The Fantastic Four: First Steps

[The Laughing Fish]

Visually it looks very good, with only the CGI on The Thing feels a little off. I like the shot of Johnny Storm rising out of orbit, which feels very Superman-like.

Whether or not the film itself will be good, however, remains to be seen.

[The Joker]

This is a big MAYBE for me.

I thought the trailer was fine. I do like that the film is a '60's period piece that (presumably) embraces the zany/comedic/family aspects of the legendary Stan Lee/Jack Kirby comics run (though I guess we won't be seeing very much 1960's smoking!), and I kinda like the washed-out coloring aesthetic, plus seeing a proper Galactus should be fun (though conspicuously absent of the female Silver Surfer we're evidently stuck with). However, I find myself having a difficult time getting, or remaining interested in anything DC/Marvel for all that long, and this isn't much of an exception (the only thing that's been hooking audiences back in these days are films that draw heavily from nostalgia).

I will say that the notion of this new FF being, for the most part, self contained without a ton of references to characters, films and tv shows hardly anyone has watched, should be a big plus. That's a nice change of pace for once.   

[thecolorsblend]

Between the trailers for Gunn's Superman, Fantastic Four: First Steps and Daredevil: Born Again, I'm actually cautiously optimistic about multiple superhero projects simultaneously.

I think it's been ten years since the last time I could say that.

I remain convinced that the superhero genre is, at best, on life support. But if those three projects pan out, it will show everyone that the genre still has life in it.

That's something to celebrate, tbh.

[The Dark Knight]

This movie rubs me the wrong way. They've had a couple of attempts with Fantastic Four and all have failed. They're trying again but admitting defeat with a contemporary setting and going into the past. I'm hoping it's another box office flop. Superman isn't a sure thing either. The dumb thing is that I actually think Jurassic World Rebirth could end up making more than either of them.