I watched The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and it heralds a much-needed new dawn for Marvel’s First Family on the big screen

The Fantastic Four standing on a New York street by the Fantasti-Car in The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Light spoilers follow for The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

It's not an exaggeration to say The Fantastic Four have been represented poorly on the big screen. 20th Century Fox's two attempts to launch live-action franchises starring Marvel's First Family in the early and mid-2000s were at best average, and at worst utterly abysmal.