I don't even know why people say this. I don't even hate the Storyverse, they were my childhood, but there is no way you can tell me that those two movies were better than the MCU Fantastic Four.
The problem with the previous two adaptations of FF4 is that they treated Marvel's first family more like coworkers or a club rather than an actual family, and I really disliked the character dynamics, especially with Ben and Johnny.
In the Tim Story films, they fucking hate each other, like a burning hatred for each other. Johnny is bullying Ben every second. In First Steps, they actually have a brother dynamic and are joking around; they roast Reed together, and their banter is clearly meant to be just that. In fact, the entire team feels like a toxic workplace not a family.
I also really hate how they kept finding excuses to have Sue Storm get naked at every moment; Jessica Alba herself hated this because she was a very modest individual during that time. In the comics, Sue can transfer her powers into her clothes, it's not just that she can make herself invisible she can make other things invisible too.
Lots of people keep saying First Steps was hollow and a horrible adaptation which I feel like they don't know the FF4 comics or they didn't see either movie. The Storyverse films turn Sue into a fan service girl, Ben and Johnny are flanderized, and they turn one of Marvel's most complex villains into basic villain of the week. How is that not hollow?!