[gregebowman]

Still haven't seen WOTW yet, but hopefully I will before it gets on dvd. I was bummed when I found out the movie was a present day affair. I'd really love to see a version made in 1898, when you have horse-drawn artillery taking pot-shots at the martian machines. If there is one book that can be said that changed my life, it was H.G. Well's book. After I read it when I was around 10, I became hooked on sci-fi forever. Too bad I didn't know about The Hobbit, or the Harry Potter books weren't out then. It took me a few more years to discover fantasy.

Anyway, took my son and nephew to see Fantastic Four. Great movie. I didn't read the comic when I was a kid. I was more partial to Batman and Superman back then, but I more into reading & collecting the war comics. But I enjoyed this movie. I was just disappointed when Doom finally spoke through his mask. I always imagined a deep, resonating voice coming through. Instead, it was just the actor's normal voice. Bummer. Also, the guy who wrote it lives in the Tampa area, and he's been getting some press in the local papers. Seems like he wanted to have Galacticus as the main villain, but the studio heads and the bean counters thought it would cost too much. But he said that if he's given the chance to write the sequel, he'll make Galacticus the villain again. That would be great, since they've been talking about doing a Silver Surfer movie for years. That would be a great introduction for the character if it's ever done.