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The one good thing - The explanation of their powers.


The rocks hitting Ben, the Fire hitting Johnny, the force field exploding on Sue... The only one I didn't really understand was Reed's stretching just from getting his leg trapped under something heavy.

Other then that, this movie is a travesty. It's decent if you cut all ties to it being related to the Fantastic Four and just pretend it's a stand alone story that happens to sort of rip off the Fantastic Four, but it is definitely not the Fantastic Four movie we deserve.

Why is the Thing naked for the whole movie? He may be a rock monster, but still, he should be wearing pants. The costumes are terrible... But at least the Thing looks decent... Aside from lack of pants.

And what's up with Reed ditching his friends for over a year? Reed Richards is Useless. (TV Tropes reference.)

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The rocks hitting Ben, the Fire hitting Johnny, the force field exploding on Sue...

Actually, that makes the entire film even worse because:
-How would rocks hitting Ben would turn him into a rock monster?
-The fire never even existed on Planet Zero to begin with.

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That is true, but it's a better explanation then one cosmic storm having several different effects on 4(5) different people.

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It could've been, but because of how BORING Planet Zero was (no fire for instance), the whole thing made even less sense.

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In some comics and other material, the reasons for their different mutations are based on their personalities.

One early 70s comic had Johnny wonder if his being a fan of the original Marvel Human Torch's comics as a kid is what got him his powers. (Reed automatically wonders what that'd say about his adolescent reading material.)

What we see and what we seem are but a dream. A dream within a dream.

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No, it's not better. It makes that original explanation look even better.

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The Thing with pants would be too campy. Why would he cover his private parts if it's all rock? 😄



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