First Steps introduces a new era in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, set on an alternate Earth. The film features a cosmic villain, Galactus, and a group of superpowered heroes derived from a botched space expedition. Director Matt Shakman presents a retro-futuristic New York, where characters like Reed Richards and Susan Storm are already established super warriors. The storyline shifts focus to Susan's surprise pregnancy and the implications of her unborn child's potential superpowers, while the film condenses key origin elements into a brief highlight reel, leaving foundational aspects unexplored.
First Steps sets up its stall in a new timeline on an alternate Earth, a million light years from the previous 36 entries in the increasingly stuffy Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Directed by WandaVision chief Matt Shakman, First Steps commences in a retro-futuristic 1960s New York where stretchy rocket scientist Reed Richards and his astronaut wife Susan Storm have already established themselves as celebrity super warriors.
Much of First Steps concerns Susan's surprise pregnancy, with Reed terrified of what he'll pass on to his unborn child and questioning if the baby will have superpowers.
Shakman is apparently unconcerned with laying proper foundations as the story races to the part where superpowered Earthlings land in trouble with intergalactic planet munchers.
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