The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Official Teaser Trailer (2025)


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My point was not that they'd use the original backstory, but that the implied link between "saved my planet and my love" with gender was sexist weak-sauce. A female character could just as easily have that backstory.

Just like a woman character can have a romance with Alicia Masters. It is the 21st century. Same-sex couples happen. Not that they'll do that either - they won't touch that story in this context, so it is a non-issue.

The problem with the other origins is that they don't make a lot of sense in a world that didn't have Norrin as Surfer first.



With respect:

1) Given how much of a sausage-fest the film would be otherwise, I'd be okay with the change just for purposes of representation.

2) There's a great deal more to telling a story than the character's history prior to the action we are seeing.

Heck, in the original comics, the Surfer turns on Galactus due to Alicia Masters. Having that conversation - on the value of life - between two women, would alone be worth the change.
You don't need a gender change to have that (great) conversation. Clearly.
 




Galactus seems small - at least compared to the petrified Celestial from Eternals, could be just perspective.

and was that Retrofuture look of the Baxter Building really accurate to the 60s? or is it a comic book nod

going to be an interesting watch to see if they pull off a good Galactus movie
 



Explain why you'd choose to replace a female Marvel character's existing backstory with the backstory of the male version of that character instead of going with the Marvel existing version of that backstory for that character. I'd like to hear why you find that to be a compelling practice, and why you think that's a good idea in the context of an accusation of something being "sexist weak-sauce."
None of us know a damn thing about how they're handling her story in the upcoming movie so you should probably chill out.
 


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