MemeMachineGo!

I may have said this before on this very blog, but... I'm with you on the opinion that many comic stories should stay in the comics, or in a drawn medium.

Superhero costumes hardly ever manage to look as impressive on real people. Exaggerated anatomy works in the comics but looks grotesque on real humans. The epic science fiction/fantasy locations and special effects are often more believable, and certainly less expensive to create, when drawn or animated. And the traditional dialogue of comics, which can often be popmous or stilted or both, somehow works better when coming out of the mouth of a cartoon character.

I've always wanted to see an animated Fantastic Four movie. Looks like The Incredibles is it, for now.

And what does it profit to gain a teensy subset of comic fans and lose the majority of moviegoers who don't care about any FF similarities? Seriously, Brad Bird isn't a comics fan, he wasn't thinking "FF," he was thinking "family dynamics." The father has to hold up the family by bringing home the bacon; the mother is stretched to her limits trying to keep things together; the daughter is shy and retiring; the son is a bundle of frenzied energy. Hope this helps.

er, did you read me as saying the Incredibles was deliberately trying to steal the FF movie's audience in advance? I didn't.

That doesn't mean it won't have an effect on the perceptions of the (still predominantly non-comics reader) audience of the FF movie.

I would like to tell you about a group of superheros to see if you can guess who I am talking about. There is a group of four superheros that are a very close knit family. They are named after a superlative adjective. Their leader is called "Mister" and then the superlative adjective. One of their members has the power to turn invisible and create force fields. She is frequently asked to make force field bubbles to protect their team. Another member has the ability to stretch and will often squeeze between small spaces or take the shape of a ball or parachute. An additional member is known for his brute strength. The girl with powers of invisibilty has a brother on the team who is a young blonde kid who is often cocky and overconfident which frequently gets him into trouble. At one point, one of the family members exibits the ability to spontaneously burst into flames. The group is illustrated as very human and flawed. They frequently argue amongst themselves, and usually the person with the stretching powers is trying to break these fights up. They live in a large city but eventually find themselves trying to hide their identities in the suburbs. Two of the team members eventually get married and have a baby. At first they believe that the baby has no super powers and often have to leave their baby with a babysitter while they fight crime. They eventually discover that their child has the awesome power to do virtually anything. Their arch ememy is a evil man that has known the leader for a long time and holds a deep resentment towards him because of an event many years ago. He has no super powers but is a master of technology. He wears a mask, bracelets that shoot powerful beams of energy, and boots that allow him to levatate. He also builds multiple robots to attack the foursome. The first time that the team actually forms and establishes themselves, they are attacked by a crazed man wearing dark glasses who lives underground and burrows up to the middle of the city to attack them. Of course it would be obvious to anyone that I am talking about the new Pixar movie "The Incredibles". It is also an exact description of the Fantastic Four. I have been a fan of the Fantastic Four since I was seven years old. I own copies of every single Fantastic Four comic book ever made. I read these comics to my seven year old son on a regular basis and have been trying to psyche him up for the upcoming Fantasic Four movie. After sitting through the Incredibles my little boy turned to me and said "There is no way that the Fantastic Four movie is going to be better than THAT". The Incredibles was a very good movie. It was also incredibly obvious that is was stolen intellectual property. Marvel Comics definately deserves at least a portion of what was made from that movie.

True, Marvel could try to sue Pixar. Unfortunately, their IP team has its collective hands full suing NCSoft & Crypic Studios because it is possible to create characters in City of Heroes uncomfortably close to Marvel properties.

Strikes me like suing Craola because they crayons can be used to draw Spidey.

Of course, if Marvel were to give it a go, well, they're trading at 17.7. Could be cheaper to just buy them.

"And once you’ve noticed it, they almost seem to be deliberately twitting Marvel. The FF’s patriarch is Mr. Fantastic. The Incredibles’ is Mr. Incredible."

That plus his wife is ElastiGirl and Sue Richards spent most of her career as the Invisible Girl, while Violet a shrinking violet/wallflower has Sue's powers making her literally an invisible girl.

How wonderful it is! Today, I had seen the film - "The Incredibles" this afternoon, My father also had seen this film in this evening. This cartoon movie is powered by Disney Company.
In this film, I love the people's sensation, scene, bugbears. The scene is so sublime.
With the great imagination.