Posted on 07/25/2025 1:08:28 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The Fantastic Four: First Steps is the most pro-life Hollywood blockbuster in a long time, and maybe ever.
The new Fantastic Four film is, in a word, fantastic.
Its 1950s futuristic aesthetic was charming, with a dash of campiness, courtesy of characters like Mole Man and his underground haven, “Subterranea.” The score was fitting, the characters well-developed, the plot easy to follow, and the dialogue believable. The jokes landed for not trying too hard, with relatable dynamics between spouses, best friends, siblings, and colleagues. If you can get past Pedro Pascal’s off-screen antics, his portrayal of the quirky Mr. Fantastic lives up to the name.
But more than all these other factors, easily the most outstanding aspect of the film is its overtly pro-life message. It’s the entire point of the plot.
(Warning: spoilers!)
In the opening moments of the film, astronauts-turned-superheroes Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby) and her husband Reed Richards (Pascal) — imbued with extrahuman powers after encountering cosmic rays in outer space that leave their DNA radically altered — react with glee to a positive pregnancy test. After having written off the possibility following two years of unsuccessful attempts to conceive, they welcome the news that their lives are about to be turned upside down by the new life growing inside her womb — despite the many unknowns.
And they have more of those than most people. Will the child of two mutated parents be deformed? Will he be a monster? A superhero? An ordinary child in a family of extraordinaries?
Yet Sue’s brother, Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn), and family friend and soon-to-be surrogate uncle Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) respond with as much delight. Despite the fears and questions, everybody is thrilled at the news, and Reed and his robot assistant, H.E.R.B.I.E.,...
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Worst review I saw of it was of course Pascal, and that at the end it was a girlboss team-up that stopped Galacticus.
Oh yeah, and THE WORST is that they made the Silver Surger a woman! Wha the crap!?
very good! Silver Surfer being female made no difference to the story, which reminded me of Genesis chapter 22:
1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
While Galactus isn't God the behemoth demands the Richards' son who was just approaching birth, to the horror of all, or he would consume the Earth and all who live on it.
Great adventure, morally gripping story, nearly flawless special effects, tight editing, neither compressed (Watchmen) nor too long and Pascal didn't chew the scenery. It was PG with clean language and family values up front with no subversive agendas I could see.
Thanks for the review!
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John Rocha
@TheRochaSays
Some people won’t want to hear this, but it might be time to stop putting ALL the blame on studios or creatives for underperforming movies. It might be time to start looking at the intelligence level of moviegoers.
If a phenomenally STUPID film like #JurassicWorld Rebirth can crush films like #Superman and #FantasticFour at the box office, then something might be wrong with all of us and NOT the studios or the creatives...
https://x.com/TheRochaSays/status/1951780050996498646
(h/t: YouTuber Vailant Renegade)
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