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How the Fantastic Four reboot should've been

Let me tell ya. When I saw the trailer for Josh Trank's Fantastic Four, I was excited. But then I saw the movie in theaters and was disappointed. How could a simple comic book team go so wrong so hard. This movie could've been the next Avengers (no pun intended). Here's how it could've went and how it could build a franchise with the X Men.

The Fantastic Four (2015)

This film starts off in 2010. Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, and Victor Von Doom are in college together. Victor asks Reed for help on building a machine to save his mother from Mephisto (we don't see those flashbacks till later on). However, the machine goes horribly wrong and Victor is horribly scarred. With Reed believing him dead, Victor goes to Latveria and becomes Doctor Doom, blaming Reed for the failure. 5 years later, Reed and Ben build a machine to go to explore other dimensions, in honor of Victor. Reed and Ben meet Sue and Johnny Storm in the Baxter Building. They test the machine and go to another dimension which would be later called "the Negative Zone". They find out they got powers. Reed can stretch his body, Sue can turn invisible and generate force fields, Johnny can turn his body to fire, and Ben becomes a rock monster. The government wants to fund the machine and send astronauts to the Negative Zone. Reed dosen't allow this and terminates every little detail needed for the machine to work. As the team learn more about their powers, they encounter the Mole Man. He challenges the 4 with a 60 foot tall monster from the sewer (similar to the cover of Fantastic Four #1 (1961). The 4 become famous and popular. Victor hears about this, and becomes jealous of Reed. Wanting revenge, he attacks the city with his doombots. Encountering Doom for the first time, Reed finds out Doom is Victor. After an action packed battle with the Doombots, the team fight Doom. Doom gains the upper hand at first, but the team eventually defeat him. Admitting defeat, Victor fakes his death and escapes. The team now known as "The Fantastic Four" get their own headquarters from the government named "Central City", where they receive white and blue uniforms with the "4" logo in the middle. The film ends with the team in costume preparing for battle. In a mid credits scene, we're introduced to Kang the Conquer, setting up for a sequel.

Cast

Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic: Miles Teller

Sue Storm/Invisible Woman: Kate Mara

Johnny Storm/Human Torch: Luke Mitchell

Ben Grimm/The Thing: Jaimie Bell

Victor Von Doom/Doctor Doom: Toby Kebbel

Harvey Elder/Mole Man: Tim Blake Nelson

Franklin Storm: Reg E. Cathy