The Squad Power Walk Into Battle (Accompanied By A Big Tune) Deadpool is a veritable buffet of sly nods, cheeky winks and gratuitous takedowns of overdone film and superhero tropes, such as: 1. It ripped holes into the superhero genre, taking down woefully tiresome Hollywood tropes which were long past their due date. Now, Deadpool isn’t perfect, but when I saw the actual movie, I discovered that it was totally subversive, taking a playful and wonderfully obnoxious descent into meta territory.
In other words, Deadpool seemed like everything most superhero movies are not.
Every time Deadpool broke the fourth wall to address the audience, it felt as though the antihero and I were hating on archaic Hollywood standards together, fighting off the lazy stereotyping, poorly utilized tropes meant to further a humdrum plot, or completely unnecessary objectification of token female characters that colors many Hollywood blockbusters. I’ve always loved the sardonic, self-awareness of the comic book character of Deadpool, and when I saw the first trailer for the new film, I was thrilled to see that the Ryan Reynolds movie looked to be staying true to that vibe.