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Fantastic Four: Origin of Fantastic Four [VHS]

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Being a Marvel Fan from way back, I found this video and immediately ordered it. Much to my chagrin, this was not the 1967 version but rather 1997 one. I remebered fondly the episodes in the 60's when I grew up. While I did enjoy the video, I felt kinda ripoffed. In its three incarnations as animation, I always found the 60's original superior where the best characters were introduced...Galactus, the Silver Surfer, the Molecule Man. This third incarnation is decent, but lacks the adult appeal. Let's not even go into the second version...no human torch? Herbie the Robot? Jeez!!

I wish the second season were on tape instead.

How bad is bad? Look at this video. I much prefer the old Hanna Barbara cartoons to this mess. Kids may like it (very little kids). Anyone who is fan won't. To Marvel's credit.. they did improve it.

The 2nd season (which contiues from the 1st) is GREAT. The animation, voice acting and stories make a dramatic improvement. It was much better developed than X-Men and Spiderman of the 90's. I would LOVE to see it put to DVD. I would buy it. The 1st season should be stuck on an inexpensive DVD only for a person to maintain continuity.

Encourage Marvel/DC to put the 2nd season on tape/DVD

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I can't imagine why they even bothered to make this video. The TV show was nearly unwatchable. Why didn't they just issue some videos based on the 1967 Hanna Barbara Fantastic Four series that is occasionally shown on Cartoon Network? At least the old series had great voice actors and adapted the good comic book stories. This version of the Fantastic Four is an insult to the existing fan base, and an insult to the intelligence of any new audience. Yecch! Hire Paul Dini and Bruce Timm (Superman/Batman Animated Series on WB) when you're ready to try again with a Fantastic Four animated series.

The worst thing about the F.F. on video here is that the whole first season was the worst production in the history of Superheroes on screen. If they wanted to make the public happy, they'd put the SECOND season out on video. They had a whole new crew brought in and did a 5 star job adapting Kirby and Byrne episodes. Sadly, they'll never get to it because the first season episode will NEVER sell. Just a word of advice out there to F.F. fans: seek out the second season thru reruns and you'll know 'em when you see 'em. Unlike the first season, they WON'T make you ill in the first 5 minutes.

This should have been a much better animated series then what they gave us. The shows looks like crude drawings that were all placed together in a very crude manner. Even the actors who played the voices of the characters in the series, sound like they had better things to do then this. This was part of a short-lived FF animation series that premired in 1994 but was canceled in 1996 because of poor rateings. If you ever see this episode, you can understand why.

description says 1976 but its 1997...
as a HUGE fan of fantastic four i was dissapointed, but though modern technology (and a tivo) i was able to find and record the full 1976 first season onto VHS, but still unhappy that it said it was 1976 but it turned out to be something that was shown 21 years later...

Ok, so this is not "Oscar" winning material, but it is just a cartoon based on a comic book. The origin of the FF is ok, but Dick Clark being the Emcee for the show and the FF trying to sell books on a talk show is a bit humorous. You can still see how "The Thing" met Alicia-cartoon version- and see the Fantastic Four use their powers in live action. It's still a good cartoon and a good quality video. If you have kids, this is a great cartoon for them, but if you are an avid fan, you'll have to overlook some of the simplicity in the cartoon.

Okay, the anamation is no Disney film, the acting is pretty bad, but we are talking about a cartoon based on a comic book. It is sort of fun to sit down and laugh at it. And if you know the comic, then it is even better because you get the inside references.

This first season tape makes the "popcicle stick" 1960s Cap America cartoon look great. The second season was some of the best ever. This first season shows just how bad Anime can be. Where, the second season looks like Jack "King" Kirby did it. If they ever do the second season, DO NOT hesitate to buy it.