Acmecast #241 - Dull & Downbeat!

Don't let the title confuse you, we're in perfectly fine spirits, but those adjectives are the first salvo in a bevy of 118 critical reviews of Fox's brand-new Fantastic Four film that have lead to a 10% score of Rotten Tomatoes! Jermaine has already scene it, and in an uncharacteristic display of audience candor, he answers all of Stephen's and Jay's spoiler-filled questions before giving the comic-reading, movie-going public a chance to spend their dollars. Then it's the first installment in a new series by Lord Retail, Michael and John, covering the issues of Time Runs Out on the Last Days of the Marvel Universe leading up to Secret Wars!

Show Notes:

• "The Fantastic Four: The Movie (1994)" at YouTube.com.
• Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four
• Fantastic Four #348 "Where Monsters Dwell! (Or Is It Where Creatures Roam?)," in which Walt Simonson writes and Art Adams draws the "New FF" with Spider-man, Ghost Rider, Wolverine and Hulk!
• Fantastic Four #352 "No Time Like the Present! (Or It Ain't Funny How Time Slips Away)," where Doom and Reed fight between panels and seconds!