Ending of The Fantastic Four First Steps

I rewatched this last night and something about the battle with Galactus stuck out to me and I don't know if it was a plot hole or it was possibly explained earlier in the movie. When the FF are fighting Galactus and trying to save Franklin, Sue is pushing Galactus into the space/teleportation portal.

Reed earlier on stated that the intention was to move the Earth to somewhere else in the Universe and when the plan changed to just push Galactus out into space and, subsequently Shalla-Bal, they were sent to the opposite side of the same universe and it would take Galactus at least a few million years before he found Earth again. My question is, where is the other end of that teleportation device? The small scale test showed another device where the thing being teleported would come out. Was there another "receiving end" device placed somewhere in space that just wasn't explained?

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ButWereFriends2025-12-30 00:53

It’s really not that deep man. You guys gotta stop trying to figure out every minute detail of movies like this. Sometimes, the answer is just “it’s a movie”.

phred_6662025-12-30 01:07

Yep. I have a friend like this. Drives me nuts. I’m like bro, just enjoy the movie and don’t try to make every tiny, minor detail a “plot hole”. It’s a fucking movie. It’s meant to entertain. That’s it. It’s not a doctoral thesis.

chr2-nan2025-12-30 01:42

I wildly disagree with this opinion. There's gotta be some level of integrity involved; both from the creators, but also from the viewers. If something doesn't make sense; it's a viewer's imperative to ask questions to ensure we aren't just served mindless slob. Sure, the answer is often "it's a movie", but with a lot of plot holes; the answer will never be "it's a great movie".

Not that this particular instance was a plot hole. Cause as others have explained; it was not.

JyconX2025-12-30 00:53

No, there wasn't any receiving end devices. The portals were sending devices only.

Jet-Let46062025-12-30 01:12

^ This.

They didn't have receiving devices during their initial plan to teleport the earth itself either.

WD_G2025-12-30 01:15

There is no receiving end. Rewatch the egg teleportation scene, and you'll see there wasn't one for that. It just teleports

seaman1872025-12-30 01:20

What gives you the idea that there's supposed to be anything on the receiving end? There wasn't anything there for the egg or for the original plan to move Earth so why would they suddenly need something to move Galactus?