Brutkey

Hanno Zulla
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@phaedral@mastodon.social Every other US superhero film mentions the US government in one way or the other, sometimes with the superhero as the government's ally because "American values" (Captain America), sometimes as an incompetent stooge being in the way.

But Fantastic Four (2025) afair never mentions any US government at all and then shows the world's governments in one very brief scene, only to wait for Susan Storm to tell them what to do and otherwise shut up.

Robert Link
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@hzulla@infosec.exchange Yeah, the "white savior goddess and her magical life giving child" made me me feel like Sam Alito helped write the script.

Hanno Zulla
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@phaedral@mastodon.social it didn't feel quite as icky to me and the movie is an excellent effort in retrofuturistic set design, actually enjoyed it while not thinking about the silly script.

Robert Link
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@hzulla@infosec.exchange It was visually beautiful indeed. But it was sluggish in places, they ruined the Johnny Storm character, Ben's beard was stupid, the Alicia replacement was pointless, and that delivery scene? Ugh. So, five of five for design, but in the end the Corman film was better.

Hanno Zulla
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@phaedral@mastodon.social it was genuinely funny in the film when Reed Richards explains to the audience how the best team for their space mission gone awry was staffed with the four most competent astronauts and scientists of the world, and then quickly mentions in passing that these just happened to be himself, his best friend, his wife and his brother in law.