Apr 18 2007Galactus is Clouds
"A million and more alien eyes look upon him who is Galactus, and for each race the vision differs." For moviegoers, it's going to be a fucking cloud. According to AICN, Galactus, the devourer of worlds, seen most-commonly as a giant white guy in goofy pink armor, will be portrayed in the new Fantastic Four as a large storm cloud.
I, for one, won't notice the difference, because I'm one of a small group of citizens afflicted with synaesthesia, coupling many of my senses. When I look at the number 5, I see the color red. 20 is a a bowl of steaming porridge, and Galactus has always been a large storm cloud. And when I look at you? I see an asshole, just like everyone else does.
Reader Comments
1. Gleek - April 18, 2007 2:34 PM
This could not suck more
2. Vince - April 18, 2007 3:00 PM
Dang! And I had such high hopes for Fantastic Four after the cinematic masterpiece that was the first one!
3. giromide - April 18, 2007 3:04 PM
Slap a funky bump on Silver Surfer's neck and you have something very close to Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
4. Fitzroyce - April 18, 2007 11:27 PM
"Dissapointed....dashed expectations...intense rage...boycott...embargo" This from my brother upon hearing about the stupid cloud visage. And My brother had an awesome comic convention framed artist drawing of Gallactus on his walls. So, he is officially a Galactus mega-fan. But, maybe he just looks like a cloud so they can reveal his "true form" in the third movie? One can only hope. I am going to go flog myself in anticipation of being monumentally dissapointed to see the Earth's population stand awe-struck and run screaming from a big cloud. Sorry...need to go cry now...do they like, hire experts to deliberately screw up these movies and piss the real fans off? Or is it like, an accident of stupid writers who feel that they should "reinterpret" and "reinvent" everything?
5. Groonk - April 19, 2007 11:45 AM
the fact that the entire Marvel readerdom saw the unstoppable world devouring Galactus as "giant white guy in goofy pink armor" just dawned on me as superbly fitting.
oh, and FF2 will suck more than your girlfriend on game night.
6. bob bergeron - April 19, 2007 12:07 PM
If the impetus for making comic books into movies is that comics already have a built in audience, (which means the studio can guarantee a degree of interest) why do they insist on making these types of boneheaded changes?
Now, granted, I'm of average intellignece (on a good day), but I'm confounded: why is it that even a normal schmoe such as myself can figure out that when you change a comic property, it means the movie will suck and nobody will go to see it.
Daredevil? Punisher? Hulk? These movies ate choad.
Batman Begins? X-men, Spiderman? Big successes that were true to their print origins.
In a town full of accountants, you figure Hollywood could do the math. I'm with the other guy....this couln't suck worse.
7. Praz - April 19, 2007 3:10 PM
Looks like they blew out their special effects budget on the Surfer.
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