I love pointless outrage. I like to think that I have mastered the ability to get upset about nothing. But the rage towards the reboot of The Fantastic Four film is funny. Most people are mad that The Human Torch is being played by a Black guy to which I reply “Its the fucking Fantastic Four...” meaning “Who gives a fuck?!” A little bit ago I defended Ben Affleck as Batman and this time I'm not gonna strongly attempt to defend a Black Human Torch so much as make you all realize that this isn't worth getting upset about.
There
is this video that Max Landis, the writer of the second best
superhero film Chronicle, made called The Death And Return Of
Superman where the first thing he says is “Nobody gives a fuck
about Superman.” That is how I feel about FF (I'm not typing their
name a hundred goddamn times). This new movie is directed by Josh
Trank who directed Chronicle which makes me far less concerned if
this movie will be cool. Forget trying to convince people that a
Black guy can be a fictional character. Getting me to even be
interested in seeing a FF movie is far more remarkable.
