"I did punch a baby once...in anger. In my defense, the baby was being kind of a dick."

What is with Marvel and their promotion of "Fantastic Four"?

This is NOT going to be a good movie, and I feel like Marvel knows this. You know why I say this? Because they simply dusted off their "X-Men" publicity and switched out the pictures.

Every press junket, every promo, every bit of publicity for this movie is just leftovers from "X-Men". Right down to the premiere which, like "X-Men", was on Liberty Island in NYC. Now, Liberty Island had meaning to the X-Men premiere, as anyone who's seen the movie can attest. Is the Statue of Liberty a part of FF? Who knows, but I'm sure as Hell gonna rant about THAT if it turns out it is...

Why are you doing this, Marvel? I know that the Fantastic Four are "Marvel's First Family" and all, but I don't see this as a compelling movie. Part of the draw of FF is the family dynamic, which actually takes awhile to form. They just don't fall in line. Sue and Reed get married, have that bastard, Franklin, and the familial ties begin to show. In the beginning, though, which is what the movie is based upon, they were just four fuck-ups who didn't have sense enough to steer their shuttle away from the radiation...

Posted by William @ 7/07/2005 09:56:00 PM
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3 Comments:

• At 7/07/2005 10:21:12 PM, Rachel said…

  Why? Cause silly people like me don't read comic books, but loved the X-Men movies. Simple answer! :)

   

• At 7/07/2005 11:30:57 PM, William said…

  Hey Rachel!
  Glad to know you're still reading. Yeah, I'm in the minority on X-Men, too. Anyone'll tell ya I'm a comicphile, but i did NOT like that movie. LOVED the sequel, but not the first. Too much of a "purist" to stomach what they were trying to serve me that first time around...

   

• At 7/08/2005 09:40:40 AM, sheldiz said…

  i had a dream last night that you left me for jessica alba. but we lived together and you kept making plans with her while i was in the room. apparently she's a booze hound, b/c i overheard an arguement between you too that you didn't want to drink all the time. you got into a huge fight and hurt your wrist when you slammed down the phone. that'll teach you to leave me for jessica alba. dick.

   

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