Fantastic Four (2015 film): Difference between revisions

* [[Bond Villain Stupidity]]: At any point while fighting the Four, Doom could easily use his powers to blow their brains into paste. This is how he's introduced killing people and there's no indication that he can't do the same to Reed and friends. But when he fights the Fantastic Four, he forgets about this overpowered ability and fights them normally.

* [[Cain and Abel]]: Ben had an abusive older brother, and his "It's clobberin' time!" catchphrase was originally what his brother would say before beating him up.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Josh Trank's comparisons to [[David Cronenberg]] movies like [[The Fly (1986 film)|The Fly]] are fairly apt considering the movie's dark tone and liberal use of body horror.

* [[Dull Surprise]]: It's rare that you hear anything more emotive than a neutral tone from the cast, especially Reed and Sue. Oddly enough, this was a deliberate choice on Josh Trank's part as opposed to an unintentional screwup from him or the actors.

* [[Generic Doomsday Villain]]: Upon returning from Planet Zero, Doom has inexplicably become a mass murdering maniac with barely anything resembling a personality. He ''may'' have been driven insane with being trapped there for so long, but it isn't really clear.

* [[In Name Only]]: There is very little in common with the comics aside from the names and powers. This goes double for Doctor Doom, who is a nerdy programmer turned murderous psychic megalomaniac instead of the sorcerous tech genius dictator that he is in the comics.

* [[Jerkass]]: Reed's science teacher during his school days, to hilariously unreasonable extents. How does this man react to 9 year old Reed comprehending and talking about college-level scientific concepts? With scorn and disdain. How does he react to high school-aged Reed creating a ''working teleporter'' for a science fair? ''He disqualifies him for cheating'', and calls it a magic trick on top of that. It really makes you wonder if this man just hates Reed and Reed specifically.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Johnny makes a hobby out of petty insults and being a dick to people, especially to Ben. Shoutout to him flippantly referring to him as "The Thing nobody wanted" after his transformation, something he's very insecure and upset about.

* [[MacGyvering]]: Reed has a knack for creating the most incredible gadgets with improvised tools.

* [[Race Lift]]: Johnny and his father are black in this film while Susan stays white as in the comics, with the justification being that she was adopted.