• Evotech@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    2 days ago

    Can someone explain why Hollywood is so fascinated with fantastic four? Seems like they insist on having a successful reboot

    • Dem BosainEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      They’re one of the foundational titles of the Marvel universe. Along with X-men and the Avengers, you’ve pretty much covered the entire population of Marvel superheroes.

    • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      I believe previous, Sony (or whoever) had to release something to prevent the rights from reverting to Marvel. So its less that they’re fascinated and more they’re just trying to hold on to the rights.

      • ZombieZikeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        2 days ago

        Mostly correct. Fox owned the rights to make movies based on the Fantastic Four, so when Disney acquired Fox in 2019, Disney also acquired the rights to the X-Men and Fantastic Four (allowing those characters to rejoin the MCU). So while the prior Fantastic Four movies were mostly so Fox could keep hold of the rights, this one will be the first proper Marvel Studies Fantastic Four movie and thus fully in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

  • CodexArcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    22·
    2 days ago

    Looks like a fantastic snore: so much cgi that it’s half-cartoon; Volume-sets so every scene takes place in a big round room with really busy walls and lots of superfluous “props” and that no one interacts with (because they’re cgi); boring “comic accurate” costumes that look both cartoonish but also desaturated and dull.

    Ben Grimm’s voice sounds terrible and those lines are such quippy marvel BS. He’s playing him exactly like Ruffalo’s Hulk because I guess there’s only one big-strong-but-good-monster archetype allowed at Disney/Marvel/StarWars/Fox/ABC. Don’t forget the highly marketable comic relief robot character!!! Gotta have a robot because kids love robots and buy robot toys and also when we put a police drone in everyone’s house to force them to comply if we make it look like BB-8 they’ll welcome it with open arms!

    I can’t wait for the part where in a single unbroken rake, Johnny chugs an entire coca cola two liter before melting the plastic bottle, making a global warming joke, winking into the camera, and flying off.

    I just love cinema so much!