Hello, and welcome to another segment of Bug Juice!
For those not in the know, the new Fantastic Four reboot (or as the marketing is selling the film: Fant4stic) trailer has hit the web. I've had serious doubts about this film right from the get go, and while the new trailer does look interesting I still am not overly excited about this newest installment. For starters, I still feel that the characters are way too young. In Marvel comic lore, they are adults ranging from their 30's-50's but in the reboot they are considerably younger ranging in the mid-20's. However, that's not what disappoints me most about this reboot.
One of the defining aspects of the Fantastic Four is their nemesis, Dr. Victor Von Doom. Doom was an old colleague and friend of Dr. Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic), who was horribly disfigured during the accident that gave the four their superpowers. Unlike Richards and his friends, Doom was not gifted with powers but was cursed with a mangled frame. Filled with rage, Doom used his superior intellect to become the supreme ruler of a small country called Latveria, as well as plotting various schemes to destroy Richards and crew. Defined by his flowing green cape and iron mask (which he uses to hide his disfigured face), Doom is my favorite Marvel villain....and the new reboot screws it up (Say what you will about the previous Fantastic Four films, but at least they got Doom right)!
From what I understand, in the reboot Doom is experienced in the web-o-sphere (and his name isn't even Doom, it's Victor Domashev). He is an expert programmer, and it sounds like he may be a blogger as well. How freaking lame! It would appear that he is not going to end up ruling a small country with an iron fist in the reboot (though I really hope they throw that aspect in somewhere in the film). The new trailer doesn't even feature any shots of Doom from what I can tell (though there is one shot of a mangled form crawling away from some wreckage that could easily be Doom).
I'm hoping they find some way to make Doom the bad-ass he always was and always will be, but for right now the words programmer and blogger suck all hope out of my being. The real Doom would be most displeased. I'll still probably see the film whenever it is released, and judge for myself. For those curious, you can find the trailer HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_flR9_6msik (Once again, I think it looks interesting although it still doesn't fill me with optimism).
Till next time, You've just been BUGGED!
No comments:
Post a Comment