As soon as people hear that Silver Surfer was going to be a key character in the next Fantastic Four movie, the whole internet fan community has been buzzing with the question “Will Galactus be in it?”. I mean come on now… who doesn’t want to see giant galactic beings who eat planets! I do!
Then came the confirmation that Galactus would indeed be making an appearance in the film. “YAY!” shouted the fans. So then question then became “How will Galactus look?”. Everyone has been speculating weather he’ll have his classic comic book look, or perhaps a slightly updated look. But now it seems that question has been answered.
Galactus is going to be a giant storm cloud.
Let me repeat that. Galactus… is going to be… a giant… storm cloud.
The folks over at AICN give us the following:
And now… well, now Fox has finally locked down the look of Galactus in the film that is, I’m now hearing from people on the picture, “a heartbreaker.” And not in the good way. More in the “hates superheroes and plays more like a parody than a real film” way. Are you ready for this?
Wanted to let you know what Galactus is going to look like / be represented as in the FF2 sequel: A storm cloud.
Yep. That’s it. That’s the solution from the creatives. (clears throat)…..pretty lame.
Oh my sweet goodness. A storm cloud? Are the fucking kidding me? Look, any of you who have been reading The Movie Blog for any length of time know that I’m ok with changing the look of a character if it works better on screen. I don’t mind. The essence of a character is NOT in what color his tights are or shape his face is in.
But a CLOUD!?!?! That’s not just a total departure from what Galactus LOOKS like… it’s also a total departure from the essence of the character. At least thats how it strikes me. Look, maybe I’m overreacting here. Maybe this isn’t so bad. 1 single secondary character won’t make or break this movie… but I’ve got a feeling that if this story from AICN is correct, a LOT of comic fans are going to be furious at this new
