The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
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I'm pretty sure the only reason the first two FF movies from the 2000s had any traction at all is that nerds really wanted to see semi-naked outlines of Jessica Alba. Because they are a super boring superhero group.
You can absolutely feel the 1960s "oooh, so one of them can turn invisible? Amazing! Oooooooooh and one is kind of made of rock? What will they think of next! And one stretches? But people can't stretch! <nobody gives a shit about Johnny Storm>" in just about every recollection of the FF universe. Like someone describing something to an old person who has been locked in a bunker for several decades prior.
If the test screening is right, you basically immediately throw the only semi-interesting character (reed richards, who again isn't that interesting. He's "I can do everything" kid. That's not that interesting, imo) against the only semi-interesting bad guy (Galactus is pretty one note in most things I've seen, but at least he's a real threat vs. just being a throw away power mad person. He's also much more akin to a force of nature than anything decidedly evil, but I highly doubt that comes up at all in the movie.. anyway!) outside of Doom in their universe.
Which basically just makes me go "Yes, but why?" to the whole concept. The Avengers were never as cool as the X-Men, but at least they were different-ish. Guardians of the Galaxy are weird and quirky, which in the right hands makes them very interesting. You basically cannot get more boring than the Fantastic Four, and it sounds like they are doing the least interesting thing with them possible.
MCU still doesn't know what to do post-Endgame.
You can absolutely feel the 1960s "oooh, so one of them can turn invisible? Amazing! Oooooooooh and one is kind of made of rock? What will they think of next! And one stretches? But people can't stretch! <nobody gives a shit about Johnny Storm>" in just about every recollection of the FF universe. Like someone describing something to an old person who has been locked in a bunker for several decades prior.
If the test screening is right, you basically immediately throw the only semi-interesting character (reed richards, who again isn't that interesting. He's "I can do everything" kid. That's not that interesting, imo) against the only semi-interesting bad guy (Galactus is pretty one note in most things I've seen, but at least he's a real threat vs. just being a throw away power mad person. He's also much more akin to a force of nature than anything decidedly evil, but I highly doubt that comes up at all in the movie.. anyway!) outside of Doom in their universe.
Which basically just makes me go "Yes, but why?" to the whole concept. The Avengers were never as cool as the X-Men, but at least they were different-ish. Guardians of the Galaxy are weird and quirky, which in the right hands makes them very interesting. You basically cannot get more boring than the Fantastic Four, and it sounds like they are doing the least interesting thing with them possible.
MCU still doesn't know what to do post-Endgame.
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It just me or does Johnny Storm look weirdly like young Robert Downey Jr? I still remember Young RDJ and he looked just like this guy.
Maybe in their universe Tony wasn't Tony, became the Human Torch instead of Iron Man, then later becomes Doctor Doom? This would also explain Doom fawning over the baby... he's the baby's uncle.
If they did this, I'd be back in with the MCU, cause it's such a crazy idea to pull right under everyone's noses.
Yeah probably not, just an idea that'd probably be more interesting than whatever they're doing.
Maybe in their universe Tony wasn't Tony, became the Human Torch instead of Iron Man, then later becomes Doctor Doom? This would also explain Doom fawning over the baby... he's the baby's uncle.
If they did this, I'd be back in with the MCU, cause it's such a crazy idea to pull right under everyone's noses.
Yeah probably not, just an idea that'd probably be more interesting than whatever they're doing.
They seriously kill off Galactus in this movie? Well hell, now they have nowhere else to go after Doctor Doom, so they better make these next couple Avengers movies count (or keep Doom around for a while)
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Called what, that it’s gunna suck? Not exactly big brain to guess that when it comes to Disney.
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most likely scenario is they buy time.
they make a deal. give him other worlds, and he will return in 6 years.
they then make contact with MCU to find a way to stop Galactus.
maybe its Doom's idea to give up other worlds/mcu to him.
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I thought the same thing in Stranger Things. Probably even more so there because he was rocking 80s outfits.
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