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October 31, 2004
More FF movie stills...
http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=5694
Apparently there was once a promo clip available here too, but due to overwhelming demand it has been removed. Still, the page is worth a visit for first glimpses of The Human Torch & Mr. Fantastic's powers, as well as the first pics of an armored Dr. Doom.
I'm trying to jump to an extremely premature conclusion about the crappines of this movie but it's hard to say. Doom looks kind of cool. His mask pays homage to the classic Kirby design (especially the mouth), but it is still its own creation. Sort of like the departure that was done with the Green Goblin mask in the first Spider-man movie. Looks like they will largely eliminate the hood, which is more Destro than Dr. Doom, but I can live with that. Human Torch is also impressive looking, though we'll have to see how terrible the inevitable full-CG version of him looks. I'm imagining that's what they will do for the long flying shots, similar to the scenes in Daredevil where the hero is leaping between buildings and such. Which, in my opinion, were about as convincing as the cut scenes in a PlayStation game. The shot of Reed Richards stretching looks better than I had anticipated. There's one semi-indistinguishable shot, which must be an Invisible Woman effect. It's hard to judge because I can't tell what I'm looking at. I guess it works because I can't see anybody? Finally, it looks as though we are all just going to have to accept that The Thing is going to look like what he is, a guy in an orange rubber suit. I expect that when he moves around on-screen, the action will be accompanied by a lot of heavy, thudding footsteps, and the sound of grinding rocks. This may cut down on the Creature from the Black Lagoon factor somewhat.
Ultimately the jury is still out. How generous of me, since the movie won't be in theaters for another 9 months. To Fox Studios and director Tim Story, if you can hear me out there: Please, please, please, don't screw this movie up like I know you will. Please.
Posted by jdonelson_nyc at October 31, 2004 06:09 PM