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<font color = lightgreen>The Fantastic Four have always enjoyed a very positive public image through the years. This could possibly be due to the fact that they were always accessible and open with the public. The Avengers were the same way, while the X-Men always kept to the shadows and avoided public contact whenever possible, something that generally leads the public to think less of you.

I, too, am getting tired of the "dark anti-hero" stuff. Batman (the first two Tim Burton ones) were really good because at the time they were different...and I really like Tim Burton movies. Actually, we have Frank Miller and Alan Moore to thank for all this--the dark superhero movement really took off with The Dark Knight Returns and the Watchmen. (On a side note...I still hope someone makes a Watchmen movie in the near future.) Although I did enjoy The Matrix (yes, it was a superhero movie), Punisher, and Sin City I think we're long overdue for some more positive and "light" heroes, you know...the knight in shining armor, and all that jazz.

But I digress.

The movie studios will beg and plead until Julian relents to reprise the role of Doom. Although I can understand his reluctance to do another superhero movie, they'll probably offer him so much money that he can't afford not to accept. [img]graemlins/petard.gif[/img] </font>