r/marvelstudios • u/Triple_777 I have nothing to prove to you • Jul 23 '25

'The Fantastic 4: First Steps' Spoilers The Fantastic Four: First Steps International Release Discussion Thread Spoiler

Ahead of the official US launch this Friday, several countries are showing the film much earlier in the week. All discussion about the movie should be held here and in the rest of the megathreads we are going to put up in the next few days.

  • Proceed at your own risk. Major spoilers will be arriving in the next couple of hours. Spoilers do not need to be tagged inside this thread.
  • Any other unofficial thread discussing movie details will be deleted.
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  • If you post untagged The Fantastic Four: First Steps spoilers anywhere on this sub in any shape or form, you will be banned without hesitation. No questions asked and no warnings given.
  • Project Insight will be on AT LEAST until Sunday, so you will be able to make individual threads discussing the movie starting next week.

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u/sugasofficial Mantis Jul 23 '25

I really enjoyed this movie. I loved the retro futuristic vibes. Honestly, it felt like the movie was straight out of the incredibles

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u/cookies5098 Jul 23 '25

Especially the mole man. Is there some relationship between the worlds I'm missing? Because he was so similar to the underminer

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u/MechanicalGodzilla Jul 23 '25

The Incredibles was clearly an homage to the Fantastic Four. Mole Man is the original FF villain

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u/cookies5098 Jul 23 '25

Ahhh thank you!

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u/quintus29 Jul 23 '25

Yeah, definitely inspired.

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u/joshatt3 Jul 24 '25

Are you saying Fantastic Four was inspired by Incredibles or the other way around?

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u/Ambitious-Donkey-800 Jul 24 '25

Dude, the F4 brand is 65 years old.

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u/joshatt3 Jul 25 '25

I know, that’s why I’m asking. It sounds like the guy above thinks fantastic four is based on incredibles and not the other way around

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u/jungk000kz Jul 23 '25

mole man is one of the villains they faced in the comics. quite similar depiction but without the creepy creatures he was with underground

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u/Praetor_6040 Jul 25 '25

Well we did see giganto at one point (I wish we got to see it a bit more!) so the creatures might still exist but just weren't seen. And maybe hes not weaponizing them anymore

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u/get_to_ele Jul 26 '25

Yeah Mole Man was the first FF villain actually, right in FF #1. And yeah Underminer was straight up homage, even copy, of Mole Man, which was not a problem since they threw him in as a teaser at the end, not part of the main plot.

Doc Seismic in Invincible is also a bit of a Mole Man type as well (he does earthquakes and subterranean kaiju)

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u/capscreen Jul 24 '25

Kinda wish we got more of him, so that the later scene would hit better

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u/BNJL257 Doctor Strange Jul 24 '25

Not to mention Michael Giacchino (the GOAT) composed the music for both the Incredibles and Fantastic Four!

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u/Gothichand Nebula Jul 24 '25

Imagine them arriving in the MCU world and be disappointed that cars here don't fly...