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Ep. 143. Review for The Fantastic Four: First Steps! · Vigilante Vibes Podcast

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  Hello my fellow nerds, it is Megan from Vigilante Vibes and
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  I'm here to give you my review of Fantastic Four first steps
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  and spoilers and all. If you want a non spoiler
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  version of this video, just check out my YouTube because I
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  also have that video right there waiting for you.
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  But there will be spoilers from this point forward, so be
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  careful. I I loved this movie.
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  I really, really liked it. It was so much there.
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  Where to start? I'll get started with the
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  characters. Ben Grimm that's played by Evan
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  Bacharach. Oh, that was a perfect rendition
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  of Ben Grimm. That is who I want as Ben Grimm.
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  He wasn't mopey, he wasn't someone who was just hard on
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  himself because of who he is. He was a very strong character.
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  They played very, very well into his expertise in piloting and he
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  had a perfect chemistry with every person on the team, with
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  Johnny as they bickered back and forth like siblings.
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  With Sue, who he sees as a sibling, not always in the
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  comics, there was a point where he kind of has thing for her,
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  but it doesn't show in this movie.
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  And also his best friendship with Reed Richards.
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  It was just he that was just, they nailed it.
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  That was perfect. Johnny Storm, I think I'm in
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  love with him. I this is it.
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  I've changed everything about myself.
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  Now I am in love with Johnny Storm.
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  Joseph Quinn brings something very new to the character while
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  also respecting who he was in the comics.
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  It it was interesting, Johnny Storm wanting to prove himself
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  throughout the movie. Like I'm good enough to be on
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  the Fantastic Four, I'm smart enough, I can do this.
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  I really like that vulnerability.
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  He was also very funny, always looking for action and not an F
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  boy. Like that's always been my
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  problem with Chris Evans rendition of Johnny Storm.
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  While I did always appreciate it, he leaned too heavily into
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  being the F boy and not as heavily enough into showing that
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  how smart he is, how talented he is, how good of a team member he
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  is, and also how good of a brother he is.
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  I think that showed very, very well with Joseph Quinn and he
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  gave a lot of heart to Johnny Storm that has been in the
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  comics and that I feel like has missed in a lot of comics.
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  The person that stole the show for me was Sue Storm.
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  Vanessa Kirby, She is Sue Storm. This is This casting is right up
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  there with Robert Downey Junior as Iron Man.
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  I'm in Vilani as Miss Marvel, Tom Hiddleston as Loki.
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  It is right up there. She is amazing.
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  She has every vibe you want from Sue Storm.
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  She had it. The sexiness of how beautiful
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  she is, what a beautiful soul she is, how much she just loves
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  her family, how strong she is. And I after this, I better never
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  hear anyone say Sue Storm is not the strongest one on the
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  Fantastic Four. I better not hear that at all
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  because they prove it in the comics, then they proved it in
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  the MCU. Amazing, amazing performance.
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  Now the one I'm still conflicted on.
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  A lot of you know that I am not a fan of Reed Richards.
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  I have never been. Mr. Fantastic is more like Mr.
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  Villain to me, and if you disagree that's cool, I don't
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  really care. But Pedro is all things lovable
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  so it's a very hard place to be. He brings something very
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  interesting to the character. Less of the narcissism and more
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  of the in his head trying to figure out what to do for the
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  betterment of his family but less of the selfishness it he
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  showed. More of the caring side of Reed
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  Richards rather than the the Dick side of him.
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  I guess. I don't know but I it had me
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  questioning halfway through like am IA Reed Richards fan.
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  Did Pedro just change me? Just I'm still working through
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  it. I don't know the next one.
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  Galactus. If you're a comics fan, you're
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  going to love what they do with Galactus.
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  You're going to love how terrifying he is.
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  You're going to live how menacing he is.
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  If you're not a comics fan, you're going to love it because
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  they do so well. They just, they do.
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  They bring it to life in a way that you can feel the daunting
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  feeling of him when you read him in the comics.
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  It's just, it was fantastic. I'm trying so hard not to use
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  that word to describe it because I feel like it's a little
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  overplayed at this point. But the next one, Sheila Ball,
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  played by Julia Gardner, amazing scenes with her, incredible
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  scenes with her, very, very comic accurate that the
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  Fantastic Four takes down Galactus with the help of the
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  Silver Surfer. And they brought that aspect to
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  life. And I think she absolutely
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  nailed it. It was don't say fantastic.
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  It was incredible. They it was incredibly well
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  done. There was a lot of heart that
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  she brought to the Silver Surfer that you don't really get to see
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  with Shilal Ball because there's so little of her in the comics.
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  I know a lot of people wanted Noor and Rad, but I don't think
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  we're going to see Shilal Ball again.
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  I think it's going to be Noor and Rad.
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  So why would you want it to be Noor and Rad if this is, if we
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  only see this Silver Surfer one time, why would you want that
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  wasted on Noor and Rad? I just thought that was always
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  pretty obvious reasoning there, but whatever.
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  So about the movie. This is easily the most comic
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  accurate movie Marvelous put out.
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  Matt Shockman, the director has put in so much work into
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  creating something that is a comic book brought to life.
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  You can tell that he's a genuine fan and the people that worked
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  on this movie are genuine fans of the of the comics of the
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  Fantastic Four ones that have gone it's they've been around
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  since the beginning of Marvel and there's so much respect paid
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  to their characters and their history.
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  It there is. It was interesting how involved
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  Franklin was in the movie because I always thought like
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  this is too early to bring in Franklin.
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  There's no way because I've always thought Marvel Studios
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  isn't quite equipped to handle such an overpowered character.
