Film is a visual medium. Superhero movies consistently struggle between depicting spectacle and substance. Aesthetics can control every aspect of a blockbuster. Unfortunately, the superhero genre and its most dominant empire struggle to keep their modern outings visually engaging. They can only capture modern cities exploding and blue lasers firing from national monuments in so many different ways. The Fantastic Four brings a potential new path forward for the Marvel Cinematic Universe with its long-awaited retro-futurist aesthetic.