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While Logan had built up a family of mutants through the X-Men, Deadpool only had Vanessa. Like Jackman’s Logan, Reynolds’ Deadpool is forced to come to terms with his existence when everything he cares about in the world, the very thing that drives him, is snatched away. But Deadpool 2’s enveloping bear-hug around Logan enables Leitch’s film to exist in the space around Mangold’s film and harken back to the original driving ideas behind Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s X-Men. No, Deadpool doesn’t sacrifice his amusing personality to become like Logan, and the film isn’t a harrowing experience where death is permanent. Deadpool 2 manages to retain all of the elements that made the first film so successful, but it does so creating deeper emotional layers. Logan isn’t simply an impermanent object that can be tossed away like any other gag, it is the thematic music of the film and perhaps this entire cinematic universe going forward. But as the plot pushes forward and Deadpool suffers the tragic death of his girlfriend Vanessa ( Morena Baccarin), the thematic arc of the film takes shape. This all seems like an extended gag, meant to highlight Deadpool’s fourth-wall-breaking, referential nature. Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) makes a few quips about Logan stealing his R-rating and beating him to the punch in dying in his own film, before promising that he’s going to die in this film too. But David Leitch’s film, despite its hilarity, is surprisingly emotionally grounded, and has more to add to Logan’s message than its overt references to the film.ĭeadpool 2 opens with a music box, featuring the character Logan impaled on the husk of a dead tree in the same position as he died in Mangold’s film.
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The bleakness of Logan seems like a far cry from Deadpool 2, given the latter’s lack of baggage from either a character standpoint or its position in a now-18-year-old franchise.
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Packaged in the form of a post-modern Western and stripped of costumes and some of the flashier aspects associated with superhero films, Logan deconstructed Wolverine’s legacy in an ode to pain. Mangold delivered the film many fans of the character had always wanted: a gritty, blood-soaked meditation on violence. When Logan was released last year, it provided a swansong for Hugh Jackman’s 17-year run as Wolverine, a role he originated in 2000’s X-Men. But what may not have been quite as anticipated is that Deadpool 2 forms the perfect companion piece to James Mangold’s Logan, while furthering the importance of 20 th Century Fox’s entire X-Men-centric franchise. Surprisingly, "The Wolverine" and "Logan" share a stronger connection than just Hugh Jackman and Mangold as director, and one scene in particular links together the story of Jackman's character throughout both films in a prophetic way.Deadpool 2, with its sophomoric humor, plethora of pop culture references, and soundtrack that covers everything from a-ha to Dolly Parton, is a kick in the shins to superhero conventionalism. Take for example the "Wolverine" trilogy, which consists of 2009's "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," 2013's "The Wolverine," and 2017's "Logan," in which each film is drastically different from one another, yet still holds some sort of connective tissue, even if it's not always clear. Despite all the confusion, the "X-Men" superhero franchise has still given audiences some of the most critically acclaimed superhero movies ever made, from James Mangold's "Logan" to Tim Miller's "Deadpool."īut one of the aspects that makes the franchise so interesting is that despite the inconsistent timelines, the franchise still makes legitimate attempts to connect the films together. From jumping across time periods, to constant retcons and re-castings, even Deadpool is confused by all the "X-Men" timelines.
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Let's face it, the "X-Men" films have never been known for having clear continuity.