Fantastic Four Trailer Review

The new Trailer for The next Fantastic Four is out and this one definitely shows more than the last. In case you haven’t seen it yet here it is for your viewing pleasure.

So first things first. I wasn’t a very big fan of the first two films from a few years back…not many were, hence why they never made a third. But hey at least Chris Evans got to make a name for himself and eventually got cast as Captain America where we all love him now. The main problems I had with the previous ones were the crappy, predictable, cliché, story lines and the reliance on visual effects OVER a good story. Not to mention the over sexualization of the storm siblings throughout both movies.

This reboot however looks to me like they are going for a grittier, epic feel and I think it’s the right way to go. If they can distance themselves from the mistakes that the previous films made and give us a set of characters we can care about and relate to. Then I believe it will be quite a success. 

A fair amount people on the web seem to be a bit annoyed about the race change for Johnny Storm the Human Torch. While I understand some people’s initial confusion, this isn’t exactly big news. Many characters have had their race changed in recent years and almost always its been for the better. This is why we got the awesome black/blue Electro and not the stupid guy in green and yellow spandex version in The Amazing Spiderman 2, or the Samuel L. Jackson version of Nick Fury.

 

 

See, not so weird anymore ...

Anyways I think that going with the younger Ultimate Marvel Universe version of the Fantastic Four will bring a fresh new twist to an already familiar story, and will bring some interesting new elements to table that the original version lacked.

The graphics look phenomenal, especially this scene

and the story at least looks engaging. I wish they hadn’t shown quite so much in the trailer because I feel like I already know how the general plot will pan out. Hopefully they still have some surprises in store for us.  

One question I have though is why they are using actor Tim Blake Nelson again. If you recall he played Mr. Blue AKA Dr. Sterns AKA The Leader in The Incredible Hulk.

  

Now last we saw, his character had just had the Hulks radioactive blood dripping on his head (supposedly turning him into The Leader) but then we never heard from him again… Yet here‘s the same actor playing yet another scientist in the very same New York City in a Marvel film. The only separation here is that 20^th Century Fox still owns The Fantastic Four and not Disney so technically they aren’t in the same universe, still bit of an odd decision though. Apparently according to IMDB, Nelson will be playing the role of Dr. Harvey Elder AKA Mole Man 

Let’s just hope this role never pans out too, cause nobody wants to see that.