While I'm a huge fan of Superman and Batman, I would say their advantage over Marvel characters is based on being around longer and thus having more exposure on T.V and Movies. Marvel started much later than D.C and didn't have successful movies until the late 90s. At this point I'd wager that as a collective people know far more Marvel characters than D.C. characters.Beyond Superman and Batman D.C has dropped the ball with the rest of their roster.
The FF's big problem is it's basically a family show with superpowers, even down the kewt widdle superkiddies, and nobody has found a way to make that engaging to an audience. Hell, even the comic's popularity has plummeted to the point Marvel can cancel it to fuck with Fox. No Ordinary Family was a take on FF (with Chiklis having actually played Ben Grimm), and whilst it wasn't exactly TV dynamite, it wasn't a turd sandwich either, and it barely lasted one season. Play the FF straight from the comics, and it's guaranteed to bomb. At least playing about with it gives it a chance to succeed, albeit a very slim one.
Given Supes is basically the Sun God, and Bats the danger in the night, DC have two characters that represent concepts that have enthralled us since we got smart enough to think. The more ancestral parts of the human brain is DC's advantage, and Marvel doesn't have anything to really compare there, but then neither do any other of DC's properties really. Marvel have just played their hand very well, whilst DC have been godawfully lazy Marvel have worked hard. Said before, the moment Dan Brown got popular, DC should've done an Azrael movie. DC/Warners have just been so damn dumb.
The comic is bogged down by too damn many family members by now. I can't keep track of all the various kids running around. But as a series -- perhaps more so than a cinematic version --, the original family feuds plus powers and super villains could still work very well, IMO. People will always turn in to find out how a soap opera plot turns out, if you give it the right veneer to fool them into thinking they're watching some different genre.
Good one. Maybe F4 would work better as an animation than live action? You can be much more playful with Reed's abilities then.
As I said, they tried that with No Ordinary Family, and it failed. Last F4 story I read part of was 'Fix Everything', which was intriguing, now that would have the potential as an opener, and opening up all manners of plotlines.
I'm sorry, when your featured player is the stretchy guy, I'm out. Comic relief yes, but not the front-line guy.
Don't care. Steetchy guy can't be in front. That one choice ruins the FF for me before I even start. Coulda made it, say, shape-shifting on telekinesis or any number of cool powers...
I used to love the old animated TV series (1967). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Four_(1967_TV_series)
