Thanks for what???
Dec. 28th, 2005 09:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ffuturesJust watched the Fantastic Four movie and wondered about something. Two or three times in this film the Four are shown being thanked for saving the day, saving lives, etc. But if you look at what actually happened, the main reason why those lives are in danger is that the FF were there.
For example... the big crash on the bridge. Caused by the Fantastic Four. One guy would have committed suicide if they hadn't been there - instead there was a huge pile-up, property damage probably in the tens of millions, quite possibly several deaths and injuries, and a seriously damaged bridge that would have to be closed for months.
Pretty much the same thing happens at the climax - most of the damage is done by the four, not Dr. Doom. It isn't Doom that chooses to puncture a swimming pool, or throw a car at a bus. It isn't Doom that risks setting fire to the atmosphere.
I could go on, but it's all like that. There seems no reason for their sudden popularity, nor for the sudden unpopularity of Victor.
It wouldn't have been hard to write a script that treated the characters with dignity but still gave rational reasons for them to be regarded as heroes, but it feels like the screenwriters simply didn't bother.
Not recommended.
For example... the big crash on the bridge. Caused by the Fantastic Four. One guy would have committed suicide if they hadn't been there - instead there was a huge pile-up, property damage probably in the tens of millions, quite possibly several deaths and injuries, and a seriously damaged bridge that would have to be closed for months.
Pretty much the same thing happens at the climax - most of the damage is done by the four, not Dr. Doom. It isn't Doom that chooses to puncture a swimming pool, or throw a car at a bus. It isn't Doom that risks setting fire to the atmosphere.
I could go on, but it's all like that. There seems no reason for their sudden popularity, nor for the sudden unpopularity of Victor.
It wouldn't have been hard to write a script that treated the characters with dignity but still gave rational reasons for them to be regarded as heroes, but it feels like the screenwriters simply didn't bother.
Not recommended.
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Date: 2005-12-30 10:27 am (UTC)The thing that I found most annoying was that when I was a kid I really looked up to her cos she was a superhero and female and had a child and got married to Reed and all that, and was STILL a superhero and there really weren't any other similar role models. Wonderwoman and Batgirl really didn't hack it for me.
Reading it again and seeing what sexist crap it was I got very annoyed with myself for being quite so impressionable. The only thing in my defence is that I was reading it in the 70s, so I hope it had actually improved from the original very early stuff.