Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS - ANALYTIC DREAMZ REVIEW"

Episode Date: July 25, 2025

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Now when it comes to Fantastic Four, we already know that Kevin Faggy knows what he's doing. I know that ain't who I think it is. And before you think I'm talking about the quality of Fantastic Four as far as Kevin Faggy being involved with it, I will remind you that of course when it comes to the overall superhero land and content, I enjoy it over everything, over every other ecosystem. ecosystem when it comes to entertainment. So superheroes is something that I enjoy time and time again. But ladies and gentlemen, I didn't really like this movie. I'm not going to lie to you. As far as Fantastic 4 and watching the overall product and realizing to myself that I'm not enjoying myself.

So what that being said, the main thing I want to let y'all know is that Fantastic 4 did come out of course and yesterday i watched it in theaters as far as some theaters it opens up a day early so that's when i watched it so now it's been a day of me reflecting on this giving me uh some time to realize if i really didn't like the movie or maybe i just didn't understand it and then after watching a couple breakdowns just to see if i missed anything because i'm a superhero connoisseur i make my own i form my own opinion i looked at the overall easter eggs and things of that nature for this movie and I still came to the same conclusion. This movie is as boring as watching paint dry.

Now, I'm not even going to lie to you. The most exciting parts of this movie. And of course, spoiler alert. I'm getting into spoilers because, of course, I'm about to talk about the movie. So if you haven't watched the movie, I would definitely either share this to yourself and come back after you watched it.

So with that being said, spoiler alert out of the way. I will let you know. Silver Surfer, and Galactus being on screen seems like the best installment of those two characters that we've ever received. So those are the positives, right? And then of course, as far as the negatives, I believe there's such a long list of negatives that I would be lying to you to say and recommend you, recommend for you to watch this in theaters. I would definitely, if you're a huge, Dajard Fantastic for, I guess, watch it for the aesthetic and the

soundtrack because that's also another positive that's amazing as far as the aesthetic as far as the soundtrack the whole fantastic four type of uh chant they have gone on throughout the movie that's definitely going to be a staple in this run as far as the kevin foggy uh fantastic four being considered because i believe when it comes to the original fantastic four which i actually forgot when that movie came out uh i think was 2004 uh let's see it was it definitely wasn't okay 2005 i believe is when that movie came out yeah 2005 so that's when the initial fantastic four movie came out with chris evis as human torch which is ironic seeing where he went with his superhero career but you know besides the point the main thing i want to let you

know is that kevin figy has been has seen iterations of fantastic four time and time again not work and he still said to himself you know what let's try that again because when it comes to the overall delivering and the execution, it's just very janky. There's a lot of ideas that have executed. And I just can't give you full credit for that. If I'm a teacher and I'm watching a movie, yes, it does have a concise story technically in its own world, which MCU fans have been clamoring for it. But of course, when it comes to the overall enjoyment of a superhero film, it'd be different

if it was more of a deep dive into what makes Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four. We didn't get that at all. The main thing we got is that they are one of the selfish, the most selfish superheroes we've ever seen on planet Earth. And I know what you're thinking. In game ran into the same exact scenario where they could have gave a vision and all would have been well, right? Thanos would have just snapped half the universe.

So no, all wouldn't have been well. It's not the same. All the Fantastic Four had to do was give up the child because, of course, Galactus was saying that that specific child could make planets that would infinitely take care of his hunger problem as far as destroying worlds. So not only are you saving Earth by giving up your child, you're saving of future planets that are destined to be destroyed by Galactus. So that was one plot point I was thinking made absolutely no sense.

And then of course, the hammered that point home when Vanessa Kirby came out as Sue Storm holding her baby and giving that speech on I would not sacrifice my child, I would have retorted that by saying so you would rather sacrifice the entire planet Earth. You guys. See, that's the problem. And it's interesting when Marvel approaches these type of delicate situations because, of course, I think the subject matter was a lot. little too nuanced for a Disney movie. And the reason why I say that is because going into them approaching Galactus and the happy go lucky type of vibe they was having, keep in mind they are face to face as far as when they first met Galactus with somebody who is about to destroy the world and they're out here cracking jokes talking about, oh, do you think

silver surfers sexy? Do you think she's into me? And then not even to mention whenever they go at I when whenever they are at eyes and they are trying to escape Galactus and silver surfer is chasing them literally still literally they are talking about as far as human torch and the thing oh stop calling her sexy she's not that sexy meanwhile they are trying to kill them i'm like hold up now i know this is a kid's is this a kids movie or i mean technically i guess it would technically be a kids movie but the the the jokes when it comes to the the seriousness of the situation is insane like obviously you don't have to be happy go lucky or you don't have to be like stone face cold killer punisher throughout the whole movie but all i ask and i don't think it's a great ask is that if you're facing life or death moments

