in the comics--that was a good shout out to long time fans (same way jonny's having all their powers was a shout out to super skrull)


also, at the end, you can see that the surfer didn't die

as far as richards figuring out how to get the surfer off his board: remember he is one of the top minds on the planet, and if that seems extreme to you, why not the fantasticar? altho, the fact that the surfer's powers came from his board was lame.


p.p.s. you can see galactus three times. once, as he crosses saturn, a second time once the cloud arrives at the end in the china scene you could see his arm reaching down from the cloud, and a third time once the surfer flew up in the cloud at the end they just broke the clouds enough to give a glimpse of his face (yes, i know we expected to see a full shot with a full on battle, but c'mon)

i'm sure soon enough someone will get some screen captures out.