"First Steps" promises to push the MCU out of its comfort zone, but the movie quickly retreats into a tired version of the same old story.

First Steps and James Gunn ’s Superman respectively hold very different positions within their respective franchises (the former is the 37 th movie from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and technically set outside of the canon;

First Steps takes those first steps almost immediately. After a dramatic opening that sets the stage for the entire narrative, the movie hits the ground running into a dizzying new Earth in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,