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[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

And in a few years they'll be doing it again with the new one.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

I liked the FF movies.

They were pretty bad, but they're certainly some of the most comic-bookey movies out there.

 

[wildfire]

The internet is the largest source of history in human existence

dae le internet is bad/?!?!?

The point is that sometimes things don't get archived properly.

 

[OTIX]

They made two of them?

 

[Harmen]

Nah, he's been a bigger jerk before.

http://youtu.be/TOLzJpQaCD0

Oh man, what is this shit, lol. And I thought the on-topic films were some of the worst superhero movies.

 

[SillyEskimo]

Eh, my kids love them.

 

[Broken Joystick]

Nothing was really lost.

Jessica Alba in Spandex.

 

[M3d10n]

Dat vault.

 

[Tobor]

They simply don’t want fans to get confused when they hopefully start to look for information on the Fantastic Four reboot

Haha. Keep hoping.

Oh okay people are already jumping to conclusions that the movie is going to be awful and somehow magically worse than the past two.

It doesn't take a large jump.

 

[Slayven]

Fox is trying to sabotage Marvel

 

[Schweinehund]

Never watched Silver Surfer but the first one wasn't my bag. Doom suit was neato.

Marvel must be so damn frustrated they had to sell the rights like they did...

They didn't have to.

 

[richiek]

Funny thing is Disney XD has been showing the FF films.

 

[Slayven]

Funny thing is Disney XD has been showing the FF films.

Ike permutter's evil knows no bounds!

 

[TheJollyCorner]

It still cracks me up that they cast the Commish as rock guy.

I guess you've never watched The Shield?
Absolutely phenomenal show that earned Chiklis many accolades.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Dat all digital future.

Always the dollar before preservation, smh.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

It still cracks me up that they cast the Commish as rock guy.

Chiklis as Ben was probably the best thing about that adaptation

 

[Haloid1177]

I have them on DVD no worries.

 

[Dalek]

In 2021 I'll be reading a thread where Fox are removing the 2015 FF so people don't confuse it with next reboot.

I literally just spit out my coffee.

 

[maxcriden]

What happens if I already have them?

 

[ryseing]

What happens if I already have them?

They self-combust.

 

[maxcriden]

They self-combust.

Dang. Thanks.

 

[Nokterian]

Still got the blu ray..that digital future. A reason i keep buying blu ray just to keep movies that will go away for no reason.

 

[Red Comet]

Not worth watching anyway.

 

[Rhomega Beta]

Already have them on DVD, so joke's on them.

 

[Savitar]

And nothing of value was lost.

 

[Delta Assault]

They used the ultimate nullifier.

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

Thankfully they are on fx every weekend

 

[BigDug13]

Going to watch them with Rifftrax in preparation for the new one.

 

[wenis]

that's a pretty shitty precedent to set. we are ashamed of our old movies so lets get rid of them before the new version comes out.

 

[bearythebear]

That's lame. I don't like removing movies like this... Regardless of reputation, these movies are part of movie history.

 

[Sectorseven]

Don't they typically try to drum up interest via the older movies? Whenever a remake comes out there's almost always a dvd/blu-ray release of the original, or a reprint of the novel if that's what it's based on.

 

[unpopularblargh]

Say what you want but the second film did have a really good introduction scene for the Silver Surfer. It was also used in the teaser trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuaE80L9y6w

 

[Fuu]

 

[Garlador]

Reminds me of when Batman & Robin was released, and WB tried to hide "Batman: Sub-Zero" from release for awhile because they knew it would make their new film look worse.

I'm not optimistic here... but I am amused.

 

[E the Shaggy]

 

[kiguel182]

Even if the movies are terrible it's still kinda sad that now studios can just "erase" movies like this.

When there will be no more physical media they can double down on this further.

 

[Professor Beef]

Fuck, I forgot this was a thing in the 2nd movie. Oh god, now the memories of "Galactus" that I repressed are coming back, oh god noooooooooooooo

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

They're trying to make the world a better place. I commend them for it.

 

[soul creator]

Soon you'll be to sell them for twice their current value. Four times even.

Fantastic!

 

[Hyperborean]

In the clip above, does Mr Fantastic's power include stretching his clothes along with the parts of his body?

 

[Omegasquash]

It's like they never happened.

 

[Greenzxy]

And in a few years they'll be doing it again with the new one.

In a few years...I'll be dead in a few years.

 

[Choppasmith]

In the clip above, does Mr Fantastic's power include stretching his clothes along with the parts of his body?

This always bugged the crap out of me. Such a terrible oversight.

 

[AndyD]

More likely is the newer movie is probably even shittier than the previous ones and they don't want to have the Man of Steel effect, where it caused a lot of Superman fans to look at Superman Returns in a better light and say the newer movie sucked.

Could be.

This whole Marvel/Fox drama is intersting.

 

[NullPointer]

Maybe if Hollywood didn't reboot their attempts every few years they wouldn't have to worry about this kind of 'confusion'.

 

[Professor Beef]

In the clip above, does Mr Fantastic's power include stretching his clothes along with the parts of his body?

......!

holy shit, I never noticed

 

[E the Shaggy]

Could you imagine THIS Fantastic Four crossing over with the X-Men?

 

[Professor Beef]

Could you imagine THIS Fantastic Four crossing over with the X-Men?

It'd be a fun movie, depending on which team was the focus.

 

[Suikoguy]

They didn't have to.

I thought it was one of the few financial moves they had at the time?
If they had other options, then they must be really pissed they sold the rights, lol.

Then again, who saw Comic Book movies being such an epic source of income in 1986?

On another note, are perpetual contracts the norm for this sort of thing?

 

[SocksAndShoes]

I can't shake my head hard enough.

I feel embarrassed for Ioan Gruffudd.