Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Originally posted by Zahit
The F4 movie sucked. sucked hard. stupid as all hell.

Marvel should have made it a cool series on Sci-Fi Network.
That would've worked FAR better than movies.
F4 are far too rich in history and stories to confine them
to a few movies. A well-done series would have been WAY better.

Damn straight and i've got a feeling the same mistake is going to be repeated.

Why is a sequel even being considered? The first film BOMBED in theaters. It doesn't make any logical sense.

Originally posted by office jesus
Why is a sequel even being considered? The first film BOMBED in theaters. It doesn't make any logical sense.

Actually the opposite. Despite the negative reviews, the film opened to nearly $60 million, and would gross $156 million in North America, and $329 million overall worldwide - against a budget of $100 million or so.
That it overcame the negative reviews is part of the reason the sequel is getting made, with promises it will be better.

I saw the trailer today and was really impressed with the animation for the Surfer. The visuals alone will make this worth watching.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/fantasticfourriseofthesilversurfer/

Originally posted by Swanky-Tuna
I didn't think the first one was that bad but it was very cheesy.

I must say this though. Surfer and/or Doom after stealing Surfer's powers better rock so much face that my nose bleeds from watching it or... or... I guess I didn't think this out.

i agree... with some of it... 😛

i thought the first movie had good points, i liked johnny storm (imo all that was missing was blonde hair), gruffoud (sp?), as someone said, is better than this, same goes for mcmahon...

alba sucked... she's too young for sue, and i don't see a damn bit of resemblance...

thing... i don't know... i thought chiklis was alright, but the suit... meh... 😖

Originally posted by Wally West
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/fantasticfourriseofthesilversurfer/

nice...

Alba as Sue Storm has to be one of the worst casting choices ever. Yeah, we all know she's hot but get serious.

Surfer looks like a pimp in that trailer though.

Never thought I'd say it...but Surfer really does look pimp in that.

Surfer is the only reason i'll pay to see this movie.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/fantasticfourriseofthesilversurfer/large.html

Originally posted by Lucid Lui
Surfer is the only reason i'll pay to see this movie.

Galactus: Let's not fight.
Surfer: No, lets!

Originally posted by Validus
Alba as Sue Storm has to be one of the worst casting choices ever. Yeah, we all know she's hot but get serious.

Surfer looks like a pimp in that trailer though.

e.g. Charlize Theron

And yes, he does.

Surfer looks cooler than I expected, but isn't Galactus also in this? I still have my doubts of how well Galactus would work in a movie.

I don't think Galactus is in this... but I could be wrong... it's rare, but it happens.

Check out the teaser trailer.

Doug Jones, who played Abe Sapien in Hellboy, will be the Silver Surfer. I gotta admit, this teaser surprised the **** out of me. I'm betting that this will deliver more than the first movie since we dont have to go through an origin backstory. Most of all, I just sincerely hope that Galactus will be portrayed as the cosmic powered badass he is, and not some ass in a big purple hat.

(Sorry if this is a dupe thread, Dusty. 😛)

Personally, I doubt Galactus will have any significant part in the movie. Maybe something of an allusion to him, but nothing more.

I feel Bryan Singer said it best when he was making X-Men 2. He said that the first [superhero] movie is about the origins and the second one, you can just have fun with the characters.

We probably should expect the Silver Surfer backstory in this though.

In regards to the trailer, it looks great. I really liked the part when Johnny Storm was like, "I just bought this tux... Flame On!"

I'm pretty sure that Norrin Radd's back story will be told, from when he was a normal being on planet Zenn-La and offered himself as a herald to Galactus in order to spare his planet from being "eaten" by the "Destroyer of Worlds".

What worries me is how the story of Dr. Doom, who is, in my utmost opinion, the greatest Marvel villain ever, will be continued. I was very disappointed at how easily he was beaten in the first movie. Then again, Victor was just getting started................

BTW, I'm a comic book collector/nerd. 😐

Why is it that when they made X-men, the fire and ice guys looked cool, yet the Fantastic Four trailer just screams "terrible CGI"? I hated the first, and this should be worse since background stories are often the best part of a story.

Originally posted by Impediment
I'm pretty sure that Norrin Radd's back story will be told, from when he was a normal being on planet Zenn-La and offered himself as a herald to Galactus in order to spare his planet from being "eaten" by the "Destroyer of Worlds".

What worries me is how the story of Dr. Doom, who is, in my utmost opinion, the greatest Marvel villain ever, will be continued. I was very disappointed at how easily he was beaten in the first movie. Then again, Victor was just getting started................

BTW, I'm a comic book collector/nerd. 😐

I'm worried about the Dr. Doom story as well. Bringing in the Surfer would be bringing in Galactus too, right? So are they going to be teaming up or what?

Perhaps the Surfer comes to Earth, meets with the FF and all, defeats Dr. Doom, and the end brings the rise of Galactus? It's just an idea. They're contracted to a third movie anyway....