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I'll go first. Mine is that I can't stand the Deadpool movies. They are self aware and self referential to an obnoxious degree. It's like being continually reminded that I am in a movie. I swear the success of that movie has directly lead to every blockbuster having to have a joke every 30 seconds

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Deadpool was a comic first and yes, that was the point. Deadpool is the only Marvel character who knows that he is a Marvel character. He was around vefore Taiko Watiti decided to self-insert in every movie as a failed comedian.

Tl;dr: it wasn't Deadpool's fault.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Deadpool is the only Marvel character who knows that he is a Marvel character.

Erm, pretty sure She-hulk did that first, and a few others have done it since, but Deadpool does make it more of his schtick.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Yup. Deadpool is entirely about breaking the fourth wall, and the first movie executed that beautifully while injecting a lot of heart into the story. The fact that other movies try to replicate that out of context for laughs is unfortunate.