Fantastic Four (Essay)

Everyone seems to be jabbering away about the 'Fantastic Four' movie that's come out recently in Britain. I don't know much about them, or any other super-hero, but approximately a year ago I was besotted with their early-90s cartoon series. There's something insanely funny about the show that has to be seen to be understood.

Nonetheless, I remember talking about Batman here, where I mentioned how weird it was that all the villains lived in Gotham, and people were happy to live there. Well, the Fantastic Four is even stranger.

Calling on my knowledge of the cartoon, a scientist and his friend, wife, and acquaintance (a young person) decide to go to space for some reason. Unfortunately, they get stuck in an asteroid storm or something and each get special super powers. So, naturally, they decide to fight crime. And what a coincidence! Just as this happens, BANG! A plethora of stylised, cliched, super-powered villains decide to destroy/rule/eat the earth.

Thinking on it now, the funniest thing is that if these villains didn't 'just appear' when our heroes got their un-attributable powers, can someone explain to me how Earth survived beforehand? Did everyone just accept the neverending monster attacks, that person who's always taking over, or the big person who feels like consuming the solar system?

I don't think Stan Lee really thought these comics of his through, do you?  ¶ 5:20 pm