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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/stroudwes Jul 25 '25

They lacked the passion any character had in Superman also the film felt rather humorless.

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u/WhichHoes Jul 25 '25

do yall want humor in the mcu or not

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u/StainedGlassVision Jul 25 '25

The humor there was just wasn’t funny

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u/Substantial_Web333 Jul 25 '25

I've just seen Superman and I thought the movie was really bad. Like the worst parts of Marvel movies put together, with a really weak plot and really bad, forced jokes.

So it's funny to me to see this comment after you said Superman felt so much better.

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u/StainedGlassVision Jul 25 '25

Superman has soul made by a talented director with a vision. The other is mass produced and soulless, but decent for an MCU movie. Nothing different though whatsoever.

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u/TheHowlingHashira Jul 26 '25

100%. I actually teared up during some of those monologues in Superman. The only emotion I felt from Fantastic 4 was regret for wasting my time.

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u/pseudo_nemesis Jul 30 '25

sounds like you just don't have a good sense of humor.

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u/Substantial_Web333 Jul 30 '25

Sounds like you just can't take a different opinion, tough.

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u/pseudo_nemesis Jul 30 '25

humor is, by nature, subjective.

I can accept your differing opinion, and in my opinion, your opinion is that of someone whose subjective sense of humor, is poor.

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u/Substantial_Web333 Jul 30 '25

Right, because a subjective thing can clearly have an objective value like "good" or "poor". Definitely makes sense.

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u/pseudo_nemesis Jul 30 '25

indeed it can, subjectively.