This Is Why I Don’t Do Short Posts

You can blame Jon for this. Not because he says he’s “been working on a new blog post” ever since his last one came out (about 3 weeks after he said it was done), but rather because he made two semi-poignant notes about The Dead Pool in our recent phone conversation.
1. Apparently The Dead Pool [...]

It’s Official: Deadpool Movie Greenlit

I’ll add to this post over the next day or two when I get time and info, but apparently FOX (boooooooooo) has already greenlit a Deadpool movie spin-off. Here’s an article from Variety:

Reynolds to star in ‘X-Men’ spinoff
Fox has begun development on ‘Deadpool’

By MICHAEL FLEMING

Fox’s ‘X-Men‘ spinoff ‘Deadpool’ will be a star vehicle for Ryan [...]

Quit Calling Me “Hero”

You ready for a truly disjointed dip into the Pool?
So after this past weekend’s abysmal failure that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine, I’ve taken it upon myself to save comic book movies. What makes me so absurdly ego-maniacal to think I can do this? Maybe that, The Dead Pool’s previous posts about comic movies have been [...]

Weird Things

http://xkcd.com/557/
I was racking my brain for things to write about, because I’m trapped in the middle of three styrofoam walls for the next 6 or so hours. I thought about talking about dreams, hence the XKCD comic, but considering that I usually don’t remember my dreams (and the ones I do remember, I’m not particularly [...]

NO! Deadpool Is Ruined!

Okay let me get on my geeks pants for this one. My inner child is one pissed off little fucker right now. Why? I’m glad you asked.
Like every other geek, fanboy and dateless wonder, I went to be disappointed by Watchmen this past weekend. Part of the Watchmen experience was a nice long trailer for [...]

Yes, Yes, Oh God Yes!

This is better than sex. Apparently Ryan Reynolds has signed on to play… get this… DEADPOOL in the new Wolverine origins movie, due out in May of 2009.
Deadpool is now and forever will be my favorite comic character of all-time. Naturally, I wanted to play the role of The Merc With The Mouth when he [...]