{"id":14101,"date":"2009-03-11T09:27:22","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T16:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=14101"},"modified":"2009-03-11T10:23:11","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T17:23:11","slug":"not-so-fantastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/03\/11\/not-so-fantastic.html","title":{"rendered":"Not so Fantastic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, I wasn’t wowed by the Fantastic Four <\/em>movies, but … jeez, people, a reboot this quickly?<\/a> <\/p>\n

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With Daredevil already getting the once over and Planet of the Apes also in the running for a new start with a prequel in the works Fantastic Four is joining the reboot gang.<\/p>\n

The two films previously released never really caught on with the fans and the studio is reportedly looking to completely retool, recast and recrew the franchise. This means no Tim Story, no Iaon, no Julian (thank the maker, he never sat well with me as Dr. Doom), no Chris, no Chiklis and no Jessica.<\/p>\n

The first Fantastic Four in 2005 pulled in over $330 million worldwide and the second film, Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer, opened in 2007 with a total box office take of $290 million. Both made money and were commercial successes but the reviews were lackluster and the fan reaction was mediocre.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If something gets remade within 5 years … there’s something really wrong with Hollywood. And it’s not like these movies tanked — $330m and $290m respectively isn’t quite “never caught on with the fans.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, I wasn’t wowed by the Fantastic Four movies, but … jeez, people, a reboot this quickly?  With Daredevil already getting the once over and Planet of the Apes also in the running for a new start with a prequel in the works Fantastic Four is joining the reboot gang. The two films previously released … Continue reading “Not so Fantastic”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":127484,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/09\/so-will-fox-hand-off-the-fantastic-four-et-al-to-disneymarvel.html","url_meta":{"origin":14101,"position":0},"title":"So will Fox hand off the Fantastic Four (et al.) to Disney\/Marvel?","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 9-Aug-15 6:56pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It seems pretty clear that (a) the new FF movie is a horrifying bomb (rightly or wrongly), and (b) there will not be a sequel. 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