In this episode of the “Giant Mess” podcast, movie lover Neal Lynch recaps and reviews Deadpool and Wolverine, the most Deadpool movie in the history of Deadpool, a meta buddy comedy that ushers in the Mutant Era of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Deadpool and Wolverine is the first R-rated movie in the MCU, the first R-rated movie directly distributed under Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, and the first R-rated movie to cross $200 million domestically in its opening weekend.
Cast
Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool:
A wisecracking mercenary from Earth-10005 with accelerated healing but severe scarring over his body after undergoing an experimental regenerative mutation to treat terminal cancer
Writer Rhett Reese described Deadpool as a fish-out-of water in the film, a lunatic dropped into the “sane world” of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Hugh Jackman as James “Logan” Howlett / Wolverine:
A former member of the X-Men and a mutant with healing abilities, retractable claws, and an adamantium-infused skeleton.
Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Paradox:
A Time Variance Authority (TVA) agent who oversees an unsanctioned project to speed up the death of Earth-10005 by using the “Time Ripper”, a machine which can mercy kill timelines. Paradox hopes to prove himself with this to become the leader of the TVA.
Synopsis:
Deadpool is offered a place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by the Time Variance Authority, but instead recruits a variant of Wolverine to save his universe from extinction.
Deadpool’s peaceful existence comes crashing down when the Time Variance Authority recruits him to help safeguard the multiverse. He soon unites with his would-be pal, Wolverine, to complete the mission and save his world from an existential threat.
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Irish-Italian-American who graduated from a Catholic high school (even though I’m not Catholic), and a college known for producing doctors and lacrosse players, then became neither.
Former 4th string quarterback and middle relief pitcher at a Division III university.
Degrees in Film & Media Studies and Communications.
Worked for Condé Nast, New York Post, SportsNet New York, and Hearst Television.
Divorced dad who blogs, podcasts, writes, edits, optimizes, strategizes, and over-analyzes.
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