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I feel like I opened a time capsule straight from 2005 with this one LOL

It was so cheesy, the effects show their age a bit, Doctor Doom could've been so much stronger than they gave him credit for, and the story takes a looooong time to get into motion for an action superhero film 🤣 BUT I honestly had so much fun with this one. It was charming, honestly. And that 2005 flavor is something I live for being a 92 baby.Chris Evans very quickly sold this movie for me tho, not gonna lie. How does our Captain America continuously surprise me every time I discover one of his roles from before he became the most wholesome superhero of all time??? First Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and now THIS?? He plays the cocky, reckless, attention-loving menace way too well lol. And it's always such a whiplash when all I can see is Steve Rogers. This man has RANGE.Honestly, I Had so much fun with this movie.It had a simplicity to it that I miss sometimes in modern superhero movies that destroy me just because. It was campy, ridiculous, very much a product of it's time.. And sometimes that's just the kinda movie you need 🔥See you all in Captain America: Brave New World next!

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Edgar Gonzalez

Here we go! "The Human Torch" was always my favorite! FLAME ON!

Edgar Gonzalez

I prefer Chris Evans as Johnny Storm, rather than Steve Rogers... I hate the cast they picked for the new fantastic 4....but that's just me. 🤷‍♂️

Howie

I never bothered with any of the non-MCU FF4 movies, since the reviews were generally very poor and I didn't want them to taint the pleasant memories of my childhood FF4 comic book readings. But hey, it's always more fun to watch with someone so thanks for reacting and posting this one up! Looking forward to the cheesiness!

Jojo Garlin

I’m glad you’re taking the time to watch the Fox movies before getting to MCU Fantastci Four: First Steps. While these films have their shortcomings and aren’t the best it’s better for you to get a good idea on the f4 so you can understand and appreciate First Steps more similar to how you did with the Spider- Man movies.

Jojo Garlin

The Fantastic Four are a very important part of Marvel and is what made Marvel what it is today for better or worse. Back then Stan Lee had become very unsatisfied with comics and he had been asked to make a superhero team to sort of compete with DC’s Justice League. Stan Lee at the time was considering quoting and moving on from comics but his Wife encouraged him to make one last comic book seriws something that he’d personally want to read and be interested in. So teaming up with Jack Kirby he made a comic about a group of people that Were a Family First and a Superhero Team second. At the time it was revolutionary instead of being a group professional selfless paragons they were flawed, dysfunctional, they argued and got on each other’s nerves, they picked fights, they didn’t act like some kind of co workers they acted like a group of people who know each other there whole lives because they have. In short they made them real people a real family, and that core would go on to establish and define Marvel going forward with Spider-man, Hulk, and X-Men and many many others. Fantastic Four is what gave Stan Lee his love of creating superheroes and is what gave Marvel life.

Jojo Garlin

There’s a great video essay that captures all of Fantastic Four’s history and cultural importance. It’s a great video called: We Are The Fantastic Four by B-Mask. It’s just a really good watch to capture this story, id put it on the same level of “The Breathtaking World of One Piece” or that God Of Wars Video. It is a pretty lengthy video but it’s very engaging entertaining and I’m sure Theres lots you can take from. Even if you don’t react to it since it’s not an offical movie, or series. I’d just recommend it as something to watch in your own time if you can’t find the time for it

Jojo Garlin

In the Comics Dr Doom is a genius and sorcerer. Basically “iron man and dr strange rolled into one” (which was a comment made about Mysterio in spider-man far from home) But there’s no way to understandably introduce the concept of magic without giving light to the wider universe like the MCU could. So his origin had to be reworked in a more feasible way In the comics Victor was a college friend of Reed. Victor was building an experimental device. Reed pointed out a miscalculation to Victor’s work and Victor being too prideful ignores his warnings and proceeds with his invention. It blows up in his face and Victor loses his scholarship for unground experiments. He blames Reed for his failure accusing him of sabotage I know I’m making multiple comments it’s just a lot of fun facts and more perspective I want to give on these characters that you won’t get from these movies Great reaction

