Ongoing Sci-Fi, Comic Book Movie Thread v2

[blankall]

They tried the 50s thing in Wandavision, and that got old pretty quickly. This looks like it could be good though. Although, I'm not 100% on Pedro Pascal unless he spends a considerable amount of his screen time telling a young companion not to touch stuff. They had that really dialed in for the Last of Us and the Mandalorian.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

So little to go on. I have no idea how people are judging this already.

[Coach]

Looks like a Fantastic 4 movie. The problem with them is the characters are just uninteresting. Cast is good though so I'll check it out.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Coach

Looks like a Fantastic 4 movie. The problem with them is the characters are just uninteresting. Cast is good though so I'll check it out.

Goddamned Dr. Doom couldnt do his 1 damned job.

They need a Fantastic 4 movie where he just tears them apart and then.... roll credits.

[photon]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

So little to go on. I have no idea how people are judging this already.

Well I'm judging the trailer cause that's the whole point of a trailer.. they hope the trailer will result in me judging the movie worth going to.

So far I feel meh.

[Sr. Mints]

I mostly try and steer clear of spoilers, but the change of aspect ratio in the trailer - I gather that represents a time jump or flash back.

Do we know when this movie is to take place in the MCU timeline?

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

I mostly try and steer clear of spoilers, but the change of aspect ratio in the trailer - I gather that represents a time jump or flash back.

Do we know when this movie is to take place in the MCU timeline?

I'm guessing in takes place in a different timeline, until the end.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

I mostly try and steer clear of spoilers, but the change of aspect ratio in the trailer - I gather that represents a time jump or flash back.

Do we know when this movie is to take place in the MCU timeline?

It takes place in a different universe.

.....Spoilers about villains that were not in the trailer but that info is pretty easily found anywhere else.

Spoiler!

At some point, possibly in this movie, the plan is to pull the FF (and Doom/Galactus/Silver Surfer) into the main MCU.

RDJ will continue as Doom in the main MCU.

[Johnny Makarov]

Fantastic Four was just a terrible comic to begin with.

Not even Jessica Alba in a skin tight suit can save it. Just FF it into the fire.

[Yeah_Baby]

I'm sorry to report that the retro futurism has me.

[Strange Brew]

I thought that for a while The Thing was one of Marvel's most popular characters. I remember reading comics as a kid how cool it was when he would duke it out with other super tough guys like Namor or the Hulk.

[KTrain]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

Fantastic Four was just a terrible comic to begin with.

Not even Jessica Alba in a skin tight suit can save it. Just FF it into the fire.

What do you know about comics?

[Finger Cookin]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

I thought that for a while The Thing was one of Marvel's most popular characters. I remember reading comics as a kid how cool it was when he would duke it out with other super tough guys like Namor or the Hulk.

I'd wager he was in the 60s and 70s. I really think they nailed his look in this one, especially compared to past efforts. I'm a little stoked for an FF movie that hopefully connects well with the bigger MCU. They've been away on their own little island for over 30 years due to poor business decisions. And that's too long.

Originally Posted by Nadal Fan

I don't know what it is but most comic book movies these days all look bland and uninspiring. And special effects all look very mediocre. This looks much the same.

Well, they can't all be ####ty Joker movies "taking big swings", that's for sure.

[GreenLantern]

I like it better on the second watch actually.

The aesthetic looks great. The retro future stuff is cool to.

I like that it isn't a straight origin movie either. I also appreciate how they resisted the urge to race or gender swap any of the characters.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern

I like it better on the second watch actually.

The aesthetic looks great. The retro future stuff is cool to.

I like that it isn't a straight origin movie either. I also appreciate how they resisted the urge to race or gender swap any of the characters.

Who cares whether they are all white or not? Now that i think about it, I'm pretty sure Mr. Fantastic in the comics was a whole lot whiter than Pedro.

[BigThief]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

I'm sorry to report that the retro futurism has me.

Bingo. I'll watch this for them aesthetics alone.


The new Spiderman series on Disney+ is fun too. I love how it's seperate from the MCU. Not everything needs to become connected

[BigThief]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern

I like it better on the second watch actually.

The aesthetic looks great. The retro future stuff is cool to.

I like that it isn't a straight origin movie either. I also appreciate how they resisted the urge to race or gender swap any of the characters.

Despite the Anglo-Saxon name of Pedro, the actor playing Mr Fantastic is actually South American descent from Chile.

[photon]

Who am I kidding I'll watch anything with Florence Pugh in it.

[photon]

Anyone see Captain America yet? Reviews seem to be pretty meh.

[Ashartus]

Originally Posted by photon

Anyone see Captain America yet? Reviews seem to be pretty meh.

Yeah the reviews I've seen aren't great, mostly say a great cast was wasted on a bad script and too many links to other movies going all the way back to the Hulk. I think I'll wait for it to come to Disney+.