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Why is it so hard to "properly" adapt the Fantastic Four?

posted 5 years ago by TMC-4 (19447)
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Not just this movie, but the two mediocre at best Tim Story directed movies prior to that:
https://thedissolve.com/features/forgotbusters/813-fantastic-4-rise-of-the-silver-surfer-gave-superhe/

The abysmal first season of the animated series from the '90s that aired on The Marvel Action Hour alongside Iron Man:
https://moviechat.org/tt0187635/Fantastic-Four/5c81d011d0aa0c70b1bd9bca/Season-1-talkback-on-Toonzonenet-now-Anime-Superhero

The "ashcan copy" live-action movie from Roger Corman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoLLx-hJHAo

The 1978 animated series with HERBIE the robot replacing the Human Torch:
https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/08/07/pretender-to-the-flame-the-robot-who-joined-the-fantastic-four

That bizarre Hanna-Barbara produced cartoon from the '70s where a teenage Ben Grimm magically turns into the Thing by clasping two rings together:
http://www.dorkly.com/post/74753/ridiculous-marvel-cartoons/page:2

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-so-difficult-to-adapt-the-Fantastic-Four-to-the-movie-screen

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Because, INNATELY, the Fantastic Four SUCK anyway? I think they're the worst superhero family I've EVER seen.

Heck, the Incredibles did the F4 CORRECTLY, if you ask me. And you should.

[–] TMC-4 (19447) 5 years ago

I think one big problem with the concept of the Fantastic Four that with other Marvel heroes like Spider-Man and the X-Men, society doesn't out and out trust them regardless of their good intentions.

[–] Wint3rFir3 (6931) 5 years ago

Tonal imbalance. They can't get the tone right and they're not really trying to. I think that's reflected in the writing and the repeated miscasting of the characters. Raimi didn't know what he was doing when he made Spider-Man, but he tried and it shows because he got the tone of the story right.

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 4 years ago

It only takes the right writer/director team. There are MANY excellent FF stories. Most of them are too big and/or cosmic to be adapted to a single movie. But not all. Both of The Incredibles are great Fantastic Four movies. Hollywood has trouble knowing talent when it comes to writing.

[–] raymondoz2007 (2053) 3 years ago

and...why can't they do Dr. Doom right?