Mar 10 2009
Fantastic 4 Movie Getting The (Re)Boot
There are times in this business that things need to be left alone. There should never be a Goonies remake, there should never be a Back to the Future remake, and there should never ever ever for the love of God be a Karate Kid remake. Now all three of those movies have been pitched as remakes or reboots or whatever you want to call it and unfortunately Karate Kid is moving forward. However, there ARE some movies that just plain need to get redone to make them what they should be.
The Fantastic 4 is one of those movies. The Fantastic 4 could have been awesome. It could have been a true franchise movie much like Batman or Spider-Man. While it did on occassion have its bright spots….like Chiklis as Thing or Julian McMahon as Doom, the movie just completely blew. The people at Fox did what they do best and hired a less than capable director *cough Brett Ratner X3 cough* in Tim Story and they just let him completely ruin the Fantastic 4. He did not one time capture the essence of the family that is the Fantastic 4.
Now, merely four years after the first one came out and only 2 years after the sequel, Fox wants to reboot the franchise. According to IESB, Fox wants the franchise to mirror Iron Man than be all bubble gummy. So what? No Michael Chiklis/Chris Evans banter? 
This my friends is great great news. If the Fantastic 4 is done right, it could be one of the best film franchises of all time. You read that right. It is one of the greatest comics of all time so there you have it. Let’s just hope they don’t the “hottie of the month” aka Megan Fox like they did with “hottie of 2005″ Jessica Alba. Maybe…..just maybe cast a real blonde for Sue. Maybe?
Sorry Jess….you’re out.
I was disappointed with the first one but I really enjoyed the second one. A re-boot? I think they should wait a while
Yeah ransack I think it’s kind of crazy they are rebooting it so soon too, but if this is done right, it could work.