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Earlier this week, I was looking for something fresh to
write about and started Googling the new Fantastic Four movie. I was really
disappointed. Before this trailer debuted yesterday, there was absolutely
nothing to work with, aside from a leaked picture of Dr. Doom in front of a
green screen and some minor details mentioned by cast a crew.
The Fantastic Four reboot has been a closely guarded secret
by 20th Century Fox. And it’s easy to understand why. The Fantastic
Four is not a hot property. Never mind something risky and untested like Ant
Man; Fantastic Four has a much harder job to do. If the revamp doesn’t work so
well it makes us forget about the two awful movies that came before it, the
whole thing could be a big waste of money.
The good news is this trailer looks like it’s giving us
something fresh. I know terms like “grittier” and “darker” and “more real” get
used a lot to describe revamped franchises — 007 is a good example — but I
can’t think of a better way to describe this trailer. It feels more like a
sci-fi thriller than a superhero movie. Their suits have an interesting look —
definitely a vast improvement on the campy blue leotards. And this alternate
universe they enter (mentioned in the description below) sounds like it could
lead to some interesting possibilities, i.e. some really cool Marvel characters we haven’t seen yet!
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Here’s Fox’s description:
A contemporary re-imagining of Marvel’s original and longest-running superhero team, centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.
Obviously,
this friend turned foe is Dr. Doom — you can catch a glimpse of him at 1:17 and
1:30 — but I won’t be surprised if a post-credit sequence gives us a teaser of
Galactus. Let’s hope they do better than a giant space tornado if that’s the
case.
This trailer looks promising and I was impressed with Josh Trank’s Chronicle (2012), so I’m going to remain cheerfully optimistic about
Fantastic Four.
But I
really want to see some comments on this post. What do you think of the
trailer? What did you think of the original Fantastic Four movies? Let me know!
Fantastic Four hits theaters August 7, 2015.
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