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[Coffee Dog]

Looks fine, but the Thing's costume is one of the things I was least concerned about. The script and tone are much larger issues.

 

[Mupod]

is that why he wore that helmet thing for a lot of infinity crusade? I was always confused by that as a kid since I missed that issue

 

[quesalupa]

That's a big rock dude.

 

[SliceSabre]

Looks fine to me.

 

[Symphonic]

Expectations rising...slowly... and conservatively...

 

[Dysun]

Something a little off about the face, but much improved none the less

 

[Sesuadra]

another blurry shot from the set >>

Disappointed, prefer this one

Seriously though, it actually looks pretty good.

damn it. too late

 

[Takuan]

Looks fine. I didn't really have a problem with the original, either - hell, I enjoyed the F4 movies for what they were.

 

[Slayven]

is that why he wore that helmet thing for a lot of infinity crusade? I was always confused by that as a kid since I missed that issue

Yep, Wolverine put those claws on him

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Well they can do some rock surgery on him!

BUAHAHAHA

I tried not to laugh, but you got me.

I been telling people, it is not rock, it is mutated skin. Just has a rock like texture.

This is crazy. I feel like everything I thought I knew about the FF/Thing is a lie.

This along with the info about Sue being able to fly...

What's left? Reed is really an amoral megalomaniac who is just one bad day away from blowing shit up.

 

[J10]

Straight up, based on stats? No Cap couldn't. But Cap could find a way to win

Yeah, by bringing Hulk with him. Or send Thor to "negotiate."

 

[styl3s]

That's what the Thing turned into, yes, but that's not how he started.

The Thing as a character grew into that big goofy lovable guy. He started out as a tortured insecure monster and then a spiteful monster with rage issues who resented his circumstances and Reed for his part in his transformation.

Both are a huge part of his character, but if you start with the evolution you have nowhere to go with him.

Have you ever read a Fantastic Four comic? Even in the origin he has blue human eyes, even since the first comic he was a person not some soulless fucking rock monster.

He even acknowledges the power and says he has to use to help mankind in the first issue, you know who says that? Someone who has his humanity.

 

[Log4Girlz]

Captain America can take out Thing right?

Maybe for some dinner?

 

[Shaanyboi]

I like it. It doesn't go too far into something grotesque that it's unrecognizable, it feels natural, it feels like the character...

Curious as to how he'll look in motion.

 

[DonasaurusRex]

I tried not to laugh, but you got me.



This is crazy. I feel like everything I thought I knew about the FF/Thing is a lie.

This along with the info about Sue being able to fly...

What's left? Reed is really an amoral megalomaniac who is just one bad day away from blowing shit up.

should we tell him about the council of reeds?

 

[Hex]

Looks good but it will all depends on how it moves, interacts and blends as well as shows expression.

 

[triplestation]

gusta

but i wonder how his mouth is gonna animate

is it gonna stay like a normal mouth lmao how do you talk with rocks

jesus.. thinking about it what if the things innards are still human trapped in this heavy ass rock exterior i dont know if i want this character to exist anymore

 

[Prompto]

New pic:

Plus some new information:

Turns out levitating hurts. On this humid day on the Baton Rouge, La., set of Fantastic Four, the psychically gifted Sue Storm (Kate Mara) is about to catch some major air. After a cosmic accident has rendered Sue and her three pals superpowerful (more on that later), the group is quarantined in a secret government facility. For this scene, in which Sue struggles to master her ability to float (she can also turn invisible and project force fields), Mara stands on a crane and makes faces usually reserved for squats or dead lifts. “Move your knees around,” yells director Josh Trank from below. “It’s painful! It’s painful!” In most comic-book adaptations, superpowers are mainly just supercool. In the new Four, they feel more like a disability. “It’s not easy at all,” Mara says. “It’s exhausting.”

