The scathing reviews and the turbulence in the reboot of the Fantastic Four is enough reason not to bother merging the film with the X- Men franchise. Nonetheless, Fox is reportedly still planning how they can possible have the X-Men/Fantastic Four crossover movie in the hopes of aping the Marvel Cinematic Universe's success without doing any of the necessary legwork or planning. Here's why it won't work : X-Men And Fantastic Four Are IN Separate Dimensional Universe The Fantastic Four and X-Men are in separate universe. If you put the F4 in the same world as the X-Men, nothing about them would be fantastic. It's a world populated by mutants already with powers. X-Men: Age of Apocalypse was also written with the same mindset, so those are two movies that will do absolutely nothing to lay the foundation for a shared universe. Too Many Characters to Allot Screen Time We have seen this in numerous flick where there is more than a handful of major characters to account for. DC: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice seems to be taking a great risk to involve the likes of most of the main Justice League members including Aquaman and Wonder Woman. Oh yeah, remember we still haven't account for the villains in the Justice League, which will also need adequate development. If Spiderman was castigated for just having three villains, imagine having to much superhero in a film. Indeed, The Avengers: Age of Ultron made an insane amount of cash at this year box office, but not without several harsh criticisms of how under-served many of the characters were and even indications the mighty Marvel Cinematic Universe stretching itself too thin. I wonder what Captain America: Civil War will be like next year. The X-Men movies alone have at least as many characters as Avengers: Age of Ultron. At worst, they double the amount of that, and tossing in four more main characters who will require ample screen time is going to be a virtual impossible juggling act and to establish a balance. This brings me to my next point An Excess Of Superpower Redundcany Which Villain Would They Fight? By the time an X-Men/FF crossover would hit theaters, the X-Men would have already defeated Apocalypse, an all-powerful, nearly god-like mutant. After that, what threat level is limited. Who would they possibly need help with? Even in the comic books, when the X-Men and the Fantastic Four teamed up to fight Doctor Doom, Storm just yelled at him. Literally just yell. Woman Power! Dont get your girlfriend upset. And lets not forget many of the villains are still control by Disney's Marvel. Hence that does not leave much for our heroes to battle. This makes you wish Fox would just give up the rights back to Marvel...sigh. Box Office Failure If you haven’t heard as yet, the controversial reboot of Fantastic Four is an absolute failure at every level. Critically, Fox’s second attempt at franchising Marvel’s founding family of superheroes sits as the lowest scored Marvel-branded movie ever on Rotten Tomatoes, and financially, the box office results for Fantastic Four‘s opening weekend fell far below all early estimates. With critics, fans and financial viability all working against it, what’s next for the Fantastic Four film franchise and the all-too-soon scheduled release date for Fantastic Four 2? The 2005 Fantastic Four installment, which starred Jessica Alba as Sue Storm, Ioan Griffudd as Reed Richards, Michael Chiklis as The Thing and Chris Evans, in his first incarnation of a super-hero, as Johnny Storm, opened to a then-super $56 million, in 3,602 theaters, for $16,700 per. As tickets were $2.20 less expensive then the adjusted take today would be $75.2 milion for the same amount of tickets sold (using NATO's Q2 price of $8.61). Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer, the lumbering sequel made $58 million (3,959 theaters, $13,700 per) its opening weekend, which would translate to $72.6 million given today's prices. The lowered per-screen-average expectations of the franchise must be painful for Fox for the $120 million film How is it possibly to mend the broken pieces of the shattered comic adaptation? Joining the two universe would just further exacerbate the situation, creating further loss for Fox. Furthermore, this would even ruin their already precious X- Men reputation which they have fought so hard to become a financial and commercial success. Fantastic Four box office weekend was one of the lowest Marvel film opening ever. The film suffered some of the reprehensible reviews and ratings from critics and fans. It would take some kind of comic book miracles to change the abysmal trajectory of the film. With the box office disaster, it would be pretty ridiculous for Fox to greenlight a crossover between the two. Approving the crossover will only Doom an already successful franchise- X-Men more than it would potentially breathe life into a dying one that couldn't even make it past its first reboot
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With the Fantastic Four movie opening yesterday, there have been constant debate about the movie success. Social Media has been abound with comments and views on the movie plot, CGI, cast among other critical factors relating to the movie. Assessing the trailer of the movie, i strongly feel there are certain areas which may lead to the downfall of the film. Honestly, i am not here to bash the film, but come on, its obvious the film appeared 'DOOM' form the start.
