Okay, so the first Fantastic Four film has come out and it's kinda alright. Is it good? No but it definitely showed more promise than I thought it would and even holds the potential that a sequel could actually be a good movie, if not a great one. The fact that the worst moments of the film seemed to center around Dr. Doom and he is now, quite thankfully, out of the picture, the film can move on to bigger and better things. Just how big? How about something galactic or should I say Galactus?
Whoa there, Tex. Slow down. For those of you keeping score at home, Galactus is the devour of worlds; meaning that he goes from planet to planet eating them, the more life on the planet, the tastier it is to him. He does this not out of evil but because he possess the Power Cosmic, a force that grants him almost ultimate power but drains his very existence. As this also introduced the character of the Silver Surfer, it's obvious to see why it's a fan favorite. This is an epic story that was truly one of the early "widescreen" comics that felt much more like a movie than a comic.
Which is exactly why it shouldn't be the next Fantastic Four film. Where do you go after Galactus? Do you bring in the Mole Man? The Microverse? Jeez, comic films have got themselves into a bind in the past by racing into things too quickly (don't believe me? Go watch the Daredevil movie, how much did they try to cram into that film, eh?). The Galactus story should be the third and final Fantastic Four movie, and it would also present the option of creating a spin-off movie for the Silver Surfer much in the same way that Blade: Trinity provided an oppertunity for a potential Nightstalkers franchise.
So what should the second movie be? I'm glad you asked. The Skrulls, more importantly, the Skrull invasion. The Skrulls are a shapeshifting race that appeared very early on in the Fantastic Four comic book bent on world domination (aren't they all?). Still, these guys could create some great drama because just as the Fantastic Four are starting to get good press, here comes this group of villians that can parade as them and ruin their cred. Even the team itself wouldn't know if the person they're looking at is really their teammate or a Skrull insider. It could have a great psychological drive to it, kind of like the old horror film the Thing (not to be confused with the Fantastic Four member of the same name).
Think that sounds nice but what about the fights? I mean, every superhero film has gotta have at least one knock-down fight, right? Well, that's what you got the Super-Skrull for. Here's a guy who has all the powers of the Fantastic Four and who was created for the sole purpose of killing them, painfully if possible.
What's even better is that you could even set-up the third film with this one. Perhaps these Skrulls want to take over Earth because they are fleeing Galactus. At the tail end of the film, you have a team that has barely beaten this threat, they're exhausted and then they get this glimpse of what's coming. It's so much bigger and so much more terrifying. Then, credits. Bam. People will be drooling for that third film.
The only problem? What do you call it? When you have something ending with a four you don't want to call it Fantastic Four 2... I guess they'd go the X-Men route and call it FF2 or some such nonsense. Ah well, no matter what they call it, it'd be a heck of a story.
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