"First Steps" promises to push the MCU out of its comfort zone, but the movie quickly retreats into a tired version of the same old story.

Image Credit: fantastic four After a rocky few years of mixed critical responses and inconsistent box office returns, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is finally on its way to a comeback, and all eyes are on ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’.

First Steps” begins to falter slightly when it stops being a Saturday morning cartoon and snaps into the mode of a traditional MCU film. The arrival of the Silver Surfer (Julia Garner) brings news that Earth 828 will be destroyed in short order by the planet-consuming villain Galactus (Ralph Ineson).