The previous two Fantastic Four films had good special effects, but they weren't up to the standards of nowadays Marvel or DC CGI. This wasn't helped by the powers of the four actors, including of Jessica Alba who themselves were pretty underwhelming, and very rarely did you feel like you were watching anything “fantastic.” However, this time around, Fantastic Four seems like an awesome intriguing sci-fi movie, instead of a pathetic superhero movie. Nonetheless of the awestruck special effects, Fantastic Four seemed tremendously flawed. We will highlights some of the reason why Fantastic Four, though it looks great, possesses the potential to flop.
THERE WERE MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THE PRODUCTION
Although Josh Trank seemed perfectly suited for the director of Fantastic Four, there has been numerous reports about trouble between Trank and the studio. Anonymous insiders have made some damning allegations. Some even went to the furthest extent of calling the movie “a mess,” . Furthermore, there were rumors that 20th Century Fox considered throwing the entire film out and starting over. Gratefully, none of that happened, and we wait to see the result of the debut. Surprisingly, Trank even has stepped aside from the opportunity to direct a new Star Wars flick, possibly in response to the supposedly sordid situation with Fox. With X-MEN it’s pretty hard for the studio to push around established filmmakers such as Bryan Singer, Mathew Vaughn and James Mangold. I just dont believe Josh Trank simply has the clout as these established filmmakers. I wouldn’t have given such a property to Trank until he had more films under his belt. CHRONICLE was a good debut with exceptional visual effects but another two or three successful films then perhaps Fox could entrusted him with such a major adaptation . IT EMBRACES A MORE MODERN VERSION OF THE ORIGIN WHICH IS TREMENDOUSLY COMPLICATED The last time we saw the FF on the big screen, their origin story was a modified version that appeared in the 1961 first issue of the fantastic four comic book series. To cut it short for those who dont have a clue: the fantastic 4 team head to space, got blasted with cosmic radiation, and BAM develop super powers upon their return to earth. The reboot however, adapts the Ultimate Fantastic Four comic book’s origin from 2004. This is where the title characters attempt to explore a parallel universe via a dimensional teleportation machine. It’s an astute concept, diverting from the original story’s references of entering space, meanwhile providing fertile ground for future stories. One major mark against the new origin is that it’s will be a whole lot more challenging to explain. The old FF’ “went into space and came back weird” origin is so simple that it could be expended within five minutes of running time. The new, dimensional portal version might be a little more difficult to explain without adequate exposition.
DOCTOR DOOM IS A HACKER?
This is such a bitch move.. It’s hard to say in what exact manner FF’s arch-nemesis will be portrayed in this new movie. Online, the character is listed alternately as “Victor Domashev” or simply “Doom,” and he appears to be some kind of computer hacker or programmer or…something. Now, sure, it’s tough to make the movie Doc the power-hungry dictator of an Eastern European nation that he was in the comics. Yet there is a strange inkling telling us that this new Doom could easily disappoint.
THE HUMAN TORCH IS BLACK
Many persons will bring up the race card as an argument to justify or rationalize the selection of the Michael B. Jordan as the human torch. However, this seemed more of a political move rather than a conscientious selection for the role. Nothing is wrong with Michael B Jordan, but he just doesnt seem befitting for the role. This is similar to the move by Sony to cast a black actor as Spiderman or to cast Idris Elba to play the role of James Bond. It doesn't work that way. We embrace the diversifying of characters, but not in the manner of "hey we are not racist we support black actors".
THE ACTORS ARE EXTREMELY YOUNG
Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbel, Michael B. Jordan are all excellent actors. However, the selection process leaves much to desire. Unless I'm mistaken i am sure they were a lot older in the comic. We understand you want to give bright young actors the opportunity to make their name, but at whos expense? The fans? The crazy driven fanboys who want to see their childhood comic superheroes on the big screen? if they were mixture between more experience actors and a few younger actors: fine. We would actually appreciate that, but dont experiment on a inflated budget and the dreams of moviegoers whom anticipated for a successful and a natural adaptation for your own greedy agenda. Finally, in the end, no matter how good this new flick turns out to be, it only continues to sever the ties between 20th Century Fox’s Marvel properties and those being made by Marvel Studios. Sony and Marvel have agreed to bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, helping to unify one of Marvel’s most important characters with his four-color-comrades. But with this reboot, it seems unlikely Fox will strike a similar agreement, keeping Marvel’s First Family too far from their comic book descendants. The success of the film will determine the next step for Fox and if there will be anX-Men/ Fantastic Four. Honestly I think it is the worse idea to mix the two, consequently with the volatility of the FF franchise. The 2005 Fantastic Four was bad, not dismally bad, but bad. The Rise of the Silver Surfer was not too bad; it was actually nice. This new fantastic Four looks abysmal. Merging the two franchise will adversely affect the X-Men successful franchise. In the end , lets wait an see this weekend box office results which will be the determining factor to pave the way for the supposed auspicious crossover debut. |
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