Photo: Marvel Spoilers ahead for the plot of The Fantastic Four: First Steps. While it may seem like a retread of 2007’s Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer — in which a metallic surfboarder heralds the arrival of the voracious Galactus, a giant cloud — Fantastic Four: First Steps features a few key differences. For one thing, it’s pretty good . For another, its version of the Eater of Worlds (Ralph Ineson) isn’t an evil cumulonimbus but a giant humanoid cursed to feed on planets for all