How NOT To Introduce Deadpool

Theres no question when Deadpool was first introduced on screen in X-Men Origins: Wolverine fans everywhere were extremely disappointed in this portrayal of the Merc with a Mouth. Luckily after a leaked proof of concept, Deadpool was finally given the respect he deserved on the big screen. But how exactly did the studio think first version of Deadpool would win audiences over?

#deadpool #xmen #wolverine #nerdstalgic

[Nova_the_starcatcher]

him "cleaning up the timeline" was the funniest shit

[eminkilicaslan]

"This character's most prominent gimmick is being mouthy."
"Yeah, let's shut him up."

[HotDogTimeMachine]

To be honest the first half of the movie where Ryan Reynolds swings swords and talks too much is not entirely bad. You can sense the potential in him. It's just everyone remembers the abomination at the end.

[johnpatz]

The “merc with a mouth” without a mouth would be like having Aquaman not be able to swim, Batman being afraid of the dark, or Spider-Man being afraid of heights

[roberttreacy]

I remember when my friends and I saw Deadpool 2 and when Deadpool he shot his X-Men Origins counterpart, the theater was filled with laughter! 😂😂🤣😂

[the___dude]

Ryan Reynolds was born for this character. Nobody can play it better than him

[Primus_]

The worst part about the XMen Origins is that they introduce us to the perfect Wade Wilson to us, making the people who know Deadpool excited. All they had to do was give him a healing factor and face that even a mother would puke at to make him the perfect Deadpool, but they decided to make that Thing.

[Nova_the_starcatcher]

I wish all the xmen films were like the deadpool ones, not necessarily being rated R, but just with how they wholeheartedly embrace the comic-bookness

[OtherMomo]

I can't believe the first Deadpool movie taught the lesson of adapting properties to live action, and then we still got uncharted by sony and halo by paramount

[skybluebrad]

Ryan Reynolds before the transformation scene still rocked as Deadpool, and no one was upset when he came to stay as Deadpool

[AstonishingRed]

There’s usually at least a handful of people that accept a bad creative decision for a character. This wasn’t one of those times. Literally everyone hated what they did to Deadpool.

[MoanKnight]

I love how they killed off the Xmen Origins Deadpool for a fourth wall break gag in Deadpool 2

[Qunchyy]

I like to think that the guy who first suggested removing his mouth is just naturally chaotic neutral and knew it would piss us all off. Because that I can respect lol

[sean_mccadden]

"We hope to surprise you" that was like asking for a PS5 and getting Mario teaches typing 😅

[omcorc]

When I first saw this movie, my jaw dropped when I saw how they were introducing Wade Wilson. Then I actually considered leaving the theater entirely when "Deadpool" showed up, but I figured the movie was almost over, and so that was that. Anyway, I sometimes get the sense that no matter what the writers or studios say, I feel like they just hate some characters for whatever reason. For example, saying "We wanted to surprise you! Surprise!!!" is just another way of saying "I hated this character and never wanted to use him in the first place!" Or, at the very least, the writers just didn't really know nor understand who the character was. And to them, who cares? The movie was about Wolverine. I guarantee they seriously thought few would care.

[Zombiesnyder]

Good thing I didn't know who Deadpool was when I watched this movie

[peterconnaghan]

Got a mint mobile ad in the middle of this and didn't realize it was an add for a second

[GothPaoki]

It's actually impressive how inept the director and screenwriter were for this movie.

[NuevoExistence]

Reynolds spent half of his career to be deadpool. This would never have happened without him. He even said no to high paying gigs.

[disht]

If that's the endpoint of where they wanted to go, there was a simple change they could have made: call him Mimic