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stand back, citizens, for I am about to plot
Here's my pitch for a Fantastic Four movie:
We start in space. Our heroes are there, interacting. We get just enough time to establish their basic personalities – maybe five minutes – and then they suddenly have the space accident that will lead to them getting their powers. We cut to black as the space accident happens.
Cut to... two months later.
Our heroes now know that they have powers, are sort of getting used to using those powers, and are in no way reconciled to the fact that they have them. They are not a superhero team yet, but they are still communicating with each other, at least to some extent.
The next half hour is used to explore what they are each, individually, going to do with their powers – will they use them for the good of others? or for profit? or for publicity? or try to ignore them? or what?
Then comes the villainous event that brings them together as a team. And, importantly, this villain has almost nothing to do with them personally. The personal issues of the movie's climax are entirely about the heroes interacting with each other, and about the heroes figuring out the whole superhero thing.
...or Marvel could just make an even suckier version of Fant4stic. Their choice.
We start in space. Our heroes are there, interacting. We get just enough time to establish their basic personalities – maybe five minutes – and then they suddenly have the space accident that will lead to them getting their powers. We cut to black as the space accident happens.
Cut to... two months later.
Our heroes now know that they have powers, are sort of getting used to using those powers, and are in no way reconciled to the fact that they have them. They are not a superhero team yet, but they are still communicating with each other, at least to some extent.
The next half hour is used to explore what they are each, individually, going to do with their powers – will they use them for the good of others? or for profit? or for publicity? or try to ignore them? or what?
Then comes the villainous event that brings them together as a team. And, importantly, this villain has almost nothing to do with them personally. The personal issues of the movie's climax are entirely about the heroes interacting with each other, and about the heroes figuring out the whole superhero thing.
...or Marvel could just make an even suckier version of Fant4stic. Their choice.