Deadpool has another movie coming, and he’s going to destroy Marvel

by Chris Snelgrove
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The MCU has struggled in recent years, but there has been one bright spot Deadpool Wolverinea critical and commercial success grossing over $1.3 billion at the box office. Now, there are strong rumors that Ryan Reynolds is working on a future film in which his famous mouthy dealer will team up with the X-Men.

While some fans are excited about this idea, the reality is that such a team-up would ruin the X-Men’s introduction to the MCU because the inclusion of Deadpool kills any possibility of developing these new characters.

Deadpool doesn’t work and play well with others

That’s because the Deadpool movies revolve around the main character: he steals every scene, speaks directly to the camera, and generally presents himself as an obvious hardworking character. This works well for his solo films, of course, because everyone is here to see the main character. But this is not suitable for a group film because, as we see in every film dead pool In the movie, our main character can’t let the X-Men or anyone else get a word in before he’s interrupted by another smartass.

This works well when people are being funny, and it’s certainly a joy to see Deadpool constantly roasting two good shoes like Colossus. But be honest: Do you really think Colossus or anyone else in Deadpool’s orbit has actually gained any character development in these movies? The answer is “no” because the Deadpool movies do not contain real characters; Instead, everyone else on screen is just a living prop meant to help our cheerful merchant deliver his next crazy plan.

Supernatural X-Pectations

Therefore, Deadpool’s appearance in a future X-Men movie would be disastrous because… marvel He tries to make these mutants well-suited for their first appearance on screen. The bar is already very high because most of the original X-Men movies are very good and look like this X-Men ’97 It showed us how well these mutants work on screen when they’re written well. Now, it’s not an exaggeration to say that if the first X-Men MCU For a movie to be successful, it has to be bigger and better than anything else (movie, show, or comedy) we’ve seen before.

Let’s be optimistic and assume that the first film was a smash hit; If so, introducing Deadpool for the sequel would threaten to undo everything the inaugural X-Men film established. No matter how great the characters and characterization are, Deadpool will ruin everything by turning every scene into just another joke. Plus, it’s very difficult for a new cast to shine when one of Marvel’s most popular characters constantly steals the spotlight.

AARP Superhero

The irony here is that Deadpool appearing in a much later X-Men movie might work because our new mutants will be well-established, making it more difficult for us to do so. Ryan Reynolds To steal everyone’s thunder when he’s on screen. But we don’t even know when the first X-Men film will be released, and Reynolds is already 50 years old. By the time the MCU

Marvel faces a dilemma that even TVA can’t help solve: If they include Deadpool in the first X-Men installment, they could make big profits in the short term (remember, dead pool & Wolverine It earned more than $1.3 billion at the box office.) But it would effectively destroy any momentum built in the first film, crippling the one new franchise Marvel is counting on to save itself. And if they wait until the X-Men are more established, Reynolds will be so old that he’ll need to be recast, effectively ruining the potential profits from putting Deadpool in a movie.

Minimal Marvel effort

As funny and popular as Deadpool is, he just needs to stay out of the MCU X-Men movies for the foreseeable future. This is the only way these films will be able to succeed on their own merits and not rely on an exciting cast that will ultimately ruin the franchise. And unless its writers put in the “maximum effort” into telling an original story rather than just casting a bankable star and hoping for the best, the MCU itself will become the latest victim of this market.

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