Fantastic Four? More like Fantastic bore.

With that out of the way, let’s talk about the newest Fantastic Four movie.

This poor franchise can’t seem to get a decent film even when talented actors are on the set. Remakes are made when the first movie or set of movies didn’t do the story justice, but for this franchise, the whole remake strategy completely backfired.

The original, made in 2005, didn’t stand a chance against the critics at Rotten Tomatoes and scored a measly 27 percent on their grading scale. However, the remake that came out earlier this year was given one of the lowest scores in Rotten Tomatoes history: 8 percent.

Rotten Tomatoes summarizes the 2015 Fantastic Four remake as a “misguided attempt to translate a classic comic series without the humor, joy, or colorful thrills that made it great.” If that summarization isn’t enough to convince you that you’re better off pining over Jessica Alba in the corny original, perhaps I can still persuade you to choose a different movie for your evening plans.

The original Fantastic Four had many problems, ranging from quality of acting to special effects, but the remake did nothing to fix these issues. In fact, the remake went in a completely different direction by forcing all of the action in the movie into the last 25-or-so minutes of the film and focusing primarily on the background of the story.

I’ll admit, the background knowledge is necessary for character development and understanding of the plot, but as a result the back of my eyelids were more interesting than what was on the screen in front of me. The fight between the “brave superheroes” and the only likeable character in the movie, Victor (Doctor Doom), felt rushed, sloppy and misguided.

The classic comic series exhibits plenty of humor, and while the original movie made a good attempt at trying to grasp the comedic quality of the comics, the remake skipped over the comedy altogether. The movie was much darker and far more dramatic than it needed to be, and without the humor that Marvel audiences are accustomed to seeing, the movie crashed and burned brighter than Johnny Storm.

Marvel has made billions of dollars off ticket sales based on largely successful action movies in the last few years. Together, Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron made over $1 billion worldwide due to the fact that all of the lovable characters came together to save the world once again.

Although Fantastic Four didn’t feature Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man) or Chris Evans (Captain America), there was someone even more important missing in the movie. Stan Lee, the beloved creator of all things Marvel, didn’t slip in for a cameo for this Marvel film, and I don’t blame him.

Although the Fantastic Four have no chance of becoming the world’s favorite superhero team as long as the Avengers are around, I will admit there’s something endearing about watching them try.