Well where do I start? Oh yes on how extremely poor the first movie was. I can probably count on one hand decent comic book movies (Hellboy, Batman, Spider-Man, V for Vendetta and The Crow) yet despite the travesties that I have sat through (Spawn, X-Men, Punisher, Daredevil, Judge Dredd.... Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D... Hasslehoff as Nick Fury *Shudder*) I always look forward to one.



The Fantastic Four have lost a lot of their cool over the 80's and 90's but they are still the home of some of the greatest Marvel super-villians such as Doctor Doom, Annhilus and Galactus so there is a lot of rich source material to exploit here. However what they did was completly ruin Doom for the first movie. Gone was the noble monarch of Latveria with a genius intellect and mastery of sourcery and hello generic Hollywood bad guy. I hated the movie.



Now the second movie is about to be released. People have said the first movie was awful yet it grossed $300,000,000 BEFORE DVD sales so a sequel was inevitable. For this movie the inspiration is the classic FF story 'Coming of Galactus' and will feature both the big G and the Silver Surfer. Now I am very impressed with the trailer, the effects on the Surfer are nothing short of astonishing but I am worried about what will happen given the pedigree. I have no desire to see two extremely important Marvel characters ruined like Doom was just for the sake of 90 mins of popcorn entertainment.


I have no objection to Marvel reaching out to new audiences through film as it's only natural these days but not if they are going to prostitute their IP's to anyone with enough money. I grew up reading about these characters and I really don't want to watch a whole new generation applauding as they are completely destroyed.



I truly hope FF2 is a massive success in every way as thats what I want to see with Marvels franchises. DC seems to be getting it right with Batman Begins and Superman Returns not to mention the success of Smallville, I just wish Marvel could do the same.



Here's hoping the Surfer is awesome as their are plans for a Surfer movie and a FF3 featuring The Negative Zone and Annhilus