Yes, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Is Fun, But It Points to a Bigger Problem

One of Marvel’s biggest successes in quite some time, Deadpool & Wolverine, is also one of the biggest films of the summer and 2024. The unlikely buddy picture sees Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) team up with a Logan variant (Hugh Jackman) to stop the destruction of Wades world by the Time Variance Authority. Along the way, they come face to face with a fiercely malevolent villain, Cassandra Nova (Emma Corrin), have hilarious and raunchy banter, and join forces with many long-lost Marvel characters. While its undeniably epic to reunite with some of the best Pre-MCU characters, it is hard to ignore a larger lingering problem that has plagued many of Marvels theatrical outings as of late: An over-reliance on nostalgia that sacrifices important story and thematic elements.

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