Roger Ebert the Idiot

**Hil** · 07-09-2005, 06:48 PM

Having spent three years as a videogame critic, I know damn well that no matter what your opinion or how well it may be presented, there will always be people who think you're an idiot. So I always try and give critics a lot of slack, because I know they are idiots. But Roger Ebert said one of the dumbest things I think I've ever heard him utter.

Now, I'm not a huge fan of the new Fantastic Four movie, I thought it was fun but not particularly great. I don't care that Ebert hated it, I can certainly understand that. But his reasoning was shockingly moronic. On his weekend show he complained multiple times that the FF were too similar to other superheroes. The Thing is too much like the Hulk, Dr. Doom is like Silver Surfer (he said this...wtf?), Invisible Woman is like Storm (????). But the one that forced me to write this was (to paraphrase):

"Mr. Fantastic, who stretches, is just like from the Incredibles."

Even my girlfriend, who knows little to nothing about comics, knows that the Increrdibles powers were a total homage/wrip-off (depending on your POV) of the Fantastic Four.

Way to be not just an idiot Roger Ebert but a Fantastic Idiot.

**joeAR** · 07-09-2005, 06:59 PM

Sometimes I love Elbert then there are times when I want to Pimp Slap him. This definitley deserves a Pimp Slap.

**Jacob Lyon Goddard** · 07-09-2005, 07:03 PM

but did the Incredibles movie come out before the Fantastic Four movie?
my little sister told me FF looked too much like the Incredibles, and what was the point

i doubt she's the only one who feels that way

**CraigM** · 07-09-2005, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by ImprovingGODDARD

but did the Incredibles movie come out before the Fantastic Four movie?
my little sister told me FF looked too much like the Incredibles, and what was the point

i doubt she's the only one who feels that way

It did.

But, the Fantastic Four existed 40 years before the Incredibles :P

Craig

**Angel of Distraction** · 07-09-2005, 07:06 PM

http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=20534&highlight=storm

**Jacob Lyon Goddard** · 07-09-2005, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by CraigM

It did.

But, the Fantastic Four existed 40 years before the Incredibles :P

Craig

but the target teen and tweens won't know that, they'd never seen the cartoon from the 60s

**joeAR** · 07-09-2005, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by ImprovingGODDARD

but the target teen and tweens won't know that, they'd never seen the cartoon from the 60s

Yeah but Elbert being the comic book nerd that he pretends to be should know that the FF have been around longer then the Incredibles.

**CraigM** · 07-09-2005, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by ImprovingGODDARD

but the target teen and tweens won't know that, they'd never seen the cartoon from the 60s

Yeah, and if Ebert did any kind of research, he'd know different.

This isn't about what the teen and tweens know. This is about what Roger Ebert knows. I don't expect the teens and tweens to know. I do expect Roger Ebert to know.

Craig

**Jacob Lyon Goddard** · 07-09-2005, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by joeAR

Yeah but Elbert being the comic book nerd that he pretends to be should know that the FF have been around longer then the Incredibles.

but i doubt he was writing the review for a few hundred thousand comic fans, he was probably writing it for the few hundred million movie fans

**DrMachine** · 07-09-2005, 07:11 PM

I don't pay attention to his reviews...HOWEVER

I have spoken to people who do, and claim that they are racially biased with an obvious slant towards african americans in movies...anyone seen this bias in effect?