Edgar Gonzalez

Yeah, villains are not portrayed properly or correctly in the movies about 50% of the time.

kaliwali

LOL Johnny Storm was pretty awesome & def held this movie together for me 🤣

kaliwali

Ahh I see! That's actually very cool!

kaliwali

I'll have to check that out 👀

rubberkidney

Fantastic Four is the godfather of the modern comic book. It really breaks my heart that they have not managed to capture the magic, joy, and fun of the Fantastic Four in a film, even the new one didn't do it. there's so much that has been inspired by Fantastic Four; it is really so wide-reaching. The Incredibles and Rick and Morty have massive Fantastic Four reference elements. I mean, there's so many comics that use reimagined and repurposed characters from the Fantastic Four. There's a great one by Warren Ellis called "Planetary," which is about the secret history of the Earth. I won't spoil it, but it definitely contains a very big reference to Fantastic Four. Their Rogues Gallery is one of the best in all of comic books. Really only rivaled by heroes like Spider-Man and Batman. The Fantastic Four was basically the birth of Marvel Comics. After the company failed in the '50s with a rebrand to Atlas Comics (which itself was a rebrand from the '30s and '40s when they were Timely Comics), Fantastic Four #1 is considered the beginning of the Marvel era. So it can't really be understated how foundational they are to modern comic books and superhero mythology. And BTW, Reed Richards is often considered one of the smartest people in the Marvel Universe, even exceeding Tony Stark.

kaliwali

Soooooo cheesy LOL but it was honestly very fun! I hope you enjoy it!

rubberkidney

The miscasting of Reed Richards is just... it can't be overlooked. Reed Richards is a tall, gaunt, thin man, not a short little jolly fellow. He isn't mumbling, awkward Pedro Pascal, who I wouldn't believe is a genius ever in any reality. The perfect casting for Reed Richards, in my opinion, is Jon Hamm. I hate him as a person, he's horrible, but he is Reed Richards. I wouldn't hold it against them to cast him, and in a just world, they would.

RedeyeCajun

Random as hell, but watching blizzcon. I saw a clip from you on a diablo segment!

Fred Aczon

Chris Evans is soooo good playing smarmy asshole characters. Marvel was facing bankruptcy in the 90s, so they began selling the movie rights to their most popular characters. They sold X-men, Fantastic 4, and Daredevil to 20th Century Fox. Hulk went to Universal, and Sony had (and still has) Spider-man. After bouncing back, Marvel decided to make their own movies with Marvel Studio's Iron Man, and thus the MCU was born. Which meant, they couldn't easily use those characters in the MCU. Until recently, when Disney bought 20th Century Fox, so mutants and the F4 are now fair game in the MCU. If you liked 2000s movie cheese, you'll probably like 2003 Daredevil, the soundtrack is unintentionally hilarious.

Justyn

You figured out the epitome of this film pretty early on. "What is this movie?!" 🤣🤣

Joe

No Marvel or superhero journey would be complete without the Fantastic Four. I am glad you covered this one. As you mention, while not a great movie by any measure, it is just cheesy fun. I really like the MCU cast and version when you get to it. But this is an important introduction to these characters and their origin. I am so glad you had fun with this one. Brave New World on the other hand, well that was in the MCU rough patch. Just know the recent movies have been really good.

Edgar Gonzalez

Any fans of the 1998 TV hit series "Charmed" in the chat? I am a huge fan of the show. The actor who plays Victor Werner Von Doom (Dr. Doom) is Julian McMahon.... Julian also plays as Cole Turner (Belthazor) in the show "Charmed".

