You guys, you guys, YOU GUYS!!! I have so many thoughts on this movie, and I cannot wait to share them with you all! But before we dive in, as always, I want to give a little warning that this blog post will contain spoilers for The Fantastic Four: First Steps! So now is your chance to STOP READING if you don’t want any spoilers!


Okay, here we go! Let’s get the puns out of the way—this movie was absolutely fantastic. Right from the get go, from the visuals, to the way they introduce the characters, I was immediately hooked into the story. I loved how they gave such a good little recap of how they got their powers and who they all are before jumping into the main plot, but without making it drawn out or boring! I love the little telecast way of sharing all about them. So so cute. And I have always ADORED retro future style (it gave such Tomorrowland vibes, and I loved it!).


Of course we jump right into their little family, learning about Sue becoming pregnant and how special this moment is for Sue and the rest of the family! I loved the scene where Reed is worried and is trying to do all his tests, and Sue just makes her stomach transparent so that they can look at Franklin. So adorable.


I have not been able to stop saying “I herald his beginning, I herald your end, I herald Galactus.” ever since watching the full scene. Silver Surfer was SOOOOO cool in this film! I loved what they did with her character, and she looked spectacular. Even just the details they put in adding reflections against her body was crazy cool.


I think one of my favorite sequences in the whole film was right after they met Galactus, and the whole part of the movie where Sue is giving birth on the ship. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time! Literally was such an incredible scene, I want to see the movie again just to watch that section!


And then the way Reed just nonchalantly is like “yeah, no, Galactus is gonna eat our world because we don’t wanna give up our son, sorry” WAS WILD. Of course the world would be angry at them for that. But we are also so attached to the four and their family story, that we don’t want Franklin to be given up either! It was so interesting to try and watch them come up with new plans on how to defeat Galactus from destroying their world.


Like, trying to transport the entire planet to a different solar system is WILD. A part of me kind of wishes Silver Surfer didn’t ruin the plan, just so we could have seen what that looked like 😂 But it’s okay, because the section where we learn that Silver Surfer is actually Shalla-Bal, and the Times Square sequence where Johnny shows her the voice recordings from her planet was so rewarding to watch. Another one of my favorite scenes! It gave me chills!


And then we get to their new plan, which is BABY BAIT. Actually wild, but saw that coming kinda hahaha. I kind of loved it though, again, the tension of watching them lowkey fail that plan and Franklin almost being taken away was another edge-of-my-seat moment. And Franklin was so cute! But I will say, I predicted him reviving Sue from a MILE away. I was watching like “there is no way they’re gonna kill her off, the baby will save her” and I was so right hahah. I’m not sure if this was their intention, but that to me kind of mimicked the scene in the Avengers when Tony is laying on the ground and the team is standing over him, and Tony wakes up after Bruce yells. The group of them all kind of standing in similar positions just gave me flashbacks.


I loved the bit of them trying to get the carseat into the Fantasticar at the end, too, that was absolutely hilarious, and a cute way to end the film :) and then immediately I gasped at the “four years later” end credit. And DOOM!!! I knew it was coming, but I am SO EXCITED. And even more so now that we know that this end credit most likely takes place before the Thunderbolts* end credit. Oh my god. I cannot wait to see how they tie these all together. I’m curious if the end credits will also become scenes in the movie, similarly to what they did for Avengers Endgame and Infinity War scenes.


My last and final thought is…my boy H.E.R.B.I.E.!!! I adored him so much! His little beeps reminded me so much of WALL-E, and he was so precious. I loved him running around trying to build the crib and baby proof the house. That was absolutely adorable. I am hoping to find him when I go to Disneyland in the coming week 🥰 


I give this one a solid 4.5/5 stars. All around, the film was great, the visuals were perfect, and it was like a comic book jumping out of the screen. I loved it, and cannot wait to watch it again! I’m so excited to see how this ties into the greater MCU!


What did you all think of Fantastic Four: First Steps? Let me know in the comments, or leave me a comment or emoji in my broadcast channel! Until next time :P


-Jess <3

⚠️This blog post contains spoilers for episodes 4-6 of Ironheart!⚠️

And we are BACK with another blog post for the week! Sorry I had to postpone this for a bit my friends. My week last week got CRAZY busy, but I’m excited to chat with you guys about Ironheart Episodes 4, 5 and 6 today! As always, this blog post will contain spoilers, so if you don’t want to be spoiled this is your chance to EXIT THE BLOG.


Alrighty, let’s jump right into episode 4. I love love love LOVE Zelma’s character, and I hope we get so much more of her in the future of the MCU!! Maybe it’s because I loved Agatha so much, and I have been craving more witchy MCU magic lately hahah 😂 Anyways, she was such a fun addition to the cast, and I’m so curious how she is going to tie in to future projects! I adored her whole vibe. 


