Any resemblance between the characters in the trailers released so far, and the actual comics, is purely coincidental.
Why does the old dude have one white kid and one black kid?
Are you a fan? I know some fans have been pissed about the younger take on the characters as well as the fact that the mucked around with their backgrounds.
Yes, I'd say I was an FF fan. Followed their comics since I was a kid. I've watched several trailers now and don't get any feel from them that just screams Fantastic Four to me. They just seem kinda blah. The actors they have selected hardly look anything like the characters either. Something that likely has to do with the younger take. Though, not entirely, as I have my doubts whether we'll see a "blue-eyed" Thing. They have also redone the origin story as well from what I could see in the trailers.
It looks to me like a re-imagining of the comic by the production team of this movie. Picking whatever aspects they like and shit canning the rest, regardless of importance. Anyways, I am sure I'll still see the film. I just don't have any high hopes for it.
Adoption....
If Stan Lee is cool with it, then so am I.
Also, gouri, my point was more why isn't Sue Storm black too than why is the Torch black. I don't generally care about them changing the races of characters (for example, Sam Jackson is an awesome Nick Fury and I didn't really care when Michael Clark Duncan was cast as the Kingpin...the movie was awful but he was an acceptable choice). I just think it's stupid that they're willing to change Johnny but not Sue. Like, can't Reed Richards hook up with a black chick?
Totally agree 100%... It is contrived for the sake of not going too far...
But I have heard that they originally planned on Johnny being the adopted one, not Sue; but when it made him seem like a token Black guy, I guess they cast a Black father.
Also, I've heard that this is a role reversal from the previous film considering Jessica Alba is a Latina, so they kind of used that as a justification.
Totally agree 100%... It is contrived for the sake of not going too far...
But I have heard that they originally planned on Johnny being the adopted one, not Sue; but when it made him seem like a token Black guy, I guess they cast a Black father.
Also, I've heard that this is a role reversal from the previous film considering Jessica Alba is a Latina, so they kind of used that as a justification.
I always thought that people bitching about Alba being Latina was a stupid justification for her not getting that part. What was a perfectly acceptable justification for her not getting the part is that she's totally unbelievable as a scientist because she just seems stupid. Stripper in Sin City? Totally believable. Rocket scientist? Yeah, try hiring Charlize Theron instead.