Fantastic Four Teaser Trailer

Brian Renner writes "20th Century Fox will debut the teaser trailer for Fantastic Four , on January 14th, before theatrical screenings of Elektra. Only moviegoers attending Elektra showings will get this first look at Fox's epic incarnation of Marvel's first family of comic superheroes."

Dear god no...

[EvilCabbage]

... this movie could only possibly look worse if Paul W.S. Anderson had written and directed.

Jessica Alba may be a fine piece of ass, but she is totally wrong for this film, as is the rest of the cast.

I almost wish this Hollywood comic book phase was over so they'd stop fucking with my childhood heros.

Re:Dear god no...

[Osty]

Jessica Alba may be a fine piece of ass, but she is totally wrong for this film, as is the rest of the cast.

Jessica Alba is hot as a brunette, but Susan Storm is a blonde, and I don't think Alba can pull off blonde well. However, Michael Chiklis as Ben Grimm and Julian McMahon as Dr. Doom look like good matches to me. As for the rest, I'm not really familiar with them, so I couldn't really say.

Re:Dear god no...

[marcushnk]

meh.. as long as they keep its just slightly corny.. it might be ok...
Please oh please don't try to make it dead set serious.

Re:Sounds good, but...

[Coryoth]

I'm certainly looking forward to Sin City, tho.

I must admit that Sin City is one of the few upcoming "comic book adaptations" that I'm actually contemplating seeing. Most everything else looks to be drivel in the same mould as Daredevil and Hulk. Comic book based films haven't generally proved to be as bad films based on computer games, but they do seem to do a fine job of butchering them none the less. The problem mostly seems to be that the filmmakers don't seem to get the comics - they seem to presume that if you translate the characters and something resembling the storylines over they've got all they need. What they lack is the feel, the spirit, the essence, the thing that gave the comic interest and vitality. I have to credit Sin City, because from what I've seen of the previews, at least they're trying to actually translate the feel and the style to screen. Whether it works is yet to be seen, but at least it doesn't look like every other standard Hollywood film.

Jedidiah.

heh

[aztektum]

They're trying to churn up some ticket sales to Elektra

Shades of "Meet Joe Black"?

[SensitiveMale]

Sad when you have to use a trailer in order to sell tickets to a crappy movie.

And Elektra is GREEK! Geez.

Re:I can hardly wait!

[Anonymous Coward]

I think when people look back at all the comic-to-film adaptations, that Hulk will stand as one of the stronger ones.

For some reason the group mindthink took hold and people trashed it without giving it a fair chance (or even seeing it in many cases), but it is a good movie. It had innovative camera direction, shots and movement that paid homage to comic books while still retaining a strong dramatic storyline and acting.

Personally, I think it was better than Spider-man, and is as good as X-Men...

Elektra = Catwoman 2

[Coldglow]

I guess they are still trying to milk this dead cow. Hot chick just about naked. Running around with the cameras trying to catch every angle. The only problem is she is not naked.

Re:Random thoughts

[Forge]

I'm not as worried about the purity of the story as I am about the quality. I.e. I try not to grumble too much over 3 separate girlfriends being amalgamated into Mary Jane for Spiderman.

I am even willing to forgive letting her survive being tossed off a very high bridge (Spidy lost a girlfriend that way in the comic)

Those things are sometimes necessary to fit a long story into 2 hours or to promote the "new" paradigm of monogamy among heroes. (Seen a recent James Bond flick?)

In Spiderman's case they managed to still pull it off. The Hulk was another matter.

One thing I do like about the Marvel Superheroes movies is that they usually stock them with actors who look the part. No 5'10" 160 lb guys playing 6'4" 240 lb Vigilantes. That's where the problems began in the Batman movies. They went far and deep, but they started there :). So Wolverine was a little thin and too tall. He was still believable. Hugh Jackman made up for the physical differences by _acting_ the part. If only more movie stars would do that :)

Re:Dear god no...

[mahdi13]

I wish Hollywood would make a big budget action film about geeks bitching about everything under the sun.

It was called Clerks [imdb.com]