The Real Fantastic Four (or Here’s something to read that will be better than the movie they are going to screw up)

The Fantastic Four are not the most popular heroes on the planet. Superman, Batman, Wolverine, and Spiderman get more press but the Fantastic Four are some of the best characters ever.

Mr. Fantastic :– Reed Richards
The brains of the family. In fact, he is the most intelligent scientist in the world. The problem: every two bit megalomaniac attacks the FF in hopes of proving themselves against Mr. Fantastic. He is a loving husband and devoted father, but very absent minded.

Mr. Fantastic can stretch his body like very pliable rubber. Under the best of conditions he can change his body to nearly consistency of liquid.

The Invisible Girl/Woman : Susan Richards
The Invisible Woman has gone through the most changes in the group. Historically, she has been the one most likely to be taken hostage, but has evolved into the most powerful member of the group. She is a devoted wife and mother to her children: Franklin and Valeria.

The Invisible Woman can warp light to make anything invisible and create force fields.

The Human Torch : Johnny Storm

The Human Torch can both create and control flame (Important: some characters can only do one). He can use his powers to fly, create walls of fire, and even lower temperature by absorbing the heat from an object. Johnny is Susan’s younger brother and the youngest member of the group.

The Thing : Benjamin J. Grimm

The ever loving blued Thing is the group's powerhouse. His body and muscles are super dense and can withstand great pressure. His body is covered in scales (like dinosaurs) giving him a rocky appearance. The Thing is the only member not related by blood or marriage. He is super strong.

Now that I know the characters, how are they going to screw up the movie?

There are main character points in the Fantastic Four. They don'’t have to use every one, but they will either try to squeeze all of them in or worse, use none of them.

1. Reed's guilt: The FF have great powers, but because of Reed's arrogance Ben is trapped the body of a monster.
2. Ben's pain: In a world where all the other super strong heroes are pretty (Thor, the Submariner, She-Hulk, Colossus, and in some ways the Hulk), this means a lot. The Thing's hide is so thick, he can't feel anything or any one toughing him. He has a blind girlfriend, but he feels she deserves better than him.
3. Sue's having to mother them all: breaking up fights, reminding Reed of appointments, etc.
4. Reed's intelligence: Seriously, whenever anyone needs help: Spiderman's turning into a spider, Captain America breaking his unbreakable shield, a big alien showing up to eat the planet, they call Reed. His whole existence as a character is to fix our problems with science.
5. Reed versus Doctor Doom: They were friends. Reed attempted to warn Doom of a miscalculation in an experiment. And of course Doom did not listen. The experiment blows up in Doom's face. Doom blames Reed for the failure.
6. Johnny and Ben's constant squabbling.
7. Johnny's practical jokes, especially on Spiderman.

Let us just suffice to say that this movie will take extremely rich characters and flatten them into cookie cutter heroes with no purpose.

If you want to read a tale that does this group justice, click the link below.