idk if unalive has ever helped anyone not get banned from any website but it is impossible for me to separate it from deadpool in that one episode of that one animated spiderman show
The bit in Deadpool where he accidentally leaves his bag full of guns in the car because they didn’t have the budget for any gun SFX in the final confrontation is literally the cinematic equivalent of a webcomic artist going “I blew it up because it was taking too long to draw”.
Yep – last-minute budget cuts. They couldn’t even afford extra gun props at that point; if you watch carefully, you’ll see that the taxi scene is shot so that you only ever actually see Wade handling one particular gun, and the inside of the duffel bag is never visible. It was reportedly mostly full of socks.
It’s absolutely incredible that Deadpool was made at all and a successful film on top of that. They had to leak their own test footage in order to get the movie off the ground. Their marketing department was leaning into internet memes, a notoriously fickle and fast-changing enviornment. Ryan Reynolds, tied to the horrific box office bomb that was Green Lantern, was the lead. The R-rating cut down its potential profits. Its risque content meant no China release. It was put in February, traditionally a “dumping ground” for films Hollywood had no faith in. Its star was hidden behind a mask for most of the film and it had no major stars otherwise, its supporting consisted of a teenage girl, a CGI metal Russian, and a woman most famous for being in abruptly cancelled sci-fi television shows.
Deadpool made a boatload of money. In spite of all of that, it made a boatload of money. That is a triumph and practically miraculous considering how little the studio gave them and how much the deck was stacked against them.
My favorite quote is still “It’s like the studio couldn’t afford more X-Men”
I laughed a lot, and both Domino and NSTW were great, but this movie’s treatment of Vanessa was… baffling. Okay, first she’s fridged, which is a tiresome cliche. Then Deadpool goes back in time in a mid-credits scene and saves her? So… very little of the movie even happened in the first place then, now? (Time travel is a pain in the ass.) Or are we not meant to consider the mid-credits scenes canon? Is she dead? Isn’t she? Will she be in Deadpool 3? Will there be a Deadpool 3? Did she not deserve a little better? I have Questions.
…seriously though, that is one casting option I feel like I could reallyget behind
this crotchety old dude wants SO BADLY to be Deadpool’s boyfriend that he’s stanning himself for the role all over twitter and it’s amazing
Ron Pearlman is fantastic.
He’s has never been terrible in anything. He’s a great character actor and people can trust him to bring any part to life. He makes all the weird parts he’s played seem grounded in some kind of truth.
INTERNET, GET HIM THIS PART!
I know of at least one movie where he’s kissed a guy so, hell yes.
Character: Wade Wilson/Deadpool Appears in: Deadpool (film) Commonly interpreted as: Straight But really: One of the most important plot points in the film is Wade’s romantic involvement with a woman named Vanessa. However, multiple people working on the film, including Ryan Reynolds (the actor playing Deadpool), have said that Wade is pansexual, and they might do something with it in Deadpool 2.
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