Fantastic Four

I wasn’t a huge fan of both Fantastic Four films. In fact, the only redeeming quality of both films was Michael Chiklis being the pitch-perfect Ben Grimm. Otherwise, they spat in the face of Galactus, took Dr. Doom’s lunch money and took Silver Surfer’s girlfriend (literally.) Aside from also ripping off Ghostbusters at the end of the first film, they also tried to pass off Jessica Alba as a scientist.

Fox thinks the series needs to be rebooted and that’s what they plan to do according to IESB.net. They want to be more Iron Man, less The Dark Knight (take note for Superman, DC.) I respectfully disagree, as the Fantastic Four comics always had this “bubble gum, fun” quality to it. What they need to work on for the F4 films are stronger villains and a director with some sort of vision (ok, Tim Story did fine with Barbershop but that was more on Cedric the Entertainer.) But the villains really were the weak link much like Iron Man.

However, a reboot really isn’t necessary for this like it is for Daredevil. They didn’t completely miss the point and at least got The Thing right. Really, they should just give the property back to Marvel Studios.