Thursday, December 19, 2024

Deadpool and Wolverine


Since losing his fiancé Vanessa, after previously using Cable's time travel technology to save her, Wade Wilson a.k.a. Deadpool has felt a bit lost in his life. Oh sure, he still enjoys being a mercenary, but it just doesn't have the same impact on him that it did before. He keeps feeling like he's meant for something greater, something bigger than himself. After attempting to fulfill that emptiness by traveling from his universe to the Prime Universe (616) in order to join the Avengers, he returns, hangs up the blades and becomes a used car salesman working with his former X-Force teammate Peter. He's then kidnapped by Mr. Paradox of the Time Variance Authority who explains to him that his universe is about to expire due to the loss of its 'anchor being', which as Deadpool comes to find out is Logan a.k.a. Wolverine. In order to save his universe, Deadpool teams up with a Wolverine who killed his own entire world and tries to stop Mr. Paradox and the Time Variance Authority.
 
I had the same problem with Deadpool and Wolverine that I had with Spider-Man: Far from Home. The story was so flimsy and barely there that it felt like it was just Cameo Central, not much else. It’s weird that it didn’t work for me since that’s what made me love something like Expendables 1 & 2 (haven’t seen 3 or 4 yet), but for whatever reason it didn’t work. Still thought it was funny, did love some of the cameos, and it was great seeing Hugh Jackman finally interact as Wolverine with Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool, but for me Deadpool 2 is still the funniest/best one out of the series. I was skeptical at first when I first heard of the potential of a Channing Tatum Gambit movie, I just didn't think he'd be good for a role like that; but after seeing him play the role in Deadpool and Wolverine, I think he should get another chance at the role of Gambit in either a solo movie or X-Men reboot. Maybe he could show up in Secret Wars when it arrives. That actually wouldn't surprise me honestly, now that I think about it. I do agree with some people who commented that Deadpool should take over Stan Lee’s cameos in each Marvel flick moving forward, I think that’d be pretty funny to see. Plus, it would keep Deadpool in the MCU now that the Fox universe is over, and the X-Men are now in the main continuity. 

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