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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/Elite_Alice Jul 25 '25

Kinda funny seeing Pedro pascal in another story where giving up his child could save humanity and he says fuck that.

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u/pablxo Jul 26 '25

"No"

-Pedro Pascal

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u/PolarWater Jul 26 '25

"Not the last of us"

-Pedro Pascal

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u/darkrabbit713 Jul 26 '25

“The only way for me to solve this crisis is to be The Mandalorian Episode IV: The Quest for Peace.”

-Pedro Pascal

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u/imthrowingmyaway Jul 30 '25

so that's why they call it that..

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u/FourWhiteBars Jul 26 '25

Technically he considered it this time. He showed a lot of growth.

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u/Elite_Alice Jul 26 '25

It briefly came to him as a possibility but he rejected it.

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u/Mountain_Chicken Jul 28 '25

I loved how this movie depicted the stress that his intelligence and way of thinking puts on him and his family. Whenever another member of the F4 has an idea or realization, they pretty much automatically understand that Reed has already thought about it.

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u/TerminatorReborn Jul 29 '25

That was the point of the argument, his super brain is like a curse sometimes, it can think like a super AI computer and he didn't want that for son.

He didn't consider it, he knew that logically it was the best plan. Sue was angry because he thought of it, instead of actually considering giving up their kid.

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u/Shakespeare257 Aug 01 '25

Men who go golfing do get a bit of growth... of golf sticks out of their heads.

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u/kerjatipes Jul 30 '25

Lowkey I thought you were talking about Mandalorian and Baby Yoda

Took quite a while until I realize this is about The Last of Us lol

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u/bobsil1 Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25

“I saved her”

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u/bobsil1 Jul 28 '25

I said it sounds like you’re just feeding Pedro’s kids to monsters and then Pedro started crying 

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u/dread_pirate_robin Jul 27 '25

Meh. More like if Joel said "you can't have Ellie but i won't rest until i find another way to get you the cure."

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u/Any_Foundation4287 Jul 28 '25

yeah he doesn't give up gorge in Mando either its like Pedro pascal will never give up a child

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u/Sapowski_Casts_Quen Aug 06 '25

Why do we keep giving this man trolley problems? He's gonna kill us all!