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You can express surprise, rejection or suspicion with El Futuro Simple and El Futuro Perfecto in Spanish
In Spanish, El Futuro Simple and El Futuro Perfecto can be used to express either surprise, rejection or suspicion to something that someone has said, or to someone's attitude.
With El Futuro Simple
In the first example, the speaker is expressing "rejection/disapproval" to the man's attitude. The second example is a reaction to what the first speaker just said. This reaction could be taken as "surprise", because she doesn't think her friend capable of doing that, or a "rejection/disapproval" to the idea of her friend going to a nudist beach.
When we use El Futuro Simple, we are referring to actions related to the present (or recent past) or the future.
With El Futuro Perfecto
The first example is shows the speaker's surprise as to her friend's actions. In the second example the speaker is expressing suspicion.
Both cases refer to past actions.
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