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Humor and character is what makes Deadpool popular, not the dark elements
The dark elements are what separates Deadpool from being something seen as only appealing to kids.
The success for the movie started when Marvel editors were looking for pitches for a Deadpool solo book - trying to compete with other dark mercenary, anti-hero characters. All of the pitches were treating him like a very saracastic, slightly crazy Punisher.
Joe Kelly's took the angle that the audience had to be rooting for him. He had to be a character that people in some way liked. Kelly clearly understand humor for 6-12 year old boys - wanted to make him funny. Nearly everything that makes Deadpool who is is was created by Joe Kelly and then other writers have gone and ran with what Joe Kelly did.
Joe Kelly's Deadpool book ended when most of the X-Men writers walked out of an X-Men Writing Retreat (X-Retreat) in protest and formed Man of Action - a writing collective who writes and develops animated cartoons. Their best known for Cartoon Network's Ben 10 and Generator Rex. Members of Man of Action also created the comic that Big Hero Six was based on and they got a writing credit collectively for that as well.
There is a really childish quality to Deadpool that makes him appealing. It is humor for 8 year old boys.
Rob Liefield can get all the accolades for creating Deadpool, but most of the credit should go to Joe Kelly.
I think the right question to ask DC/Warner is not about making more R rated superheros movies, but making more fun ones Feb 13, 13:13
I think they like both. IronMan wasn't dark. {nm} Feb 13, 16:46
Agreed. Most superhero movies take themselves too seriously. And, the characters never have a good time or enjoy themselves. Feb 13, 13:31
Humor and character is what makes Deadpool popular, not the dark elements Feb 13, 16:08
Very well said Drakkar. RREYN is great with humor like that. Van Wilder, Waiting, Deadpool {nm} Feb 13, 16:45
Love fun movies and movies where it seems the actors are having fun making them {nm} Feb 13, 16:44
Guess how you make ryan Reynolds the star of a successful movie is disfigure his face and cover it up {nm} Feb 13, 17:16
Was that a shot? LOL {nm} Feb 14, 01:55
For the most art the source material is incomparable. For decades Superman and Batman ruled the roost. Feb 13, 23:32
wow, check out the big brain on brad. thanks for the 411, interesting stuff {nm} Feb 14, 00:28
