When Julia Garnerwas announced as the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: First Steps, the internet did what it does best when a woman is cast in a role traditionally occupied by a man: it spiraled.

First, we saw private investigator Mel Sattem (Adam Rothenberg) struck down by Jonah (Skylar Gaertner) before he could expose the Byrdes (Bateman, Laura Linney). And then there was the death of Garner ...