Rumor about Galactus in the new movie...

[biglebowski9999]

Pray this isn't true.

 

 

 

http://www.comics2film.com/FanFrame.php?f_id=26179

[nobody1898]

worse Idea ever!

 

not only does this alienate comic fans but what casual movie goer is going to buy into the idea that a cloud is the ultimate threat to existance. If they are going to go in that direction maybe they should drop the name galactus and see if Matt Groening will let them use Melllvar.

[nagauthier]

Considering how poorly Doom was handled in the first movie I can't say I'm surprised to see the villian screwed up again.

[So No Tornato]

Oh well...saves me $12 on the cost of movie tickets.

 

I loathed the first FF movie. It was crap through and through, poorly cast (Jessica Alba as a Genetic Scientist??? Yeah...right...), poorly acted, very poorly directed (by a guy who's previous "big" film was about a bunch of old guys sitting in a barbershop complaining about life...), terribly scripted (the whole Doom thing)... I could go on, but overall, it just felt small...an FF movie should feel BIG...

 

And now, despite the great trailers with the Silver Surfer, we have this...a cloud...

 

I'm hoping this is a ridiculous rumor. Otherwise, I can only think they're budget is over-run, and they need to cut back on special effects. Regardless...

 

...more crap.

 

What a joke. MARVEL is becoming the GOLAN-GLOBUS of the 21st century...

[biglebowski9999]

I remember them saying right from the beginning that Galactus wouldn't appear as comic fans would know him (at least for this movie) so I wasn't expecting much. But...this is just a letdown. I will see the movie and won't make any real judgements until then, but this is annoying (if it is in fact true).

[pastwatch2001]

Same here. I'll wait until the movie comes out but this really wounded the geek in me. The first FF wasn't all that great but I made my peace with it and the previews of the second one gave me hope for a turnaround.... but this?

 

So far the best Galactus I've seen on screen recently has to be in the Marvel Ultimate Alliance game. Galactus and those kickass Doombots... yea.... think I'm going to play some MUA tonight.

[ARROW]

Well, I'll put the word out to a buddy of mine involved in props and see if he has any intel on this.

 

I'm inclined to scepticism on this--because a lot of it doesn't make sense. It coul well be a red herring because the "source" doesn't specify anything but vague references to "insiders".

The character could well manifest as a storm cloud at the start and as a humanoid being later on.

They've nailed the Surfer look pretty much bang on, so I question such a radical departure for Galactus.

 

Besides, as this film is being marketed with a toy-line, it makes little sense to market a "storm-cloud" action figure.

I'll believe it when I see images from the film itself, and view the whole body of the film or hear a laymans review upon its release.

[The+Hitman]

I'm sure they're going to follow that abysmal Ultimate version of Galactus from a few months back. A storm cloud of bugs that swarm and eat everything in their path, and they referred to it as Guh-lack-tus, or some such nonsense.

 

If Marvel can't figure out a way to put Wolverine in his yellow and blue (or better still, the yellow and brown) togs and resort to leather, how the hell are they going to come up with a space dude, larger than earth in a purple and pink jumper with that helmet and loincloth?

 

I'm not defending the studio or Marvel (as I agree with the prior poster, aside from Chris Evans and the voice of Mike Chiklis, the entire film should be recast), but Galactus just doesn't transfer well from comic to screen. Not yet anyway.

 

The Surfer looks sweet, but this bungle with Galactus will kill the series.

 

@firedevil@

[biglebowski9999]

Well, I'll put the word out to a buddy of mine involved in props and see if he has any intel on this.

 

I'm inclined to scepticism on this--because a lot of it doesn't make sense. It coul well be a red herring because the "source" doesn't specify anything but vague references to "insiders".

The character could well manifest as a storm cloud at the start and as a humanoid being later on.

They've nailed the Surfer look pretty much bang on, so I question such a radical departure for Galactus.

 

Besides, as this film is being marketed with a toy-line, it makes little sense to market a "storm-cloud" action figure.

I'll believe it when I see images from the film itself, and view the whole body of the film or hear a laymans review upon its release.

 

 

 

Wouldn't be the first time a scoop from AICN wasn't true. The part that had me worried was Tim Story did say he "wouldn't appear exactly in his comic form" for this picture, because this is supposed to focus on The Surfer more. This rumor would fit it w/ that statement...BUT...that's a well-known quote so if somebody wanted to make up something like this it would lend credibility to their "scoop."

 

It would be odd for SS to look so dead-on and then have Galactus end up like this. even if this true, I have a feeling Galactus will only show up for a very short-time towards the end of the movie to setup the 3rd installment.

[biglebowski9999]

If Marvel can't figure out a way to put Wolverine in his yellow and blue (or better still, the yellow and brown) togs and resort to leather, how the hell are they going to come up with a space dude, larger than earth in a purple and pink jumper with that helmet and loincloth?

 

Here we go w/ this one...it's been a while I suppose. It's not that they couldn't figure out a way to put the X-men in their classic uniforms...it's just that it would have looked completely ridiculous on screen. These movies are made for the masses, not us fanboys.