Fans of the franchise may be feeling a little fatigued too. Both the 2005 original, Fantastic Four, and the 2007 sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, performed well at the box office, but critics (and moviegoers) pretty much hated them. So Twentieth Century Fox went on the hunt for a fresh vision. Trank had delivered a 2012 sleeper hit for the studio with his found-footage superpowers flick, Chronicle. His immediate take on the Four was how terrifying it would be to have your arms suddenly turn into rubber, or your skin burst into flame. “I just kinda jumped to ‘body horror’ in my head,” he says. “Chronicle is about the evolution and strengthening of unique powers. This movie is really viewing them as a curse.”

In this origin-story reboot, the Four—Reed Richards (Miles Teller), Johnny Storm (Michael B. Jordan), Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell), and Sue (Mara)—are “infected” during an interdimensional-travel experiment. The event turns Reed into the elastic Mr. Fantastic, Johnny into the Human Torch, Ben into the Thing, and Sue into the Invisible Woman. “It’s as if you got into a car accident,” Mara says, “and a part of you is different for the rest of your life.”

Making matters worse, the fifth member of their crew, Victor (Toby Kebbell), has transformed as well, into an updated version of Dr. Doom, and the gang must grapple with their new skills—and the loss of their old selves—while finding a way to defeat him.

Trank describes the tone of the film as a cross between Steven Spielberg and Tim Burton—what he calls “Dark Amblin.” To help him achieve that, the studio paired him with writer-producer Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past). Trank told Kinberg he had two ambitions. First, the film had to feel scary and very real, more like a horror movie than a superhero flick. And second, it ultimately had to be a coming-of-age story. “Part of defining yourself,” Kinberg explains, “is that moment when you go from being dependent to being in control of your destiny.”

 

[xxracerxx]

Baby Rock Biter grew up.

 

[More_Badass]

Looks like something out of God of War or Clash of the Titans

 

[Rastafarian42]

Really like the look hope it looks good in motion.

 

[Anton Sugar]

I'm liking just about everything I've seen and read so far. Hype...simmering.

 

[Mr-Joker]

I don't like it, it just looks dull and lifeless like it's trying to aim for the dark and edgy market.

Looks good. Is it too late to cancel this movie and give it to the MCU teams?

Well you can hope that movie bombs badly and Fox gives the license back.

 

[More_Badass]

I don't like it, it just looks dull and lifeless like it's trying to aim for the dark and edgy market.



Well you can hope that movie bombs badly and Fox gives the license back.

There hasn't been a dark and edgy market in comic book movies for years now. Kind of silly to think that. Gritty and/or grounded/realistic (Daredevil, TDK, Man of Steel) doesn't equal dark and edgy.

 

[Rodney McKay]

I don't like it, it just looks dull and lifeless

Like a... rock?

 

[TheGreatDirector]

New pic:

Plus some new information:

I'm really liking what I hear. Going for a horror edge is definitely a unique to tackle the Fantastic Four's origin.

 

[mreddie]

Looks okay but needs a bit more color.

 

[Oaktree]

I like it better than the prior alternative, that's for sure.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

That shot is even better.

 

[Rhaknar]

Peeps thought Thing was fully made of rock and not just his skin? He's not Iceman!

...I'm a nerd

 

[Discotheque]

that could just be the usual buzzwords that directors use for all we know but 'dark amblin' sounds awesome

 

[Kelsdesu]

Man. Just not into this at all. Just looks cheap and rushed.

 

[Daingurse]

Wow, that looks like The Thing. They did a good job.

 

[Sanjuro]

Looks awful.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

way better. the other one was terrible

 

[Future Foundation]

There hasn't been a dark and edgy market in comic book movies for years now. Kind of silly to think that. Gritty and/or grounded/realistic (Daredevil, TDK, Man of Steel) doesn't equal dark and edgy.

B..b..but there's no color!

 

[Fezan]

looks great. Hyped rising

 

[Toothless]

... I honestly prefer the Chiklis one, but this looks better than I expected.