It’s hard to think of another film with so much potential that bombed so hard. 2015’s Fantastic Four was meant to attract a new generation of viewers by cashing in on the superhero craze brought about by The Avengers, whilst still telling an original tale.
The idea was this: the 2005 effort had nailed the aesthetics, but completely dropped the ball with regards to everything else like tone and character motivations, especially as they were depicted in Jack Kirby’s original run. Thus, the solution was to ground the story in a hard science fiction setting in order to synthesize two visions: Kirby’s space opera take, and the more modern version of the characters from the Ultimate comics.
Given everyone’s love for Interstellar the year before, it seemed like a good idea. And it was, until it actually began to take shape. Sitting with a pathetic 9% on Rotten Tomatoes...
The idea was this: the 2005 effort had nailed the aesthetics, but completely dropped the ball with regards to everything else like tone and character motivations, especially as they were depicted in Jack Kirby’s original run. Thus, the solution was to ground the story in a hard science fiction setting in order to synthesize two visions: Kirby’s space opera take, and the more modern version of the characters from the Ultimate comics.
Given everyone’s love for Interstellar the year before, it seemed like a good idea. And it was, until it actually began to take shape. Sitting with a pathetic 9% on Rotten Tomatoes...
- 8/18/2018
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
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