Deadpool 3 could fail the same way X-Men Origins: Wolverine did

The worst X-Men movie happened because of the last writers strike.

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[NerdSyncProductions]

I could have made fun of Green Lantern instead of The Nines, but that joke is so easy it's bush-league ⚾

[seleniumyang]

I was a child during the last writer's strike and once you mentioned Transformers 2 it occurred to me that a lot of the terrible movies I grew up with probably were impacted by that strike and I just didn't know

[ScooterinAB]

That this is the 3rd writers strike in... like 20 years... I'm going to say that no, Hollywood hasn't figured out that they need to treat writers like people.

[LittleMissGhostess]

If I had a nickel for every time a Wolverine/Deadpool movie was forced through production during a writer’s strike, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it’s happened twice

[starlepus]

to be completely honest i actually kinda like the "okay....the people are dead" line. it works for deadpool in a way

[eatatjoes]

My clearest "writers' strike" memory happened around CN Real, where Cartoon Network tried and failed to drag viewers back in with reality TV - it's amazing but not surprising that the only four things that came out alive with that era were Andrew W.K., Tower Prep and Unnatural History and Total Drama Island where the other shows on that block just flat out died.

Also, I remember Wizards of Waverly Place suffering big time too.

I was around 12 during the last strike and somewhat oblivious. Now I'm 29 and *pissed off* about the sheer greed of CEOs in regards to art and writing.

[LikeTheBuffalo]

For me, my Lest We Forget casualty of that writer's strike was HEROES. Excellent set-up, then contractually obligated to scrap all existing story ideas and non-union writers were brought in to try and kintsugi the show back together but they didn't use any gold.

Edit: And you drop a Drew Gooden vid at 10:35 describing this very thing. _hat tip_

[RickReasonnz]

Big, BIG difference in that Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are very passionate and directly involved in the production, so it has a massive leg up over Origins.

[dracowolf]

The difference with wolverine and Deadpool movies is that Ryan Reynolds is writing most of the movie. The script has been In works for years. With the writers strike it may not impact this movie at all, but Deadpool 3 would be similar to Deadpool 2 in quality but with more cg.

[AverageMiner]

Came for the baseball jokes, stayed for the impressive knowledge base and in depth analysis of the importance of writers in the entertainment industry.

[jsw]

There are a couple of big advantages they have this time though.

1) Most important, since Deadpool wears a mask, the dialogue that is used in the final cut could be done by Reynolds doing a bunch of improv as ADR once the strike has finished.

2) Reynolds was heavily involved in writing the script, so I’m sure they’ll have gone through so many drafts to get it right

3) They have had two Deadpool movies before this which were great, so they should have a pretty good sense of tone when writing 3.

[Cincinnatijames]

Since Deadpool is in a mask most of the time, they probably assume the after the strike is over they can add quips in post.

[dirt]

Disappointed Scott didn't end the video with "Okay... the video's done." Ah well, no one's perfect.

[Sean-niqy]

Thumbs up for liking Over The Top, an underrated gem of the 80s! Fun fact: the arm wrestling event at the end was filmed at a real event and many of the arm wrestlers in the film were actual professionals. Talk about lending a hand!
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[mrjohnclark]

As of August 12, 2024.
Deadpool and Wolverine broke 1 billion dollars.
This video aged poorly.

[Timewarpiaman]

The issue is the studio execs don't know whose actually responsible for making them all of their money. It's like running a bakery and thinking you'll be fine if all the bakers quit, THEY HAVE ALL THE POWER Hollywood. Whose gonna write your movies if all the writers quit?!

[keithgehman]

That line about them sewing Deadpool's mouth to not have to write him lines makes so much sense

[beansfebreeze]

I've always wanted to be a writer. It's literally the only job I've ever wanted and when I speak to or listen to staffed writers talking candidly about their situations it's often extremely depressing or at least pretty discouraging. It's especially frustrating because the general public has no clue what's going on and there's zero pressure for the studio execs to actually change anything until everyone goes on strike and even then nothing substantially changes while the only thing the public takes away from it is "wow that xmen movie sucked why are people saying writers should be paid more?" It's not like it's even their fault for not knowing because speaking about the conditions (declining pay, obtuse contracts, few benefits) outside of a general strike makes you, the person that can barely afford to live in the state you work in, look terrible to the execs with literal yachts and mansions.

You don't move across the country to get into writing for the money, you do it because you're passionate and that's what they take advantage of

[Mario_Angel_Medina]

_G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra_ is the perfect G.I. Joe adaptation because it captures what an story improvised by a bunch of kids when given access to a pile of action figures and toy vehicles would be like... still, I wish they just delay _Deadpool 3_ untill the strike is over, and prefferently is over because the writers got what they demanded

[onbearfeet]

I had a gig writing movie reviews when this movie came out. Superhero movies were one of my specialties because this was before pop culture was completely taken over by Comic-Con attendees (I say as I wait for my badge in the mail) and I was the only person on staff who'd ever read a comic book. (I was also one of only two women on staff, which many people found unsettling, but anyway.)

I remember watching this movie and being completely baffled by its utter awfulness, especially considering the comics they'd clearly started with. Afterward, I emailed the editor something that started with, "I don't know what I just saw, but I want my two hours back." I didn't even have the vocabulary to explain how far off the rails that movie was. It was like someone had stuck a Rob Liefeld sketchbook inside the dust jacket of a Shakespearean tragedy and called ot a day.

Thank you for finally explaining some of my trauma. 😂