Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
It's April 24th, 2019. We're only a few months away from the rumblings of Covid-19 starting to make life working in a school get a little tense. For more than 10 years at that stage, I had been consistent in seeing every Marvel release on release day and it was all about to come to a conclusion. We arrived in the theatre several hours before Endgame would even release so as to watch Civil War and Infinity War back to back. Infinity War finished at 11:55 and Endgame started just 5 minutes later.
This was one of the best cinema experiences of my life. Captain America picking up the hammer in an audience of the biggest nerds around was such a wonderful moment.
After Endgame, there have been MCU entries that I've enjoyed. I definitely got a bit lost in the heavy amount of streaming series that padded things out. I like Ms. Marvel a lot. I really liked Thunderbolts. I just find it difficult to get hyped now, I'm very happy to catch these on streaming months after release. I don't mind getting spoiled. It is what it is.
The biggest victory here is the establishment of the Fantastic Four as a family-focused team. They're Marvels first family and this has been something that makes them stand out from the other teams in Marvel comics. I'm excited that we are introducing their children and hope that we can see different versions of the Four over time. (Please get Spider-Man in that Future Foundation suit).
Fantastic Four is fine. I like the cast. I like the aesthetic. I like this depiction of Galactus a lot. That's the issue though really, I don't feel anything more than that. I like it. That's really all I had to say.
