| “ | Treasure each moment with her and tell her she was right. We do have a choice. | „ |
| ~ Norrin Radd to Mr. Fantastic. |
| “ | It looked like a man, but completely covered in silver and he was flying this, like... like, a surfboard-type thing. I know that sounds crazy. | „ |
| ~ Human Torch describing his first encounter with the Surfer. |
Norrin Radd, also known as the Silver Surfer, is the titular deuteragonist of the 2007 superhero film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, the second and final installment in Tim Story's Fantastic Four film series.
He was portrayed by actor Doug Jones and was voiced by Laurence Fishburne, who also portrayed Morpheus from The Matrix and Bowery King from the John Wick films.
History[]
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer[]
In this continuity, the Surfer's origins are highly similar to that of his comic-book incarnation, in that he agreed to become Galactus' herald in return for the safety of his home-world, Zenn-La, Species, Zenn-Lavian, and the woman he loved, Shalla-Bal. The movie incarnation differs from his comics counterpart in that instead of having innate power (the Power Cosmic), his power comes from the surfboard itself, which also serves as a beacon for Galactus. After Doctor Doom renders him unconscious, he steals the board. The Fantastic Four free the Surfer from imprisonment to help them defeat Doom. Doom throws a cosmic spear at the Surfer to kill him, but Sue Storm steps in an attempt to save him. She tries to use her force fields to block the spear, but it passes through the field and impales Sue. The Surfer turns on Galactus after he witnesses Sue dying in Reed's arms. The Surfer brings Sue back to life and then goes off to destroy Galactus, appearing to implode when he does. At the end of the film, Surfer is floating aimlessly through space, with his board in the background. As he drifts off screen, his eyes open and his board flies towards him.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Superhuman Strength: Radd's strength is comparable to the Thing who can lift a maximum of 1 000 tons.
- Invulnerability: Radd's invulnerability allows him to survive anything the Fantastic Four, Doom, or the military could throw at him with ease. Even when removed from his board and being tortured by a government agent, he seems to show no signs of damage.
- Massive Superhuman Speed: Radd's speed in space is massively faster than light as seen when he travelled an at least inter-steller distance in a little more than a few seconds, but he appears to hold back a lot when in an atmosphere propably around mach-10 due to that being the limited safe speed in an atmosphere.
- Superhuman Reflexes: He has amazing reflexes as seen when he easily reacted to a salvo of missiles headed for him.
- Superhuman Stamina: Radd hasn't shown to tire at all.
- Matter Manipulation: Radd can also manipulate matter allowing him to freeze large bodies of water, create massive holes in the ground without digging, and make Johnny Storm's molecules unstable.
- Energy Manipulation: Radd can manipulate cosmic energy, including energy blasts powerful enough to atomize enemies, destroy a base, and injure Doctor Doom. He can also manipulate electricity as seen when he short circuited all electronic devices across the world.
- Intangibility: Radd can traverse through solid materials without breaking them, probably through matter manipulation.
- Space Breathing: Radd could breath in space, probaly through matter manipulation.
- Projection: Radd was shown to be able to project images of the surface of his stomach.
- Flight Radd can fly with his board what gives more powerful strength.
- Teleportation: In his first appearnce ,Radd seen that he can teleport himself with his flight ability.
- Healing: Radd have the ability to heal people's injuries, even if they are close to death. With this ability he revived Sue Storm and saved her life.
Abilities[]
- Skilled Combatant: Radd has shown he is very capable of fighting off multiple obstacles and opponents including, but probably not limited to a salvo of missiles, the Fantastic Four, and Doctor Doom without to much problem.
Weaknesses[]
- His Surfing Board: Most of his powers only works if he has his surfing board.
Relationships[]
- Fantastic Four - Enemies turned Allies
- Sue Storm - Ally, who reminds him of his girlfriend on his home planet
- Johnny Storm - Helps him pick up speed while heading towards Galactus
- Ben Grimm - Helps break him out of imprisonment
- Reed Richards - Ally who is able to study the Surfer's board
- Doctor Doom - Former Ally turned Enemy who briefly stole his board and Victim
- General Hager - Enemy who briefly captured him
- Galactus - Former Master
Trivia[]
- Doug Jones was originally cast to provide the voice of the Surfer until Laurence Fishburne was hired to dub over his lines.
- There would have been a spin-off film featuring both the Surfer and Galactus but was cancelled. This was because 20th Century Fox was disappointed with the box-office return of the second film.
- The Surfer would have said “Come to me, my board” during the final battle but was cut for being too obvious.
- The Surfer originally didn’t have a lot of scenes. Extra scenes were added after the filmmakers realized that the Surfer was enlarged in the film’s posters.
- In the video game, he was voiced by Brian Bloom.
- John Ottman composed his leitmotif to be more dark, psychological and introspective compared to the Fantastic Four because of the Surfer’s mysterious background.
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