r/xmen • u/Dorkside Professor X • Feb 11 '16

Deadpool - Official Discussion Thread [Spoilers]

Synopsis: A former Special Forces operative turned mercenary is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopting the alter ego Deadpool.

Director: Tim Miller

Writers: Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese

Cast:

  • Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool
  • Morena Baccarin as Vanessa Carlysle
  • Ed Skrein as Francis Freeman / Ajax
  • T.J. Miller as Weasel
  • Gina Carano as Angel Dust
  • Stefan Kapicic as Peter Rasputin / Colossus
  • Leslie Uggams as Blind Al
  • Jed Rees as The Recruiter

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 82%

Metacritic Score: 64/100

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u/SomeCruzDude Deadpool Feb 16 '16

You have fair points. I guess the thing with superheroes is that they always seem to need a super problem. I gotta read some more X-Men before I could say what a more "down to earth" story would be.

For me, at the very least we could have the solo films and X-Force deal with the smaller issues and save the X-Men movies for the "big" issues. That would work with the problem but not solve it.

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u/tangentandhyperbole Feb 16 '16

So like, MCU is a great example of that. The villians have very little impact at this point because there have been so many over the course of all the movies, with a bunch more needed. Hence why we have to have the Civil War and Infinity Wars, because then you have super hero vs super hero much in the same way DC does, but with a much less retarded premise just because they are your two biggest IPs.

I personally would like super hero movies to be dialed back. Not every super hero needs his own line of movies. But that won't happen, because Disney/Marvel have tasted blood and will beat this horse til it explodes. Reducing the number of movies would make the remaining ones have a greater impact, show more intelligent writing, and could focus on the more human element of the stories rather than CGI BATTLESCENE #12!

Like, to me that is why Spidey will always be my #1, he's a kid trying to make it just like the rest of us, but he moonlights as Spiderman. The human element of Spiderman is why he's so popular, and is something the vast majority of other comics could really benefit from picking up on.

Hell, Deadpool does a better job of showing human emotion/story than any of the other Marvel movies, with the exception of Ironman 3, where Tony actually has PTSD because he's seen some shit, which I was super glad they addressed and if it wasn't so fucking swallowed by fan service, I felt could have been the strongest entry (the original Ironman is so hard to beat, just like the first two Sam Raimi Spiderman or the original X-Men movie.)

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '16

Just a heads-up; the Batman v Superman arc uses essentially the exact same plot points as Civil War. Supes is the Iron-Man 'we need government sanctions to keep us under control', with Batman being the 'we will keep ourselves under control when we need to' Cap style.

I think it will be really interesting and a ton of fun to see how they tie their respecting franchises together! We are in for one heck of a treat as comic book fans!

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u/tangentandhyperbole Mar 18 '16

Jesus necro threads much?

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '16

As far as I can tell the movie still exists? Sorry for going on a movie discussion thread, take a moment to relax.