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7 Reasons Why The Fantastic Four Reboot Deserves Another Chance

The idea was this: the original Fantastic Four had gotten the aesthetics right, but completely flopped with regards to everything else like tone and character motivations, especially as they were depicted in Jack Kirby's original run. As director Josh Trank, coming off of Chronicle, pointed out, the earlier issues of the Fantastic Four had elements of body horror to them, from the design of the Thing to Doctor Doom's imposing face plate.
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Published: Oct 22, 2017 09:46 pm

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5) The Thing

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Though Michael Chiklis gave it his all in the 2005 film, his foam costume has not quite aged well, which prevents him from being as intimidating as he should be.

Thankfully, then, Trank and company decided to go with CGI for their take on the beloved character, and the result was actually pretty impressive. Jamie Bell looked exactly like his comic counterpart, with the rocks perfectly aligned to resemble a humanoid figure. The only problem was that no one behind the camera thought it would be smart to include pants…

6) Hidden Details

The filmmakers, at least early on in the production when they had freedom, clearly had a lot of fun making the movie. Throughout, there are a lot of nice little details that viewers of all ages can enjoy.

Some of the ones we personally noticed were the Nintendo 64 controllers used to make the first inter-dimensional portal, the fire flower decoration in Johnny’s car, and Reed’s teacher mentioning his attempts at building a flying car (i.e. the Fantasticar).

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