Comments on: No Trilogy for Marvel’s First Family http://www.sfuniverse.com/2008/03/21/no-trilogy-for-marvels-first-family/ SF Universe is your Science Fiction central. From SciFi television to movies to books and more. All the latest news, reviews and insights from SciFi experts. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:37:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: brian http://www.sfuniverse.com/2008/03/21/no-trilogy-for-marvels-first-family/comment-page-1/#comment-750 brian Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:12:55 +0000 http://www.sfuniverse.com/2008/03/21/no-trilogy-for-marvels-first-family/#comment-750 Hope you had a Happy Easter, KayDee. In the books, Doom's only power is that he's a super genius. But he's developed gadgets that allow him to trade punches with The Thing or withstand Invisible Woman's force fields. To me that's an integral part of the character. Doom and Richards are both geniuses in the books. The movie's Doom got his powers completely by accident. Part of Doom's villainy is that he hates Richards for irrational reasons. Doom in the movie has a legitimate reason to beat up Reed because in the movie it kind of is Reed's fault. Hope you had a Happy Easter, KayDee. In the books, Doom’s only power is that he’s a super genius. But he’s developed gadgets that allow him to trade punches with The Thing or withstand Invisible Woman’s force fields. To me that’s an integral part of the character.

Doom and Richards are both geniuses in the books. The movie’s Doom got his powers completely by accident. Part of Doom’s villainy is that he hates Richards for irrational reasons. Doom in the movie has a legitimate reason to beat up Reed because in the movie it kind of is Reed’s fault.

]]> By: KayDee http://www.sfuniverse.com/2008/03/21/no-trilogy-for-marvels-first-family/comment-page-1/#comment-715 KayDee Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:01:57 +0000 http://www.sfuniverse.com/2008/03/21/no-trilogy-for-marvels-first-family/#comment-715 Didn't Doom have powers in the comicbooks? What kind of an evil villain/foe is he for the FF if he doesn't have superpowers? Obviously this detail was lost on me, as a non-comic reader. However, as a movie-lover who doesn't read comics, I thought the Fantastic Four movies were very enjoyable escapism. Didn’t Doom have powers in the comicbooks? What kind of an evil villain/foe is he for the FF if he doesn’t have superpowers? Obviously this detail was lost on me, as a non-comic reader. However, as a movie-lover who doesn’t read comics, I thought the Fantastic Four movies were very enjoyable escapism.

]]> By: brian http://www.sfuniverse.com/2008/03/21/no-trilogy-for-marvels-first-family/comment-page-1/#comment-713 brian Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:55:01 +0000 http://www.sfuniverse.com/2008/03/21/no-trilogy-for-marvels-first-family/#comment-713 I liked the Gruffudd casting, but to me he and Jessica Alba had no chemistry. Of course, I didn't think Jessie was right for Sue Storm either. And I didn't like Julian McMahon as Doom, but some of that was due to the writing. To me he didn't really begin acting "villainous" until the end of the film. Most of the film he was just a jerk. And giving him powers is like giving Lex Luthor super powers, it cheapens the character. And the movies unfortunately always draw comparison to the initial work of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, which was revolutionary. It's not fair, but that's just how it is. I have hope for Silver Surfer though. Thanks for posting. I liked the Gruffudd casting, but to me he and Jessica Alba had no chemistry. Of course, I didn’t think Jessie was right for Sue Storm either.

And I didn’t like Julian McMahon as Doom, but some of that was due to the writing. To me he didn’t really begin acting “villainous” until the end of the film. Most of the film he was just a jerk.

And giving him powers is like giving Lex Luthor super powers, it cheapens the character. And the movies unfortunately always draw comparison to the initial work of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, which was revolutionary. It’s not fair, but that’s just how it is. I have hope for Silver Surfer though.
Thanks for posting.

]]> By: KayDee http://www.sfuniverse.com/2008/03/21/no-trilogy-for-marvels-first-family/comment-page-1/#comment-709 KayDee Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:30:16 +0000 http://www.sfuniverse.com/2008/03/21/no-trilogy-for-marvels-first-family/#comment-709 I'm not a huge comic fan, but I watched "The Fantastic Four" because I've enjoyed Ioan Gruffudd since seeing him in A&E's Hornblower films. I'm not sure why everyone thinks these films were so horrible. I thought the films good comic-ish renditions and the characters well-acted. These films weren't as dark as the X-Men series of films, but they were truer - IMO - to a film rendition of a comicbook. Why is that a bad thing? Of all the comicbook characters that have been translated from page to screen, only 2 films are on my shelves next to "The Matrix" Trilogy, the "Underworld" duo, Harry Potter and my classics "Chocolate" and "The Count of Monte Cristo," and that's the Fantastic Four films. Maybe "critics" should give those last 2 a break... I’m not a huge comic fan, but I watched “The Fantastic Four” because I’ve enjoyed Ioan Gruffudd since seeing him in A&E’s Hornblower films. I’m not sure why everyone thinks these films were so horrible. I thought the films good comic-ish renditions and the characters well-acted. These films weren’t as dark as the X-Men series of films, but they were truer – IMO – to a film rendition of a comicbook. Why is that a bad thing? Of all the comicbook characters that have been translated from page to screen, only 2 films are on my shelves next to “The Matrix” Trilogy, the “Underworld” duo, Harry Potter and my classics “Chocolate” and “The Count of Monte Cristo,” and that’s the Fantastic Four films. Maybe “critics” should give those last 2 a break…

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