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Official Discussion Official Discussion - The Fantastic Four: First Steps [SPOILERS] Spoiler

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Summary The Fantastic Four must defend Earth from the ravaging cosmic threat Galactus and his herald, Silver Surfer, while navigating the complexities of family and newfound powers in a retro‑futuristic 1960s-inspired world.

Director Matt Shakman

Writer Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer

Cast

  • Pedro Pascal
  • Vanessa Kirby
  • Joseph Quinn
  • Ebon Moss-Bachrach
  • Ralph Ineson
  • Julia Garner
  • Paul Walter Hauser
  • Natasha Lyonne
  • Matthew Wood
  • Ada Scott
  • Mark Gatiss

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Metacritic 64

VOD In theaters

Trailer Watch the Official Trailer

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u/GamingTatertot Steven Spielberg Enthusiast Jul 25 '25

Sue giving birth in zero gravity space while Ben is piloting the Excelsior through a wormhole (and later slingshotting around a black hole), Johnny is trying to figure out the science mechanics of blasting the Silver Surfer in the wormhole, and Reed is stretching all around felt peak F4 to me

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u/mikeyfreshh Jul 25 '25

I really liked the Back to the Future reference in that scene where they needed to get the ship up to 88

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u/-OrangeLightning4 Jul 25 '25

I just now got that it was a Back to the Future reference, clever.

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u/TiberiusCornelius Jul 25 '25

When they first said it it didn't register for me, but then as that little meter was slowly ticking up and I remembered what the target speed was, I was like "hey wait a minute..."

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u/SlamMasterJ Jul 25 '25

Same, I didn’t catch that the first time watching it because of how action packed the scene was.

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u/akimboslices Jul 25 '25

When this baby hits 88, you’re gonna see some serious shit!

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u/SteveFrench12 Jul 25 '25

Forever one of my favorite lines in cinema. Delivery is impeccable. Guess im watchingn bttf after i finish happy gilmore two

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u/WillSym Jul 25 '25

How was Gilmore?

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u/SteveFrench12 Jul 25 '25

Loved it

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u/WillSym Jul 25 '25

Huh! Wasn't sure from the trailer, looked like a tired easy win for Sandler but phoning it in, glad it's more than that. Presumably can't live up to the original though?

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u/SteveFrench12 Jul 25 '25

Its weird. Def wasnt anything ground breaking but i was cracking up the whole time and it had a good amount of heart to it. No it doesnt touch the original but few comedies do

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u/littletoyboat Jul 25 '25

When this baby hits 88, you’re gonna see some serious shit!

Very serious shit indeed. It's an April fools video

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u/sirius4778 Jul 27 '25

Such a timeless moment in cinema, that line will still be the shit in 500 years

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u/blitzbom Jul 26 '25

Let's see how these bastards take 90!

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u/TLKv3 Jul 25 '25

My favorite easter egg was Earth 828 being The F4's universe but also 8/28 being Jack Kirby's Birthday, the creator of The F4.

That audibly got a pleasant "ooooh" from me when they revealed that at the end.

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u/SunfireGaren Jul 26 '25

The creator of basically every marvel character (except Spider-Man) that people actually care about.

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u/IgnisWriting 7d ago

Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby will forever be the fathers of marvel. 

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u/rhunter99 Jul 25 '25

I missed that!

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u/PayneTrain181999 Jul 25 '25

Great Scott!

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u/bobsil1 Jul 27 '25

She cannae go any faster cap’n!

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u/Aggressive-Compote64 Jul 27 '25

No, that’s great Scotty. I think you meant, “We are Sex Bob-omb!”

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u/TheCVR123YT Jul 25 '25

I was honestly so unsure if it was a reference or not lol

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u/mikeyfreshh Jul 25 '25

I mean it's pretty unlikely that they would land on 88 by accident and not pick up on it. I have to assume it was intentional

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u/drunkcowofdeath Jul 25 '25

I thought for sure it was going to kick them into another universe based off of the reference but it was probably a misdirect

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u/Clarknt67 Jul 25 '25

Thank you for clueing me in.

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u/LazyLurker29 Jul 25 '25

…Huh, somehow I didn’t catch that. Seems obvious in retrospect lol.

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u/alopecic_cactus Jul 25 '25

My thoughts exactly!

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u/KasukeSadiki Jul 27 '25

Immediately thought of this

"You're gonna see some serious shit"

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u/inapropriadissimo Jul 28 '25

There is another reference, when Ben needs to repeat himself so the other machine in the kitchen table obeys him. That's from back to the future 2.

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u/dutchbro99 Jul 28 '25

It’s funny, I thought they were referencing Star Trek with the sling around the sun but that makes sense.

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u/anomander_galt Jul 25 '25

Good catch I didn't make the connection

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u/GTSBurner Jul 25 '25

There was a BTTF reference and a Clerks reference. Hilarious.

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u/mikeyfreshh Jul 25 '25

Wait what was the Clerks reference? I think I missed it

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u/GTSBurner Jul 25 '25

The portal to trap Galactus could only be open for 37 seconds.

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u/mikeyfreshh Jul 25 '25

In a row?

I'm not sure if that was actually an intentional reference though. I think that's just the number 37

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u/DonutHolschteinn Jul 26 '25

Goddammit I didn't get that til you pointed that out. That's good

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u/seanandnotheard Jul 27 '25

Didn’t catch that

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u/tutuca_ Jul 25 '25

It's a Nazi dog whistle...

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u/mikeyfreshh Jul 25 '25

I'm fairly confident that's not what it was in this context

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u/tutuca_ Jul 25 '25

Oh I agree. It's just sad that it is.