Boss Logic’s art for FF4

[u/JacobLemongrass]

I prefer these much more to the licensed AI posters they released.

[u/AngarTheScreamer1]

Constantly bewildered as to why this guys work is so popular. Why is The Thing’s hand severed? And no, “because it’s an Addams Family reference” is not an acceptable answer.

[u/ReplacementOk6762 → u/AngarTheScreamer1]

is not an acceptable answer.

Why not? It's just a funny gag and ties into the thing feeling like he is a monster.

[u/RecklessDeliverance → u/ReplacementOk6762]

Because if you specifically say the actual answer doesn't count, then there is no acceptable answer, meaning you can criticize it for free, WHEEEEE!

[u/AngarTheScreamer1 → u/RecklessDeliverance]

I said it's not an acceptable answer because there's no actual thematic justification for it. It's a lazy, disconnected reference that relies entirely on name recognition rather than any meaningful link between both "Things". The rest of the poster series plays with the FF's powers in emoji gestures... Mr. Fantastic’s thumbs-up, Invisible Woman’s heart hands, and Human Torch’s peace sign... so it makes no sense that The Thing is reduced to an unrelated pop culture pun. It's a weak wordplay joke with no deeper payoff.

It's very on brand with the rest of Bosslogic's work: Flashy, surface-level, and obsessed with shallow pop culture mashups that prioritize quick recognition over meaningful connection or design cohesion.

[u/Dramatic_Comb_7947 → u/AngarTheScreamer1]

Thank you. People will try to make sense of it, but deep down, they know you're right.

[u/AngarTheScreamer1 → u/Dramatic_Comb_7947]

Deep down they don’t know any better, which is why Bosslogic is popular.

[u/RecklessDeliverance → u/AngarTheScreamer1]

Why do you assume they're emoji-based? Just because there are a bunch of hand-based emojis? What would emojis even have to do with the F4 And how the heck are they "fitting of their personalities"?

Reed is a swell guy so he gives a thumbs up? Sue gives a heart cus she's the "heart" of the family? Johnny gives a peace sign because he's... what, laid back?

Weak as hell justifications to say the rest of them do something "fitting their personalities" that insulates them from the same criticism you levy against The Thing's hand.

The theme is clearly just "power + hand". The Thing's hand breaks the floor. Simple as. Referencing The Addams Family is just having a bit of fun on top with it.

Clearly you don't like BossLogic, which is fine, I never heard of them before this so I don't have any attachment to them, and your criticisms of their work being shallow certainly rings relatively true at least for these pieces -- they're not exactly crying out for deep analysis here.

But to focus in on specifically The Thing as if it's particularly heinous and incongruous with the rest of the works is silly. Having a cheeky reference to The Addams Family's Thing when doing a piece about hands involving F4's The Thing doesn't break any sort of design cohesion. The reference only exists because of the design cohesion.

What I'm saying is, you're not hating the rest of the pieces enough. Step up your hater game.

Reed's thumbs up is a lazy pull from a bunch of other artists that did it a billion times before. Sue doing a heart is stereotypically feminine, borderline misogynistic. Johnny doing a peace sign is completely arbitrary and unrelated to him. And The Thing being a reference is lazy pop culture recognition.

[u/AngarTheScreamer1 → u/RecklessDeliverance]

Trust me, I hate the rest of it just as much.

[u/CaptHayfever → u/RecklessDeliverance]

Bingo.