So to be honest right off of the bat, when I first saw The Thing (actor Michael Chiklis) in full body suit, I was immediately on the fence.
But I wanted to not pass too much judgment on one picture. I wanted to see how The Thing's looks in the first Fantastic Four film worked in live-action during the film.
Sad to say, I still to this very day think that The Thing's look in the first two films just didn't seem to work or fit.
Now I see that CBM's Jr. Editor, Rochi Morand writes in his latest post, that The Thing will be fully CGI in the reboot of the franchise.
This is really exciting news because CGI has come along so far in such a short time that I think they can really pull this off and it could look really cool.
Think of an actor in a green screen suit acting out all of The Thing's movements in each scene and then the magicians of the computer software world replacing the actor with a CG Thing!
I think this is great news. On a side note, hopefully, they can have Doctor Doom's voice sound better when the mask is on. As much as I liked the casting of Julian McMahon as Victor Von Doom, I could not stand how bad his voice sounded when wearing the Doom mask.
Please give it a metallic sound of something that is at least more than the normal sounding voice for whoever may become the next incarnate of the infamous Marvel villain.
Back to The Thing, again I love it and cannot wait to see the first image when/if production ever begins on the new Fantastic Four.