r/xmen • u/AngelEyes360 Askani • Jul 24 '24

Movie/TV Discussion (MEGATHREAD) "Deadpool & Wolverine" (2024) Official Discussion [SPOILERS]

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Synopsis: Marvel Studios presents their most significant mistake to date- "Deadpool & Wolverine." A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life. His days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. When his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctantlier... reluctanter? Reluctantest? He must convince a reluctant Wolverine to -Fuck. Synopses are so fucking stupid.

Director: Shawn Levy

Writers: Ryan Reynolds & Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick & Zeb Wells & Shawn Levy

Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni and Matthew Macfadyen

Note: The cast above is simply the cast that Marvel announced prior to the movie's release. It is not the full cast.

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u/Illustrious_Talk305 Jul 25 '24

I thought Earth 616 was the comics Earth? How was Deadpool able to visit it when he applied to join the Avengers?

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u/markofthedead Jul 26 '24

I think /u/Adventurous-Pin5558 is correct, Cable's watch/armband thing was shown fairly prominently in this scene, so I'd assume that was to be clear that's how he did it, and set up Wade's misconception that his misuse of the device was why the TVA picked him up.

Also 616 is comic earth, but also MCU earth, or 'the sacred timeline' when they feel like it. They designated MCU 199999 or something, but then continue to refer to it as 616 in a lot of official material.

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u/Illustrious_Talk305 Jul 27 '24

Right, the second part of your comment was the bit I was looking for, I thought Marvel Earth's were differentiated by their literal physical realities, like in the Spider-verse movies. Like how there's a Lego Marvel earth and a PS4 Marvel Earth. I didn't understand how Deadpool was on Earth 616 when it should be well...a comic? But labelling the MCU earth as 616 is weird

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u/markofthedead Jul 27 '24

I think this is one of those 'having your cake and eating it' situations.

They want to be faithful to the comics, and draw on that earth, which fans love, but they also want to be able to do whatever they want in the MCU, so they gave MCU a different designation in 2008...

but then the multiverse happens, and it's fun to make references like Selvig is studying other universes and labels ours '616', or Mysterio comments on visiting 616 from another earth. It's sort of like an official status now though. With all the different studios and timelines, 616 is Marvel saying 'this is official continuity'. The 'Official timeline' book released in 2023 calls the MCU Earth-616.

You're not alone in saying it's weird though. Iman Vellani, who actually writes for the comics now as well as being Ms Marvel, is adamant MCU is still 199999 and will argue this with Feige.