Okay let me just preface this by saying that I have defended the new Fantastic 4 movie many times over the past year, I defended the casting of Human Torch, I defended every aspect of this movie, because I wanted to see the Fantastic 4 done RIGHT. Now, after seeing the film that I defended for so long, it hurts to admit, the film is absolutely terrible. I wont get into WHY the movie is terrible. Instead I will get into how Fox could recover from this tragic situation.
I think that Fox should come to a deal with Marvel, similar to what Sony did. Marvel will NOT want to make another Fantastic 4 movie, but, we know they want Dr Doom, Silver Surfer and Galactus. A few years back, Marvel offered to let Fox keep Daredevil, if Marvel got to use Galactus and Silver Surfer. Fox declined, so instead Marvel went and made a highly successful Daredevil TV show. They made a TV show from a character they didn’t even particularly want. If they can do it with Daredevil, theres no reason they couldn’t do it with Fantastic 4.
We have already seen 3 crap Fantastic 4 movies, and I know for a fact we will not be seeing another one. So that’s why I hope to see a Fantastic 4 show, not necessarily a Netflix one either. The Fantastic 4 have a very rich history, and a TV series would better show that then a series of movies ever could. As it stands, Fox have had had 4 major villains in their movies, Doctor Doom x2, Silver Surfer, Galactus and Mole Man. And somehow, they managed to mess up all of them. There is not many directions Fox can go with Fantastic 4 (SPOILERS) now that they have killed off Mole Man AND Doom. It’s not like they will be eager to have Silver Surfer and Galactus in sequel cause we all know how badly that went the last time. All they really have left is the Skrulls, but because the Skrulls kinda need the whole Marvel universe to properly be portrayed, I doubt that will happen. Fox are sitting on a sinking ship. They have shot themselves in the foot and have nowhere to turn. The best thing they can do is either sell the rights to Marvel or have a mutually beneficial deal with Marvel perhaps something along the lines of a Fantastic 4 TV series on FOX (Television Network), produced by Marvel Studios and set in the MCU so the Fan4 can cross over with the Avengers movies. That way, fans get to see a proper Fantastic 4 story pan out. Marvel Studios get Doom/Galactus/Surfer back, and Fox don’t lose shitpiles of money.
(While I’m on the subject, I just want to point out that I would love Fox to come to a deal with Marvel to have their X-men show, on the condition that it has nothing to do with the X-men movies, and instead is set in the MCU. One can dream right?)
So what do yous think? Do yous see something like this happening? Sound off below with your
opinions.
(Sorry about the lack of pictures, I deemed them unnecessary for this type of article.)