James Park

Chris Evens is in another movie with super powers called Push 2009 its actually pretty good it went way under the radar not many people have seen it

Jahny Bravo

This doesn’t come up in movies because of the level of separation of movie rights thus far (so not spoilers), but Spidey is essentially the honorary fifth member of the Fantastic Four. Him and Johnny are frenemies turned best friends. Johnny even hung out with Peter, Harry, Gwen, MJ, and Peter’s other friends before even knowing Peter was Spider-Man. Despite being a superhero, Johnny still just hung out with them for the hell of it. After he learns his identity though, they became super close to the point that when Johnny was lost in another dimension and presumed dead (he did actually die, but the ruler of the dimension tortured him by reviving him and sending him to die again in gladiator combat over and over because death was less permanent there), it was found that Johnny put it in his will for Spidey to take his spot on the team. And Spidey filled in for him on the team until he managed to escape that dimension and come back. He also bonds with Reed over being “science bros” and helps to bring out a side of Reed that is less scientifically analytical to an obsessive degree (like in this movie) and more fun & nerdy about science. Reed once said that if Spider-Man hadn’t become a superhero at the age of 16 and was able to focus on finishing studying and pursuing a career in science like other scientists turned heroes (such as Reed, Tony, Hank Pym, etc. that didn’t become superheroes until they were adults) then Peter would’ve been the smartest person on Earth. Smarter than him or Doom or anyone else (and Reed and Doom are pretty universally recognized as the top two smartest people in all of Marvel). Sue and Ben also see Peter as being part of the family. When Peter erases his secret identity in the comics like he does in No Way Home, The Fantastic Four are the first superheroes he re-reveals his identity to. Mostly because even though they forgot, they had enough memories of adventures with Spider-Man to know that they USED to know, and Johnny felt extremely betrayed that he was made to forget. Even Doom himself has a begrudging respect for Spider-Man. During a recent event where Doom stole the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme, there was a yearly gauntlet Strange had to survive in order to ward off an entity from attempting to conquer Earth. As long as Strange survived the ordeal each year, they would continue to consider it a stalemate and not attempt to conquer until next year’s gauntlet. When it came time for Doom to have to deal with the gauntlet, he chose to empower Spider-Man with mystical artifacts to complete the trial for him. The intro of the story even shows Doom using magic to surveil Spider-Man as he fights other villains and narrate his own analysis as the fight goes on for exactly why Spider-Man was a better choice for the upcoming battles than any other hero. Including geniuses like Reed, Tony, or even masters of magic like Strange himself who had already been surviving the trials for years. Not just because he thought Spidey would survive it, but because he predicted that Spider-Man would find a way to completely remove the need for the trials in the first place. Making it no longer an annual event and finally settling the matter for good. It was a storyline called “the 8 deaths of Spider-Man” if you’re interested in looking it up for a read. Really good Spider-Man story that highlights why Doom respects Spider-Man where he respects very few others. Bonus fun fact: in the comics, the Fantastic Four are the ones Peter goes to find out more about the symbiote, the way he goes to his Professor Curt Connors in the Spider-Man 3 movies. Reed is the one who discovers that the symbiote is a living creature and helps Peter remove it. Peter than no longer having any clothes to wear since the symbiote WAS his suit, has to borrow clothes from the Fantastic Four. They give him a spare suit, but since they don’t wear masks Johnny cut out eyes in a paper bag and gave him that to wear to swing home in. And thus ‘the Bombastic Bagman’ was born. Look it up, it’s a hilarious looking outfit.

Chris Waltman

How'd you like seeing Steve Rodgers act like Tony Stark?

Day Blueberry

When Stan Lee created Reed Richards he was not written to be neurodivergent, however a lot of modern audiences did see these neurodivergent characteristics in the character. This explains why he has such trouble with reading social or emotional cues, hyperfixates on projects, and struggles with emotional detachment in many renditions of his character over the years, and why he struggled with speaking of his emotions in this movie. Stan Lee based Reed off the classic brilliant and absent-minded archetype of the time, today maybe that simply was neurodivergent at the time but it wasn't recognized as that. Now, with a lot of modern writers and audiences, Reed is indeed written with his neurodivergentness in mind and being explicitly stated! Or in some versions just heavily alluded to which is also so cool they do that. There have even been actors as well who have approached or researched Reed with neurodivergent characteristics in mind and portrayed him in such ways. I think it's pretty wonderful what the character of Mr. Fantastic has gone through over the ages and what he is today, I know a lot of people for years saw parts of themselves in him and I love that so many writers embraced that

