The Fantastic Four are the crown jewels on the Marvel comic universe. Even when they were not the top selling comic, the characters and their villains have been central to what happens in most of Marvel Comics.
Yet the Fantastic Four movies have been disappointments in terms of box office and critical success.
You have to go back to the 2012 Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance for a Marvel related movie that had a lower first weekend box office performance than the most recent Fantastic Four movie.
My analysis will have spoilers for the Fantastic Four in comics and for the Doctor Who TV Show.
Spoilers ahead.
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The characters of a live action science fiction-fantasy that most closely approximate Reed Richards (Mr Fantastic) and Victor Von Doom (Dr Doom) are Dr Who and his arch enemy the Master.
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Reed Richards can go to any dimension and anywhere in time and space.
Reed Richards made a portal to the Negative Zone.
He made a bridge through which he can look at other universes in the Multiverse and where he could travel to them as well.
Reed creates custom versions of TARDIS capability as he needs it.
He made devices where he could shrink into the smaller dimension Universes (Microverse)
Dr Doom can as well.
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Dr Doom made a time traveling platform.
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Reed Richards and Dr Doom have a chance to defeat ANY opponent no matter how powerful. This does not mean that they WILL defeat any opponent but they might.
Reed Richards with the Fantastic Four defeated Galactus multiple times.
Dr Doom stole the Silver Surfers powers, and the first Beyonders powers and then killed and took the powers of the rest of the Beyonders.
They are like Dr Who and the Master in that they have supreme alien level intelligence and get find the secrets of the Universe.
Dr Who can defeat the Master but the Master can defeat most anything else in the Universe. There are things in the Universe with more raw power than either of them. However, through intelligence, devices and plans they can often overcome most any challenge. Their limitations and failures are part of the stories. However, a core assumption is that they can probably come up with something that can win and exposition is for telling us what is limiting or preventing them from doing it. Exposition is not to justify why they can do something. By default it is believed by the viewer that they can do it.
The movies make a fundamental mistake in diminishing Dr Doom by not having him be a big part of the creation his own armor. They also should allow him to have his magic and his super-science.
The creation of the armor, forcefield and other gear are only minor first miracles before things really get rolling.
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Yet the Fantastic Four movies have been disappointments in terms of box office and critical success.
You have to go back to the 2012 Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance for a Marvel related movie that had a lower first weekend box office performance than the most recent Fantastic Four movie.
My analysis will have spoilers for the Fantastic Four in comics and for the Doctor Who TV Show.
Spoilers ahead.
The characters of a live action science fiction-fantasy that most closely approximate Reed Richards (Mr Fantastic) and Victor Von Doom (Dr Doom) are Dr Who and his arch enemy the Master.
Reed Richards can go to any dimension and anywhere in time and space.
Reed Richards made a portal to the Negative Zone.
He made a bridge through which he can look at other universes in the Multiverse and where he could travel to them as well.
Reed creates custom versions of TARDIS capability as he needs it.
He made devices where he could shrink into the smaller dimension Universes (Microverse)
Dr Doom can as well.
Dr Doom made a time traveling platform.
Reed Richards and Dr Doom have a chance to defeat ANY opponent no matter how powerful. This does not mean that they WILL defeat any opponent but they might.
Reed Richards with the Fantastic Four defeated Galactus multiple times.
Dr Doom stole the Silver Surfers powers, and the first Beyonders powers and then killed and took the powers of the rest of the Beyonders.
They are like Dr Who and the Master in that they have supreme alien level intelligence and get find the secrets of the Universe.
Dr Who can defeat the Master but the Master can defeat most anything else in the Universe. There are things in the Universe with more raw power than either of them. However, through intelligence, devices and plans they can often overcome most any challenge. Their limitations and failures are part of the stories. However, a core assumption is that they can probably come up with something that can win and exposition is for telling us what is limiting or preventing them from doing it. Exposition is not to justify why they can do something. By default it is believed by the viewer that they can do it.
The movies make a fundamental mistake in diminishing Dr Doom by not having him be a big part of the creation his own armor. They also should allow him to have his magic and his super-science.
The creation of the armor, forcefield and other gear are only minor first miracles before things really get rolling.
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