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  I still kind of think that, but they did a good job handling
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  Franklin as a baby and moving forward I'm curious how they're
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  going to handle him as I don't know what he'll be in Doomsday.
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  Probably like 4. There is 2 post credit scenes
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  and one does have to deal with Franklin and we get to see
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  Doctor Doom. We get to see him and let me
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  tell you, I was my theater was very hyped throughout this
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  movie. There was clapping, there was
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  cheering, but when it got to Doctor Doom, none of them knew
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  who he was. None of them knew.
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  It took them like a good solid 30 seconds to get it.
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  And that was after a few of us were like, it's Doctor Doom.
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  That's when they all finally like, Oh my God, whatever.
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  I whatever, but it the the post credits scene, it shows Sue
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  Storm reading a book to Franklin and then she leaves the room to
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  grab another book and she comes back and Doctor Doom is standing
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  there with Franklin. And that credit scene was
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  actually directed by the Russo brothers.
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  For those who don't know, Matt Shockman said that they were on
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  set a lot to get to know the characters and the actors.
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  And they did make that credit scene just as they made the post
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  credit scene and the Thunderbolts so or New Avengers,
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  I don't know what we're supposed to call it.
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  I'm going to call it Thunderbolts.
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  So, and this movie supposed to lead directly into Doomsday.
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  So that tells us that Franklin's going to be a very big focal
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  point of Avengers Doomsday, which like, I don't know.
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  I don't know. I'm still nervous.
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  I don't think they really know how to handle a big character
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  like that. Not big character, but a very
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  overpowered character. So there is negatives I found
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  about this movie. For one, I don't think there's
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  enough action scenes. I think Reed Richards uses his
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  powers like we get to see him. His powers use maybe like 3
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  times. It did an incredible job setting
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  the tone of them. But I won't say it's the best
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  Marvel movie, but I will say it's the best fantastic movie.
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  Fantastic Four movie by far. I really enjoyed it, even though
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  there were some things I would have preferred to happen
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  differently, But I think it nailed the tone of the Fantastic
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  Four comics. It nailed the characteristics of
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  these characters that make them who they are, who we've read and
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  loved for so, so long. And it brought the Fantastic
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  Four centric villains that really made it feel like a comic
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  book brought to life. And that's what at the end of
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  it, that's how I feel about it overall, that it is a comic book
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  brought to life. Overall, The Fantastic Four
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  First Steps was a beautiful love letter to Jack Kirby.
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  They even ended the movie with a quote from Jack Kirby that says,
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  if you look at my characters, you'll find me.
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  No matter what kind of character you create or assume, a little
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  of yourself must remain there. And it's like a lot of you know,
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  I don't cry at movies. I've mentioned it before.
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  I just don't I don't have that. I don't know what bone that is
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  that you're born with. I was born without it.
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  But at that point I was like, I felt it was like, it was nice
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  seeing Jack Kirby getting the recognition he deserves that
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  usually that love goes for Stan Lee, but Matt Shockman made very
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  sure to include and pay so much respect to Jack Kirby.
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  And I think that itself should be talked about.
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  I it was, it was beautiful. I loved it.
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  But the Fantastic Four First steps was a movie made for comic
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  book fans. I, I do think those who didn't
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  read the comics will have a more challenging time keeping up with
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  the characters and the dynamics. But then again, I wouldn't know
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  because I read the comics. So if you did have trouble
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  keeping up and you didn't read the comics, let me know in the
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  comments 'cause I want to know. But I think it'll go over the
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  heads a little bit of some people.
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  But I also think that's OK. I hope that brings in more
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  people to want to read the comics and learn about these
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  characters and these dynamics and these stories.
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  Like, I can't imagine going into that movie and seeing like the
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  cover of the very first Fantastic Four comic, Fantastic
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  Four number one played out on screen and not realizing what it
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  is. I I really hope if you didn't
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  read the comics, just check them out there.
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  I think it would make you more excited for it.
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  I my biggest thing about Marvel Studios is that they've never
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  really done much work in involving the comics in their
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  promotions or in their movies. Like imagine if every Marvel
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  movie at the end, they said you can read these stories in this
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  comic, this comic, this comic. Like I think that would be
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  really cool because this is all the from the source material.
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  Don't pretend it's not. Don't pretend like you're making
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  this up on the spot. You have all the answers in a
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  comic. Just it's right there.
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  But I will say in the Fantastic Four first steps, they did up
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  their game some when they had the history of the Fantastic
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  Four, a 90 minute video on their YouTube channel or when they
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  made the, I think it was for Fantastic Four comics, they made
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  those available to read for free.
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  And Matt Shakman is a huge comic nerd.
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  So and he made that very, very clear with the movie.
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  But yeah, I, I like what they did.
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  I, I don't think it's the best Marvel movie because, but that's
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  more preference wise. I will say it's the best
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  Fantastic Four movie. It just brought them to life in
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  a way we've never seen before. And that all goes back to Matt
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  Shockman and the cast who clearly did their research, who
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  clearly wanted to bring that comic element to the characters.
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  I'm just, I'm very appreciative of that.
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  And I'm very happy because I, I was so nervous about Pedro
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  Pascal's read. So nervous because I, I just
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  wanted to read that I could hate.
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  I can't hate him. I can't do it.
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  But comic version of read, we will always have our beef.
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  But MCU version, I love you and I, I just want what's best for
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  you. But yeah, I'd say like an 8
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  point 8 out of 10, maybe it's that is subject to change if I
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  see the movie again. And it also changes based on the
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  day. So don't take that too
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  seriously. But I want to know what you guys
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  thought of the movie. So you have to go in the
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  comments, you have to tell me what you thought and we can talk
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