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How do you manage to miscast every single member of the Fantastic Four?

posted 9 years ago by VVolfySnackrib
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I don't know what the general consensus is, and Fantastic Four is one of the super hero franchises I am the least interested in, but is it just me or were each of them just horrendously miscast? Not Sue, not Thing, not Blaze, not... Stretchy, nobody brings anything to the role. It feels like just any random boring person was picked out to play one of the heroes. The 2005 version was pretty bad, but it had that little charm about it, ridiculous though it might be.

[–] billwhitmore 9 years ago

Could not agree more, what a casting shambles. Also as a Brit I see no benefit in the 'Represent' idea. Why shoehorn in Black actors for what were white characters, I mean a Black Dr Storm but white Sue Storm qho has aBlack brother!! What was that about???. Marvel have some fantastic Black characters - Luke Cage, Black Panther etc, just make films about them.
Also Jame Bell - the Worst Ben Grimm ever!! Ehat the hell were they thinking, did the person who cast this ever read the books??
Agree about the acting, they are so flat a 3D version would have been useless anyway.

[–] David_Blue 9 years ago

That's correct. The more people are longstanding Fantastic Four fans, the more likely they are to agree that every single role was miscast.

#‎BringF4Home

[–] littleyellowfish 9 years ago

You know what's even worse. Doctor Doom actually was well cast in this(he was played by Koba from Dawn of The Planet of the Apes) but they still *beep* it up.

"How come nobody's ever tried to be a superhero?" - Dave Lizewski, 2010.

[–] VVolfySnackrib 9 years ago

Heh yeah. Doom is like the one person I don't have gripes about in the movie as far as casting's concerned. But uh... having him show up in the last 20 minutes and very predictably have him target Earth for destruction using the very same plot device that they shoe horned in with the redundant dialogue about how their teleporter could create a black hole that swallows the Earth. Yeah, like you're not sitting there from the beginning of the movie, thinking, "hmm, oh gee, I wonder how easily accessible black hole destroying the earth will come into play later on? I'm sure not some villain gets funny ideas of doom!"

[–] jad1986 9 years ago

"hmm, oh gee, I wonder how easily accessible black hole destroying the earth will come into play later on? I'm sure not some villain gets funny ideas of doom!"

"Hi, my name is Victor Von Doom."

"I see absolutely no way this can go wrong."

What we see and what we seem are but a dream. A dream within a dream.

[–] projectcloud7-985-376750 9 years ago

Since they tried to make the movie for the lowest amount of money possible I think they asked everyone they auditioned how much they expect to make and the ones that gave the lowest figures got the gig.

[–] VVolfySnackrib 9 years ago

What? They tried making the movie for the lowest possible amount? They should've hired a special effects team from youtube then.

[–] projectcloud7-985-376750 9 years ago

Well not the lowest amount humanly possible, low enough to make it not be a big risk but just enough to make it look respectable. Hence the $120mil budget. The same budget given to The Wolverine a movie that needed way less visual effects and the same budget given to the first F4 movie made by Fox a decade prior to this one.

[–] thecherrypop 9 years ago

I liked the cast.

Kate Mara wasn't a supermodel pretending to be a scientist like in the last F4 movies. Mara managed to bring a reserved, caring and intelligent Sue across.

Miles Teller was a great Reed. He was nerdy enough but also had some depth to him. And he looks a lot like the comics.

Jamie Bell didn't make much of an impact. Wasn't his fault. But yeah he was replaceable.

Michael B Jordan was a typical Johnny-storm. The colour of his skin did not even affect my thoughts on the character or change the character. It wasn't a big deal.

[–] jad1986 9 years ago

Miles Teller was a great Reed. He was nerdy enough but also had some depth to him. And he looks a lot like the comics.

Nope, disagree.

Back in the early days of the Fantastic Four, up through the 70s, Reed Richards was a MAN. He wasn't a muscleman, but he was buff.

Check out this John Buscema pic of him from Fantastic Four #179: https://67.media.tumblr.com/c7a712b819e4a19fc70b8b68584b5bd6/tumblr_o7gbdxPul91rw7k0no1_540.png

Then when John Byrne took over, he slimmed Reed down, creating a look that the Earth 616 Reed would basically stick to until the present day. (Although folks have noted his "Secret Wars" look with a beard is a "dad bod.")

http://67.media.tumblr.com/787952c5340b0d52f85c7a41a50692c5/tumblr_o7yw6lpJGL1vvfgwko1_500.jpg

But maybe you mean Ultimate Fantastic Four... http://static2.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_medium/7/78965/3099861-500px-reed_richards_earth-1315.jpg

In which case, no.

What we see and what we seem are but a dream. A dream within a dream.

[–] David_Blue 9 years ago

This is Jack Kirby's definition of the Fantastic Four:

https://lasescaleras.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/4_fantasticos_-_wasterbull.jpg

None of the actors in the movie are anything like this as individuals, and in the movie the family love group relationship, which is essential, completely does not exist.

#‎BringF4Home

[–] zaphod08 9 years ago

Sue was supposed to be beautiful. The Submariner fell in love with her at first look. And honestly, I agree Kate came off as reserved and intelligent, but she wasn't caring in the least.

In the kingdom of the blind, you're the village idiot.

[–] tttl4077 8 years ago

Easy answer... IT's FOX!