McShades

The character Reed Richards (Stretch) was in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, he was on the council with Professor X. If you have ever read comics, you know the majority of them are cheesy, I think back in the late 90's and early 2000's film makers tried to capture part of that cheesiness in their comic book movies. It wasn't until later that they got more serious with the scripts. I think Christopher Nolan was one of the first to put out a serious movie based on a comic book which was the Batman trilogy.

Nativewolf

Now i cant wait till you get to the newest fantastic four movie, That one is infinitely better than this one lol. still fun to watch tho..

KamikazeCDN

I'm glad Maz seemed to get this one on the list for you. Gives me hope that Blade (1998) is going to make it in here very soon as well (I really, really, REALLY hope you watch it). It falls into the same category as this movie for why you should watch it even though it pre-dates the MCU. Is there a reason you're doing Captain America: Brave New World next? Technically if you're going back to the MCU releases, The Marvels would be next and then Deadpool & Wolverine would follow that before Brave New World. Maybe I missed an announcement somewhere but I'm just wondering since you've been following release order all this time. But yeah this movie is very much a product of it's time. It oozes 00's energy, full of cheese and one-liners. Someone else mentioned it but it came at a pre-MCU time when Marvel had sold off a lot of it's rights to other studios. Marvel as a company had actually filed for bankruptcy they were struggling so bad financially. But that lead to movies like this or the X-Men movies that didn't really fully understand what they had or the source material. This movie is a good example of that. The Fantastic Four are kinda very retro and old school in their vibe but this movie tried to just slap 00s paint on them and it doesn't fully work. It doesn't NOT work since it's entertaining enough but it's also not...fantastic.

Narutoanime16

I think to really understand Dr Doom you should check out some comics cause he is soo crazy powerful and owns his own country, he has diplomatic immunity so anything he does he can't be arrested for its crazy lol. And the fantastic 4 don't deal with street crime they are more so explorer's and deal with Cosmic type threats the most.

mitchhamilton64

will we get a reaction to avengers doomsday trailers, or are you going in blind for those? yeah, this movie is.... something. its weird how fox really misses the mark at times with their characters, such as logan and jean grey, cyclops in general, deadpool at first and now doctor doom. doom is a brilliant scientist, one of the smartest characters in marvel, matched by reed. he is also one of marvels most powerful men, able to mix science with magic with ease. hes at time equivalent to a god with his powers and tech. marvel comics historically has a pattern of nearly going bankrupt and during one of their times of doing so they sold off a bunch of their properties to a bunch of different studios, to whoever wanted them. its actually insane level of webbing of who owns what. fox at this time had fantastic 4, daredevil, the x-men, deadpool. whats amazing is having all these properties and never having them crossover, even though x-men and fantastic 4 crossover would be legendary. this era was really fascinating for comic book movies since there were such a desperation to get them to work and for the most part, they did! but the ones that didnt, really didnt it. watching this now i kind of realized the movie doesnt feel like it really starts, sort of? it feels like things just sort of happen until the next thing needs to happen. also why does doom consider the fantastic 4 his enemies or people that would get in his way? i get his anger at reed, even though his relationship with sue never seems to be romantic, as sue said and not only that, he was thankful to have his powers. its really weird. they havent done anything to him yet he considers needing to get them out of the way a priority. michael chiklis was a fan of the thing and fought to keep the studio from using cg on the character, opting to getting heavy prosthetics for hours to get the look right. "wait, what was the point of her being invisible." there was no point.... that scene wasnt in the script originally, but when jessica alba was cast, they just wanted an excuse to have her in her underwear basically.

