Bullet Time Bites: First Steps Forward - The Superhero Boom and Did Marvel Finally Crack the Fantastic Four Code?
Release Date: 10/23/2025
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Howdy True Believers and welcome to a truly spooktacular Halloween edition of Bullet Time Bites, where we break down the greatest moments and movements in nerd culture. I'm your host with the most and your forever guardian, Dynamo, and alongside me is the return of fan favourite Alex Hart and ladies and gentleman and everything in between we have a cracking new addition to the team in the form of the poffinator, the poffadour, Mr pofftacular Joe Ze Poff, and tonight we're sinking our teeth into Marvel Zombies—Disney+'s first TV-MA animated series that just dropped on September 24th. Tonight...
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Welcome to another episode of Bullet Time Bites where we break down the greatest moments and movements in nerd culture. I'm your host and your forever guardian, Dynamo, and alongside me is the return of the fan favourite Hart of Harts, Alex Hart, and today we’re looking at Part Two of our Fantastic Four deep dive. Last episode, we revisited the 2000s films, particularly Rise of the Silver Surfer, examining what they got right, what they got wrong, and how they influenced superhero cinema. Today, we're analysing The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which hit theatres July earlier this year. This...
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Howdy True Believers and welcome to another episode of Bullet Time Bites where we break down the greatest moments and movements in nerd culture. I'm your host with the most and your forever guardian, Dynamo, alongside me is the return of the one and the only Alex Hart and today we're taking a cosmic journey back to the mid-2000s to revisit the Fantastic Four films—specifically 2007's Rise of the Silver Surfer. We're here because something interesting has happened over the summer where Fantastic Four: First Steps hit theatres, which has inspired fans to look back at the 2005 and 2007 films...
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Welcome to Bullet Time Bites, where we break down the greatest moments and movements in nerd culture. I'm your host Dynamo alongside special guest Alex Hart and today we're diving deep into the fan reaction storm surrounding James Gunn's Superman. For those just catching up: Superman hit theaters July 11th, 2025, starring David Corenswet as Clark Kent and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane. But before we even get to the movie itself, we need to talk about the war that's been raging in fan communities for months. Some Snyderverse fans on Reddit literally organized to "take the fight back" to...
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info_outlineWelcome to another episode of Bullet Time Bites where we break down the greatest moments and movements in nerd culture. I'm your host and your forever guardian, Dynamo, and alongside me is the return of the fan favourite Hart of Harts, Alex Hart, and today we’re looking at Part Two of our Fantastic Four deep dive.
Last episode, we revisited the 2000s films, particularly Rise of the Silver Surfer, examining what they got right, what they got wrong, and how they influenced superhero cinema. Today, we're analysing The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which hit theatres July earlier this year. This episode we've got a lot to unpack. Because here's the thing—after multiple failed attempts to bring Marvel's First Family to screen, First Steps is getting reactions that previous versions could only dream of. Critics are calling it "Marvel firing on all cylinders" with praise for the cast chemistry, retro-futuristic aesthetic, and that instantly iconic score.
But the question remains: Did the MCU finally solve the Fantastic Four puzzle, or are we just experiencing another honeymoon phase before the cracks show?
Let's find out.