I thought the addition to the plot of Xavier being upset about making Natalie into an AI was a GREAT topic to add into the overall show, especially since that is a continuing issue and discussion in real life. Should we be using AI to create replicas of those we have lost? It’s a deep conversation, and they addressed this so well. 


I will say, I have to admit that I was kind of sad with the direction they ended up going with Zeke. I was so excited for him to have kind of more of a redemption and not turn into a crazy monster guy who wants to kill his Iron Man equivalent. So when they charged him up with super tech to make him the bad guy, I was kind of disappointed. I’m sure there will be more to his story as they continue to have him in the MCU, but I felt like the whole point of his character is that he didn’t want to follow in his dad’s footsteps and be the bad guy, so I was kind of sad when the story lead in that general direction. I know that towards the end he kind of shows that he doesn’t want to be fighting Riri and plays both sides of the coin, but man, I wanted more than anything to have a kind of Riri and Zeke buddy cop moment, and was sad we didn’t get that ☹️


Anyway, that leads us into the plot of episode 5. Literally, when they started talking about Dormammu, I was CRACKING up because I had literally guessed that in my last blog post about the first three episodes! Obviously, that ended up being a red herring, but for a handful of seconds it was absolutely hilarious to me. Then, Parker’s crew all fight Riri in a White Castle and she’s almost killed by Zeke. Parker taking control of Zeke was absolutely NOT the vibe, I hated that for him so much!! And gonna be so real, that also kind of bothered me, too. You’d think that for someone who knows that these people were NOT good people, and also someone who knows the general workings of the tech that he has bought, that he would have maybe realized that Parker was up to something? But I guess that is also the point. He was desperate to get out of jail, and this was the solution. I dunno. Zeke’s plot overall was both entertaining and also made me kind of upset (if you couldn’t tell HAHAH). But thank you, Zeke for trying to save Riri and telling Parker she was dead when she wasn’t! Slay of you!


And then Riri building her new suit out of Gary’s old car was SUCH a cool thing for them to do, I absolutely loved that! And her new suit looks sick! I hope they keep it for a little bit. I feel like the MCU costuming department has a tendency to give them a brand new costume at the end of the show, only for them to have something completely different when they show up again in a different project. Which is super cool, because I love having outfit variety! But this suit is just so perfect 😍 Losing N.A.T.A.L.I.E. to the magic in the suit though? Not a slay there. That was a bummer :(


Alrighty, let’s wrap this up with Episode 6. Arthur being Parker’s dad was a plot twist that I truly should have seen coming, but did not, and that made it all the more entertaining HAHAH. This show was just full of surprises! And then it was revealed that, instead of Dormammu, this whole time it was MEPHISTO!!! The character that we have wanted in the MCU for YEARS has finally arrived! It’s super exciting to have him in the MCU, especially after so many years of people wondering if he was going to be tied to the other plots. And super super interesting to have him in this specific project as well!


Riri frees Zeke from the hold that Parker has on him, and I hope that this means they are on good terms and will continue to see each other in the MCU!! I loved their interactions, they were so much fun. And then Riri battles it out with Parker and takes the cloak from him, winning the battle. Now bear with me guys, because this is where I kinda start to not like the end of this show. After all that, while watching the way that Mephisto had corrupted Parker and KNOWING how evil Mephisto is, she still decides to make the deal with him to bring back Natalie 😭


And I know, I know. There’s multiple reasons for this. Riri would obviously do anything to get Natalie back, even making a deal with the literal devil. And I know Riri’s whole vibe is that she kind of has a chip on her shoulder, god complex, and feels that she can kinda figure her way out of this one. But personally, I felt that the ending (for me) wasn’t as satisfying as I had hoped 😭 Now I’m sure this will lead us directly into Doomsday, and will have a larger effect on the greater plot of the MCU and everything, and the more I’ve been sitting with it, the less the ending bothers me and makes sense to her character. But to be completely honest, the end wasn’t my favorite. I wish they had gone a different direction with it.


All this to say though, even though I did not completely enjoy the ending of the show, I really did enjoy Ironheart overall! Maybe I just need to sit with Riri’s character some more, give the show a little rewatch, and think more in the bigger picture of things and how this show will affect the greater MCU. Also Zelma talking with Parker!! I need to know where it’s going. I’m seeing a lot of people saying there may be a potential to have a version of Strange Academy, and I would love to see that! Bring back our witches! Give us more Jen and Zelma, give us more America Chavez!


What did you all think of Ironheart? I’ve been seeing such positive feedback online, and that makes me so happy! Dominique Thorne deserves all the praise for her acting in this role, and I’m excited to see more of her soon—hopefully in Doomsday!


Until next time my loves :)


-Jess <3