Galactus Rant (plus 52 hint)
Jan. 16th, 2007 05:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thehefnerWelp, according to CHUD.com, my worst fear for the FANTASTIC FOUR sequel is confirmed. Looks like we'll be getting "giant swarm of space bugs" Galactus rather than "huge guy in big pink armor and funky helmet" Galactus. That's just what I'm inferring when the screenwriter says that Galactus will be less of a "character" and more of a "force."
The usual argument is that regular Galactus would look goofy in film. To which I say, bullshit. Not if it's toned down and done right in the movie, especially if it jives with the comic-y tone of the film. And having read the "Ultimate Galactus" space bugs story, let me tell you... a swarm of space bugs is boring. Boring and anticlimactic. I'd rather take goofy over boring any day, and done right, he doesn't even HAVE to be goofy.
Why do so many people insist on trying to make some of these comic concepts "realistic"? Where's the sense of wonderment or fun? Gritty and realistic works for many characters, but not Fantastic Four.
Guh. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe the big man'll look more like his old self after all. They nailed the Silver Surfer, not like that's hard to do. But it's not like I exactly had much faith in this team after the first FF movie.
Pissed now.
In other news, I just read the new issue of 52, which officially comes out tomorrow. And let me just say... kinda intriguing. The![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
scans_daily folks will likely have a double field day, but I'm not certain what to make it it. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
heykidzcomix particularly, take note. I actually might just almost give half a crap about this story now.
The usual argument is that regular Galactus would look goofy in film. To which I say, bullshit. Not if it's toned down and done right in the movie, especially if it jives with the comic-y tone of the film. And having read the "Ultimate Galactus" space bugs story, let me tell you... a swarm of space bugs is boring. Boring and anticlimactic. I'd rather take goofy over boring any day, and done right, he doesn't even HAVE to be goofy.
Why do so many people insist on trying to make some of these comic concepts "realistic"? Where's the sense of wonderment or fun? Gritty and realistic works for many characters, but not Fantastic Four.
Guh. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe the big man'll look more like his old self after all. They nailed the Silver Surfer, not like that's hard to do. But it's not like I exactly had much faith in this team after the first FF movie.
Pissed now.
In other news, I just read the new issue of 52, which officially comes out tomorrow. And let me just say... kinda intriguing. The
scans_daily folks will likely have a double field day, but I'm not certain what to make it it. heykidzcomix particularly, take note. I actually might just almost give half a crap about this story now.
