Comments on: 'Deadpool' Spins Away from 'Wolverine'

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:24:51 +0000

I totally can't wait for a Deadpool movie myself. I'm one of the hugest fans of the character and have been waiting a long time for it. But the fact of the matter is that he did not turn out right at all in Wolverine's film. Sure, he was AWESOME when he was just Wade Wilson, but then they did the whole "combine all powers" thing and he turned into junk.

HOPEFULLY, they'll find some way to fix it in the next film. What's interesting to think about is that rumored ending for Wolverine. The one where his head looks at the screen and whispers "Shhhh…" IS there, but I've heard a lot about a false one where Reynolds comes by in a trench coat, picks it up, says "Who are you supposed to be?", and then throws it away. I would so LOL if that were in the intro of the Deadpool film and THEN have everything happen to Wade.

So you never know. It could be a clone. It could be a prototype. I personally think that some kind of researches search the area, find Weapon XI's body and head, send him to The Workshop for failed experiments, and then have Dr. Killebrew experiment on his body. The experimentation could remove his blades and the machinery in his body giving him the optic beam and teleportation abilities. As soon as he places his head back on though, he comes back to life and the story sort of follows the comics likewise from there. An excellent solution.

But Fox will do as they please. And I'm almost 100% CERTAIN that they've heard something by now and KNOW that that isn't how the Deadpool in the comics was. I bet they'll still keep that teleportation power at least though. At least we got to see a scene in Wolverine where the machinery for the optic beam was being placed in his eyes so that may help.

Well thanks for reading. If only Fox took ideas from the fans.

~ Evil_E

By: cecilia

cecilia — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:24:26 +0000

agree. marvel should take him away from fox.
i really hope they will keep his "breaking the fourth wall" trademark in the film.

By: zyzygy

zyzygy — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:31:48 +0000

He should hold out for the Flash.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:01:48 +0000

After seeing what they did to Deadpool in "Origins" I have exactly zero faith in Fox to do this correctly. I'm sure they'll find an out for all the completely unnecessary changes they made to the character (I threw up in my mouth a little bit during the whole ordeal) but frankly they don't deserve to have the character after what they did in the first place.

I love Ryan Reynolds, he's one of the most charismatic and charming leading men in the business and like everybody else I agree that he is the only guy for this project (and his all too brief work in "Origins" was the lone high point) but I would have much rather seen a stand alone film to begin with so they could have really explored how great that character can be instead of shoehorning him into Wolverine's picture and now doing the spin-off.

Marvel has proved with "Iron Man" and "Hulk" that they can independently produce great films for their characters. They should do whatever they can to wrestle the rights away from Fox and start from scratch with Reynolds. It's the only way to salvage the character.

By: JD92

JD92 — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:44:33 +0000

I'v been wanting a Deadpool movie for years, so this is pretty good news to me (altho I have little to no faith in Fox) im just hoping they dont completely butcher the movie.

By: adu

adu — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:17:22 +0000

Yeah, good move I say.

By: Jay Beezy

Jay Beezy — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:11:02 +0000

This almost sounds like the first time people are excited about Ryan Reynolds headlining a movie. And my favorite parts (or part) of Wolverine was when he was on screen.

By: cecilia

cecilia — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:18:15 +0000

very true. deadpool is one of the best parts in the x-men story but fox, like they always do, will decapitate him.

By: Vik

Vik — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:17:01 +0000

Fox seems to suck at fully exploiting the sarcastic, wise-cracking characteristic of many Marvel characters for the big screen, the biggest example being Spidey. I have a tiny, miniscule hope it isn't the same case here.

By: rattler76

rattler76 — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:49:04 +0000

Deadpool deserved more screentime in wolverine, not in the least because he's a very important part of the story.
So I'm looking forward to this. No it will not win any oscars but it might turn out to be very entertaining. To expect anything more seems a bit silly.
A good old popcorn flick with humor, action and some big FX.
And Reynold is perfect for the role. He's good at being quircky and sarcastic.
I think this could be a lot of fun.

By: ddurden33

ddurden33 — Wed, 06 May 2009 08:28:27 +0000

fox is going to butcher this baby, just like they did with wolverine. expecting anything spectacular would be a big mistake, even though the deadpool character and ryan reynolds have real potential but they are at the mercy of fox.