Special Report: Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Mike is joined by Father Malone (Midnight Viewing) and Chris Stachiw (The Kulturecast) to dig into Marvel’s latest reboot attempt, Fantastic Four: First Stps (2025), the long-awaited introduction of Marvel’s First Family into the MCU. Directed by Matt Shakman and starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn, the film blends retro aesthetics with multiversal madness as Reed, Sue, Ben, and Johnny leap from the 1960s into present-day chaos.

Does Shakman finally crack the code that’s eluded three previous FF films? Or does Marvel’s Phase 6 entry stretch itself too thin? The trio tackles the film’s performances, its ties to Kang and the Secret Wars setup, and whether this version lives up to the legacy of Jack Kirby and Stan Lee’s original cosmic explorers.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.2	Cut it off.
0:41.7	Famous around the world, please welcome The Fantastic Four
0:44.4	Mr. Fantastic.
0:51.4	Invisible woman
0:52.7	Human Torch
0:56.2	I love you Johnny
0:58.2	And the thing
0:59.4	Hey, what time is it? Say the thing
1:01.8	That's not really something I say
1:03.7	It's clobbering time
1:07.0	That's just in the cartoon
1:08.4	Fantastic
1:09.5	Woo! Never late for Sunday dinner Let's eat That's just in the cartoon.
1:14.2	Never late for Sunday dinner.
1:14.7	Let's eat.
1:15.8	Hey, what time is it?
1:16.9	It's dinner time.
1:17.3	Get inside.
	...

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