McShades

Going to be honest, IMO, I preferred this cheesy version to the new one, the new one was just really boring for me and I didn't care for the casting choices they made either on the new one... but that's just me.

McShades

I think Maz wanted you see this as an introduction to Victor Von Doom before you watched Avengers Doomsday... 😁 The Fantastic Four is part of the same Universe as Spider-Man, Avengers & X-Men, in the comics there was lots of crossovers.

Greg

Lmao I forgot about this movie..on purpose. Still cheesy as hell only watched it when I was teenager because of Jessica alba. Also side note I saw you on the blizzcon 2026 video. 👀

McShades

When I watched it, it seemed like the point of her going invisible and removing her clothes was to distract everyone so Reed and Johnny could sneak over to Ben, and it did work everyone was looking at her including the cops. Once she took everything off, she walked over to them since she was invisible and then put her clothes back on.

Colossus

The priceless thing was a mastercard (maybe) marketing thing that became like a proto-meme back then

FigLeaf Bicarbonate

This movie is so cheesy and not great but I still LOVE it lol. Reminds me of watching it as a kid on the original PSP. Great reaction ❤️

Ron B

Deeefinitely not upset you were rightly "poo-poo"-ing on it Kali. I saw this in theaters with family when it came out and haaaaaaaated it cuz it was just soooo predictable and cheesy. It honestly turned me off to the whole idea of "team" super hero movies for the LONGEST time, so much so I didn't start my MCU journey until right before Spider Man Homecoming came out, which at the time then required me to see Avengers Assemble among other things first to "properly appreciate" Homecoming. I obviously won't say why you "needed" to see this for the timeline of MCU things, but you definitely won't be disappointed.

Richard

I try very hard to like the FF movies! There’s been so many reboots it’s hard to keep track. Agreed Chris Evans was the best part. It’s been a long time, but I think I liked the sequel to this one a little more.

mitchhamilton64

but realistically, and this was confirmed that it was later changed just to have her be in her underwear. it happens a lot to her, even happened again in SS

Lastboyscout73

I remember when I heard they cast Chris Evans to play Captain America. I was like, he's already Johnny Storm, he can't play the straight laced Cap'n, boy was I wrong. As you might remember he became my favorite of the Avengers. Chris Evans is just good at almost anything he's in.

mitchhamilton64

wanna know the best fantastic 4 movie? the incredibles

Danza777

HOLY BOOBS! 😂😂

M1 Maz

Regarding her Marvel weekly schedule slot, she's trying to use it for two things right now: getting back into the Defenders saga series because she loved them so much, all the while also getting caught up for when Doomsday releases. So for the MCU itself, she's following an accelerated list of 'must watch' films before Doomsday, before circling back to some of the other movies/series later that aren't essential for it

KamikazeCDN

Ah okay, I see. I figured there had to be a reason I maybe missed or something since she was always good about follow release order.

Sean Downes

If you liked Chris Evans in this, definitely check out Knives Out! (it's a murder mystery so maybe for Halloween season)

Heidi Elizabeth Marcum

If you would like to see a whole different side of Chris Evans, Kali... I highly recommend you watch his movie, titled... Gifted!! He is absolutely incredible in this movie, along with his costar... Mckenna Grace! Such a phenomenal movie!! You would absolutely love it, Kali!! :) Heidi

McShades

Sex sells as they say. It's no different then James Bond coming out of the water with just a speedo on. Her underwear is no different then a bikini. At least it's not as bad as what they did to Halle Berry in Swordfish, they had her topless in a scene that didn't even need her to be topless. Producers were pretty scummy back in the 90's and early 2000's with making actresses go topless in scenes in order to help with ticket sales, the worst of them was Harvey Weinstein, he told Selma Hayek that he wouldn't make her movie Frida unless she did a topless scene in it... I'm glad he's rotting away in jail..

Trevor Stull

Julian McMahon who plays Dr, Doom also plays in Marvel's Runaways TV series. RIP

Duelzz

When you said "he ate the gum gum fruit" I almost died choking on my food lol idk why I wasn't expecting that

Armand Soulliard

That's what I always remember the actor from, too!

