Ben remaining Jewish is in part because it is part of his character, and partly, as you said, "a feeling towards modern relevant demographics." There's no way they would erase a minority.
With the other 3, being white isn't necessary to their characters ... unless they set the FF movie in the 1960s, imo. In which case I do think they should cast them as originally presented. They could do some interesting things with that if they then brought them into the modern MCU.
I agree 100! If he doesn't get his own movie first, Namor and Giganto should definitely appear first in FF!
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?
I don't think I'd want Namor to be in the first FF. I think the best option is for the FF to discover the Negative Zone. Namor could be hinted at, but come later. A sub plot of the first film could be a discovery of Sub-Terranea and a skirmish with Mole Man, which could disturb or alert the Atlanteans, kicking off sequel bait.
Hints of Galactus, hints of Doom, and you have an entire category of FF films with people chomping at the bit to see these characters.
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Don't know why we are talking about Ben Grimm and FF in a Namor thread when I'm very certain there are threads for each FF member and so on.
If we are talking casting then I would want to talk about Sub-Mariner supporting characters, and the FF are not his supporting characters, in fact Namor is their supporting character.
Who would you all cast for a Betty Dean character?
Or Carrie Alexander?
Or Llyra?
Or Vashti?
Or literally anyone who was actually a part of Namor's allies and foes cast?
"No one should ever question where my allegiance lies." - Namor of Atlantis
How would you modernize TigerShark's origin? Would you still go the olympic swimmer route? Is it too weird? Dated?
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Buscema's TigerShark is the best, the silhouette, the powerful look and attitude, I just can't stand the orange kirbyesque zigzags.
Buscema is unmatched! I love his character designs.
I honestly don't think it's outdated, and Wave aka Pearl Pangan practically has Todd Arliss's backstory, idk if you ever read Aero #1, but she was a swimmer who was banned and got caught up with water experiments. I would say that just having Todd be desperate enough to undergo treatment would be enough, it's a tried and true trope in the Superhero genre of villains getting something they think they want and it backfiring on them. Tigershark would be overwhelmed with all the impulses and stuff and be unable to control himself from his new darker nature.
Do you think it needs updating?
"No one should ever question where my allegiance lies." - Namor of Atlantis
I've always felt the idea of a swimmer who could no longer swim, turned super villain, to be pretty weak, even silly, but that being said anything can work with the right writing.