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Fox should give up Fantastic Four


Focus only on X-Men and related movies and leave FF with related things alone with FF back to Marvel Studios. I mean we all want Galactus, Dr. Doom, Skrulls and FF characters in MCU.

Sign this penition to Fox:
https://www.change.org/p/everybody-group-people-make-fox-sell-the-rights-to-fantastic-four-back-to-marvel-studios?source_location=petitions_share_skip

"Let off some steam bennet"-Commando.

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I feel FF has a lot of content to run with for a series, but the team isn't that great for immediate consumption. You can't just make people like the Fantastic Four because they've been around forever. The primary reason people liked reading those comics was because it's responsible for so much content in the Marvel universe, which Disney and Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy got away with, using the recurring FF antagonist Ronan the Accuser and making a big deal out of the Kree.

But mostly I think Fox's problem is that they have more content than they know what to do with, so they choose to do nothing with most of it. The X-men will never go to space to fight the Brood. Reed Richards will never wield the Ultimate Nullifier. And Doctor Doom will never have magical powers. These are things that just won't happen under Fox, and while X-men settles into themes of bigotry, FF struggles to maintain the "family" or "discovery" aspects because it's never going to be as direct and conflicting as what X-men has.

What would make the Fantastic Four initially interesting? I have trouble thinking of a way.

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ANd do you think Guardians needs Skrulls and Galactus in the next movie?

"If this is torture, chain me to the wall"-Oliver and Company

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But mostly I think Fox's problem is that they have more content than they know what to do with, so they choose to do nothing with most of it. The X-men will never go to space to fight the Brood. Reed Richards will never wield the Ultimate Nullifier. And Doctor Doom will never have magical powers. These are things that just won't happen under Fox, and while X-men settles into themes of bigotry, FF struggles to maintain the "family" or "discovery" aspects because it's never going to be as direct and conflicting as what X-men has.

^Perfect. Nailed it.


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Well just because the rights go back to Marvel, doesn't mean that Marvel will do anything better with it. (well they can't do anything worse than the latest FF film but still)

Spider-Man is back with Marvel now and it really doesn't sound like they are doing anything new or interesting with him.

Also, the Fantastic Four aren't really that great. Sure, they have their moments, but most FF stories boil down to Reed messing with stuff and nearly destroying New York/The World/Reality.

It's hot... but not as hot as the night Johnny Viti got married...

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I did not know that, interesting... Kind of impressive that companies agreed to that kind of thing, shows promise for other franchises.

I also meant that it's just going to be same old Peter Parker, bitten by a radioactive spider and blahblahblah Uncle Ben and so on and so forth. I was really hoping for Miles Morales, because it would really be a chance to do new stuff with the character.

It's hot... but not as hot as the night Johnny Viti got married...

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I'm saying they're using content that a FF movie could, but only because Fox doesn't have the courage for that kind of stuff in their superhero blockbusters. And that's a big "huh?" for the studio that backed Star Wars until Disney bought it.

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