Halloween Flashback: October 2013
Review: Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Deadpool & Wolverine is less a movie and more a collection of fan service, references, and easter eggs. At the same time, it's a shot in the arm for the flagging Marvel Cinematic Universe, which really should have ended (or at least gone into hibernation) following Avengers: Endgame. Listen, everyone knows the score here: Deadpool exists to break the fourth wall and offering meta commentary on the experience of the film as it happens. It's both refreshing and exhausting in equal portions, but the constant inside jokes that call out everything from other Ryan Reynolds movies to the Disney purchase of Fox to deep cuts for comic book aficionados effectively render non-stop dopamine hits for the viewer that keep things moving along and distract us from the shortcomings of the story. Take out all the fun references and what we're left with isn't much: Deadpool's reality is collapsing because Logan sacrificed himself a few years ago (in 2017's LOGAN, natch), and n...
Good evening Heath. How are you? I'm a huge fan of your work and inspired by your knowledge and love for all things media. I am curious to ask, what are the names of all the Halloween cereals you have in the picture? There's two that I don't recognize.
ReplyDeleteThat is a perfect photo for C@M.
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