Comments on: Completely CGI Thing Confirmed for Fantastic Four Reboot

By: ray brown

ray brown — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:23:35 +0000

I wholeheartedly agree. Ben Grimm must be CGI.And Dr. Doom must be clad in armor.R-E-B-O-O-T Now!!!!!

By: Lshmoov74

Lshmoov74 — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:47:51 +0000

If they are going to reboot the FF, I think it would be cool to see Namor introduced to take on the FF. The love triangle between Reed, Sue and Namor could be explored and the battles between Human Torch, Thing and Namor could be great! Dwayne Johnson or the guy from Games of Thrones could portray Namor. Could be a good film. Maybe better than the other 2 films that was put out.

By: outlaw rider

outlaw rider — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:05:11 +0000

um since when is hulk only 5 feet tall? i read comics too and the hulk has never, ever been five foot tall.

By: Tas G.

Tas G. — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:37:41 +0000

Ummmmm use a body builder with green??? That wways it looks more real. Hulk isn’t suppose to be 8 feet, he’s only 5 feet. I read the comic book.

By: ww

ww — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:48:37 +0000

all the hollywood stuff sucks its realy sad already a reboot,it sa new hype or so sjees

so we watch a cool movie made today and tomorrorw you can forget about …a new reboot movie is made sucks

By: Film Fan

Film Fan — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:57:05 +0000

practical and cg compliment each other if done by someone who really cares,cg alone really takes a fall.

By: Film Fan

Film Fan — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:55:00 +0000

i agree a great character like that needs to be done practical with light cg added where it is needed.

By: CapAmerica

CapAmerica — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:02:01 +0000

How could u do Hulk without CGI? Troll

By: danlister

danlister — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:40:45 +0000

“Imagine a CGI version of the muppets, it would look lifeless and fake…”

In other words, like Yoda in the prequels; after all, he was voiced by Frank Oz, who manipulated/voiced the puppet version in TESB/ROTJ.

In fact, I read somewhere that during the filming of a Luke/Yoda scene in Yoda’s hut, a comment was made about feelings…at which point, Yoda disappeared and Miss Piggy showed up, commenting, “I’LL show ya FEELINGS, fella!” and Hamill & Piggy broke into an a capella rendition of the Morris Albert song “Feelings”.

By: Prodigy

Prodigy — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:20:22 +0000

Not all comic-book films have to be as weighty and angst-filled as a graphic novel. Fantastic Four is neither fantastic nor incredible, but it’s entertaining nonetheless.

By: Tas G.

Tas G. — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:50:47 +0000

The CGI WAS why I hated the most in the Hulk movies.
Not impressed

By: Norm

Norm — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:41:03 +0000

One thing great about a CGI Thing is no storyline that forces you to see the actor.

By: ChrisMohrSr

ChrisMohrSr — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:49:43 +0000

Say Jay, were you aware that in several scenes in “King Kong” Naomi Watts was a CGI creation because the scenes would have been too dangerous for a human actor? You say that,”CGI just doesn’t replace a gifted actor”. If that is so you should be able to tell me the scenes in which Naomi was CGI and why she looked phony in those scenes.

CGI can, and has, created characters that are indistinguishable from a human actor. That is why Superman should be all CGI since no human actor has his physical charateristics. However, he can be made to look like a human actor. I am surprised that no one seems to see this.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:15:24 +0000

I actually have to strongly disagree with making the Thing entirely CG. Yes, Chiklis was on the small side for the Thing, that I will agree with. However, the Thing’s defining trait is his humanity, and having a gifted actor in the suit allowed that humanity to shine through. You just can’t get that with a CGI muppet. The Hulk looked good, but he did look fake, and the only emotion the Incredible Hulk showed was rage. The Thing needs to have the ability portray the entire spectrum of emotion, and CGI just doesn’t replace a gifted actor.

Chiklis as the Thing was by far the best thing about the Fantastic Four films, especially the first one. I think making the Thing all CG is a mistake.

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:05:41 +0000

People fixate too much on height when we’re talking about size. Even if you look at Kirby’s relatively short thing, he has a width that can’t be matched with a suit. He needs longer than human arms and huge hands and feet and he needs to be able to move athletically.

Because he isn’t 8 feet tall, that will work very well with CGI. Get a Doug jones or Andy Serkis (sp?) type mo-cap actor (but someone bigger and bulkier than either of those) and have the actor go through the motions on set (a different actor can do the voice and human Ben Grimm).

I think something like that could be a big imprvovement and more faithful than the suit.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:05:19 +0000

Incorrect. Transformed the Hulk is 7ft tall and weighs 1000lbs.

After the initial transformation he just gets stronger as his anger increases with no known upper limit.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:24:12 +0000

Marvel has Captain America

DC has Batman

I declare a draw.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:19:14 +0000

Class 85 meaning he can lift (press) 85 tons under normal conditions.

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.

That said, he was much weaker at the start of his career.

Although he’s only six foot tall, Ben Grimm should look as though he can wrestle with the Hulk, because he can and he has.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:26:12 +0000

@waw: I could not agree with you more.

By: waw

waw — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:20:21 +0000

I think if they do a CGI thing they should try to use a technique similar to the Gollum technique from the LOTR movies…so that they could use both a real actor and CGI wedded together as they were able to use Andy Serkis together with CGI for Gollum. The Thing, unlike the Hulk, has to really act…he doesn’t just say ‘Hulk smash!’ and ‘Puny human!’. The Thing has to talk, argue, interact, emote in all kinds of ways that Hulk as Hulk never has to. I think they should get Chiklis to be the actor that they would use they way they did Serkis with Gollum, since his acting was great and he loves and fits the role.