The Fantastic Four (1994)

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Alex Hyde-White

Dr. Reed Richards

Jay Underwood

Johnny Storm

Rebecca Staab

Susan Storm

Michael Bailey Smith

Ben Grimm

Ian Trigger

Jeweler

Joseph Culp

Dr. Doom…

George Gaynes

Professor

Kat Green

Alicia Masters

Carl Ciarfalio

Thing

Chuck Butto

Weasel
(as Charles Butto)

Annie Gagen

Mrs. Storm

Howard Shangraw

Kragstadt

David Keith Miller

Trigorin

Robert Alan Beuth

Dr. Hauptman
(as Robert Beuth)

Patrick Richwood

Messenger

Ricky Dean Logan

Busboy

Mercedes McNab

Young Susan

Phillip Van Dyke

Young Johnny

Well worth a look (if you can find it)

I watched this last night and was very disappointed...not because it was awful, but because it was quite good !!

I'd heard the rumours of this film for years and seen priced up bootleg copies at comics fairs and had assumed from its non-release status that it was going to be truly terrible, but taken as a glorified tv-movie I really enjoyed it. For those in the know, it is way better than some previous efforts, the Captain America or Justice League movies for example. The Thing in particular was very well done, and it is worth watching for the "It's Clobbering Time" line alone. Doctor Doom also looks exactly how you would want him to, and the whole film left me with an urge to dig up some reprints of the old Kirby Fantastic 4 comics I'd read as a kid.

I'd say any comic nerds (like me) looking for a fun hour and a half should definitely check this one out... just don't go in expecting spiderman !!

bmeanie
Aug 29, 2002
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In an interview with Kevin Smith, Stan Lee said that, unbeknownst to its cast and crew, this movie was never intended to be released. It was made only because the studio that owned the rights to make a Fantastic Four movie would have lost those rights if production didn't start by a certain date. Producers Bernd Eichinger and Roger Corman have both denied this. Corman said he was under contract to release it, and Eichinger said the film was never released because Marvel Studios founder Avi Arad bought it and ordered all copies destroyed for fear of the low-budget project cheapening the brand. Arad confirmed this in 2002, adding that he had been unaware of an upcoming Fantastic Four film until a fan mentioned it to him after noticing Arad's Fantastic Four shirt. Arad has never seen the film.

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(at around 1h 25 mins) Laser beams continue moving in the direction they are aimed. Dr Doom's laser cannon was aimed at an upward angle, and would simply continue into space, not descending on New York, as shown in the film.