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| The Fantastic Four (1994) - unreleased English | 
| review - spoiler warning!
In this Marvel Comic adaptation, two friends Reed Richards (Alex Hyde-White) and Victor Von Doom (Joseph Culp) create a scientific device that will aid them in trying to harness the energy of this stellar phenomenon called the Colossus. A freak mishap occurs killing Doom and cursing Richards with his friends death.
Ten years pass and Reed teams up with Susan Storm, Johnny Storm and Benjamin Grimm to continue Victors memory. The foursome is able to acquire a huge diamond that will allow them to reach Colossus via spaceship. The four astronauts get bombarded with cosmic rays when an accident occurs. The four of them acquire special powers. They are quickly taken in by a military division for study. Convinced that they can cure themselves they escape the military. The films subplot deals with a mysterious armored man (Dr. Doom) and a creepy underground freak (The Jeweler) trying to acquire Reeds giant diamond.
Ok, on the surface the films beginning and attempt at following the Fantastic Four mythos is impressive. I liked how the filmmakers did explore the huge age gap between eventual lovers Reed and Susan. I liked how the film didnt forget that Doom and Reed were in fact colleagues. It was a pretty good beginning for this first adaptation.
I really think the film fell apart when the Jeweler character was introduced. His character was just too campy. He belonged in a 1960s Batman episode not in this film. It seems that as soon as he appeared every other part of the film became campy. One scene in particular is the rocket crashing to Earth and then you have the foursome wandering around looking for each other as you have really bad sets. If a rocket hit ground coming from space these people would be dead even if they do have superpowers.
Throughout the rest of the film, I did see signs that tried to redeem this film. I really liked actress Rebecca Staab who played Susan Storm. She was a perfect cast and sadly the only one. I liked the films look for Doctor Doom it was done quite well.
Aside from these redeeming qualities, you can see exactly why there was a cover-up to pull the plug on this one. What I learned from unearthing this film was that it isnt impossible to make a film on this subject. In television a lot of television series have unreleased pilots that are horrendous. In this films case, I would have to state that this film did excite me for the $80 Million dollar adaptation looming for release in 2002. I think with a more modest budget, a half-dozen script re-writes and the public execution of the Jeweler this film could have delighted fans. --Dean Kish, aka "The Soothsayer"
some background info
Back in 1994, a very small and ambitious project was scheduled to be launched. The project excited comic book fans as a possible hidden gem in the release schedule. The promo-tapes were issued, the posters hung, the costumed heroes graced a magazine cover and even some star interviews were concocted. The movie was The Fantastic FourE
During the week leading up to the films release, the movie was pulled from the release schedule only two days before opening. This is very rare and whats amazing is that this was the 2nd Marvel movie adaptation to have this occur. The first being 1992s Captain AmericaE(which did make it to video). Comic fans heard rumblings that the film would eventually end up on video. The small $2 million dollar Fantastic Four movie never had that happen. Those were the facts.
What came after was purely speculation. Some people linked to the film have stated that director Chris Columbus stepped in and halted the film from being released at all so that he could prep his $80 million dollar adaptation. Studios were impressed with Columbus and what he wanted to do with the film.
Others speculate that Marvel Comics was so embarrassed by the film that they approached Roger Corman to pull the plug. Marvels fear emulated that maybe the film would hurt their chances of cashing in on a block-buster adaptation. What is the right account? Someone inside must know the facts. --Dean Kish, aka "The Soothsayer"
The quality of these files: horrible (VHS Rip, copy from a copy...). The picture is very blocky and the sound is only on one channel. Real bad quality! So dont complain about it, I warned you ;)
I posted it nevertheless, because its very rare and Marvel and F4 fans will be happy to get it - no matter what quality.
So thanks to cchester14 :) Here is the link to the forum thread
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