‘Fantastic Four’ Promos Find Nexus Between Real Science And Fantasy
By Russ Fischer/July 24, 2015 4:00 pm EST
For example, there’s the fact that Antony, the winged ant used as a steed by Paul Rudd’s character in Ant-Man, is actually female. That fact comes from a great interview with a professor of biology who has a lot to say about ants, and the relationship of their on-screen depiction to real-world behavior.
The fun of stories like those in Fantastic Four comics (and, hopefully, the film) is that they imagine things outside the bounds of science; the point is that it isn’t all real. The characters may be grounded in an emotional reality, the better to make us care about their trials, but the science doesn’t need to be real at all.
That said, our ever-greater understanding of science is even more compelling, so we’re happy to see how the real and the, er, fantastic intertwine.
Fantastic Four opens on August 7. Videos via Fox.
