Nothing has been officially unveiled yet, but Dan posted a teaser photo showing the hands of the Artists Formally Known As The 4 That Are Fantastic. If there are 6 total figures, 2 of them being straight up variants feels a little underwhelming, but you never know.
Thank you, and makes sense. I agree. Like I said, I only want one each other the four, but prefer them displaying power stuff.
Even if she's not included in the main wave, I feel pretty confident we'll get Silver Surfer eventually, even if she's just a standalone figure like Shuri was. Maybe Hasbro didn't get her concept art at the same time as the others. But yeah, I hope she doesn't end up another victim of the "Absent Villain" curse. I know there's rumors that Mole Man will make an appearance, and if anything, I'd assume he'd be the one not to get a figure.
She was rumored on the big rumor leak, wasn't she?
I was tinkering with my FF figures last night because of the trailer and can I be boringly positive for a minute?
Always, yes, please.
I love that I have three distinct variations of the team that I like, with some options for putting invisi-Sue and fiery Johnny on display or have them de-powered. Like... I just genuinely like all three variations, want to keep them all, and like swapping them out in the display. (Though I think I'm the outlier and I like Johnny mostly not-flame-on but with fire coming off his hands and shoulders. I just like being able to see character faces. Same reason I usually have an unmasked version of a character out if I have an option, like with a Logan or Pete).
I don't know if you're an outlier but I do get that. If I was still getting multiples of characters, or even just two to have one that's unmasked, I would definitely want depowered versions of all four, including Ben.
And yeah, I'm tired of the culture war with the FF movies. (I had a friend who worked on the one with Miles Teller etc. and he has some hilarious stories about how they were filming for months without a script, but if nothing else I think every modern version has had really interesting/fun casting choices, and that makes them each uniquely interesting to think about).
I wasn't a fan of it, but I never hated the concept or the cast. I really think Fanfourstic had a lot of potential
Although I'm tired of the culture war with superhero media in general. I was just telling someone yesterday, because so many people thought the Daredevil writers were psychic in predicting the future rather than just very smart writers reading tone of the (worldwide) room and using that in their storytelling the way great writers do, that I think strange harm has been done to us by so many people only really engaging with the world through the lens of entertainment.
Definitely. I think we discussed before, but I really worried about the xenophobic mindset stuff like Walking Dead was perpetuating. Maybe it was reflecting society, but when the commercials running during the break were fearmongering about immigrants, it feels like the reflection is a two way street.
Not enough people rawdog reality anymore
This is brilliant.
, and everything turns into a life or death argument about the Fantastic Four, or Daredevil, or (gawd help us all) Last of Us, or Superman, and so on and so on. And I say that as someone who writes entertainment and makes much of my living off it and loves that entertainment offers allegory to help people process and understand the world. Just feels particularly rough lately that so many people don't get past the leap from allegory to understanding, so we're seeing them fight over... a femme-presenting Surfer. (Which I am INTRIGUED to see how it plays out, BTW. The Herald is such a quietly pivotal part of the Marvel pastiche.)
Agreed. It just really does not make any difference. And I wish people could a) just love the thing they love even harder while letting alternate versions be what they need to be, and b) actually be open to how this other version could be great. A dumb example to me is the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which I've been a major fan of for decades now. The poster in video store intrigued the hell out of me, and once I saw the original, I just loved it. Wasn't at into the sequel, the third one was worse, then I saw the reimagining or what have you, the one with R Lee Ermey? And they did a prequel too, and I loved those. Totally different tone and the plot was kinda different, and they took the style in a different direction too. but I was really into that. Which doesn't diminish the original, not do I begrudge the ... however many reboots and sideways sequels they've done since, heh. They're just not for me. I keep trying 'em though! Oh! And the one with Zellweger and Matthew McConneghey wasn't something I'd rewatch but it was so outthere that I appreciate it exists.
Me, I look at every film version as its own What If or timeline. Been thinking about it that way since Tim Burton's Batman. Like let's be serious - a timeline in which Daredevil ISN'T a ginger? That's a variant. Right?
Well, and I think that's a funny argument. We have a dark haired Matt Murdock, a tall Wolverine... is a lady surfer so crazy? I get why it is for some, but fuck.... just.... can more of society catch up on this shit so we can move on already?!
If anything, it would be an easy day for Hasbro, since they wouldn't really have to worry about painting him! Though he does seem to have teeny tiny little pinprick eyes; can't even really see them in certain shots, but that's something I'd be interested to see translate to figure form, if even possible.
