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Spectacularly Fantastic

Posted on April 17th, 2025

Dave!Spectacular. IT'S SPECTACULAR!

Or should I say "It's fantastic?"

Not only should The Fantastic Four be one of the easiest comics to adapt to the screen, it should be a frickin' home run every time because the fundamentals of what makes the comic work are so grounded despite the crazy reality they live in. That's why the stories are so beloved.

The new Marvel Studios film finally... finally... starts with the concept of a familiy of adventurers who just happen to be thrust into the limelight as super-heroes once they get super-powers...

And perfectly cast, too.

Now was that really so difficult?

Apparently it was, because this is the fourth iteration of trying to make movies out of the franchise.

For Fantastic Four I guess fourth time's a charm.

   

Fantastical!

Posted on February 4th, 2025

Dave!Finally. FINALLY... after twenty years of attempts to bring the Fantastic Four to film... the actual Fantastic Four from the comics is landing. The Thing finally looks like The Thing. The core concept of the book that is based on a CLOSE FAMILY who are EXPLORERS that go on INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES together has been embraced. And having their story begin on an alternate earth from the 1960's which will differentiate the movie from all the other super-hero movies is absolute genius..

H.E.R.B.I.E.!

THE FANTASTICAR!

THE BAXTER BUILDING!

GALACTUS!

And how flawless is that casting?

Wait... I take it back... The Incredibles was a brilliant adaptation of The Fantastic Four. By far the most accurate, even though it wasn't actually The Fantastic Four. Yet they managed to capture who The Fantastic Four are better than any of the movies with the name did.

The marketing is phenomenal...

People watching the Fantastic Four on a wall of 1960's televisions in a shop window.

People in a crowd waving flags with the Fantastic Four logo.

A young girl holding an action figure of The Thing looks uo to the sky.

Kids playing with a push-cart painted to look like the Fantasticar.

My mind is reeling over how the team will be brought to the Marvel Cinematic Universe proper. Will their earth be eaten by Galactus but they're able to cross over to the MCU to try and save our earth from Galactus? Who knows! But I'm dying to find out!

   

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