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Finally watched Fantastic Four (2015), which is up on D+ despite the fact the new Spidey movies aren't (probably because the rights to the Fantastic Four reverted to Disney and Sony sold whatever they had?). It's a movie I really didn't care about beforehand where the reviews also came in awful but, since it was on D+, I figured I'd watch it anyway.

It was... well, weird. Besides dialing back the ages, having some wonky casting, and once again giving us a powered Doom, the plot structure veered pretty sharpy from other superhero films. They spend an enormous amount of time on the set-up, we have a smaller amount of time with them acclimating to how they're changed, and then in the last quarter we actually have some new conflict. That and they couldn't give Ben pants. Why wouldn't they give the poor guy pants?

idk, I wouldn't have hated to see a sequel but it was a lackluster film and the franchise will be better off in Disney/Marvel's hands, although I'm not that keen on *another* reboot. The only consolation is maybe we can *finally* get a good live-action Doctor Doom (and, of course, I think I heard the Marvel film will feature Mole Man as the villain so it won't just be the FF vs Doom for the third (or technically fourth) time. And hopefully the next phase will culminate in Galactus or a Secret Wars type deal.

Speaking of D+, it's getting Hamilton in July. I've listed to the OBC countless times and I saw a recording of a performance, but I'm still pretty hyped.

CyborgSage00x0 posted...

RIP Ian Holm, who had proper nerd cred.

tbh, when I saw the news, I didn't recognize the name but the photo was recognizable. As mentioned in the other Ian Holm topic, he's been in a *lot* of movies I've watched. I was pretty surprised. Dude had one hell of a career.

Some of his notable "Oh, that was him?" roles include:
-Simon, a rival arms dealer in Lord of War
-The doctor from The Madness of King George (been forever since I saw that)
-One of Napoleon's hench-pigs in Animal Farm

He was apparently even in The Aviator. (And the Fifth Element.)

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