I get where you are coming from, Mike, but my thinking is that at this point, the Big Difference between the FF and the other superhero teams is concept of the Team As A Family. And The Incredibles -- especially in the back half -- nailed that so perfectly that Fox or Marvel or whomever is hard pressed to top that in the hearts and minds of John and Jane Moviegoer.
Andy Leyland and Stephen Lacey over on The Fantasticast (ffcast.libsyn.com) have really turned me onto the high science and adventure aspects of the team, so I am totally on board with you. I would devour a Silver Age, Stan-And-Jack Fantastic Four movie with all of the two-fisted SCIENCE! and kooky cosmic stuff which Jack cooked up in his sketchbook... but whether that can sell a movie or not is a debate. The Wholesome Family Who Bickers But Really Loves Each Other And Saves The World is something which can sell, I think we would agree? As far as The Incredibles II: Who wants to see that fight teased at the end of the first one with the Underminer?! I know I do! On Monday, August 17, 2015 at 10:00:18 AM UTC-4, Michael Bailey wrote: > It's weird. I loved the Incredibles but the more I think about it the more > I have issues with the idea of, "they already made a good FF movie they > just called it the Incredibles." There are similarities (there's four of > them, one of them stretches, one disappears, one is really strong) but > other than that they are two different concepts. While the FF are super > heroes they weren't in the sense that Mr. Incredible and Elasti-Girl were. > The FF are high adventure and deal with weird and/or cosmic level threats. > The Incredibles are straight up super heroes with costumes and secret > identities. > > I'm not suggesting that the Incredibles are bad or inferior. They're just > different. > > On Monday, August 17, 2015, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> http://www.newsarama.com/25566-incredibles-ii-logo-revealed-at-d23.html >> >> Not the most creative or astounding logo, but very welcome none the >> less. I have on several occasions opined that the main reason that we will >> never get a "great" Fantastic Four movie is that we already had one, namely >> The Incredibles. So the timing of this logo being revealed is really, >> honestly amusing to me. >> >> I like the use of Roman numerals. Very much like Superman II in that >> respect rather than the more modernist naming like Iron Man 2. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > This e-mail was written by Michael Bailey, Superman Apologist > > Home base/blog: *Fortress of Baileytude* (www.fortressofbaileytude.com) > > Host of *Views From The Longbox *and *Bailey's Batman Podcast* > > Co-host of *From Crisis to Crisis: A Superman Podcast* > > Co- host of *Tales of the Justice Society of America* > > Co-host of *Radio KAL Live* (every Monday night at 10:30 EST) > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
