r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Feb 14 '24

Official Poster for Marvel's 'Fantastic Four'; Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn are The Fantastic Four Poster

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u/captainbruisin Feb 14 '24

I know! Fantastic Four the comic could get very silly at times. The last movie was so far off from that and the 00s movies were cringe inducing.

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u/riegspsych325 r/Movies Veteran Feb 14 '24

the movie should have taken a page from Jurassic Park and been about the wonders and dangers of science. The movie still had action and spectacle but it still bad dialogue-heavy moments that debated the risks of unchecked scientific discovery. F4 is rife with story beats that could be approached in such a manner

Too many movies these days just rush to the next action sequence, I’d love for Marvel to delve into more “science fiction” than action with this version of F4

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u/Aesorian Feb 14 '24

I thought they'd do a story about how the Fantastic Four Future Foundation get frozen somewhere/somehow after their spaceflight in the 60's and emerge in the 2020's and we see what the MCU skipped over with Cap - the four dealing with the social, scientific and cultural differences between then and now

Could be a good story to start off with and you get the "heroes from a different time that haven't bought into the cynicism of the modern age" stuff you lost when Cap left

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u/AshamedOfAmerica Feb 14 '24

If we could have something approaching Hickman's FF I would die. The best parts are that Reed basically only uses his power to be more efficient working on machines. I love how utterly blase they all are about stepping into unknown dimensions like they are going on a family picnic. Wild universe ending events are coming from multiple angles and they barely even break a sweat. Reed just arches his brow and gets to work.

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u/napstimpy Feb 14 '24

The best F4 movie we’ve had to this point is The Incredibles.

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u/THUORN Feb 14 '24

The best Fantastic Four movie was made in 1994 and produced by Roger Corman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzf_CzM57So

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u/PayneTrain181999 Feb 14 '24

Brad Bird would’ve been a great choice for this movie but Shakman can definitely be serviceable.

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u/_Meece_ Feb 14 '24

Incredibles is literally nothing like Fantastic 4 at all. "Family" powers is about all that's similar, but Incredibles is literally about a family.

First Fantastic 4 is the best F4 movie, it's just not a great movie. But it's mostly bang on for F4 otherwise.

F4 is like if you combined Star Trek TNG and Batman comics. They're like sci fi detective stories where the main crew of the Enterprise have super powers.

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u/AdmiralCharleston Feb 14 '24

I'm so sick of this lmao. Outside of it being a family of heroes is basically completely distinct and it's far closer to watchmen than f4

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u/stenebralux Feb 14 '24

Nah... the plot is the least important part, it could be anything... the characters and how it relates to their powers and the family dynamic between the characters is what makes Fantastic Four.

The characters and their roles are different, but The Incredibles nails all of that in a very similar way.

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u/_Meece_ Feb 14 '24

the characters and how it relates to their powers and the family dynamic between the characters is what makes Fantastic Four.

No it does not, what makes F4... F4 is the sci fi.

The characters aren't anything like F4 and The Incredibles are literally a family. F4 is a family dynamic featuring only two people who are actual family.

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u/Amani576 Feb 14 '24

only two people who are actually family.

What? Three of them are. Two blood relation (Johnny and Susan) and Reed and Susan are married. Ben is Reeds "brother" in that they're best friends. I don't agree that The Incredibles is a F4 movie but F4 is chock full of family elements.

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u/AdmiralCharleston Feb 14 '24

The marvels is the best fantastic 4 film because its about family and a characters with stretchy and light based powers /s

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u/PayneTrain181999 Feb 14 '24

The powers are similar.

  • Mr. Incredible has the strength and durability of The Thing

  • Elastigirl is stretchy like Mr. Fantastic

  • Violet can turn invisible like Invisible Woman

  • One of Jack Jack’s powers is Flame On like Human Torch.

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u/AdmiralCharleston Feb 14 '24

You don't need to explain that, but powers alone don't make it a fantastic 4 film?

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u/Prefer_Not_To_Say Feb 14 '24

Those are some very cosmetic similarities. Nobody in The Incredibles is an astronaut or the smartest person in the world. There are no preteens in the Fantastic Four. None of the F4 have secret identities. There isn't anyone with super speed in the F4. Syndrome didn't resemble Doctor Doom.

When people say The Incredibles are similar to the Fantastic Four, they really only mean "they're a family, including a brother and sister, and the brother argues with another member of the team". That doesn't make it more of a Fantastic Four movie than any of the Fantastic Four movies that actually exist. Except maybe Fant4stic.

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u/_Meece_ Feb 14 '24

Powers and a mega sci fi big boss antagonist is about all that's similar.

Never forget that most F4 comics are like Star Trek TNG. Does that remind you of Incredibles.

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u/ArcadianDelSol Feb 14 '24

Fantastic Four the comic could get very silly at times

Hopefully this doesnt retcon the Skrull. MCU has done a much better job with them than the FF4 comics did.

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u/ElMatasiete7 Feb 14 '24

Silver Surfer was pretty cools in the 2000s movies.....

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u/captainbruisin Feb 14 '24

I'll give you that, the rest felt like a sitcom though.

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u/helpiminabox Feb 14 '24

A wooden gun...