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December 28, 2006

Rise of the Silver Surfer

Not even Jessica Alba undressing herself* could save the latest Fantastic Four feature from mediocrity; Rise of the Silver Surfer has some work to do to earn my cinema-going dollar. A big screen Galactus** would go a long way to convincing me. Another mediocre Dr. Doom: Not so much.

Marvel's first family of superheroes, The Fantastic Four, meets their greatest challenge yet in FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER as the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction. As the Silver Surfer races around the globe wreaking havoc, Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben must unravel the mystery of the Silver Surfer and confirm the surprising return of their mortal enemy, Dr. Doom, before all hope is lost.

* Psych! Ok, seriously, here is Jessica Alba giving MTV a tour of the sequel's production facilities. She has an astonishing smile and does this cute little bouncy thing when she is enthusiastic about something. Just saying.
** Which means "Mighty Milk" in the original French.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at December 28, 2006 06:54 AM

Comments

Egad I have avoided the movie as the blasphemy it is. Next up I am sure, they shall destroy the Defenders, Doc Strange and Green Lantern.. arghhh.

Posted by: Gorthos at December 28, 2006 10:28 AM

It was bad enough they did such a piss poor job of evoking the majesty that is Doom; if they cock up Dr. Strange I shall... well, actually, there is already a horrendous Dr. Strange film in existence (as well as an earlier iteration of the Fantastic Four) and I seem to have survived it.

At the risk of repeating myself: Johnny Depp as Stephen Strange, please.

Posted by: Ghost of a flea at December 28, 2006 10:33 AM

ugh....

Posted by: Gorthos at December 28, 2006 11:37 AM

Whoops. I meant, ugh.. I knew of this but I avoid it like the plague:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077469/

Posted by: Gorthos at December 28, 2006 11:39 AM

One thing I liked about the film: Dr. Strange's ring. I do an occasional Google and eBay search in the hope it will turn up for auction some day.

Posted by: Ghost of a flea at December 28, 2006 11:42 AM

I feel like a fool for clicking on that "Jessica Alba undressing" link, but I stopped reading somwhere between the "-ing" and the asterisk.

Posted by: utron at December 29, 2006 12:32 PM

Ahh... now that's satisfying!

Posted by: Ghost of a flea at December 29, 2006 01:11 PM