4 reasons to be more excited for this ‘super duper f—ing group’ than the Avengers
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The second coming of Deadpool to the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes just a few weeks after the long-awaited, much-anticipated third installment of the Avengers series. And honestly, I'm a lot more excited for the Merc with the Mouth.
Avengers: Infinity War was a long time in the making. An incredible 18 films since 2008 have led to this moment, a tribute to the idea of truly building a complex series of interwoven stories that often collide — just like in comic books. The D.C. Universe should take note: Wonder Woman is awesome, but she's not going to carry an entire franchise that viewers aren't truly invested in.
But there's something to be said for brevity, especially in terms of wit, and that's something Wade Wilson (and the Deadpool series) has in spades. Audiences new to the character won't need a week-long primer to understand every character and nuance of Deadpool 2. They probably won't even need to see the first Deadpool movie (but totally should).
In the new trailer, Deadpool makes digs at DC (of course, that's easy) but also makes fun of Marvel, calling Josh Brolin's character Cable by the character Brolin plays in Infinity War, Thanos.
That's just true to the character. In the recent Deadpool comic series, 'The Marvel Universe Kills Deadpool,' he also makes a dig a Marvel's failed Inhumans series.
We all knew the MCU's X-Force was unlikely to include the lineup found in the original Deadpool comics, whch was Deadpool, Psylocke, Archangel, Fantomex, E.V.A., and freaking Wolverine. Just take look at how much Hugh Jackman costs — ain't gonna happen. But that's not important. The X-Force is a super duper f-ing group and though there aren't as many big names in Deadpool 2, there are many reasons to be pumped to see the second incarnation of the Regenerating Degenerate.
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4. Cable.
First off, Josh Brolin as Cable? Awesome. Secondly, the time-traveling psychokinetic cyborg has tangled with Deadpool so many times in the comics (Deadpool even killed Cable recently in The Despicable Deadpool), watching the two actually fight onscreen is going to be action-sequence gold.
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3. "Peter."
The goofy, powerless dad who "just saw the ad" is right there with the X-Force when they get into action.
Negasonic Teenage Warhead needs her own movie.
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2. The MCU X-Force
Stefan Kapicic's Colossus was so awesome in Deadpool, It's great they brought him (and Negasonic Teenage Warhead, of course) back for the sequel. Zazie Beetz and Terry Crews as Domino and Bedlam (respectively) are awesome choices to round out the X-Force.
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1. Deadpool isn't for everyone and doesn't pretend to be.
He's called "The Merc With the Mouth" for a reason. Wade Wilson has never been politically correct, polite, entirely ethical, or even likable. And that's the way it should be.
