fox's fantastic four reboot

[JakeSully]

I hope this bombs so we can have FF rights back to Marvel/Disney! we need galactus, Silver Surfer, Puppetmaster etc. in MCU and MTU.

[CyberCubed]

I bet this movie will get reception similar to The Amazing Spiderman 2 or the new TMNT film.

[TigerClaw]

Apparently Doctor Doom in the Fantastic Four reboot, Is an Anti-Social Programmer
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit...news/?a=110856

[TheSkeletonMan939]

This is pretty much how I feel about the film:

Spoiler:

Why bother? This isn't an FF movie anymore.

[chrisdude]

I'm as open-minded as the next guy, but this sounds pretty darned dumb.

[TurtleTitan97]

The more I hear from this film, the more convinced I am it's gonna blow.

It's one thing to change Johnny's race, but turning Docter Doom, one of the most dangerous villains in the Marvel universe, into some anti-social programmer? Seriously?!?! That's just a new level of stupid.

[Slade]

I was never excited about this. Confused on casting choices, the direction of the film, and well, I just don't like Fantastic Four to begin with.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

The more I hear from this film, the more convinced I am it's gonna blow.

It's one thing to change Johnny's race, but turning Docter Doom, one of the most dangerous villains in the Marvel universe, into some anti-social programmer? Seriously?!?! That's just a new level of stupid.

Think about it like this, if the movie really does blow, we already have a perfect fantastic four movie, it was called The Incredibles.

[Sumac]

Apparently Doctor Doom in the Fantastic Four reboot, Is an Anti-Social Programmer

The only appropriate response, foul language ones aside: "For what purpose?".

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by ObiWanFan4life

Think about it like this, if the movie really does blow, we already have a perfect fantastic four movie, it was called The Incredibles.

Good point.

[ScrewtheMirageTMNT]

I don't give a crap about the Incredibles, I want a better fantastic four movie.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Great, first they cancel ("rest") the comic, and now this. FF are one of my favorite teams, and they just aren't getting any respect.

[arkangel]

I guess they made Johnny black when they realized that Chris Evans can't play everyone in the Marvel Universe without people catching on.

Dr. Doom already has a great origin, but hey let's make him a blogger with a bad attitude.
"What's that Richards ??? Not answering my FB messages and ignoring my pokes!!! Well you just wait till I charge up my laptop. Your not going to like what I write about you pal.. "

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Sweet Mother, when you put it like that it sounds even worse!

[ObiWanFan4life]

Originally Posted by ScrewtheMirageTMNT

I don't give a crap about the Incredibles, I want a better fantastic four movie.

Well, judging by these announcements, that probably ain't gonna happen.

[Leo656]

Marvel must be really kicking themselves now for desperately selling off their characters to any film studio who asked back in the 90s.

To be fair, nobody could have foreseen Marvel having their own studio back then (I mean, they were more or less broke at one point), but even the idea of selling their franchises piecemeal to a bunch of different studios seemed like a huge mistake to me as a kid. Being a kid, my initial thoughts were, "But how are they ever gonna cross the characters over in a movie if they're all being made by different people?" Most conventional wisdom of the day said, "They'd never do that anyway because a movie with, say, both Iron Man and Captain America in it would be too complicated and too expensive." So it didn't matter if every character was owned by a different studio. "They don't need to worry about cross-overs because they'll never ever do that anyway." Shyeah.

Real shame how it all worked out. Even 10-year-old me still had more foresight than anyone else. Tragic. A good rule of thumb for everyone would be, ignore and avoid all Marvel movies that come out that aren't X-Men or "proper" Marvel Studios films. I mean, it's unlikely, but if F4 and Spidey movies consistently tank over the next few years, you gotta figure they'd at least consider selling the rights back to Marvel. Seems unlikely but if I'm not mistaken, Marvel have already gotten the rights to Ghost Rider and Punisher back, because those properties weren't worth keeping for the other studios. It could take a few years, but we could luck out. Marvel will probably never get the film rights to X-Men back, but they could get back everything else. That's the best-case scenario.

For that to work, though, absolutely nobody is allowed to go see this F4 movie. Seriously. If this movie makes even A dollar they're going to try and keep it.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Marvel must be really kicking themselves now for desperately selling off their characters to any film studio who asked back in the 90s.

To be fair, nobody could have foreseen Marvel having their own studio back then (I mean, they were more or less broke at one point), but even the idea of selling their franchises piecemeal to a bunch of different studios seemed like a huge mistake to me as a kid. Being a kid, my initial thoughts were, "But how are they ever gonna cross the characters over in a movie if they're all being made by different people?" Most conventional wisdom of the day said, "They'd never do that anyway because a movie with, say, both Iron Man and Captain America in it would be too complicated and too expensive." So it didn't matter if every character was owned by a different studio. "They don't need to worry about cross-overs because they'll never ever do that anyway." Shyeah.

Real shame how it all worked out. Even 10-year-old me still had more foresight than anyone else. Tragic. A good rule of thumb for everyone would be, ignore and avoid all Marvel movies that come out that aren't X-Men or "proper" Marvel Studios films. I mean, it's unlikely, but if F4 and Spidey movies consistently tank over the next few years, you gotta figure they'd at least consider selling the rights back to Marvel. Seems unlikely but if I'm not mistaken, Marvel have already gotten the rights to Ghost Rider and Punisher back, because those properties weren't worth keeping for the other studios. It could take a few years, but we could luck out. Marvel will probably never get the film rights to X-Men back, but they could get back everything else. That's the best-case scenario.

For that to work, though, absolutely nobody is allowed to go see this F4 movie. Seriously. If this movie makes even A dollar they're going to try and keep it.

Like I said, The Incredibles is the closest thing to a faithful F4 movie. It had the family aspect, and had a well-written story.

[Leo656]

Yeah, but I hate "close enough". I'm not a big F4 fan but as one of the original "big" Marvel franchises and one of the earliest super-hero teams in general, they deserve a decent movie of their own, not a "close enough if you squint" movie.

Simply put, blue and green aren't the same. They can get kinda close, but they're not the same.

[arkangel]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I'm not a big F4 fan but as one of the original "big" Marvel franchises and one of the earliest super-hero teams in general, they deserve a decent movie of their own, not a "close enough if you squint" movie.

THIS.. 100%
As for studios, in a perfect world Marvel would have kept the rights to all of their characters. With Disney's purchase of Marvel, they most certainly have the money to buy back everything. What I don't see is Sony ever giving up Spiderman. They will make 10 more Spidey-films of increasingly poor quality before that happens..... or they'll accept a big cheque at some point.
I'm hoping for the later. One word.. Crossover.

[ScrewtheMirageTMNT]

I changed my mind, I'll see the new fantastic four movie but only to find out how damn bad the whole thing is.