Jacques Derrida’s deconstruction is perhaps one of the most sublime postmodern philosophical concepts that has affected all fields from architecture to the culinary arts, but it has been completely destroyed. Marvel fans (including yours truly as this article will show).
For the uninitiated, like those whose lives have been consumed by the IIT-IIM race without time for philosophical pursuits, Derrida’s deconstruction refers to the concept of analyzing a text to show that its meaning is not fixed and can change depending on how we interpret it. those people. Focus on discovering hidden contradictions or questioning traditional ideas. For the past 16 years, whether Marvel fans have realized it or not, that’s what they’ve been doing, deconstructing what they’ve seen. perhaps, Deadpool and Wolverine is the culmination of years of deconstruction where the Marvel Multiverse (and his predecessors) have become so big that everything is an inside joke, the reason for cracking another inside joke that the global community can appreciate. Marvel fans live only on the little things they see on screen and interpret what it means for the next phase of Marvel which includes not only movies but also shows, which may not see the little red flags. which led to them living single in their mother’s basement. Simply put, you can be a well-adjusted adult with friends and work-life balance, or you can be a Marvel fan.
For those who identify as Marvel fans, D and W are works of art, the modern equivalent of Guernica meets the Sistine Chapel in comics.
Imagine every joke, every meme, every dream, everything you want in a Deadpool movie and it’s there. It is very meta that Mark Zuckerberg can file an infringement of intellectual property rights. It’s the superhero equivalent of college and high school reunions that you may have lost, but now with your graduation glasses on, you look happy because nostalgia tends to make us forget the horrible memories and keep only the good ones.
The film begins with Deadpool mutilating Wolverine’s corpse before killing it to N Sync’s Bye Bye Bye. Even the choice of song is a throwback to the one that Pyro deliberately played in X2: X-Men United. The film shows several variants of Wolverine including the short one accurately, Patch in Madripoor, Old Man Logan with a cowboy hat, the crucified Wolverine from Uncanny X-Men #251 from 1989, the Wolverine in the brown and yellow suit that finds him in the Hulk ( who does not care for puny Marvel Jesus) and Superman Henry Cavill as Calverinne (rumored to be the original MCU variant and Deadpool promises better treatment than DC).
There are hundreds of Deadpool variants including Nicepool (a riff on Gordon Reynolds), Blake Lively as Lady Deadpool, Headpool (voiced by Nathan Fillion), and Cowboy Deadpool (voiced by okay, okay, okay- Matthew McConaughey).
There are many returning characters including Laura AKA (X-23), Elektra (who doesn’t worry about Daredevil being killed, so Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck divorced), Blade (making Wesley Snipes the actor with the longest innings as a live-action superhero), Gambit (with Channing Tatum eventually took the role) and many unknown cameos.
One of the most interesting revenges is Chris Evans who returned as Johhny Storm instead of Steve Rodgers and unlike the latter, he had no problem mixing up a little French with English. There are many other flashbacks including the Fantasticar, the helicopter, Thanos’ ship, the Giant Man statue, and many other references that this writer can’t remember right now (or bother to check online). As a meta joke, all the discarded characters from the 20th Century Fox Universe are in the Void. Even AC / DC makes a return (the first battle of Wolverine and Deadpool takes place in the leitmotif of Hell’s Bells), a clear throwback to the fact that the Marvel Cinematic Universe began Back in Black as Tony Stark led the military convoy. But what makes the film extraordinary is not all of this.
What’s amazing is that it helps remind us why we love comics. Deadpool very existence because of Ryan Reynolds‘ epochal quest to ensure that the vision of the Merc with a Mouth saw the light of day, he even provided “help” to leak the footage that saw the first film released and become a global hit.
Deadpool & Wolverine – Official Trailer
A lot of people started reading comics when they were kids because they were lonely or losers, who didn’t have many friends. We were lonely, children were often bullied, which was the comic to save our lives. It makes us imagine that we can be strong enough to fight the bully, or that maybe a superhero will come down and save the day. It makes us imagine what Peter Parker, a child who was beaten every day and night, metamorphosed into a man strong enough to defeat his tormentor.
This was long before geek culture was in play when comic book movies weren’t the biggest thing, where seasoned thespians couldn’t play elderly mentors in superhero movies. The Big Bang Theory will never be a sitcom. Geeks don’t run the world; they do not create a social-media platform where they become billionaires, challenge each other to MMA fights, or ask to choose a vice presidential nominee. D and W are love letters to comics, to the make-believe world that made us feel safe when we were children, that made us part of a bigger whole when the world was darker than what we wanted to be.
The warmth you feel after watching the film – fueled by the nostalgic hit Good Riddance (Time of My Life) by Green Day – is the avatar of a childhood that rejoices in the fact that the pain has just been removed. In his own way, Reynolds is doing everything he can to bring Deadpool to life, including helping leak footage that reminds us why we love comics. And in the process, when Deadpool and Wolverine touch new box-office records, it gives losers a reason to remember why we love comics and we don’t just do it.
