{"id":71990,"date":"2025-08-05T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T05:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/?p=71990"},"modified":"2025-07-25T16:14:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T20:14:44","slug":"the-fantastic-4-first-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bibleandculture\/2025\/08\/05\/the-fantastic-4-first-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fantastic 4– First Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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It is safe to say that previous attempts at a decent Fantastic Four movie failed, and failed miserably.\u00a0 Not this time.\u00a0 This may be the best, and most genuinely likable FF4 movie we are ever likely to get.\u00a0 It has several interesting features\u2014 namely a 60s vibe in terms of cars, clothes, TVs etc.\u00a0 It also does not lack humor.\u00a0 There is both some comedy and also some pathos as well.\u00a0 The dialogue is capable of making you smile or laugh, or say oh no!\u00a0 And the central characters are all likeable, except of course Mr. Bad Guy- world muncher Galactus. He proves too big even for a 3D or IMAX kind of movie.\u00a0 And there is some confusion, because his servant is a or the silver surfer, but in earlier Marvel mags, she was a he, and was basically a good guy or at least neutral.\u00a0 I think Stan Lee and Jack Kirby would have been proud of this film, and in an hommage the second closing trailer is in fact an old FF4 TV cartoon.<\/p>\n