Fwd: Fantastic Four

[Mark Thibodeau]

It's all a matter of tangled property rights, unfortunately.

Marvel Studios do NOT have the rights to three of their most popular
properties: Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, and the X-Men, having
auctioned those away to the highest bidder a long, long time ago.
Those rights revert back to Marvel after a set number of years without
a film being made, however, which is the main reason why we keep
seeing FF and Spidey being continually "rebooted". Mostly it's due to
the studios bids to retain control over these incredibly lucrative,
globally recognized iconic creations.

Quite a crappy situation for fans of the comics and of Marvel's
much-loved early cross-over continuity conception.

J

On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 12:39 AM, gary webb <gwebb8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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