when hulk hit theater in 2003 and it wasn not long before dvd of the old incredible hulk tv show pop up in an attempt to cash in on the craze . we saw a similar occurrence a year prior when spider man cartoon appear on dvd to coincide with that hero big screen debut . company leap at the opportunity to ride on the financial coattail of a hot brand . so the fact that this picture never surface on the shelf of wal mart a it featured hero clobber the box office in the summer of 2005 say a lot . i guess everyone involve would just rather forget . to be fair and the fantastic four be not as bad a everyone say . let me rephrase that . it not as unentertaining a all of it negative review might suggest . veteran television actor alex hyde white ( no and you do not remember any of his role ) lead the way a reed richards and the brilliant scientist who and along with his crew and gain bizarre power after an out space mishap . he leave with the ability to stretch and contort his body to outrageous length . his future wife and sue storm ( rebecca staab ) and can suddenly turn invisible and while her brother and johnny ( jay underwood ) and may now ignite himself at will . then there poor ben grimm ( michael bailey smith ) and the lovable lug whose body morph into a mass of craggy and orange rock . just a the friend be become accustom to all of this and they be call upon to rescue the world from certain chaos . it seem reed old colleague victor von doom ( joseph culp ) be live up to his name and and that villainous jeweler ( ian trigger ) isn not exactly help old lady cross the street and either . can our hero save the day . of course they can while like any superhero movie and it just a question of how and when . what strike about the fantastic four be how amateurish it be in virtually every aspect . the dialog be so lame and tire it sound like it be write by a junior high drama class . the acting be so unpolished it make a third rate afternoon soap opera look like shakespeare . the special effect be surprisingly good consider the minuscule budget and but there be still some positively embarrassing moment . when the human torch fully ignite his body and for instance and the entire movie briefly turn into a cartoon . i can just hear that production meeting . oh and no one will notice . they will be too intrigue by the action . i mean really and a cartoon . at least give me a mannequin on fire hold up by a string . prior to that and the scene in which the foursome come to on earth after their spaceship crash be pure teen in the backyard fare . the crew simply find a field and light a vaguely spaceship like object on fire . that the only remnant of such a major disaster . of course there wasn not a whole lot to work with in the script . there be a fairly coherent story here and but it all so simplify . when reed and ben decide to go into out space and they simply drop by the storm house and ask if they would care to join them . be it really that easy . don not these sort of thing require and oh and i do not know and year of training and expertise . not in the world of these writer and who seem to be inspire by the underrated genius on display in full house rerun . but as bad a that may be and nothing can compare to how painfully clichéd dr. doom be . he be pull right out of those awful superhero cartoon from the 1960s and right down to the evil laugh and slam his clenched fist down on the table to punctuate his remark . no comic book and least of all fantastic four and have ever feature a villain so obscenely one dimensional . ultimately and the fantastic four be save from be a complete turkey because it just so damn innocent . you can tell the people involve and a little talent or experience a they have and really try . they do not know the final result would be so embarrass . they be under the impression that this be their big break and that people would flock to the theater . it bear repeat that they have virtually no money to work with ( and i be sure half of that be eat up by the cool thing costume ) . all thing consider and they do well and and for it many flaw and the finished product be a fair amount of fun for comic book fan .