The Fantastic Four Get a Makeover

According to the latest rumors from the geekosphere, Fox intends to reboot the Fantastic Four movie franchise. I guess that’s what happens when you make Galactus a cloud, essentially the comic book equivalent of denying the Holocaust. (The recent Watchmen flick is guilty of such a crime too, those squid hating assholes.)

In remodeling Marvel’s First Family, Fox has a chance to correct one of the greatest atrocities of the previous installments-the casting of Michael Chiklis as the Thing. Not that there’s anything wrong with Chiklis, but the erstwhile Vic Mackey just doesn’t have the religious resume to represent Judaism’s greatest superhero. It’s not like Fox needs to put Adam Brody in a body suit, but we certainly don’t need Daniel Craig as yet another inauthentic Jew. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a bonafide bagel muncher as the big orange golem? Someone like Albert Brooks or maybe Ed Asner? Lord knows they’d save tons of cash in special effects and make up costs.

What do you think?

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