Bonzu Pippinpaddleopsicopolis

Iron-Man 2008 is when Marvel movies started being taken more seriously. You will find out later why you had to watch this movie.

Giancarlo Gasparin

Agree that Chris Evans as Johnny Storm carried this movie. I enjoyed Fantastic Four: First Steps but the way they wrote Johnny's character in that movie was a far cry from what we got here. I found myself missing the performance we got in this one.

Paul Ark

FF, affectionately known as “Marvel’s First Family”, was one of the OG old school Marvel titles, and the group is just as vital to the Marvel Universe as the Avengers are. One nice theme about their powers is that they represent the 4 elements: earth (Ben), water (Reed), air (Sue), and fire (Johnny). Even though Brad Bird says he wasn’t influenced by FF when he wrote The Incredibles, that movie is still very much an homage to FF.

Paul Ark

If you enjoy Chris Evan’s playing the smarmy, cocky character, I highly recommend watching The Losers; he was awesome in that film. He was also great in Knives Out.

Josh B.

Hey Kali I was watchin Blizz-Con and I noticed they showed a clip of you playing Diablo 4 it was quite the surprise :D

M1 Maz

She's actually already reacted to Gifted! :)

Al Paka

I feel a bit old right now. xD I was born in 1988 and grew up with X-Men and Spider-Man. The Fantastic Four wasn't really on my radar back then. It’s still a guilty pleasure of mine, though. ^^ And I’m a bit embarrassed about it, but I only realized a few years ago that Chris Evans was in it xD

Al Paka

Can't we just wait until she's seen the movies? I find it terrible when people complain beforehand about movies they haven't even seen yet.

BERSERKER HALL OF REVIEW S

There was actually a MCU fantastic 4 film that came out last year. I’ll be definitely interested and excited to see your reaction to that down the line. Still hoping that you watch Deadpool vs Wolverine ( Deadpool 3) before the end of the year 😁👍🏻…also if you haven’t hopefully you can check out blade too

Mister Lou

I just finished watching 2 reactions to The Mist yesterday with The Media Knights and LiteWeight Gaming and the lady who played Ben's wife for like 5 minutes was one of the leads of that movie.. crazy coincidence. We're in a simulation, the matrix is real! 😆 🤣

Koli Buddz

Now that it’s almost spooky season you gotta watch Blade from Marvel ! It’s a must watch on its own but it ties into Wolverine and Deadpool! The 3 Blade movies are peak but the first one is the goat. Me and my girl rewatch it every Halloween season.

Shane

I don't think these particular ones are canon but the sequel is so much better! there is a new F4 that is canon though it doesn't give an origin story to the characters! these ones introduce you to the F4 and Victor Von Doom aka Dr Doom, the sequel introduces someone who is easily among the most beloved heroes and one of Marvels most overpowered "villains" ...... in the comics Doom is the monarch of Latvaria and he has absolute authority! he is incredibly smart and incredibly powerful, he's a magic user and is arguably more powerful than Dr Strange.... Doom is probably top 3 if not THE most popular villain in all of Marvel he's the reason for A LOT of crazy storylines.... F4 and Doom are incredibly important to Marvels story telling! I'd put them in the same league as Thor, Spiderman and the X-men especially in the early days!..... can't wait for Sandlot such a nostalgic movie! as is Stargate, 2 of my all time faves!

Beñat

Fun fact: RDJ was originally considered for Dr. Doom and even screen-tested for the role, but the Twentieth Century Fox studioheads wanted a safer choice (this was during the time he was making a comeback after his drug-related issues), so they ended up casting Julian McMahon as Victor Von Doom. Fast forward 21 years and RDJ is playing Dr. Doom in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars movies. Talk about full circle...

Paul Wright

iirc, McKenna Grace also played young Carol Danvers in Captain Marvel as well.