Thursday 7 May 2009

Fantastic Four 3?

So will their be a third FF film?

Well, we hope so. The first was pretty good, and was more or less accurate towards the four themselves. It was just a let down the way they protrayed Doctor Doom.

In the comics Doom is a friend of Reeds from college. He tries an experiment using a headset to boost psychic powers. The experiment goes wrong and Doom is badly burned, his face scarred so even he can't bear to look at himself. Doom disappears on a journey and isn't heard from again. Until he turns up in full armour, a la Iron Man, his face hidden, and with an arsenal of gadgets including blasters in his gauntlets, boots that allow flight and guns. He has conquered, and is now the ruler of, the small bavarian country Latvaria.

In the film, Doom is the financer of Reed's space voyage. He owns a space station. He gets hit by cosmic rays so actually turns into metal. His blasts are natural electric power he has gained.

Reed is supposed to be self financing, a millionaire from the patents on his many inventions.

Juliam McMahon was a good choice to play the handsome playboy version of Doom, and did quite well as the masked version of the villain he becomes.

The Silver Surfer is FF2 was good. Again, though, let down by his board being hijacked by Doom. Dr Doom riding the Surfer's board. Why?

Hopefully FF3 will be more in line with the comics, and not go into these weird abstractions.