"The Fantastic Four" (2025) | Review

In this episode of Sacred Frames, Jeff Cook, Sean Palmer, and Mike Yager dive deep into Marvel’s new Fantastic Four—a film loaded with potential but plagued by missed opportunities. We explore the movie’s central moral question: Would you sacrifice one life—your own child—to save the world? Along the way, we compare this film to The Incredibles, unpack the themes of motherhood, cosmic hunger, and accountability, and ask what’s next for the MCU as it heads toward Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars. Plus, a hilarious game of “Dr. Doom or God?” you won’t want to miss.

Timestamps:

0:00 – Introduction

2:15 – First Impressions: Why The Incredibles Sets a Higher Bar

6:50 – Would You Sacrifice a Baby for Humanity?

13:10 – Galactus, Cosmic Hunger, and Enslavement

18:25 – The Missed Opportunity of Motherhood in the MCU

25:40 – Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards: Miscast?

32:00 – Why Fantastic Four Feels Like a Movie Made by Committee

40:15 – Dr. Doom or God? (Game Segment)

46:00 – What the MCU Needs to Fix Before Avengers: Doomsday

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