This week we review and discuss The Fantastic Four: First steps, a superhero movie and newest entry in phase 6 of the MCU, directed by Matt Shakaman and starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby and Julia Garner. The film is set in the 1960s of a retro-futuristic world which the Fantastic Four must protect from the planet-devouring cosmic being Galactus.
We discuss how the movie tries very hard to do the Fantastic Four right both through its story and the attention paid to getting the details right, whether its story was compelling to us and the challenges of building a plot around technobabble, how it deals with its theme of family and sacrifice, how it compares to Superman which in many ways is a very similar movie, and much more.
0:00 Intro
0:20 Movie Recommendations
3:29 Summary and Non-Spoiler Impressions
8:57 Spoiler Discussion
51:08 Conclusion and Ratings
