Why the Shalla-Bal felt underwhelming in Fantastic Four first steps?

I consider that they could have based it almost 100% on the comics.

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In Marvel Comics The lost love and moral anchor of Norrin Radd (Silver Surfer); later the Empress of Zenn-La.

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CrisVas32025-12-12 05:37

You'll have to ask yourself that since it's opinion based. I thought she was great.

Also not entirely sure what you're trying to say in your post.

Majestic_Muscle80942025-12-12 05:38

I unfortunately did not love this movie but I thought her and Johnny were by far the stand outs

FDVP2025-12-12 05:44

She’s too “human” to quickly. The eyes are cool but they display a “soul.” Silver Surfer’s eyes should be just that, silver, blank, not-human. And this surfer really doesn’t do much more than…surf. Where’s the power cosmic? Meh, regardless of Shalla or Norrin.

The absence of his humanity and search for it are paramount to introducing SS.

27Rench272025-12-12 05:50

Didn’t she fly herself into and out of a wormhole to chase them and also escape a black hole?

FDVP2025-12-12 06:01

Yes. Surfing space. Where’s the Kirby goodness? Energy blasts and shit. His abilities are almost up to imagination of the writer. Even Rise of SS had the actual board do something. Anything remarkable about this^ board? The silver looks good.

CaptHayfever2025-12-12 19:43

We saw the board pull her back to it after she got knocked off; I thought that was remarkable.

FDVP2025-12-12 19:45

Yes, very nice surfing.

Upset_Assumption96102025-12-12 05:45

I liked her character. The movie though was kind of shallow though. Was hoping for a serious movie to lead into the end of the multiverse, but there was zero crossover besides a brief mention of "multiverse".

AttilaTheFun8182025-12-12 05:49

I thought the movie was decidedly average overall, but I didn’t take issue with them using Shalla-Bal. I don’t think it hurt anything.

abysmallybored2025-12-12 05:51

She was the best part of the movie imo.

labbla2025-12-12 05:53

She was great, Julia Garner did exactly what she had to do. Her Silver Surfer had a lot of gravitas and power going on.

But Galactus and the rest of the movie really let her down.

ThunderBird8472025-12-12 05:55

I think she was the only character in the movie that wasn't underwhelming. In the sense that every scene with her meant something will happen.

Galactus when he was sitting in the chair was also not underwhelming, but when he started his stroll in the city, then.....

dryplayerinvain202025-12-12 10:14

AB de Villiers fan?

therightwaye2025-12-12 05:56

She was great

Wooden-Radish-90082025-12-12 05:58

Nah, she was awesome. Her and Johnny's arc was so good.

Subject-Ad50712025-12-12 06:07

Also unsympathetic. Wow, you didn’t think about the screams of your victims for years? It took just listening to it once to turn? Let’s be honest, an actual good person would have felt remorse like this a lot sooner. Someone Shalla Bal would be more like Punisher where they DON’T feel remorse. Imagine if you gave Punisher a recording. “This is the family of one of your victims. They had a loving family!” Punisher: Why do I care?

Also, her actor isn’t very good for this. More and more actors are hit and miss in Marvel.

dryplayerinvain202025-12-12 09:57

"Her actor isn't very good for this". That's just false lol. She has consistently put in great performances in her other work, and I thought she was great in this.

Subject-Ad50712025-12-12 10:07

I said not good for Marvel. Some actors aren’t. Some actors aren’t good for action unless they acclimate to it.

dryplayerinvain202025-12-12 10:09

You saying she wasn't good for action? The space sequence disproves your point. Was like one of the best parts of the entire movie.

Subject-Ad50712025-12-12 10:14

Action isn’t about just doing stunts… also, that’s handled by stunt and special effect team… that’s like saying the actors made a visual effect scene look good… you have to have a different acting style than say a period piece… I don’t think her presence is that good. It sounded like she had to do a stilted voice for this just to stand out better for this movie. This is why some actors will never do action and stick to say comedy.

dryplayerinvain202025-12-12 10:22

Agree to disagree 👍

SeekerVash2025-12-12 06:12

She was one of the bigger victims of the mediocre writing.

She suddenly switches sides because Torch says her name and then reminds her of the planets she destroyed, like she didn't know her name or the planets she destroyed. We didn't see her doubting, we didn't see her wavering, she hears her name and a couple planets and suddenly she swaps sides.

It made no sense, someone who has been voluntarily killing off entire planets wouldn't switch sides like that. *Maybe* if there was some guarantee her planet and family would be safe she might, but not just randomly like that.

FerrusManlyManus2025-12-13 02:45

She didn’t “switch sides” until the very end. Yes she bounced once without stealing the kid. But that’s just a pause in activities.

The only thing she truly did directly against Galactus was knock him into the wormhole to teleport him away. Which happened at the last minute.

SeekerVash2025-12-13 05:10

Right, for no reason other than torch saying her name and the names of a few planets.

It's not like she had any reason to think the Fantastic 4 could kill Galactus, or protect her planet, she had to stop them from running away.

Her switching sides made no sense at all.

FerrusManlyManus2025-12-13 15:09

She isn’t on his side, working for him was a necessary evil to her.

She’s not some brute, when she sees he is at the mouth of a wormhole without his ship, the opportunity arises to separate him from his ship and for him to stop eating planets, so she took it.

CommunityDragon1842025-12-12 06:47

Idk I thought she was dope af

Responsible-Bonus2782025-12-12 11:26

I thought she was the best part

BartleBossy2025-12-12 18:01

Just entirely forgettable.

They used her as a plot device, instead of a fleshed out character.

MarcSpector17012025-12-12 18:08

I thought Shalla Bal was great and much better than Norrin Rad was in the earlier movies.

Grayx_28872025-12-12 18:27

Uh... bad writing?!

Boring_Newspaper57962025-12-12 20:58

the original silver surfer backstory is shit tho

evapotranspire2025-12-12 21:54

I thought Julia Garner as Shalla-Bal was fantastic! Powerful and imposing, but also vulnerable to guilt and other human emotions. I would love to see her again in a future MCU project.

sengokunerd2025-12-12 22:06

I thought she was ok. A little too metallic looking? I know silver is obviously a metal but comics Silver Surfer is more white than grey, at least from my recollection. So I didn’t think the look was as cool as I’ve come to picture.