Fantastic Four: Extended version

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, June 22, 2007 22:27
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MISSTRESSAHARA

Monday, June 11, 2007 7:04 AM

Well River, Silver Surfer there will be, and they have the technology to make a good SS, but from the commercials I've seen..... Major failure there too. He looked like something out of the 80's.

Wait and see I guesse.

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CHRISISALL

Monday, June 11, 2007 2:03 PM

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Originally posted by dug:
Fantastic 4 had good source material but managed to completely fail at telling it well. They managed to fail so badly that I don't want to even see the second movie.

Wow, you folks are harsh.

Chrisisall

CYBERSNARK

Monday, June 11, 2007 2:37 PM

I liked it. It was fun, and I really don't expect a Fantastic Four movie to be high concept drama anyway (not like some other heroes who are all about major archetypes/themes/motifs, like Batman, Superman, or Spiderman). FF has always struck me as the superhero equivalent to a sitcom. You've got the married couple, the brother-in-law, and the wacky/crotchety neighbour who's always hanging around.

It's just wacky fun; go with it.

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Originally posted by Misstressahara:
He looked like something out of the 80's.

He's a silver guy on a flying surfboard.

He is something out of the 80s. The 60s, technically.

If they updated his design, fans would riot and burn down a village or something.

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CHRISISALL

Monday, June 11, 2007 2:46 PM

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:

If they updated his design, fans would riot and burn down a village or something.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
...those wacky SS fans....

"Where are your ears?" Chrisisall

DEEPGIRL187

Monday, June 11, 2007 2:54 PM

Wow, I didn't realize so many people didn't like the film. I enjoyed it. Maybe it wasn't all that complex, but the chracters were a lot of fun. And for Christ-sake, it was better than Daredevil (or Elektra, for that matter). The only good thing about that movie was Bullseye. And if you want to really go back, think about the original Punisher or Captain America. Trust me, things could be worse.

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CHRISISALL

Monday, June 11, 2007 3:02 PM

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Originally posted by deepgirl187:
And for Christ-sake, it was better than Daredevil

I'd definitely agree with you, DG, if I hadn't seen the Director's Cut of DD. It's actually not bad!
I mean, I still like FF better...

Matt Chrisisall

STEGASAURUS

Monday, June 11, 2007 6:00 PM

I liked the original Fantastic Four. It was very entertaining to me. But, I realize that my tastes differ quite drastically to others, and some assume I have very low standards when it comes to the movies I watch.

So, in that thought, I will explain why I like what I like. Having grown up in rural America through the 70's and 80's, the TV was NOT my baby-sitter. I spent alot of time outside but never really had very many friends. So invariably I utilized that what I saw on TV to keep me entertained when I was out and about. For years I ran around thinking myself one of the "Tomorrow People", or flung into the future with Buck, hanging out with Twiky saving the universe. Good Times.

Well, even though I've grown up, I still to this day replay the entertainment previously viewed through my mind when I'm alone with my thoughts. Yes, I'm a daydreamer - tried and convicted. I don't care though, my wife and daughter loves me for who I am, and my employer's like me cause I get my jobs done.

Quality of a movie, to me, is rarely in the acting. Very seldom do I find it in the set design or lighting depts. The quality I find is purely in the story. And if later, I can plunge myself into that story - immerse so much that I can think myself there, hanging with Mal in a bar, or flying with Peter Patrelli on the screen in my head - at that point, I believe I have found quality.

So to you armchair-directors out there I say, "If you have your opinions, voice them! It is your right as much as mine.

But in the future, try not to think too harshly of the FOX executives for the decisions they make. They have thier opinions too, and although it defies all logic, there is probably a reason for their opinions. They just have the power to do something about it that effects us all."

CYBERSNARK

Monday, June 11, 2007 7:55 PM

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Originally posted by Stegasaurus:
Having grown up in rural America through the 70's and 80's, the TV was NOT my baby-sitter. I spent alot of time outside but never really had very many friends. So invariably I utilized that what I saw on TV to keep me entertained when I was out and about. For years I ran around thinking myself one of the "Tomorrow People", or flung into the future with Buck, hanging out with Twiky saving the universe. Good Times.

Well, even though I've grown up, I still to this day replay the entertainment previously viewed through my mind when I'm alone with my thoughts. Yes, I'm a daydreamer - tried and convicted. I don't care though, my wife and daughter loves me for who I am, and my employer's like me cause I get my jobs done.

Quality of a movie, to me, is rarely in the acting. Very seldom do I find it in the set design or lighting depts. The quality I find is purely in the story. And if later, I can plunge myself into that story - immerse so much that I can think myself there, hanging with Mal in a bar, or flying with Peter Patrelli on the screen in my head - at that point, I believe I have found quality.

Swap "rural America through the 70's and 80's" with "small-town Canada through the 80s and 90s," and this goes for me too (well, not so much the "wife and daughter" bit, so far).

Escapism certainly isn't the only variable, but it's right up there. As long as the story's fun and well-realized enough to let me submerge myself in it, I'm fine with it.

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MISSTRESSAHARA

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 12:25 AM

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
I liked it. It was fun, and I really don't expect a Fantastic Four movie to be high concept drama anyway (not like some other heroes who are all about major archetypes/themes/motifs, like Batman, Superman, or Spiderman). FF has always struck me as the superhero equivalent to a sitcom. You've got the married couple, the brother-in-law, and the wacky/crotchety neighbour who's always hanging around.

It's just wacky fun; go with it.

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Originally posted by Misstressahara:
He looked like something out of the 80's.
He's a silver guy on a flying surfboard.

He is something out of the 80s. The 60s, technically.

If they updated his design, fans would riot and burn down a village or something.

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

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That isn't what I meant, what I meant was the CGI or Special Effects looked like it was something out of the 1980's, like the very first CGI or Computer Animation. Looks like they hired a not so great Special Effects company to do them.

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CYBERSNARK

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 12:37 AM

Well, there are only so many ways you can animate silver. Looking like the T-1000 is kinda inevitable. If he's less reflective, he loses the impact, stops looking bizarre and otherworldly and becomes just a metal-skinned human.

Plus, unless I've missed something, we've only seen one trailer, with the Surfer/Torch not-even-much-of-a-fight scene. All action-centred and showy. Hopefully there'll be enough character scenes to let Norrin Radd's personality and angst shine through ('cause he is one of the few Marvel characters I genuinely give a damn for).

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

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