Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Embedding the trailer above. It's only one of the few trailers of the film that I've seen so far. I hate to admit it but I'm looking forward to this film, even though I'm not a fan of the comic book. My brothers and I collected it at one point along with XMen and Spidey titles. When the publishers saw that multi titles and cross promotion increased readership, it became too costly to be buying and following all three comic books. It was bye-bye to FF4.

Back to the film. I didn't find the first film that interesting. The FF4 I grew up reading weren't that earthbound when it came to battling evil. Besides 4 against 1 (DR Doom) isn't really a match by any stretch of imagination. Which is why I like that Marvel pulled out the one FF4 storyline that resonates to its long time fans. At least that's what i expect from the Rise.

If I'm correct, the film will pit the Four against Galactus. Not your typical bad guy, Galactus is devourer of worlds but is also considered a force of nature much like Death is. He relies on his Heralds to seek out worlds that will satisfy his cosmic appetite. The Silver Surfer is his Herald in this particular FF4 chapter. And he has Earth on his lunch special.

SPOILER ALERT.

One of the trailers I saw alludes to this plot. In the comic book, at least, FF4 succeeds in turning back Galactus - in fact almost killing the guy - with the help of SS and Dr Strange. It is only through Reed's 'change of heart', thinking that killing a force of nature would have serious effects on the fabrics of reality, that Galactus is restored back to cosmic health. This also leads to SS getting punished and exiled on earth by Galactus and, later on, Reed getting tried by a galactic tribunal for crimes against the universe (for saving G). But I don't think the story will go this far. If anything, it opens the door for more Marvel features down the road. Secret Wars film adaptation perhaps?

Gotta buy Marvel stock now.