DiscoverDeconstructing Comics#843 The Fantastic Four on Film: “Fant4stic” (2015) pt 1
#843 The Fantastic Four on Film: “Fant4stic” (2015) pt 1

#843 The Fantastic Four on Film: “Fant4stic” (2015) pt 1

Update: 2025-06-11
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Should a director re-interpret a property when nobody wanted it re-interpreted? 2015’s Fant4stic, directed by Josh Trank, turns getting superpowers into an exercise in body horror. Much of its inspiration comes from Bendis and Millar’s very straightfaced Ultimate Fantastic Four comics, Trank threw in a liberal helping of The Fly and Scanners. Tim, Kumar, and Jordan (in another crossover with the Comic Book Movie Oblivion podcast) look at the first appearance of the Negative Zone in Fantastic Four #51 by Lee and Kirby, and at Ultimate Fantastic Four v. 1, before beginning a look at the film itself.

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#843 The Fantastic Four on Film: “Fant4stic” (2015) pt 1

#843 The Fantastic Four on Film: “Fant4stic” (2015) pt 1

Tim, Kumar, and Jordan