NEW Fantastic Four - Fantastic Four (Blu-ray)

When I first saw this movie back in '05 I was so suprised, I loved it. I then got the single disk DVD for Christmas of that year whicj was very hight quality when it comes to audio, video, and extras. Then when I heard that an extneded edition was coing out to go with the new movie is was so excited. When I bought it I saw that the extras were great. I like that at has both the theatrical and extened versions since most extended edition, unrated vesions, and director's cut DVDs don't. The extra footage is great and there are a lot of new scenes (20 minutes). My only problem with it is that they don't edited the original footage to make the new stuff fit and make sence. For example when Reed and Sue are on their "date" they pretty much have the same scene twice, but it's no big deal.

Then there is the second disc. The extras are terrific. The "Heroes are born" documentary is very informative. It discusses how they shot certain scenes, ideas behind the movie and each member of the four as well as Doom get a lot of behind the scenes stuff (a segment that is about 15 minutes long each). There are also features about the comic book, a documentary about the history of the comic book including information about how it has changed through the decades. Then there is a docementary about Jack Kirby. All in all the extras on this DVD are great.

I would have to say the Fantastic Four: Extended Edition is one of the best DVDs I've seen on a long time. Not only is the movie great the extras are outstanding. This is an early contender for best DVD of the year (but Serenity Collecor's Edition is still yet to come).

OK, it wasn't terrible by any means, but they had so much to do with this film and the comic book was amazing! The comic had everything from aliens to explosions to sci-fi thriller action! And this is what we get? As well, Doctor Doom was a very evil villian but the development was frighteningly bad!

OK, first off, the SFX are nothing but OK. When Mr. Fantastic alides his hand under the door, you can just tell it's fake. I was deeply disappointed. And the thing's costume! What the *&%$ were they thinking??!!! It looks like a Barney gone bad! It could have been so much better. I must say though the scene on the bridge was amazing. The way they did it using at metal pole to test exactly how the truck would be crushed... cool. One star for that.

The story was kinda screwed up and convaluted; I couldn't tell if the story was mainly about the Four or the battle between them and Doc Doom. But it kind of payed off in the end with the big final battle. Another half star for that.

The acting was pretty good overall, Mr. Fantastic probably wouldn't have done that toilet paper thing, though. Minus one half star. But, the half star will go back for the acting job on the Thing.

Over all, I wouldn't spend more than ten dollars for this DVD, but different people have different opinions. I personally didn't enjoy it all that much.

P.S. When Ben Grimm's wife comes out, she looks like some sort of hooker with the short PJ's. Poo. Minus one of the stars; so sad. It could have been average. :-(

Still Jumpin' is one of my favorite, and can often be found in my DVD player. Great workout, great music, exellent cuing, and menatlly engaging.

The other workouts on this DVD set are also very good and well cued.