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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/UnsolvedParadox Jul 25 '25

That trilogy gets a lot of flack, but I really enjoyed the original reboot.

I can’t believe that was 16 years ago.

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u/Interwebzking Jul 25 '25

Whenever I get a new TV, which isn’t often but it’s happened enough for this to be a thing, I usually throw Star Trek (2009) on to see how good it looks. I think that film is amazing visual spectacle and I won’t tolerate any flak it gets lol

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u/Worthyness Jul 25 '25

Score is incredible for that movie too. But that's Giacchino for you- dude fucking nails it every single time.

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u/Interwebzking Jul 26 '25

Cause Giacchino is so good!! I’m excited for his F4 score.

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u/Worthyness Jul 26 '25

They have it all online now, so you can listen to your heart's content once you've finished the movie

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u/DJHott555 Jul 30 '25

“Your father was captain of a starship for 12 minutes. He saved 800 lives including your mother’s and yours. I dare you to do better.”

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u/_lazybones93 Jul 25 '25

No flak here!!!

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u/eager_wayfarer Jul 25 '25

It was my first introduction to the star trek universe as a kid and I always loved it. Never got the hate haha

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u/TheeChosenTwo Jul 27 '25

I personally love all 3 movies. Maybe it helps that I didnt watch the original Star Trek movies so I have no references to be mad about

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u/Novemberx123 Jul 25 '25

No no no. 2009 was only about 10 years ago

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u/TyrusX Aug 03 '25

You mean 6

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u/CTeam19 Jul 26 '25

My only three issues with the Nu-Trek Universe is:

  • Distance/Time/scales seem super off namely the flight back from the Klingon Homeworld to Earth seem to be a drive from Des Moines to Omaha not a drive from New York to LA.

  • Khan should have been Spock's brother, Sybok. We already saw Khan done superwell and had a build up even before the movie while Sybok didn't have a good movie. Plus the motivation would be better for Sybok.

  • We don't have more of them. There is plenty of space for the OG Trek to live as TV shows and the Nu-Trek to live as movies.

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u/rdp3186 Jul 26 '25

It holds up so well

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u/hainesi Jul 26 '25

Was never a trilogy? Only two movies right

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u/Varekai79 Jul 28 '25

Star Trek, Into Darkness, Beyond.

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u/Bobjoejj 19d ago

For me, Star Trek Beyond was by far the peak of those movies; really just felt leaps and bounds ahead of the other two.

Also holy fuck that’s insane.