Did Marvel SPOIL the ending battle of their upcoming, extremely anticipated Unbelievable 4 reboot? Perhaps!
CCXP, identified to us as Comedian Con, lately dropped a bit a little bit of an data bomb on followers of the MCU. With Marvel’s Unbelievable 4 film being in growth for nearly a full decade, it’s laborious to consider the time is almost right here for us to bask within the glory of FINALLY seeing Marvel’s first super-team hit the large display screen as soon as once more. And… I feel I communicate for everybody once I say, I REALLY hope it’s good. However the Comedian Con hype didn’t come from Marvel immediately, no. As an alternative, an attendee at CCSD who managed to catch a screening of a scene from the film, left Comedian Con solely to explain the footage intimately and submit it on-line for fanboys like me to obsess over. This may have potential spoilers for The Unbelievable 4: First Steps– however as with every leak making the rounds on-line, let’s all take a pleasant massive grain of salt with this data. Let’s get into it.
On June 1st, a publication was made which described the screened footage and to most of our shock… It kinda feels like we had been revealed the ending of the film. BUT I don’t suppose that’s the case, for causes we’re going to speak about. The outline made accessible on-line states the next: “The Fantastic Four members are inside their spaceship, and Sue (Vanessa Kirby) is starting to go into labor. But Shalla- Bal / Silver Surfer (Julia Garner) is chasing them. Ben (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) takes over the ship and tries to dodge her. They jump into a kind of hyperspace. The CGI is great. We see Reed (Pedro Pascal) stretching and using his powers. Shalla-Bal almost reaches Sue’s belly—she wants the baby. Johnny (Joseph Quinn) takes over the ship’s cannons and tries to shoot the Surfer. He makes jokes about her being sexy. Meanwhile, Sue continues to have contractions. Reed tells Ben to go into a black hole. Ben gets worried. Reed tells him to trust. End of scene.”
Okay, we could break it down? After all, this would possibly really feel just like the ending scene at first. For those who stayed via the post-credit scene of Thunderbolts*, you already know that this scene might theoretically tie immediately in as we see the Unbelievable 4’s ship making its approach into the primary 616 sacred timeline. And in truth, that’s about so far as I used to be going to let this go. I imply, the supposed ending scene of Unbelievable 4 appears to actually lead (via a portal) into the higher MCU timeline. However then, one thing occurred. I sat down to collect footage for the video above and observed one thing within the Tickets On Sale trailer that made me second guess myself. Within the trailer, we see largely recycled footage from the movie’s fundamental trailer, with some new scenes spliced in. And a type of scenes adjustments all the pieces… a shot of Sue, Reed, and child Franklin which, for our eagle-eyed viewers, would possibly stand out as a result of Sue isn’t pregnant with the newborn on this picture, she’s already had him.
Again to the leaked footage. The outline signifies that Silver Surfer is after Franklin whereas he’s nonetheless inside Sue. He hasn’t been born but. So, when Shalla is reaching for Sue’s stomach and “she wants the baby” it must be a scene that takes place BEFORE no matter is occurring in that different scene. So, is the footage that performed at CCXP REALLY the ending scene? Or… is it the precise reverse? What if, the scene we had been proven at Comedian Con is definitely the BEGINNING of the movie? Perhaps a gap scene or a prelude? See, a number of motion pictures begin with a small vignette of occasions later within the film, which can be re-contextualized by the story later. Kind of a reverse twist. Is it doable that this film begins with some kind of battle that we gained’t perceive till the film hits us with a “1 week earlier” title card? I feel that’s equally as doubtless.
However, when does Sue have the newborn? It will be bizarre if Marvel was making toys of Franklin Richards if he wasn’t going to be within the movie, however it’s not inconceivable. Nevertheless, it may very well be that the scene in query truly takes place in the midst of the movie.
Akin to Unbelievable 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, it may very well be a type of issues the place there’s a fake-out battle with the Surfer the place the staff does battle towards them in the midst of the film, solely to then be joined by the Surfer in a battle towards Galactus- who we all know is seeking to be the large unhealthy of this film. May it’s that that is the second simply earlier than Shalla-Bal realizes that Earth IS price saving and adjustments her mission? Perhaps so.
However then, what concerning the portal they supposedly fly into? Properly, what if it wasn’t a portal in any respect? Or not less than, what if it wasn’t a portal to a brand new universe, however a portal or black gap that leads them into the Damaging Zone? And even again in time? One of many scorching subjects about this film is when Reed says the road “We eat dinner together every Sunday at 7PM on the dot.” This nearly feels like Reed televising this data to set a lure for Galactus, no? Nearly like baiting the villain. Couple that with the shot from the OG trailer of Ben checking his watch as if to say this enormous cosmic cloud is true on time. Does the staff have some kind of prior information of this assault and WHEN it is going to be? Nearly as in the event that they’ve carried out it earlier than?
May it’s that Reed cracked time journey and makes use of it to WIN within the battle of Galactus that they’d already fought and misplaced? Was this scene proven at CCXP only a clip from the center of the film BEFORE the Unbelievable 4 goes again in time to vary the end result? Is that why Franklin is now born and a part of the household? Clearly, Sue isn’t going to combat these battles with a child in her stomach, so now we have to imagine that she isn’t pregnant for lengthy. Properly, both that or there may be certainly a while bouncing occurring.
So, what initially appeared like a wildcard transfer from Disney to launch the ending scene of their greatest film this yr, turned out to be extra complicated with out context than we initially thought. And after watching and re-watching all the clips, footage, and leaks now we have accessible, I can say with full confidence that… I STILL don’t know what’s occurring with the film however I hope it’s good- and I feel it is going to be.
However, in fact, I’m just one aspect of this extremely debatable subject so let me know your theories and opinions on what this footage might imply to the higher story of the movie, and have a FANTASTIC day!
