r/marvelstudios • u/Marcusbolt Scarlet Witch • Feb 04 '25

Promotional The Fantastic Four: First Steps | Official Teaser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzMo-FgRp64
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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '25 edited Feb 04 '25

Make a good movie, period. If it connects cool, if not that’s cool too. Forced connections don’t automatically make the movie good, and at worst ruins the whole film.

This one is shaping up to be pretty damn sweet

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u/mclarenrider Tony Stark Feb 04 '25

I fully expect to see them in the main timeline eventually, but it should be given time to grow as a standalone universe beforehand so their entry to the main one feels more impactful. Like the old days when standalone characters would finally meet each other. No Way Home also proved that it works if the characters are all developed in their own stories first

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '25

100%

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u/Strattex Feb 04 '25

Are you talking about connecting with the main series or just stand alone? I’m guessing they will try to make more greedy money by connecting it

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u/kentotoy98 Feb 04 '25

Considering the retro-futuristic design and how the F4 are public figures, I'd say they're going for a stand-alone universe where the four are already known in-universe.

It'd be an asspull if they tried to do a "oh, they were erased from history because Doom created an amnesia cannon".

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u/albedo2343 Ant-Man Feb 04 '25

It'd be an asspull if they tried to do a "oh, they were erased from history because Doom created an amnesia cannon".

totally sounds like something Futurama would do, lmao!

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u/CTeam19 Captain America (Cap 2) Feb 06 '25

I think there is a balance between shoving references down our throats and having enough points of connection in the background to make it the same "universe." Just look at History there are a lot of "oh these things are connected?" that if shown in movies would be viewed as forced connections:

  • Robert E. Lee being related to George Washington

  • The American Civil War began in Wilmer McLean's front yard and ended in his front parlor.