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3. It Bears (Unfortunate) Similarities To Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer

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There are many things wrong with 2007's Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer, but one major aspect that angered fans - in particular, fans of the comic-books - was the way the movie handled Galactus.

In the source material, the planet-devouring villain is a gigantic humanoid figure wearing purple armour and an iconic helmet, but in the movie, he was... a cloud. Just a big black cloud. How creative. You would've thought they'd learnt their lesson by now, but sadly, it looks like Fox is heading down this route once again.

Over on Twitter, Jeremy Conrad likened Dark Phoenix's depiction of the Phoenix Force to Rise Of The Silver Surfer's version of Galactus, noting how the two both look like big clouds.

There's nothing wrong with deviating from the source material, of course (the movie version of Civil War is vastly different from the comics, but it's arguably even better) but since the Phoenix Force looks so badass in the comics, it's disappointing to hear that it's been visually neutered in the film.

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