 

Galactus will obviously be CGI, so they can make him look anyway they want...depending on what kind of budget they have to work with.

 

 

The Surfer looks sweet, but this bungle with Galactus will kill the series.

 

@firedevil@

 

Not likely...fanboy disappointments do not equal boxoffice disappointments. If it makes money...which it will...there will be another.

[So No Tornato]

Actually, the best Galactus ever on film was from the SILVER SURFER animated series way back in 1997. He looked perfect, and was done completely in CGI, then dropped into an animated cartoon.

 

So what?? Marvel can't do this now? In 2007???

[DRAMA fo yo MAMA]

It would be odd for SS to look so dead-on and then have Galactus end up like this.

 

several of you have said this, but to be fair, you're all making it sound like it'd be really difficult to make the Silver surfer look right.

 

Observe:

 

START WITH athletically built naked guy

ADD silver skin all over

ADD silver surfboard

SUBTRACT ears

SUBTRACT pupils

SUBTRACT obvious man-junk (though the upcoming action figure seems to fudge this a little, lol)

END WITH silver surfer

 

ergo youd have to TRY, and try pretty damn HARD, to actually screw up the Silver Surfer.

 

however, as it's been said before, Galactus wouldnt translate easily to the screen for the purpose of a live-action movie. do you depict him as an enormous person who looks completely human aside from being the size of a planet and wearing goofy armor? or do you depict him as as a kind of nebulous, formless force of nature that has evolved far past physical form? what, honestly, would make more sense on the big screen? thats a rhretorical question, because I sure as heck dont know.

[biglebowski9999]

The "look" of SS is more than just how he looks..if that makes sense. The scene from the trailer of him flying through the city w/ The Torch chasing after him looks PERFECT and seamless and does not look the least bit CGI. There's more to getting his look down than just his exterior or whatever you want to call it and it's not really that easy.

[umanumanamo]

Absolutely ##$%$#ed. If this is confirmed to be true, then I will not go see this. I was stoked about Silver Surfer, and how he appears in the trailer, but this isn't forgivable.

 

And anyone else that truly supports comic books and their movie adaptations seriously should not give in and purchase tickets for this.

 

Galactus - a cloud. I'm quaking in fear.

 

$^%&!!!!

[Mr. Yac]

not only does this alienate comic fans but what casual movie goer is going to buy into the idea that a cloud is the ultimate threat to existance

 

well they could always go the Al Gore route and just call him global warming......judging by the acedemy awards people buy that crap in movies

[Rolling Thunder]

Resistance to V'GER! is Futile!

[ARROW]

It would be odd for SS to look so dead-on and then have Galactus end up like this.

 

several of you have said this, but to be fair, you're all making it sound like it'd be really difficult to make the Silver surfer look right.

 

Observe:

 

START WITH athletically built naked guy

ADD silver skin all over

ADD silver surfboard

SUBTRACT ears

SUBTRACT pupils

SUBTRACT obvious man-junk (though the upcoming action figure seems to fudge this a little, lol)

END WITH silver surfer

 

ergo youd have to TRY, and try pretty damn HARD, to actually screw up the Silver Surfer.

 

however, as it's been said before, Galactus wouldnt translate easily to the screen for the purpose of a live-action movie. do you depict him as an enormous person who looks completely human aside from being the size of a planet and wearing goofy armor? or do you depict him as as a kind of nebulous, formless force of nature that has evolved far past physical form? what, honestly, would make more sense on the big screen? thats a rhretorical question, because I sure as heck dont know.

 

 

Look at it this way:

 

How do you sell the idea of a "silver surfer" to the mass public anyway?

They don't read comics are almost completely clueless about the characters involved. You have what is essentially a shiny, silver naked guy flying around.........on a surfboard.

<insert snickering here>

We accept it because we understand the context of it, having read those comics.

The public has not.

See......way back in the 60's Stan Lee and Marvel had this very same dilemma when Jack Kirby threw in the character in the FF story. Lee was unsure if anyone would "get" the character. Fortunately, the comics reading audience did then . Now we are faced with a much wider audience here, and its quite a different paradigm this time around.

The main thrust thus far has been to sell these as having come from comics and cartoons--that's why they "work" thus far.

The problem is they only work to a degree--this is why Doctor Doom was redesigned--he;s a much harder sell in his comics form. Same with Wolverine. Drop the mask, drew him in leathers, and Wolverine works on screen.

Have Doom in a belted tunic that forms a skirt, add a cape andhood, plus the iron suit and mask........people start asking why his Mom dresses him so oddly. They question his fashion sense--they begin to question him.

And the Surfer..........how many people will ask why he was neutered, because he's got no 'nads yet is essentially naked. ( Okay, some pics have shown him dangling a respectable set of 'nads--but I'm told those were TEST-CLIPS, and the final shown version will be smooth in his crotch. Could you imagine the outcry if he became happy to see Sue Storm otherwise?)

 

 

Then you get to Galactus. That helmet.........that costume..........

