The Fantastic Four: First Steps made history by becoming the first critically praised\u00a0Fantastic Four film, scoring\u00a0an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes. As with any movie, though, there were\u00a0some\u00a0gripes people had\u00a0about it. A\u00a0common complaint was\u00a0the scarce use\u00a0of Reed Richard’s\u00a0stretchy powers. The super-scientist showed off his abilities to great results at certain points\u00a0throughout the movie, but they were definitely not as prominently utilitized\u00a0as Sue’s or Johnny’s.<\/p>\n
Luckily, Marvel has now given fans an awesome new look at Reed using his powers…\u00a0but in an amusingly unexpected way. The Fantastic Four: First Steps is now streaming on Disney+. In honor of that, Marvel Studios released a Thanksgiving promo for the film, featuring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn.<\/p>\n
The ad features\u00a0the\u00a0four actors huddling\u00a0together for a selfie\u00a0taken by Pascal. Naturally, fitting four people into a selfie is no easy task, so Pascal stretches his arm to take the picture. Having pulled that off, the actor says: “I am feeling fantastic.” (Cue the Miles Teller 2015 Fantastic Four meme…) Check out the promo below:<\/p>\n
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The post was captioned with: “Gather your family (and friends) together to stream Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Now on Disney+.”<\/p>\n
It’s quite unexpected to get a new display of Reed’s powers in a promo like this one, but it’s a welcome\u00a0surprise nonetheless. Out of all the Fantastic Four members, Reed’s powerset is\u00a0perhaps one of the two\u00a0with the most potential for visual uniqueness, right behind Sue’s. There seems to be a false perception online that stretching abilities are too silly for live-action, but that couldn’t be further from the truth if well utilized.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the comics and some of the movies, Reed has used his abilities with remarkable creativity. A good example of that is\u00a0Tim Story’s 2005 Fantastic Four. In it, Ioan Gruffud’s Reed turned himself into a giant wheel, bounced off the ground and subsequently\u00a0expanded himself to the size of a giant, gooey\u00a0tarp to wrap\u00a0Doom around with.<\/p>\n
Realistically speaking, the versatility of Reed’s abilities makes him one the most powerful heroes in the Marvel Universe. Thus, Marvel Studios will hopefully fully\u00a0embrace his powerset in Avengers: Doomsday and 2027’s\u00a0Secret Wars.\u00a0<\/p>\n