Setting aside gender-flipping the Silver Surfer and replacing Norinn Radd (assuming this is just for the FF universe and will be fixed post-Secret Wars), I can't help but think they're jumping the gun going straight to Galactus.
Also is Marvel Studios willing to commit to a silver body woman?
Regardless of the Silver coating aspect of the Surfer one of the things I liked was when writers would recall his Power Cosmic allowed him to transmutate his form and allow him to appear, not to unlike a hologram, Zenn-Lavian(human). I suspect this could be an 'out' they go for as I don't want some mirrored version of how the early X-Men films treated Mystique. I would rather of them had the actresses in the long white dress or black workout look then those scales. So don't do that with this for female surfer.
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I'm actually more curious about a more comic-accurate Galactus if we're doing "The Coming of Galactus" again, but hopefully far more distinct from the previous adaptation than Dark Phoenix was to Last Stand.
Remember the cloud?
Granted, the main reason at the time was because some were thinking a giant guy in Kirby costumes would look silly, but this was pre-MCU which proved it could work (and plenty of Kirby designs have looked just fine in MCU) and 2007 era special effects which have (mostly) gotten better (as long as he doesn't look like Quantummania's Modok....)
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I'm a JG fan as well, but of course, I'd prefer Norrin Radd as the Surfer. I'm not a fan of this multiverse stuff --- and it apparently will have a bearing on MCU Fantastic Four. I could see Julia as Frankie Raye, but obviously MCU is going in a different direction.
It seems to be very much in keeping what looks like the futurism of the 50s and 60s-the aesthetic of the Jetsons, a lot of Disney (including the design of the parks), Star Trek TOS, 2001 etc. and of course Jack Kirby. (Kirby also did a few somewhat less optimistic post-apocalyptic things too!)
That being said, while Wandavision was fun I'm hoping it isn't all 60's camp.
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No they won't. The majority of Silver Surfer Fans (Norrin Radd) won't bother to see this.
The other side "Yay! A Female Version!" They're not going to see the movie either. All they do is complain on social media but they don't actually watch this stuff.
This type of publicity...doesn't translate into movie sales. The only type of results these stunts do is generate arguments over the internet.
A little bummed my favorite Norrin Radd is getting skipped but it still looks like a bonkers movie.
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You're referring to the Secret Invasion where Nick Fury was an actual main character? No, that didn't work out, but it's not a fair comparison in general. Nick Fury is a supporting character at best. His name doesn't carry the weight for a solo project.
The other movies he was in, the majority of the audience didn't watch those flicks for Nick Fury's Character specifically. The Silver Surfer is a main heavy weight
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So like a hundred people will skip it? That's not much of a threat to a film's box office.
I say this as a big Silver Surfer fan, but there are like dozens of us. He hasn't been able to really hold a series down since the late 80's. When you have Mike Allred on art and you just see decline issue after issue you have to see that it's not the creative team's fault the book isn't selling.
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All good, this has been reported for a while now, even speculated since the reveal. Guess it depends who or what you're following.
It's not just DRPK running with it though so we'll see. I really think the latest poster is a hint to where things are headed. Retro-futuristic New York? Yes please.
I thought the same thing too but now with the idea of an alternate universe in play I think Galactus is going to "devour" their world.