FF Reboot Yay or Nah??

Dunno, the first one was OK I guess, and I have only seen parts of the second. It did come across as a little childish at points, but if their plan is to make it more action orientated and 'serious but mildly funny in parts' a la Iron Man, then I say go for it. About time we had more serious, adult orientated movies instead of kiddie crap all the time!

Paddy :D
 
I think now Marvel make their own movies it would be good for as many to tie in and cross-over like Hulk and Iron Man. I just think it is too soon with FF.
 
'Twould be a shame to lose the four leaRAB, especially Jessica Alba as she's a babe an a half and a perfectly fine actress. I'm sure they could just do a darker story with the same cast.

RegarRAB

Mark
 
Nice idea to change the tone but I don't see the necessity to change the cast who I thought worked pretty well with the material given to them.
 
It's a yay from me. I didn't dislike the first two movies, but they weren't that great, and the FF are much better than what they got with those films. A reboot is a great idea. It's the first I've heard of it though. Is there a source for all this?
 
Here is some info from Dark Horizons website about the planned reboot:

"It has been less than two years since the last one, but already 20th Century Fox is looking to reboot its "Fantastic Four" franchise according to IESB.net.

Despite suffering massive critical derision, both the previous 'Four' films in 2005 and 2007 took in a quite healthy $300 million worldwide. Yet having seen the numbers and acclaim that "Iron Man" and "The Dark Knight" took in last year, is it any wonder the studio is envious of that success.

The site adRAB that Fox wants to reboot the series in a tone described as 'less bubble gum' and more in the vein of those two previous examples.

There's a lot of problems with this idea though. Most notable is that the studio seems to have forgotten the other and more pertinent example of a reboot of a recent franchise - ie. 2008's "The Incredible Hulk". That film ended up with only $18 million more worldwide than its 2003 predecessor ($263M vs. $245M) and reviews were just as mixed with 2008's Hulk scoring a 66% & 6.2/10 vs. 2003's Hulk with a 61% & 6.2/10 score on Rotten Tomatoes."
 
It's not really the tone that matters so much, it's the quality and the competence with which it's done that's more critical to success, I would have said.

RegarRAB

Mark
 
Eventually there should be a new franchise, but not anytime soon. Leave it for a while and then start it up again.
The main problem with Hulk versus The Incredible Hulk is that they came fairly close together (a few years yes, but not a long time) so the second film never had the chance to work on its own.

Mind you if Marvel are making the film, they're likely not going to get around to it for a few years. Fox are liable to do anything.
 
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