in the face of death with silver surfer literally was going to take their child until soon storm went to the op mode we'll get to that in a second and threw her away so ultimately the jokes once again is too scattered around serious moments you can have your jokes and things that nature which some jokes did hit in the movie but ultimately they are using too much comedy too often and when it comes to the superhero aspect of fantastic four the only person i believe they came out looking better better than the previous iterations is probably invisible woman because of what she did at the end, which I'm going to get to in a second. So if you don't know, getting into the objective side of this movie review because I just wanted

to get my personal opinion out there just to save you the suspense. I didn't like the movie. I thought it was boring. I thought I was watching paint dry. I'm going from scene to scene to scene and realize to myself they have a man who can turn on fire and fly. They have a woman who could go invisible and use all type of projections like Green, Green, Land, lantern and they didn't use any of that

imaginary type of powers with Sue Storm unless they're having to push somebody, right? Which is the worst. Mr. Fantastic. Yeah, that may can stretch, but ultimately he's really known for being one of the smartest people, if not the smartest person on the planet, people on the planet. And I think they did a good job on showcasing that from a world perspective, like getting the whole world to focus on a teleportation device where they shut off their electricity or whatever their power i thought that was pretty solid and showcasing how he's the most uh how he's the

smartest man but of course then you take that away because he gave that whole speech about oh like there's a whole press conference where they came back from surviving galactus and the audience is like a press conference it's like shy gilder alexander got up there to answer questions from the press right he got up in front of the press and he was like hold up we ran into galactus but we did not defeat him and they was like well what happened well he asked for a price what was that price he wanted our son and then you get to see the look on people's face so what would you tell him do you know the smartest man on planet earth said that no we will not sacrifice our child you guys see that's the problem that's what i'm saying as far as for a disney movie these

topics and subject matters is just too new because best believe somebody would have got their child. I know technically they're the only superhero team on the planet. So I mean, how in the world was it going to force the child away from Fantastic Four? But I just think it should have been more emphasis put on the turmoil they are now under because they are literally sacrificing the world for their child. Even though they're saying they're going to stop Galactus, obviously they can't because they came back and couldn't do it. It was basically just running the whole film. So, yeah, I just want to say,

to get it out the way so that's why i always say when it comes to half uh effort or half execution i can't give you full uh credit like i see where they're going but they just didn't land it so ultimately i cannot recommend this movie i cannot say it was an enjoyable watch i would not watch this again and i'm not going to say it's a bad movie as far from a well it's not far but it's not a bad movie it's like on a i don't even give scores but for this i'll do it from a scale of one to ten it's like a solid six which I am tired of those we don't need any more sixes we need black panther we need captain America's winter soldier uh we need Iron Man one infinity war level of execution because y'all are beyond the threshold of mistakes right so anyways um this is the first installment

of phase six if you don't know this is set to reboot the MCU this is going to be the focus as far as the team when whenever dooms day happens and um when it comes to it was something something else oh yeah the promotion the production budget which i didn't want to get into all that i just want to give my personal opinions and let y'all do of it what you will but the main cast of characters is read richers uh played by pedro pascal which you know technically with pedro that man's playing everybody for i don't even watch movies and tv shows like that And I know, well, I guess because I cover games, he's in The Last of Us. I believe he's in a Mandalorian.

And then now he's in this movie. I mean, that's like three blockbusters. And apparently he's going to be the head of some upcoming blockbuster film. I'm like, hold up now. At this point, might as well just make Pedro Pascal Black Panther. Because what other main lead male role is he not getting? Like, it seems like every role he wants he gets, which I'm not hating. because of course I think he did a phenomenal job from an acting perspective.

I think the overall story could have used a lot of help. And of course, I did the same thing for Superman, but as far as talking about the main story, could have used certain things. But Superman was a very fantastic movie. Comparing that to this, you come to realize we need to stop hating on the Superman movie. What that did, as far as the ultimate OP character, was phenomenal. And this movie, as far as Fantastic Four, They did a lot of things that was half executed and they ultimately didn't end or they didn't emphasize any of the plot points that they was evolving, such as Human Torch and Silver Surfer.

He was showcasing how smart he was as far as Johnny Storm by figuring out the background to Silver Surfer and used it to their advantage to make her flip and help her out, help them, out with Galactus but ultimately when it comes to that plot point it seemed like that was the only one that they stuck the landing everything else was just half baked i mean the thing being sad and potentially having to love interest that was half bait uh reid richards out here acting like this we're not acting like he he did have some moments where he was definitely one of the smartest people we've ever seen in the mc u but then having other moments like the baby situation where PR wise it was just horrendous which maybe be it may be like a real um showcase a real life or how like some people who are certain good or are good at certain things need help in other

areas as far as you being expertise in this area does not mean you're an expert marketer which is why marketing campaigns exist from PR teams so you know maybe read richards I mean you know I guess he could keep the smartest man in the world he's just a terrible PR person. Sue Storm. Sue Storm had the most plot armor I've ever seen in MCU history. So with that being said,

she, and I kid you not, she pushed Galactus, a whole football field to the teleport her, teleporter, because he was about to run off with her baby. Let me let you hear that again. Sue Storm pushed Galactus. all the way to the teleporter because her baby was in trouble.

