My Expectations : 7/10
My Rating : 8/10

I know, I know, I decided not watch MCU movies anymore, but something about The Fantastic Four : First Steps felt different.

Earth 828

What makes Fantastic Four: First Steps different is that it is set in Earth 828, which is in a different universe than the previous MCU movies. Earth 828 is a retro-futuristic version of Earth & most of the movie is set in 1960s New York City which reminds you of Mad Men. However, even though the clothes, aesthetics are 60s, the technology is futuristic.

Example, the screens are all oval shaped CRTs, video is recorded on huge tapes and audio is recorded on gramophone records.

However, there’s faster-than-light travel spaceships, flying cars & even teleportation.

Earth 828 also has a planet-wide government & no militaries. There’s a mandatory superhero tower and spaceship launches happen just off the coast of New York.

All of these things give the movie a very comic book feel, rather than sci-fi.

Galactus, devourer of worlds is an interesting character, too. Not inherently evil, he is just cursed with an eternal hunger of planets, which he is tired of. All he wants to do is bestow this hunger on someone else and rest in peace.

The movie features several fun scenes, like the neutron star-spaceship scene & the light-speed travel childbirth scene. The Mole man is also a funny character.

If Marvel produces more movies like this, I won’t mind engrossing myself in this universe once again.