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By zenpencils, based on a comment by Kevin Smith
 

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[ablackraptor]

Pretty much my exact thoughts on this. What baffles me is that they could have easily have used the Mad Thinker, who really could have worked with the Anonymous-style hacktivist thing (with the possibility of having Doom being a financial backer or something); it seems like, since Doom is their most well-known villain, instead of trying to break that mould and use other, lesser known villains, they're just shaping him to fit their story rather than using other villains who'd fit it much better.
Its like if Batman Begins used Joker as the assassin and mentor figure who trained Batman; it'd be massively out-of-character and an utter derailment of why Joker works the way he does, and ignores the fact that there are other villains who could be used, and deserve their chance to shine in film.

Honestly, I think Trask IS trying to turn it into essentially Chronicle 2; everything about the film so far looks and sounds exactly how it would have worked in a Chronicle continuation, but with the F4 brand slapped on so Fox could keep the rights to them. Its annoying since, had it just been a Chronicle sequel, or a separate film all-together, it would probably work as a nifty comic book deconstruction film ala Hancock, rather than making it, essentially, Fantastic Four without the Fantastic part.