The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) – The 5th live-action adaptation of Marvel’s First Family still doesn’t live up to its name

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On July 29, 2025July 29, 2025 By ruthIn FlixChatter Reviews19 Comments

The Fantastic Four: First Steps marks the fifth live-action adaptation to date: there are two versions from 20th Century Fox in 2005 and 2007, a reboot in 2015, and let’s not forget the 1994 low-budget Roger Corman version that never saw the light of day. I’ve only seen the 2005 version, though the most memorable …

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Guest Post – Musings from a part-time cartoon artist: Maybe some comics shouldn’t be movies

On August 19, 2015August 19, 2015 By ruthIn Random Thoughts18 Comments

Special thanks to guest contributor Rich Watson from the film blog Wide Screen World for today's post. During the opening weekend of the new Fantastic Four movie, I saw a discussion on Facebook in which people were putting it down, and more importantly, praising the original incarnation – the comic book created by Stan Lee …

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