11, 2015 5:37:36 am PDT #197 of 4001
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Doom shows up in the Avengers Assemble cartoon. I guess that's just a different set of rights.
smonster - Aug 11, 2015 8:01:15 am PDT #198 of 4001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Ant Man was a perfectly serviceable summer superhero movie. I liked it, but have no desire to see it again.
Bummed about FF. I love Michael B. Jordan!
P.M. Marc - Aug 11, 2015 10:53:57 am PDT #199 of 4001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Just watched the 2005 version. It didn't suck as much as I had expected it would.
Gris - Aug 11, 2015 2:59:35 pm PDT #200 of 4001
Hey. New board.
It's never been catwoman panned or anything. Never seen it since I have limited interest in the characters (and probably will until a really good movie is made) but it has the occasional defender so it can't be all bad.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 11, 2015 3:14:53 pm PDT #201 of 4001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think people really exaggerate the problems with it. Tim Story got the basic characters and relationships of the FF right, it's just secondary things like the revamp of Dr. Doom that don't ring true.
Tom Scola - Aug 11, 2015 3:27:54 pm PDT #202 of 4001
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Is FF minus Chris Evans better than Dark Angel minus Jensen Ackles?