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Fantastic voyage?!....before the 1st 'The Fantastic Four' (2005) movie, there was another.... - NewtonMP2100 - 04-16-2022
....there was the unreleased 1994 one which was made just to retain the rights.....produced by Roger Corman.....
....The unreleased Original Fantastic Four movie made for the sole purpose of preventing the rights from reverting back to Marvel Comics, before a larger budget film could be produced. The producers never intended it for release. This was done without the knowledge of the director, actors, or the rest of those involved in its production. The film was produced by low budget specialist Roger Corman. The story is based on the long running Fantastic Four Comic book, published by Marvel Comics. And features the origin of the group, as well as their first encounter with arch enemy Dr. Doom. Presented in its full-screen version.
Alex Hyde-White as Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic
Rebecca Staab as Sue Storm-Richards / Invisible Woman
Mercedes McNab as Young Sue Storm
Jay Underwood as Johnny Storm / Human Torch
Phillip Van Dyke as Young Johnny Storm
Michael Bailey Smith as Ben Grimm
Carl Ciarfalio as The Thing
Joseph Culp as Victor Von Doom / Dr. Doom
Kat Green as Alicia Masters
Ian Trigger as The Jeweler
Annie Gagen as May Storm....
youtube.....of the full movie (1 hr, 30 min).......?!
The Roger Corman Fantastic Four Movie: The Most Faithful FF Ever
The Roger Corman produced, unreleased Fantastic Four movie is as faithful a comic adaptation as you will ever see.
....It’s remarkable how The Fantastic Four, a comic book property that has generated so little interest in the general public that the comic book bearing its name would have been canceled years ago were it not for its venerable history, inspires such a protective instinct among fans. Take the Josh Trank directed Fantastic Four reboot, which was met with such tremendous resistance by the intenet before a single photo was even revealed. The basis of that resistance was (allegedly) the perception that the movie wasn’t faithful enough to the source material.
You know, that same source material that has been selling at close to cancellation numbers for a decade or more. The source material that spawned two uninspired blockbuster-by-numbers entries with 2005’s Fantastic Four and 2007’s Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Those two movies, which were reasonably faithful to the comics, met with tepid critical and commercial success and stopped 20th Century Fox’s grand franchise plans for the FF dead in their tracks for nearly a decade.
But if you’re looking for a Fantastic Four movie that absolutely wants to do right by the brilliant work of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (and make no mistake, that creative partnership was never better than it was on the FF), one that makes sure that everything, right down to Sue Storm’s haircut is absolutely in line with the comics, one that gives you plenty of flame ons and no fewer than three it’s clobberin’ times then please direct your attention to 1994’s The Fantastic Four.
Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four was almost an urban legend in the pre-internet days. Made for an astonishingly low $2 million and shot on the cheap in a grueling 21 days, The Fantastic Four never saw any kind of official release, but circulated heavily on the comic convention bootleg circuit. If you look hard enough you might just be able to find yourself a decent looking version of it on the internet.......
article.........on it.......?!
Re: Fantastic voyage?!....before the 1st 'The Fantastic Four' (2005) movie, there was another.... - Will Collier - 04-16-2022
I used to have a bootleg copy of that on VHS. Don't recall ever making it past the first five minutes.
Re: Fantastic voyage?!....before the 1st 'The Fantastic Four' (2005) movie, there was another.... - mikebw - 04-18-2022
This is news to me. I actually enjoyed the 2005 version; with Jessica Alba, and baby Captain America.