Holy Shit I Saw Deadpool And It was Fucking Amazing

I got to see Deadpool yesterday.  My stepdaughter took me, one of my nephews, and her boyfriend.  It fits into the X-men movie universe pretty well, and quite frankly was one of the best superhero adaption movies ever.  From the self-depreciating opening credits to the closing credits bathrobe wearing Deadpool teasing a sequel, it really had no hiccups, slow parts, or things that would give you a moment to cringe.  You could maybe cringe at the violence, but the story itself meshed really well.  There were some flashbacking, because let's face it, they have to tell his origin story, as well as the story of the whole movie, but that's probably to be expected.  I'm not a fan of the flashback type stuff, but comedy of this thing made it more than bearable, it was downright enjoyable.  Stan Lee did a cameo, which was easily the best of the ones Marvel movies have had yet, as an emcee at a strip joint.  It was unexpected, but comedy gold for the comic nut.

Now it was mildly awkward to see some nudity with my nephew, stepdaughter, and her boyfriend next to me, but I've got to say all in all a great movie.  It was definitely a movie for guys, but it had a female hero, a female villian beating the crap out of Colossus, and Ryan Reynolds' backside.  A+ to the movie makers.

Marvel Movies Vs. DC Movies

Today I heard that Jaimie Alexander was a possibility to play Wonder Woman for the DC Comics movies.  She's played Lady Sif in the Thor movies, and is on this new show Blindspot.  I was trying to figure out why she wasn't playing the part.  According to the article I saw, they obviously didn't pick her, especially since by now, we know they casted Gal Gadot instead.  I'm trying to figure what the hell DC does with its movie.  Marvel has managed to make excellent casting choices and has even been able to bring some of their secondary characters and make them first stringers.  With the Batman vs. Superman movie due out in about a month, people are still cringing over Ben Affleck being cars as Batman, and Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor.  I've literally no idea why they've got Zack Synder directing this thing.  I mean, holy hell, Jaimie Alexander would've been perfect, she has the right look, and already has the whole ability to fight thing down, as this article I read points out.  I don't understand why DC makes such obvious mistakes.  They should've kept Christian Bale as Batman too, even if he didn't want to do it anymore, you throw enough money at him till he agrees.  They made a ton of money with the Dark Knight trilogy, but hey, why continue success, when you can throw a huge turd on the wall to see if it sticks?

Made You Look

There's nothing horribly exciting going on here. I'm watching a Johnny Carson rerun.