Fantastic Four

[Pirate1974]

After years of messing around, it now looks like this movie might actually happen.

There's a confirmed cast in place:

Reed (Mr. Fantastic) Richards: Ioan Gruffudd

Sue (Invisible Girl) Storm: Jessica Alba

Johnny (Human Torch) Storm: Chris Evans

Ben (The Thing) Grimm: Michael Chiklis

Interesting choices.

I had to look up Ioan Gruffudd to find out that he's Lancelot in "King Arthur."

I know nothing about Jessica Alba, except that she looks Hispanic which seems an odd choice.

Never heard of Chris Evans either. Apparently his claim to fame is "Not Another Teen Movie."

Michael Chiklis seems perfect.

It'll be interesting to see how this turns out. They're shooting for July 1, 2005 release date which seems ambitious since filming hasn't even started yet.

[Tom Strange]

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I know nothing about Jessica Alba, except that she looks Hispanic which seems an odd choice.

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Well PiMan, wait until you see her in invisible clothes! (you can check her out on here or here)

[Zixar]

Jessica Alba was the lead in the short-lived tv series "Dark Angel". Sue Storm was a blonde, though, so they'll have to bleach her hair!

I don't see how they're going to get the FX done in under a year.

[Steve Lortz]

Ioan Gruffudd was also Horatio Hornblower.

Love,

Steve

[Oakspear]

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Originally posted by Zixar:

Sue Storm was a blonde, though, so they'll have to bleach her hair!

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I dunno Zix, Michael Clark Duncan played a believable Kingpin in DareDevil, but they didn't have to bleach his skin ;)-->

[Steve Lortz]

Maybe The Invisible Dan could stand in for Sue Storm when she's using her super-power :-D

Love,

Steve

[WordWolf]

Man, I hope that thing works better than

"Catwoman."

Fans could forgive it for having nothing to do

with the original if it was good.

(Like "Blade".)

As it is, you don't want to hear the nickname

for the movie in certain circles....

I'm waiting for more info on the FF before

making any judgements.

[Steve!]

So what IS the nickname in certain circles? PT me if you would rather not say in the open.

As far as the nickname for FF, I've heard "Fantastic Feh!" but of course, that remains to be seen.

[Pirate1974]

Michael Chiklis in his "Thing" suit.

It's clobberin' time!!

[Steve!]

Ack, that looks WAY too smooth! It should give the impression of him being made out of rock.

I think they could've done much better.

And I would STILL like to know the nickname for the movie.

[WordWolf]

Depends.

When he was FIRST hit with cosmic rays,

the Thing had that lumpy look.

It was later that he went to a rocklike look.

Um,

the name that some people insist on calling that

supposed Catwoman movie?

*clears throat*

"B1tchkitten".

There, I said it. Happy now?

[Steve!]

WW, I'll certainly sleep better tonight!

[Oakspear]

Saw the preview before "Sith" - looks good Special Effects-wise.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I've always been a "DC-zombie"; but I never miss a chance to see a good Marvel movie, either. The ever-lovin' Thing was always one of my favorite Marvel characters, so I'm looking forward to it.

George

[Raf]

it

looks

stupid.

Hope I'm wrong.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

It looks "campy."

I hope I'm right.

George

[sharon]

would be better if Shadoe Stevens was playing Johnny Storm

[GeorgeStGeorge]

With Priscilla Barnes as Sue and Robert Davi as Dr. Doom?

George

[Steve!]

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Originally posted by GeorgeStGeorge:

It looks "campy."

I hope I'm right.

George

I'm in agreement with you, GStG.

Cindy! and I will more than likely see this the first week it comes out, cuz it looks like a fun movie. Oh, and we'll take the !ettes, too.

[Pirate1974]

I thought it looked pretty good.

But then I thought "Daredevil" looked great in the previews and it was disappointing.

[WordWolf]

Could be worse.

They never even RELEASED the LAST attempt at an FF movie-

the one directed by Roger Corman.

[Pirate1974]

A bit of a disappointment.

It's not as bad as "Daredevil" but it doesn't come close to "Spiderman" or "X-Men."

Too much talk and not enough action. The characters whine constantly, and while there was a certain amount of that in the comics, on the screen it just seems annoying.

There are plot holes you could fly the space shuttle through and Dr. Doom comes across as a cheap Darth Vader knock-off. The acting is pretty wooden except for Michael Chiklis, who's not bad as the Thing.

One thing's for sure: the idea that Sue Storm had to be naked to be invisible never came up in the comic books of the '60s.

Not terrible, but it could have been a lot better.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I saw it this afternoon and rather enjoyed it. I thought the "whining" was actually rather faithful to the comics (even if the origin of Dr. Doom wasn't).

I thought it was worth the money, but then I went to a matinee!

George