This week saw new trailers for The Fantastic Four, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Star Wars: The Force Rises. Closer looks at The Thing and Doctor Doom do not impress me, and the origin rehash doesn't excite me much, but maybe the new FF reboot will surprise me. We are 11 months away from Batman v Superman so I didn't expect the trailer to show much, but I liked what I saw. The Batman costumes especially looked great. The Star Wars trailer was my favorite. That quick shot of Han and Chewie brought a huge smile to my face, as did the Mark Hamill voice over. Heck, I loved the whole thing!
This story continues tomorrow, so make sure to tune in for the epic conclusion!
For reasons I'll never understand, that Green Lantern image was used in a set of JLA bubble gum tattoos in 1969. Couldn't they have found a more dramatic or dignified pose?
ReplyDeleteHa, good point Bob, the other guys at least get to throw a punch! Although I will say that despite his pose, GL is acting heroically on the above cover - I'm sure you noticed the green-tinted FF... who do you think is sending the distress call?
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm hoping the FF reboot will be a little more faithful to the comic book origin. Of course, the lunar landing aspect would admittedly have to be updated a little! Like, say, the quartet being sent to the Moon to survey it for Earth's first colony there?
ReplyDeleteAs for tomorrow's conclusion? Darth Vader vs. the combined might of the FF and JLA. Hmmm!
I hate to admit it. But, I think the odds are in Vader's favor.
The problem with being faithful to the FF origin is that it only works in the comic books. These four friends that wind up together as part of the space program. Women were not part of the space program until the shuttle program. As is Johnny has no business being part of the space program with everyone else. It's a great origin, but it only works in the comics. There are some origins that don't need to be told on film. Batman's origin told and re-told so many times proves to me that origins need to be both secret and untold.
ReplyDeleteThe FF were not a part of any space program. Richards was an entrepreneur a la Richard Branson and this could have translated to film quite easily.
ReplyDeleteI'm just picturing a confused child finding a Kanjar Ro toy in their fast food meal.
ReplyDeleteAmen, Chris! As Howard Hughes (played by Terry O'Quinn) said in THE ROCKETEER:
ReplyDelete"I don't work _for_ the government. I work _with_ the government! And at my discretion."
And, that's precisely what Reed Richards was doing when he made the fateful space flight in the 1961 comic book origin. So, a pre-colonization survey flight to the Moon--on a privately funded basis--would not be a needless rehash.
Considering that Man had not yet stepped foot on the Moon, or even had its first Spacewalk (1965, for those who didn't know) when the original FF origin was told. To me, the shift from extraterrestrial to extradimensional exploration retains that element of journeying into mystery, challenging the unknown, and otherwise bolding going where no man has gone before.
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