A little over one month ago, I found out about a little known super hero movie that had never actually been released. It was 1994's Fantastic Four, and in learning about it, I was intrigued.
Yet, I was not entirely certain how to access it. Not exactly a computer guru, it seemed like a daunting task, trying to find it. So, I never actually tried to.
Until last evening. I have been watching movies on Youtube as of late (yes, entire movies, free of charge, on Youtube), and ran into this one, which to my understanding, was never actually released.
Have to say, it was very much in line with the comics, which is also saying that it was more cartoonish and for a younger audience than many more recent super hero movies tend to be. I'll admit to not enjoying it as much as I thought I would.
Also, the special effects are....well, not all there. Remember, this was a B-movie, and so it did not have a huge budget, or anything. It was not a bad attempt, but it is probably for the hardcore fans of the Fantastic Four, or of Marvel comics, more generally.
Still, I watched it, and wanted to let anyone know, who also might be interested in seeing it but does not know how, exactly, to go ahead and do so. Just go to Youtube and type in "Fantastic Four 1994", and you should see the movie in it's entirety come up on it's own.
Oh, and I should mention that the picture quality is not exactly first rate, either. There were a few options there, although none of them seemed to have exceptional quality picture, or anything. But again, it's free of charge. So, if you have an hour and a half, and really wanted to see this movie, here's your chance!
And here is a republishing of the original blog entry about the movie, from January 15, 2014:
I have been publishing some blog entries lately that have been pretty dark and probably lacking in hope lately, and thought it might be time for a change - at least for one day.
So, for today, I will try to keep it a bit lighter. Obviously, eventually, I will return back to other subjects of darker matter. But, for today at least, these will be kept to things that you might not have known about, even if you were a fan.
Case in point, here is an article about a Fantastic Four movie that was never released. It was supposed to have come out in 1994, which was probably the best, and certainly one of the best, years for new movies that I have ever lived through. Look at the titles of some of the movies that were released that year: Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption, 12 Monkeys, Legends of the Fall, Natural Born Killers, and Pulp Fiction. In comedy, there was Dumb and Dumber, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and The Mask came out as well - all movies that actually makes me laugh now more than they did back then. They all featured Jim Carrey as well.
There are probably a few other movies that I'm not even thinking about, to boot!
But this particular movie never made the cut. In the article below, it is described as the worst superhero movie that you never saw, and was filmed on a very limited budget - which I guess is the kiss of death in the movie industry. Super hero movies would become all the rage just a few years later, but back then, the only huge super hero movie around was Batman, back when Michael Keaton was still playing Batman. Or actually, perhaps by then, he was no longer Batman. It went to Val Kilmer, who I thought was actually fairly decent in the role, but he wasn't Keaton, who really fit into the Bruce Wayne/Batman character perfectly, it seemed. The true disaster for Batman was, for whatever the reason, George Clooney. That was a horrible movie!
Yet, the way they talk about this Fantastic Four movie, it is supposed to have been even worse!
Kind of makes me want to go see it, actually.
You can learn more about it by clicking on the below link:
"The Worst Superhero Movie You Never Saw" by Joal Ryan for Yahoo Movies, January 14, 2013:
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-news/the-worst-superhero-movie-you-never-saw-200908507.html
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