Third time is hopefully the charm for Marvel’s First Family as the Fantastic Four make their MCU Debut in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Listen as Ashley and Dyla discuss the film, talk about the depiction of each of the team members and question if this film does enough to reinvigorate the MCU.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Directed by: Matt Shakman Screenplay by: Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer Story by: Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer, Kat Wood Based on Fantastic Four by: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Starring: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, Sarah Niles, Mark Gatiss, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, Ralph Ineson

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Join us as we prepare for Marvel’s First Family’s MCU debut in Fantastic Four: First Steps by discussing their previous films.

On this episode, Ashley and Dylan discuss the rebooted 2015 film directed by Josh Trank, Fantastic Four. Listen as they discuss the film, talk about the direction the creative team chose to take this iteration and debate why it didn’t work.

Fantastic Four (2015) Directed by: Josh Trank Screenplay by: Jeremy Slater, Simon Kinberg, Josh Trank Based on Fantastic Four by: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Starring: Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey, Tim Blake Nelson

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Join us as we prepare for Marvel’s First Family’s MCU debut in Fantastic Four: First Steps by discussing their previous films.

On this episode, Ashley and Dylan discuss the follow-up to the original 2005 film, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Listen as they discuss the film, talk about how the dynamic changes from the first film and question why they did Galactus so dirty.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) Directed by: Tim Story Screenplay by: Don Payne, Mark Frost Story by: John Turman, Mark Frost Based on Fantastic Four by: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher, Beau Garrett, Doug Jones, Laurence Fishburne

Hosts: Ashley Hobley: https://bsky.app/profile/ashleyhobley.bsky.social Dylan Blight: https://bsky.app/profile/dylan.explosionnetwork.com

All-New Marvel Cast Credits: Original music: Savfk (www.youtube.com/savfkmusic www.facebook.com/savfkmusic) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Additional sounds and edit by Dylan Blight Art by: Dylan Blight (images from Marvel films)

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