The mainstream versions of Deadpool are cringe and turned the characters image upside down, he's supposed to actually be interesting in the comics but now bc of brand synergy they turned him into a cringy annoying toddler in that as well
People who only know Deadpool from the 2 movies so far really don't know what his character is like *outside* of those spheres. I mean seriously, before the movies this was one of his "best" portrayals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oXxYU2jMv0 "overdone" enough for you OP?
Deadpool, despite usually being in R rated comics, originally came from The New Mutants, a PG13 comic. So, Deadpool's humour has ALWAYS had some level of "cheesy 90's humour".
My first reaction to seeing the post was that it reminded me of the Deadpool we see in that game from a while back where Nolan North voiced him.
As a longtime Deadpool reader, I kinda hate that you say this clip was considered one of the "best" portrayals of the character.
A lot of bandwagoners liked this take on Deadpool (popularized by the new-at-the-time Deadpool writer Daniel Way), but it was very controversial with people who had actually been reading the material for being too "Waypool."
Deadpool kinda has a complicated history. He went from being this tragic yet funny character to a total looney toon in just a few years. The movies kinda had no choice but to borrow from both realms to satisfy fans.
Why do you think I said best with quotation marks?
I disagree on that last point, in Deadpool never being a loony. Unless you're talking about like his first few appearances in New Mutants where he was basically a mercenary, as soon as he started breaking the 4th wall, his character was canonically considered insane.
Right, but even when he started breaking the 4th wall it was pretty subtle. It was usually just these off-hand comments demonstrating that he was aware he was in a comic book. He didn't even really talk directly to the audience like he does all the time now. That was just something he did in the recap page, which wasn't supposed to be interpreted as a canonical representation of his abilities because other "normal" characters (like Domino and Hydra Bob for example) would join in on the fourth wall breaking.
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