Fwd: Fantastic Four

[gary webb]

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From: gary webb <gwebb8686 at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: Fantastic Four
To: Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>


I find it interesting that Marvel Studios is completely leaving the
Fantastic Four out of their "Chronology". The Amazing Spiderman #1 where
Spidey misguidedly takes it upon himself to join the 4-some, and the
heralded relationship between Johnny Storm/Spidey would make excellent
fodder for film... I don't know...

"Is this the film that such a property - the veritable fountainhead
from whence gushed forth the entire Marvel Universe, heralding comics'
much ballyhoo'd Marvel Age - deserves? Certainly not."

- I totally agree... and the latest film did butcher Dr. Doom, but not
as horribly as the previous Fantastic Four...

On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 11:29 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks to the critical drubbing this film received - at least
> partially due to the horrible pre-release publicity about director
> Josh Trank's awful behind the scenes behavior and the cast and crew's
> unprecedented pre-release dissing of the film - not to mention the now
> fairly universally accepted notions that 1) only Marvel Studios can do
> proper justice to Marvel Comics properties*, and 2), that the
> Fantastic Four is a particularly difficult, if not impossible,
> property to translate successfully into motion pictures - I went in
> with low expectations. I was therefore somewhat surprised to discover
> myself sufficiently diverted, entertained and engaged.
>
> Is this the film that such a property - the veritable fountainhead
> from whence gushed forth the entire Marvel Universe, heralding comics'
> much ballyhoo'd Marvel Age - deserves? Certainly not.
>
> Is it one of the worst films of the year? Not by a long shot.
>
> Jerky
>
> * Sam Raimi's Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2, and the second X-Men film
> excepted, of course.
>
> On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 9:34 PM, gary webb <gwebb8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've been doing some Holiday binge watching, re-upping on some Marvel
> movies
> > better left watching in the comfortable confines of my own home. I'm a
> big
> > fan of the Fantastic Four, but they haven't really made their mark on the
> > silver screen, at least as fat as the critics and the all important
> audience
> > is concerned. Anyway, the school in the beginning of the film where Reed
> > Richards is attending, along with a young Ben Grimm, is located in Oyster
> > Bay, NY! The location of Mr. Pynchon's HS... In the film Reed tells his
> > class that he is working on a device that teleports matter. I just
> started
> > watching but felt oddly inclined to share. Hope everyone had and is
> having a
> > wonderful Holiday!
>
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