Friday, August 19, 2011

Deadpool is too mainstream and or doesn't work in this era

Oh Deadpool, you were so cool what happened?  Back when Joe Kelly was writing for your book you were the best thing ever, so why, do you now seem so lame?  Let's take a look shall we?
Maybe it has to do with how the masses view this character, or how the current riders are handling his personality.  But I'm not sure, I think it may have something to do with the current time period we're in; Deadpool came out in the nineties(well technically the end of the eighties) and at that time that character that he was was the norm, a superhero who uses guns and violence instead of heroics, darker, edgier, more mature.

But Deadpool was a parody of these things, a parody of the nineties action hero when the nineties action hero was still popular. At the beginning of Deadpool's first run of comics he was in the height of the nineties action hero, and I think that gave him a distinct advantage, because he could appeal to those who liked the nineties action hero and at the same time appealing to those who didn't like the nineties action hero, simply brilliant.

But now, in 2011, he's not only no longer a parody of nineties action heroes, but he is a parody of himself; I think it's partially to blame for the handling of his characterization by the writer Daniel way, but that can't be just it, because even with Daniel way's subpar writing compared to Joe Kelly or even Fabian Nicieza, Deadpool still does things that he would have done in the older comics, just not as often.

But now, he's nothing more than a relic, and that's partially due to do with the mainstream popularity of this character.
Deadpool is so popular right now and that is another issue, even the best things need to be controlled and moderated, I like chocolate ice cream but I don't wanna have it for every meal of the day; just like I don't want Deadpool to begin every comic in all of marvel.
No one comic book character needs three ongoing series guest appearances in every other series in their lineup just because people on the Internet think he's funny.
Is it hit start to say that Deadpool was to mainstream?  Yeah yes it is, but it needs to be said.
For in my opinion it feels as the Deadpool do things in comics simply because of writers think it would be funny for him to do it and not to get any logic at all, all they see is a psychotic character in a red and black jumpsuit, whose self aware that he's in a comic.  But Deadpool was so much more than that, sure it was a nutjob, but you could tell he has a good heart, he just struggles with his past and the ability to break free from it.

And yes there were tons a silly things in the old comics but they weren't as silly as they are now, in the old comics Deadpool might have encountered a ton of ripoff Deadpools, but in the new comics Deadpool is fighting a monkey assassin, wearing armor made out of chopped meat, and randomly becoming a pirate. Do I still read the comics?  Yes I do, but I'm not enjoying them as much as I should for a character that I used to love so much.
Hell I have a Deadpool figure sitting on my desk right now.

So in conclusion, I feel that Deadpool is mainstream popularity has led to the downfall of his quality; that were once he would do things to make fun of a specific point about nineties comics, now he does random shit for the lulz

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