Amph Deadpool, the (Golden Globe-nominated) Movies!

Haven't watched that scene yet as I'll be purchasing the Blu Ray and want to get my money's worth.

Since the movie made it's theatrical run and it's been well past the requirement of spoiler tags, I'm just going to go full on spoiler talk.

I didn't like Vanessa was killed off. Not so much because of the "Women in Fridge" flack the film received, which is a part of it, but because she was regulated to that role in the first film and I was hoping they would develop and grow her character in the sequel. Additionally, despite the Ah Ha imagery homage to the Take On Me music video, I really didn't care for plot device. The heart and backbone for the original Deadpool film was the relationship between Wade and Vanessa ( so much so, part of the marketing was the film was a Valentines Day movie), so killing Vanessa also killed off the heart and soul for the franchise. Every time Wade visit Vanessa in "the afterlife" it ruin the pace and tone of the film, into this awkward pause of the flow of the story and unfitting melancholy, which doesn't pay off at the end; especially when the end credit retcon the entire thing. It really unbalances the tone of the film.

As for Cable, I thought James Brolin did a fine job as the character, but I don't like the adaptation and future he was set in, as this iteration of Cable is a family man and living in a very nice home in a world free from an apocalyptic nightmare; which doesn't garner the harden/battle ridden imagery that comes along with the character. I think of Cable being a dark character that could be "from the DC Universe" because of his life in a dystopic world. In the film, the made Cable hardened because of the death of this family. So, it will be interesting to see how the character is handled now that the death of his family has been averted.

One of the best parts of the film was seeing Juggernaut. I thought he looked great and was so delighted when he battle Colossus. Such fan service.

 

I haven’t seen it since opening weekend, but didn’t Cable become hardened/battle ridden in it because his family gets killed?

This is purely from the film, I haven’t read the comics.

 

I agree with your entire post, but yeah, Cable not starting out in his dystopian setting short-shrifted the character.

BTW apparently

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Ryan Reynolds mo-capped Juggernaut. The actor who played Colossus mentioned it somewhere. I have read so much in the past few days.

 

Trust me, you don't want to delve too much into the unholy mess that is Cable's comic book history.

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Slight Correction:

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Okay Ryan did the facial mo-cap and provided Juggernaut’s voice, not body.

 

The sequel was more of the same, but good lord that opening with the wind up toy.

 

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Amazon's description of the Deadpool 2, with the appropriate response from "Wade" himself:

Spoiler: NSFW - Language

 

Right, in the comics, he was just raised in an apocalyptic future where the X-Men were long dead and Apocalypse had taken over.

 

That was another funny Deadpool take over of Honest Trailers.

So, there was a release of Deadpool 2 concept art, which were based on Tim Miller's directorial vision and it included different looks for Juggernaut, Domino and an appearance of The Fantastic Four, to which The Thing has pants and a tank top.



DEADPOOL 2 CONCEPT ART FEATURES FANTASTIC FOUR

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‘Deadpool 2’ Extended Cut Review: Is More Better?

I personally think Deadpool 2 was along the same lines of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2, not as good as the original but not a bad film. They just focused more on setting up jokes and laughs than a strong plot and heart felt story.

 

Basically, the parachute sequence and the mid credits scene were utterly hilarious (much like the highway overpass scene in the original DP) and I enjoyed Cable, but otherwise, not the superhero satire I’d hoped.

I think the author is right about DP being a secondary character going forward (as great as Ryan is), I think he’ll be perfect in X-Force in that role, but Wade’s storyline just did not click for me here. I adored the promo materials leading up to the release though: I think these were a lot funnier than most of the movie.

 

You explained that so well. It was very chaotic. Sadly, DP2 did not sustain my interest enough to want to see it again; but I will happily watch all the promos leading up to it. I guess that best describes me with DP, I just want the funny stuff, because they nail that when they’re focusing on the laughs, but the dramatic elements get in the way for me.

Glad you’re enjoying it in revisits.

 

I gave the super-duper cut a shot. I still love the movie and this does have more stuff (Wade's attempted suicide montage was hilarious and we get more of the kid to establish things, the baby Hitler stuff actually has an end-of-credits post-credit tag and more of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine saying "what?" "Huh!") but some of the alternate takes aren't quite as funny, which is weird. And there's some straight up omissions, no Wade wearing Cerebro and saying it "smells like Patrick Stewart" and, most disappointingly, Ah-Ha's acoustic "Take On Me" isn't there at all. It's instead an acoustic-y version of "Ashes" which doesn't hit nearly as effectively. I do recommend giving it a whirl but unlike say "Aliens", "Abyss", "Lord of the Rings", "Batman V Superman: Ultimate Cut" or most specifically "X-Men: Days of Future Past - the Rogue Cut", this version doesn't supplant the original. Worth a look, though! Then just rewatch the OG cut of DP2 whenever.

 

So would you say it's bad stock, wouldn't make a fine slave?

 

nah still a really fun watch but the original cut is the leanest / has the best gags / super important emotional musical cue. (like the whole Take On Me music video callback in the movie itself when Vanessa pulls Wade through the wall and gets de-scarred doesn't make a damn lick of sense if it's just "Ashes" again. And Ashes works great in the opening but not quite as a callback)

 

I watched Deadpool 2 the other day and I think I enjoyed it more upon my second watch (the first being in the theater).

The one thing I didn't get was the whole Yukio and Deadpool dynamic. Did they give her the smile and wave repeated line 2-3 times in the movie just so she had something to say? Did she originally have more of a part? They don't seem to know each other beforehand. I didn't realize she was a mutant until she showed up in the end for one quick scene. I thought she was there to kind of soften the image of NTW a bit.

 

Was it not a joke that that was the only thing she could say in English? I thought it was obvious when I watched it, but perhaps I'm remembering wrong?

 

She appeared to be fluent in English, especially at the end when she voiced her opinion to NTW that she didn't think it was a good idea to fix and give the time slider to Wade.

 

Remember this is still loosely based on "The Wolverine" version, where Yukio was a Mutant.

 

I didn't realize Yukio was in "The Wolverine". I just remember an atom bomb, a horrible CGI fight scene, and Professor X and Magneto end credit scene.