http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/fantastic_four/

Looks great I wish they went with the normal universe orgin of Doom rather than the Ultimate version (with him turning into metal as a result of being part of the FF's trip into space) But I can understand why it was done and really its not all that bad. Plus he looks pretty accurate to the comic anyway

I thought it look pretty cheesy and I wasn't impressed. The whole thing looked like it was rushed and I don't care for the new origin of Doom, what was wrong with the original backstory?

I'm going to see this movie.

YAY I know where I'm going to be on july 4th

anyway... it looks awesome!!! The powers are phenominally done!

Well I roll my eyes up at you!

Hey, The Hulk was supposed to be a kick ass movie and it was garbage! There's a possibility that trailer wasn't the best and maybe I just happen to care for Doom's original origin, that's all!

So stick that in your pipe and shmoke it!

1994 FF > new one

it looks awsome ill be at the movies on july 4th

We'll see you there!

it makes more sense to have the movie's main villian gain powers the same way as the heroes, otherwise it would be a rival of one of the main characters just happens to gain powers at the same time as the 4. it was a good origin for him back in the day, but for a modern movie that has him as the starting villian, it works better

hmnn.. jessica alba....

Hey, a lot true Hulk comic fans like the movie...I am not one though. I liked the campy TV show better

It doesn't follow the comic storyline, not official cannon. It's going the same way catwoman and elektra have.

if you wanna go that route, might as well say it is going the way of X-Men and Spiderman, neither of them came close to following official cannon, especially xmen, but they both ended up being excellent movies, with even more successful sequals

Yep, but u never know with superhero movies. Look at the batman franchise, it's been on hiatus thanks to the fiasco of the last movie. Having special effects and recognizable characters might help but it wont guarantee a hit like X-men or spidey.

so basically your earlier comment/argument just fell apart. Who cares if it follows "official canon." When you deal with new series/movies/continuities there is no official canon. I am so sick of hearing "comic fanboys" Starscream and moan about canon. You don't like the movie, don't see it. It's as simple as that.

I've never said i disliked the movie or that i am a comic fan. I am happy that finally the FF will get a decent movie, but since not all hero movies become an instant hit you never know. And X-men and Spidey "may have a bigger fanbase than the FF, therefore they were instant hits. IMO

In the Ultimate FF series, the five characters gain their powers by an "experiment gone awry" in which they have accidental contact with another dimension. I think the Ultimate premise would have been better for the movie since, given current space explorations, the "cosmic ray" idea is somewhat goofy.

Although I don't mind if they take some freedoms with the comic book premise, I don't think this movie looks very promising for many reasons:

1) The Thing looks terrible. The design from old FF movie, as bad as it was, actually looks better. The Thing, with its abstract proportions, absolutely could NOT be properly realized by any technique other than CGI. This "Thing" just looks like a dork in a rubber suit.

2) Cosmic rays, as explained above.

3) The special effects don't look particularly impressive. Although the "Thing vs. the truck" scene was cool, everything else seemed poorly done. Johnny's flaming action and Reed's extendo-arm just seem blah. Although the Invisible Woman looks neat, I agree with the previous poster in that, as a whole, the special effects seem rushed.

Of course, I'll see it anyway. I guess it could have some potential. But I'm not too hopeful.

first of all, where have you seen anything that says cosmic rays are responsible in the movie?

2nd of all, as for the special effects, you do realize that they still have 6 months of post production (read: special effects) work before they release the movie right?

I think gentlemen it is safe to say we all agree to disagree.

I disagree!!!

I think that at the very least, they have a handle on the FF mythos from what I've seen & heard. I had doubts about it when Tim Story was announced as director, but then again I wasn't all that thrilled when Tobey Maguire was cast as Spider-Man. And that kinda turned out all right, I guess.

I think they should have taken the Ventuer Brothers direction...

In the trailer, they're out in space when some glowing lights hit them. I assume this was the cosmic rays. The dimension experiment in Ultimate FF had nothing to do with space, so I doubt it was related to that.



Sure... but usually the scenes that are put in trailers have finished special effects. I hope you're right and the SE are vamped-up for the movie, because what I've seen so far really isn't all that great. It's a shame, since I think the FF powers have some of the most visually interesting superpowers.

this is the same arguement as when the trailers for xmen first came out, but in reality they only had 10% of the special effects finished, 10, not 100. and that is very typical of movies that have heavy special effects

and as for assuming it was cosmic rays, it looked to me more like they were being bombarded by something that was causing lots of explosions, if cosmic rays can do that too, then so be it, but i highly doubt they will try and say that an occurance known only as simple cosmic rays is enough to do that much damage plus cause 5 people to gain super powers

if it was causing explosions, there wouldnt be anything left and if there was, it would either float in space or be burnt into nothing-ness when we re-entering the atmosphere

Not really. Big FX movies almost always work on their FX shots right down to the wire, and obviously this movie will be completely loaded with them. Often the shots also go to multiple post houses for different aspects of the shot, some of which may not have made it to this preliminary cut yet.

Hell, this trailer didn't even have finished titles. It's just a teaser. It's meant to whet your appetite for the movie in the future, and generate some buzz.

Geez. I'm starting to get frightened as to what the repsonse is going to be when our scared TF teaser is released.

You can say that again buddy. She is just the yummiest chick there ever wuz.

I am definately going to go see this flick. It just looks awesome and I've been waiting for a FANTASTIC 4 movie that just rocks as much as I thought it could. Looks like it's going to follow more of the superhero mold rather than the adventurers. In any case it looks like it'll ba a major boxoffice hit. Although, did anyone else get kind of a Ghostbusters feel, or is it just me?

and now Penny Arcade gives their 2 cents
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