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Bad Movie of the week: Fantastic Four

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STUDIO: 20th Century Fox

DIRECTOR: Josh Trank

RATING: PG-13 (for sci-fi action violence, and language)

STARRING: Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Tim Blake Nelson, Reg E. Cathey

GENRE: Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure

 

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This week we are going to look at 2015 reboot of the Fantastic Four. Fox Studios, once again proves to be the Meg Griffin of the Marvel movie They put out something as awesome X-Men: First Class and   X-Men: Days of Future Past and then give you Fantastic Four (not to be confused with their two horendously offensive to my nerd senses previous attempts at this franchise). They have their moment and it looks like they’re on to something but then Peter and the rest of the family (Disney in this case) just remind us that Meg (Fox Studios) just isn’t cool enough to take their spotlight. They just seem to not get how this superhero/comic movie thing works on a consistent basis.

 

With the amazing cast in place you’d think anything they threw out would be at least decent. You’d think that, but you would be sadly mistaken. Michael B.Jordan and Miles Teller are two of my favorite actors on the scene today with consistent strong performances in all they do. But the downright dreary and sad attempt at making this film more Dark Knight Return sesque in tone and sensibility is a detriment, not a help to the script and by extension the actors. Yes, there’s darkness in the source material but they seemed to skimp on the more fun aspects of Marvels first family. Ever since Nolan struck gold with his Batman films grittiness everybody’s jumping on the darkness bandwagon. It works for some but not all superheroes need to be depressing versions of their comic book selves with uber tragic back stories. It just drains the fun out of some things and that does not make for a good viewing experience.

 

The build up to the FF getting their powers took over half the movie it felt like. Then once they did we see them already in control after a brief moment of instability. I wouldve taken an 80’s montage of them learning to control their new found abilities. But no such luck. Then of course the villain is rushed in to an introduction with a plan already set in to motion immediately. The problem he presented was squealched in about five minutes by a dysfunctional team that not once used their powers to work together. Plus, Dr. Doom’s powers looked far more powerful than anything the four of them could throw at him. It just didnt make sense.

 

End of the day this reboot is trash. Not because of the actors but because of no real direction with the story,eye rolling continuity issues and (what seemed to be confirmed by Director Josh Trask on Twitter and quickly deleted) studio interference. Fox needs to either give up the ghost on these productions or for the love of God partner full time with Disney on these things as they haven’t missed this wide of the mark ever on a Marvel film. The characters they hold hostage (and the comic loving community) would be better served by an alliance of the two.

 

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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