# What do I need to know about the Fantastic Four to enjoy the movie?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-the-fantastic-four-to-enjoy-the-movie/309815>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 25, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-the-fantastic-four-to-enjoy-the-movie/309815 "2005-06-25T17:49:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 3

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-the-fantastic-four-to-enjoy-the-movie/309815/41 "2005-06-27T23:20:26Z")

</div>

> [@Silentgoldfish](#):
>
> That issue was a nice idea but really odd and not thought through enough. In their individual comic books the various heroes have seen much more destruction and strife than Sept 11, they never really addressed why they all of a sudden came together and were affected by such a small scale disaster.

I’m not sure you understand how big the WTC actually was.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Priam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/77aa72/32.png) [@Priam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Priam)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-the-fantastic-four-to-enjoy-the-movie/309815/42 "2005-06-28T00:05:21Z")

</div>

> [@foolsguinea](#):
>
> I’m not sure you understand how big the WTC actually was.

In comparison to, say, large chunks of NYC disappearing in a huge struggle between heroes and villains _every week_? On that hypothetical scale, even 9/11 barely rates.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-the-fantastic-four-to-enjoy-the-movie/309815/43 "2005-06-28T00:50:02Z")

</div>

> [@Priam](#):
>
> In comparison to, say, large chunks of NYC disappearing in a huge struggle between heroes and villains _every week_? On that hypothetical scale, even 9/11 barely rates.

Exactly. Sure it’s big to us but when an entire city has gotten wiped out in their universe 2 buildings is nothing.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-the-fantastic-four-to-enjoy-the-movie/309815.md?page=2)