Exactly How Does Deadpool Change the Game?

This movie was billed as “a game-changer” by its star, Ryan Reynolds. The game is changing, he advances, because the recent spate of super-hero movies have been “serious and… gritty and dark,” and Deadpool is not.

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Have most of the recent super-hero movies been serious, gritty and dark? I would say no. The Dark Knight trilogy was, yes. Man of Steel was, but Man of Steel was a sell-out attempt by comics creators to appeal to the cool kids who don’t like comics. The rest of the genre, rep...