Absolutely agree. Adapting something on screen sometimes means altering it from the page. No qualms there.

No no man. You got it backwards! The ALIEN was terrified of a cat! Think about it. Those soulless bastards are more terrifying than the most perfect organism in the universe. Correction - second most terrifying, cats take number 1.

I would agree with your last point about a template. There isn't one.

Understood. Just for your own knowledge here's the quote from Trank. Posted to Collider from an interview.

If you're going into Graphic Design, start with Web and Motion Graphics man. That's where to go, especially as a degree aspect. The jobs are much more lucrative. Just personal experience lol.

Okay, how about the fact that Josh Trank, the writer/director, specifically asked for Jordan to be attached to the film. He worked with him on Chronicle and felt the characters were similar enough in powers and personality that he'd do well in the role. Just curious if you knew that.

Yea but no, he's white in the Ultimate line as well. Don't know where you got that from. Also, the director/writer and the studio itself said they were not using any existing story-lines for this film. The actors were specifically told to not read the comics.

I completely agree. If it makes sense, it makes sense. I'm still going to see the film as the trailer actually made me intrigued lol. I even saw the original ones back in 05 and 07.

Actually, after thinking about it further. Sue and Johnny aren't twins. Sue is the elder of Johnny. Which means for them to be of mixed race, following their original character design, they can't genetically be full-blood brother and sister. Doesn't effect the relationship at all, but it still requires a background…

LOL nah. I'm horrible for thinking it. but still +1 XD

...I'm so sorry. I laughed quite hard when you said "hogging too much screen time," then immediately felt bad for why. Choice of words man lol.

I'd be happy to answer your questions! Anyone with interest in this is speaking my language lol. I'm an illustrator/graphics/animator by trade so yea I know a bit. I've also been obsessed with animation and it's process since I was a kid lol. Saw Akira when I was 8 and it was all over from there haha.

I would steer clear of the brother/sister debate as that will get dirty fast. I forgot to mention genetics in my post, but white/black siblings can come from the same person. The biggest issue is that these are fraternal twins. Sue and Johnny are not fraternal twins. They would have to change that in the film in order…

Toshiro was yes. He was bringing his younger brother in at the beginning of the film. The entire first act is their bonding over college. In the end yes, Hiro does enter college and basically assumes the spot in the social clique that his brother filled. So essentially within the confines of the film they are both in…

Number one, very well stated and yes, I took the time to read it. TL;DR need not apply. To your first point, relationships do go beyond blood. I don't disagree with this. Nor will I disagree with genetics either (fraternal twins being from mixed-raced parents).

Yes I do. If the parents are mixed and one twin contains different alles(sp?) they can be of different skin color. Also, Jordan is a good actor, and his character in Chronicle, also directed by Trank, was very similar to Johnny Storm, and I'm not taking away from him. However, it still doesn't change why some people…

Everything past your comment about story-boarding I'm board with. Especially the links from Josh Trank to Akira and so-forth. Those are spot-on. I'll also say that was fun to read as well. you certainly put some thought in to it. So well done.

I will grant you racist idiots being racist idiots. There are a lot of them out there. And yes, they're dumb*****. However...is it wrong to want your heroes to stay how you know them? Or perhaps even have some sort of context for why they changed it? That Sue Storm and Johnny Storm are siblings - not half siblings,…

Yea, I do have a bad habit of that, I'll own it. I can get heated when I feel challenged, and I'm just overly blunt in response. In all fairness his entire line of these images, which is quite substantial, is over all very good. So I completely agree that softer language would've made this a lot different. However, I…

Ironic that both are Disney properties lol.