Herbie Lives!

At least on the new Fantastic Four Extended Edition DVD.


Herbie can be spotted in one of the deleted scenes in the extended cut of the film (which was released to DVD this past Tuesday). Does the new cut make up for the film's overall blandness? No, according to IGN:

Overall, the Fantastic Four (Extended Edition) is superior to the original DVD in every way possible except for the quality of the actual film; but the set is absolutely worth buying for fans of the original cut, comic books in general, or even casual followers who are interested in a more in-depth look at the art form. In fact, two of the documentaries on this set are officially joining IGN's shortlist for some of the best bonus materials of 2007; so even if Fantastic Four isn't altogether fantastic in a longer edition, the film and its sequel indeed serve a productive purpose in that they inspired a DVD whose extras generate far more interest than they do themselves.

Interesting IGN. Personally, I don't watch extras on a movie over and over again like I would the film. Once is enough- and since FF wasn't the greatest of all films (it pains me to say so) I won't buy this edition either.

Will FF2 live up to the hype? Probably not. I learned the hard way with Spidey 3- my expectations are set low for the sequel- I'm just glad they're making movies about my favorite comic characters- they're bound to get it right eventually. It could be worse- say...Roger Corman?