Fantastic Four (2005)

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Wikidata Q224130, film, IMDb tt0120667, TMDB 9738: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Chris Evans as actor (Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright).

The shows' “Fantastic Four” is more than one work, told apart episode by episode: this one in 8 episodes; Fantastic Four (2015) in 1 episode.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check — Patreon

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

The Ice Storm: 2 lines theme ×1 what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): The Ice Storm → Fantastic Four. Griffin wishes Ang Lee had been able to make a sad Fantastic Four movie.
    “this movie does make me wish that he gotten the chance to make a sad, fantastic four movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Ice Storm with Emily Yoshida (Ad-Free) · 1:34:30 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Chris Evans: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Chris Evans → Fantastic Four. Edgar says he cast Evans because he was always the bright spot in not-very-good movies like Fantastic Four.
    “he'd already by that point been in like fantastic 4”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:13:14 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness → Fantastic Four. The multiverse is a way to fold Fox's X-Men and Fantastic Four into a 25-movie universe.
    “figure out what the fuck to do with the Fox things they've inherited”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Marvel Nerdfest · 0:16:19 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Iron Man: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Fantastic Four → Iron Man. Argues the Fantastic Four wouldn't work if established as the 25th superhero group.
    “I also don't think the Fantastic Four would like work if you establish that they're like the 25th superhero group on the block.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:57:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Mission: Impossible: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (cautionary contrast): Mission: Impossible → Fantastic Four. The chaotic, improvised making of MI is now only a cautionary tale like Fantastic Four or a fired Star Wars director.
    “fantastic 4 is a tragic comedy and now no one will ever work again with that because everything's so formulaic.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:03:35 · Jason Concepcion (0.30 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Chris Evans → Fantastic Four. Edgar says he cast Evans because he was always the bright spot in not-very-good movies like Fantastic Four.
    “he'd already by that point been in like fantastic 4”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:13:14 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (cautionary contrast): Mission: Impossible → Fantastic Four. The chaotic, improvised making of MI is now only a cautionary tale like Fantastic Four or a fired Star Wars director.
    “fantastic 4 is a tragic comedy and now no one will ever work again with that because everything's so formulaic.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 1:03:35 · Jason Concepcion (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness → Fantastic Four. The multiverse is a way to fold Fox's X-Men and Fantastic Four into a 25-movie universe.
    “figure out what the fuck to do with the Fox things they've inherited”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Marvel Nerdfest · 0:16:19 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): The Ice Storm → Fantastic Four. The Ice Storm's families map onto the Fantastic Four, with Joan Allen as Invisible Woman and Kevin Kline as Mr. Fantastic.
    “No, yeah, no, Joan Allen is Invisible Woman, and Kevin Klein is fucking Mr. Fate Desk.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Ice Storm with Emily Yoshida (Ad-Free) · 0:38:07 · Griffin Newman (0.55 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Fantastic Four → Iron Man. Argues the Fantastic Four wouldn't work if established as the 25th superhero group.
    “I also don't think the Fantastic Four would like work if you establish that they're like the 25th superhero group on the block.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:57:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): The Ice Storm → Fantastic Four. Griffin wishes Ang Lee had been able to make a sad Fantastic Four movie.
    “this movie does make me wish that he gotten the chance to make a sad, fantastic four movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Ice Storm with Emily Yoshida (Ad-Free) · 1:34:30 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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Who the speakers said made it

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