How do you make it work? Do you go more robotic looking? Do you make him more old-school "Yahweh" looking? Or a swarm of bees? Or a storm cloud? Its not as easy as you might think--because its all the job of selling the idea to the public.

 

I guess if they can accept a stretchy guy and a bruiser made of rocks, they can accept Galactus.....I'm hoping for a more classic look myself.

[Cloud]

I won't be surprised if "Galactus" will be a "cloud" in FF2. Just think how much it would cost just to do a CGI Silver Surfer. And for story wise, if Galactus is in FF2 then it will mean there's 2 villians Silver Surfer and Galactus. Don't think it will do both characters justice if they need to split screen time. It would make sense if FF2 shows a "Galactus cloud" comeo and then the REAL Galactus in future movies.

[biglebowski9999]

Just think how much it would cost just to do a CGI Silver Surfer.

 

 

 

Nah, it's easy! Didn't you read that other post? @loll@

[Donnyl444777]

I hate the idea of him being a cloud or whatever. But that will not stop me from going to the movie and hopping it will still be as cool as the trailers.

[marvel77]

I won't be surprised if "Galactus" will be a "cloud" in FF2. Just think how much it would cost just to do a CGI Silver Surfer. And for story wise, if Galactus is in FF2 then it will mean there's 2 villians Silver Surfer and Galactus. Don't think it will do both characters justice if they need to split screen time. It would make sense if FF2 shows a "Galactus cloud" comeo and then the REAL Galactus in future movies.

 

 

actually doctor doom is suppose to appear in the movie as well as the silver surfer. it would not make sense to have galactus as a cloud cameo, or as a cloud at all. they have the technology to make galactus actually looke like galactus. galactus needs to have a bigger part than just a cameo. the reasoning is that it would explain to the audience the reason for the silver surfer coming to earth. otherwise it would make it look like it was the surfer that was destroying the planets when he just seeked them out for galactus to destroy. also why haven't they mentioned a cameo of the watcher. the watcher was the one that warned the fantastic four about the coming of galactus and his herald the silver surfer. i know they probably would not put all this in the movie but if they did then it would make a lot more sense.

[ARROW]

I won't be surprised if "Galactus" will be a "cloud" in FF2. Just think how much it would cost just to do a CGI Silver Surfer. And for story wise, if Galactus is in FF2 then it will mean there's 2 villians Silver Surfer and Galactus. Don't think it will do both characters justice if they need to split screen time. It would make sense if FF2 shows a "Galactus cloud" comeo and then the REAL Galactus in future movies.

 

 

actually doctor doom is suppose to appear in the movie as well as the silver surfer. it would not make sense to have galactus as a cloud cameo, or as a cloud at all. they have the technology to make galactus actually looke like galactus. galactus needs to have a bigger part than just a cameo. the reasoning is that it would explain to the audience the reason for the silver surfer coming to earth. otherwise it would make it look like it was the surfer that was destroying the planets when he just seeked them out for galactus to destroy. also why haven't they mentioned a cameo of the watcher. the watcher was the one that warned the fantastic four about the coming of galactus and his herald the silver surfer. i know they probably would not put all this in the movie but if they did then it would make a lot more sense.

 

 

A few things:

 

Best guess is that Galactus will appear at the climax of the film--very likely at the end. This film could be the middle part of a three film trilogy kind of story, kind of like Pirates of the Caribbean etc.

Galactus might be in this "storm cloud" look for this film and POSSIBLY in a humanoid form in the next--if the story continues. This would account for no mention of the Watcher in this movie, which would make sense for a third film--the actual climax of the story. He could appear in the third.

This Galactus thing is giving me a headache because it makes little sense to depict the character in a form he's held for a couple of years--at best--over a form he's had since the 1960's. But if the rumour ends up being true, its just a bone-headed decision all-around,, and makes little sense. The characters are already over-the-top with their powers and such.........what's a 40 story tall cosmic being in space armor gonna do to things?

 

Now, Doom........Doom is supposed to be in this movie. He's supposed to be in a costume, more like the comics, like the game control art for the video game. THAT could be a big plus for this. Best guess is he tries to steal the power of the Surfer, and in doing so Galactus arrives and things go from bad to Armageddon.

 

Now, all these are GUESSES--educated guess, but guesses nonetheless.

We'll know on opening day.

[ARROW]

Okay, spoke to my buddy who does props, and he confirmed to me that he did work on FF2.

 

And he did visit the set one day and saw "a pair of giant purple hands". Just hands.........nothing else....

Now, take that for what you will--whether Galactus will be shown in a classic form,or not, is still hard to say.

My friend also called out when X-men 3 was being made that a giant Sentinel head was seen on set--and was on film too--but we all saw how THAT ended up being handled.

[iammingy]

Simple. Galactus would be just a cloud with purple hands.

Imagine a hybrid of "Gastly" and "Haunter" from Pokemon..... @loll@

 

+= Galactus

[MST3KFan]

Be afraid people. The FF:RotSS novelization is out and I took a brief look at the back part of the book... Gah Lak Tus is mentioned in an ending part. Not Galactus...GAH LAK TUS. >_O