Fantastic Four just one of
many movies getting a re-boot, err, I mean second chance at life
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Get ready for the re-birth of Marvel’s
iconic superhero team, The Fantastic Four
this summer in the first of two movies, with the second coming in 2017, or so
says www.imdb.com
anyway.
Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, this
team has been together in comics since the 1960’s. This famously fantastic
foursome is made up of Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic) who seems to lead the
group. His super power is the ability to stretch his body. There is Susan Storm
(the invisible woman) who at first gains the ability to become invisible and as
her powers grow she is able to use force fields as protection. She also is Reed
Richard’s love interest. Johnny Storm (Sue’s brother) becomes known as the
human torch and can also fly. Now we cannot forget the fourth member of the
group, Ben Grimm, a great football player, a pilot and was Mr. Fantastic’s
college roommate. He became known as the Thing once he took on a solid rock
formation with superhuman strength and endurance. If you ask me that is one
heck of a combination for a super hero team and honestly one of my favorites.
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Now it may surprise some of you to hear
that the first Fantastic Four movie was produced in 1994 by filmmaker Roger
Corman for Marvel; however the movie was never released. Rumor has it that you
can find a bootlegged copy of it to watch. Plus a documentary was created to
explain what happened to the movie. The documentary is called Doomed!: The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s
The Fantastic Four.
The movie we are most familiar with is
the 2005 release of the Fantastic Four with Ioan Gruffudd as Reed Richards,
Jessica Alba as Sue Storm, Chris Evans as Johnny Storm, Michael Chiklis as Ben
Grimm and of course, Julian McMahon as Victor von Doom.
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This cast really pulled off their roles
and I enjoyed the first Fantastic Four movie, however I remember not liking the
sequel as much, probably because it was a sequel and sometimes you just don’t
need them. Chris Evans pulled off the cockiness of Johnny and Jessica Alba had
that hint of shyness about her that made her role as the invisible woman
believable. Now to mention Julian McMahon made an excellent villain and I must
say I remember watching him on the television show Charmed where he was half good - half evil. Simply put I think he
is a fantastic actor, no pun intended. But when you watch this particular
movie, your heart melts for Ben Grimm who turns to stone and is shut out in the
cold.
The main cast for the upcoming movie this
summer includes, Miles Teller as Reed Richards, Kate Mara as Sue Storm, Michael
B. Jordan as Johnny Storm and Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm. I have to be honest
here, this is a young cast I am not familiar with their work, so I will not
comment on how I think this might play out, but I am hoping for the best.
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Now as for plot differences, here is
where it changes up a bit. In the 2005 version of the movie the Fantastic Four
gain their powers as astronauts exposed to cosmic radiation and go on to attempt
to defeat their new found enemy Doctor Victor Von Doom. However, in this
re-boot the Fantastic Four acquire their super powers as young scientists in a
teleportation experiment that obviously goes wrong and then they must save the
world from an enemy. Coincidently both versions of this movie have sequels to
them.
My only beef is why did they need to
change the plot? That seriously baffles and annoys me, but I definitely will
still watch this so called, re-boot.
If you’d like to read more about the 1994
version of the movie follow this link: http://geektyrant.com/news/trailers-for-doomed-the-untold-story-of-roger-cormans-the-fantastic-four
To get up to date with the latest cast,
crew and movie plot before this summer’s new release visit www.fantisticfourmovie.com
#keepitnerdy
Written by: Leanne Delong
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