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[kryptonitemonkey]

Been a good, productive day. Went and saw Captain America: Civil War, then came home and watched Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool, and Ant-Man. Good day.

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[pixelzomblina]

Pretty much the same reasons as you. I enjoy reading his comics so much and own quite a few. At first I was a bit upset that he didn't have some of the traits like his comic counter part (schizophrenia, the voices, etc), but I agree that they did the character proud as well. ♥

[kryptonitemonkey]

It's true, dueling voices would have been neat. Of all my comics and graphic novels, some of my top favorites have to be my Cable vs. Deadpool graphics, which are absolutely hilarious.

[pixelzomblina]

I have yet to read the duo together, so if you have any recommendations, please share! I've enjoyed his adventures with Spiderman. I feel their personalities mesh well with their wit.

[kryptonitemonkey]

Cable & Deadpool is hilarious for the opposite reason; they are completely opposite characters. They have history too. I believe Deadpool was actually introduced as a merc sent to kill Cable. I would absolutely start with the first few Cable & Deadpool graphics/collections. Not only are they great, but they encompass an ongoing storyline, so you lose a lot if you don't read them in order. Volume 1 is called If Looks Could Kill and I think it's just right. It is about both of them, so you will get to know a lot about Cable as well.

[pixelzomblina]

SAVED INFO ON MY PHONE! You're awesome! Thank you!!! ♥

[vorpalgirl]

On the other hand though, one of the biggest appeals of the character is his complete ignoring of the Fourth Wall even as literally every other character obeys it, and the movie retained that beautifully. If you think about it, to everyone ELSE in-universe he must still seem really nuts! And anybody not aware of the Fourth Wall's existence would assume he were schizophrenic for that reason even WITHOUT the actual "voices" otherwise being there.

Also bit of Fridge Brilliance (if you know the term): aren't the voices depicted as The Little Yellow Boxes? Which...can only exist in the comic book format? Or am I wrong and they've done both? (I've read SOME Deadpool comics, but not a lot) I know he argues with his own narration/thought boxes though. Which you wouldn't be able to do if they weren't there.

It's also possible they're "easing" us into his insanity. But it's always worth noting too that the Deadpool/X-Men movieverse is literally its own universe as far as Marvel's multiverse is considered (they've actually stated this outright before, that the Marvel-made movies are one continuity, separate from the 616 universe of the comics, and that Fox's movies are also their own continuity, separate from both of those). He is, literally, not the same version of the same guy from the comics (616 or other universes), but an alternate-universe counterpart. IIRC, "Lady Deadpool" was also "sane" compared to 616 Deadpool, so there's actually precedent for versions of Wade being "less" crazy than the original from the comics.

I'm glad he was at least a LITTLE crazy though ;) Or he wouldn't feel like Deadpool.