Fantastic Four / FANT4STIC (2015) Rated NR: This Film Currently Has No Rating Genre/s: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Adaptation, Superhero, Science Fiction This film is to be released on August 7, 2015 (US Release Date, Available For Worldwide Viewing) Writers: Simon Kinberg, Josh Trank and Jeremy Slater Director: Josh Trank Starring: Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell and Toby Kebbell Change is coming, or changes to be exact. Welcome back to Dateline Movies and join me as we tackle possibly one of the most debated reboot films of the year. I know some might complain with the several changes going in their direction, but let's not dwell so much on what we see as bad, and instead see these as a chance to see a dark and brooding version to the beloved comic books. But still, it is a reboot, so reviews and opinions may vary. And here we go, for our second Spotted! post.
What we saw in the trailer? With some guidance from the leaked script, I was able to piece together the story. The brilliant Reed Richards, played by Teller (Whiplash) has discovered a way to enter an inter-dimensional universe. This leads to him grabbing the attention of the government, including a think-tank known as the Baxter Institute. Reed's best friend Ben Grimm, played by Bell (The Adventures of Tintin) gleefully joins the experiment, alongside the siblings Susan, played by Mara (127 Hours) and Johnny Storm, played by Jordan (Chronicle). Computer programmer Victor Domashev, played by Kebbell (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) assists in navigating the crew in their expedition. The ambitious discovery has taken a fateful turn when their portal malfunctions and grants each one of them superhuman powers. Reed can now stretch his limbs to a longer scale, Susan can disappear in thin air, Johnny receives fire powers and Ben has a body made of stone. Victor gains seemingly electromagnetic abilities and, for the sake of comic book fans everywhere, uses it against his friends. Reed, Johnny, Ben and Sue must band together and prevent "Doom" from achieving victory. Spotted!: Hidden Surprises and Trivia (Spoiler Alert!) Source
1.Home Sweet Home: Let's start things off with possibly, by far, the only hidden surprise we could all find. In the scene where Sue was tinkering with some computers, some locations were pinpointed and one is pointed within the European border. For hardcore readers like yours truly, these are the possible coordinates to Latveria, Doom's home country. Would we see the team fighting in Doom's humble abode? More importantly, we heard that Doom may be making a robot army. I hope we see that. For more information about Latveria, click here and for his robot army, click here.
2. The Good Die Young: Since there aren't much things to search for, let me put you up to speed on how the film might go down. Fans instantly knew that the movie will be inspired by the Ultimate Fantastic Four stories. In these comics, the entire team is comprised of younger versions of the members. The origin story is just the same with the comics, wherein the team goes inside a portal but disaster strikes. Doom is here as well, but his real name here is Victor Van Damme, instead of having the surname Domashev. Basically we would be seeing an experiment gone horribly wrong and the team has to recover from the aftermath, which strangely sounds like the 2005 version of the movie. For more information about the Ultimate stories, click here and for the 2005 film, click here.
3. A Romance That Never Was: A tip hinted that Reed and Sue would not get along as a couple from the very beginning. In the comics, Reed and Sue were engaged, but Sue later denies his proposal. As a result of this tragedy, Reed was not able to cope and his life started to tear apart, leading to Reed becoming some what a Doctor Doom himself. Will Reed turn against his friends soon? For more information about Reed's turn-around, click here.
4.From the Depths...: In addition to villains and for our last trivia, Tim Blake Nelson will portray the Fantastic Four's first ever enemy, the Mole Man. In the original version, he is Harvey Elder, which is also his alter-ego here, a former scientist who discovered an ancient race of underground cave-dwellers known as the Moloids. Since this is the Ultimate line-up we are talking about, we will assume that this is more of his Ultimate counterpart. His origin is similar to that of the original, but he is an employee of the Baxter Institute who goes by the name Arthur Moekevic and the Moloids are his creations. Would Doom be bringing back-up? Or will he be the big bad of their upcoming sequel that was untimely announced? For more information about Mole Man, click here and for the Moloids, click here. I really cannot wait to see this upcoming Marvel movie which is set to be released on August 7, 2015. Fantastic Four is made by Marvel Entertainment and 20th Century Fox, the same studio that brought us X-Men: Days of Future Past. I hope this reboot will not disappoint.
In the 1997 movie Titanic which was written produced and directed by James Cameron, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Bernard Hill, Billy Zane, Bill Paxton, Frances Fisher and Jonathan Hyde has a theme song titled "My Heart Will Go On" which was sung by Celine Dion became one of the best-loved and most popular movie theme songs of all time. Would you believe that it was done in only one take?
It has also won in the 1997 Academy Awards for Best Original Score and has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. The song was also ranked at number 14 on American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Songs, which was done by AFI to celebrate and honor the 100 greatest songs in American film history.
Did you know that in the movie Alien: Resurrection has a scene wherein Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) was having fun playing basketball when a group of mercenaries led by Ron Perlman are trying to intimidate her and mess up her game time, the shot she made while walking away from the basket was her own actual shot. GREAT!
Live Long and Prosper - Leonard "Spock" Nimoy We all know him as Spock, the half-human, half-vulcan character from Gene Roddenberry's popular television hit series Star Trek, whose Serial Number is S179-276SP, his Service Rank is a Lieutenant Commander, his position is first officer, science officer, and he is currently assigned at the USS Enterprise.
Yes, we all love him for his portrayal of that role.
Born on March 26, 1931 as Leonard Simon Nimoy in the West End District of Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. His father was Max Nimoy and his mother was Dora Nimoy, both of whom were Jewish. He was formerly married to Sandra Zober with whom they have two children namely Julie, who was born on 1955 and Adam who was born in 1956. In the year 1988, he married Susan Bay Nimoy.
He had is first lead role in the year 1952 when he starred in the movie entitled Kid Monk Baroni which was directed by Harold D. Schuster
He was a very talented individual, being a great actor both on the big screen as well as on stage; a good film director, he directed two Star Trek movies namely
He also directed the very successful and well-received movie, Three Men and a Baby featuring Tom Selelck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson about the adventures as well as misadvantures of three bachelors which was released on November 25, 1987.
He was a writer having published numerous books, as well as a co-author, contributor and a narrator of several good audio books. His two most famous books are I Am Not Spock, his first autobiography published by Celestial Arts in 1975 and I am Spock, his second autobiography which was published by Hyperion Books in 1995; he is also a versatile poet, having written a number of poems which was compiled in his book,
A Lifetime of Love: Poems on the Passages of Life which was first published in May 2002 and again by Blue Mountain Arts in December 2005; a prolific singer-songwriter, and an avid photographer whose works has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums including The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and also in The New Orleans Museum of Fine Art and The Hammer Museum.
Leonard Nimoy's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled on January 16, 1985. The star can be found at 6651 Hollywood Blvd., it is located between North Cherokee and North Las Palmas, Hollywood, California.
Aside from Star Trek,he also appeared in several popular television series during the 50's and 60's like The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Rawhide and Combat.
He also appeared in a number of feature films and has hosted the television documentary hit series In Search Of which ran from Season One which started in 1977 and ended in Season 6 in 1982, for a total of 144 series episodes.
In 2014, Leonard Nimoy publicly admitted that he has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),a progressive disease that makes it hard to breathe. In February 27, 2015, at 83 years of age, he died due to complications of COPD.
Good-bye Mr. Spock and good-luck in your new mission as stated in Star Trek's mission log that says"Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before!"
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