Hot take: the Galactus from Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) wasn't that bad
Of course I know that it was inaccurate to the comics, with really the only similarity being that it eats planets. That being said, I do appreciate that they didn't even try to make it vaguely humanoid.
Galactus is nowhere near human, he's an unstoppable cosmic force or an eldritch entity similar to Cthulu. That's easy to forget, especially since we always see him as human and now Galacta showing up in Rivals. Galacta was not comic canon and will not be until 2026 (due to her new popularity from Rivals), but that's not the point. The point is that Galactus appears human because he usually has human opponents and/or human observers (including the reader) so that's how he's usually portrayed.
Galactus generally appears as a member of the species whose planet he's consuming. When he consumed Skrullos (Tarnax IV) he presumably appeared as a giant Skrull. If he were to consume Hala, he would probably look like a giant Kree to the inhabitants. And if he were to consume Chandilar or Aerie, he would look like a member of the Shi'ar.
I get that people didn't like that portrayal of Galactus, which is a fair take. (Side note: it's also weird that DC went with a big cloud villain four years later with Green Lantern and Parallax, but I'll save that discussion for the DC subreddit.) I'm just saying that I think FF2 (2007) did a good job of showing that Galactus isn't any more human than Hurricane Katrina. Just because they both have names doesn’t mean either of them are anything remotely human. Galan of Taa was human (or humanoid.) Galactus is a force of cosmic destruction (or should be IMHO.)
Galactus is nowhere near human, he's an unstoppable cosmic force or an eldritch entity similar to Cthulu. That's easy to forget, especially since we always see him as human and now Galacta showing up in Rivals. Galacta was not comic canon and will not be until 2026 (due to her new popularity from Rivals), but that's not the point. The point is that Galactus appears human because he usually has human opponents and/or human observers (including the reader) so that's how he's usually portrayed.
Galactus generally appears as a member of the species whose planet he's consuming. When he consumed Skrullos (Tarnax IV) he presumably appeared as a giant Skrull. If he were to consume Hala, he would probably look like a giant Kree to the inhabitants. And if he were to consume Chandilar or Aerie, he would look like a member of the Shi'ar.
I get that people didn't like that portrayal of Galactus, which is a fair take. (Side note: it's also weird that DC went with a big cloud villain four years later with Green Lantern and Parallax, but I'll save that discussion for the DC subreddit.) I'm just saying that I think FF2 (2007) did a good job of showing that Galactus isn't any more human than Hurricane Katrina. Just because they both have names doesn’t mean either of them are anything remotely human. Galan of Taa was human (or humanoid.) Galactus is a force of cosmic destruction (or should be IMHO.)
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But we know that's not true. They did because they thought his original look may end up too silly for the big screen and to save costs. Probably both.