Now, I don't care how upset and mad she is that Galactus is about to take away their kid. Safe to say, Sue Storm is not that powerful. Like maybe it feels Jean Grey. If it was Scarlet Witch, maybe. But as far as Sue Storm, her powers, I'm not going to say hasn't been like that. Because she's a formidable foe. But when it comes to Galactus, it's a reason why galactus doom always takes an entire team to take them out right as far as

as Avengers as Fantastic 4 as far as x-men and Avengers teaming up like these are planet level threats and she literally took Galactus out by herself whenever she pushed him all the way to the teleporter I was thinking to myself man get me out of this theater you guys see that's the So ultimately, you already know, I don't like the movie. And that was surprising for me. I thought I would at least enjoy it from a superhero's back type of mentality because Superman was so fantastic. I believe that was the best iteration of Superman.

Two weeks later, I'm thinking Kevin Faggy, about to give us something fantastic because like I keep saying, the aesthetic and the soundtrack of Fantastic Four is the best part of the movie. Everything else is half baked and half executed. So I can't give you full credit. So when it comes to MCU and basically skipping the traditional origin story, that's okay. But when you do that, now you have to showcase these heroes in a way that fast tracks people's introduction to them. So now you got to spend more time developing their character that they've built over the time that we didn't see.

And that just did not happen. The thing has zero character development. Human Torch barely had any character development. The main thing that we've seen that we haven't seen before is he was a little smarter as far as figuring out Silver Surface background. Sue Storm, most plot armor I've ever seen for a character since Black Widow, right? Reed Richards, I feel like for him, they kind of nailed it. But I will say he's way too nice. In the comics, Reed Richards, he's not a killer.

But he is a cold-blooded scientist. And they almost hit that home when they talked about when the Sue Storm and Richard had that back and forth as far as, oh, our child is in danger. What are you going to do about it? And then Reed Richards was like, oh, no, not in danger. She was saying that you was thinking of situations or scenarios that could put our child in danger. And he was like, I am.

I think they should have more of those moments throughout the movie because that's how Reed Richards is in the comics. by any means necessary and scientifically he's one of the people who saved the universe back in it i'm getting on my nerd tip right now pause you guys see that's the problem but ultimately whenever he saved the universe he had a life raft that could only fit a certain amount of people and he had a whole list and you didn't make that list you were not coming on that lifecraft so you was just dead so cold blooded sciences figuring out the best way to save a scenario i believe that was the best executed character development.

I would say Reed Richards had the most character development. I know some people may say Sue Storm, but ultimately, she's just being the mother. Like, you know what I'm saying? I guess she could be a deadbeat. I guess that would be another alternative character development. But ultimately, they just showed that she would do anything for her child, which, you know, okay, I mean, that's cool. Reed Richards had the most character development from showcasing how smart it was,

from showcasing how calculated he was as far as what he was willing to give up. I mean, literally at the end, he started to use their child as baby, which, you know, they could just gave the child up in the first place. It's almost like he ain't know how to make more. You know what I'm saying? I'm like, hold on. What's really going on? His neighbor is Namor really in this movie and we just didn't know? You guys.

See, that's the problem. So anyways, with that being said, I didn't like this movie. It's not bad. It's just far from good. And ultimately, whenever you're talking about the first film for phase, what is this? For phase six, it's just not exciting enough to want more development from the Fantastic Four. Now, y'all have to realize there's two separate points. Do we want to see Fantastic Four interact with the Avengers and the Avenger movies?

Of course. Do we want to see another solo Fantastic Four film? And I think even Kevin Faggy is probably thinking to himself, this is probably the last time we're ever going to see. fantastic for as a sole superhero. So with that being said, hopefully when this team is handled by other directors, they get more respect put on their name as far as how exciting they can be because I just see one of the most boring superhero teams ever assembled. And to get over that, you're going to need somebody who's phenomenal at action, which

showcased when silver surfer came on a screen it was showcased when galactus came on on screen like these characters were so intriguing and their screen presence was so intense that whenever you went back to the fantastic four and it was a lot of it of just oh how are we going to deal with this threat just straight monotony and monotonous as far as the overall process of just watching the Fantastic 4 figure out how to save the earth. It was just scene after scene of just boring material. And that's ultimately all I can say

about this movie. I can't recommend it. Obviously, you all know I don't like it. It's not terrible. So if you watch it, don't go anything and it's the worst MCU movie ever. But it's definitely towards the bottom of the list. So that being said, click my link to tree in my bio.

Let me know one of my social media. So what do you think about my Fantastic 4 review? Do you agree with me but if you don't uh what is your favorite part of the movie and if you do agree with me what is your what do you think they could have improved upon in this movie