7 Reasons Deadpool Has The Edge Over X-Men: Apocalypse

6. The Rating

Before it became hip to be square, there was an argument that would often float around in which the masses would claim that €˜comic books are for kids€™, which, as many can attest, is complete and utter bullshevik. If comic books were only for kids, I wouldn€™t have to thumb through an issue of Harley Quinn before I passed it to my six-year-old daughter, for fear of her stumbling upon Harley castrating a senior with chicken wire. The comic book industry has actually hit numerous road bumps due to the fact that many of their stories are not befitting of a younger audience. The majority of comic book movies, particularly those found within the MCU, have managed to find a balance for both age demographics but, at the end of the day, the conflict is solved through plentiful violence. Awesome, awesome plentiful violence. Deadpool is going to be the first mainstream movie to feature a Marvel character since Blade to wholeheartedly target an adult-only audience. Take a look at the Red Band trailer and you will see and hear things that your mother would most definitely not approve of. Wigs are split, sex is had and T.J. Miller tells Wade Wilson that he looks €˜like Freddy Kreuger face-f*cked a topographical map of Utah€™. All to the roar of a pre-basehead DMX. Sure, Fox€™s X-Men films drop an f-bomb every now and again, Hugh Jackman shanks a few people with his metallic manicure and Jennifer Lawrence wears nothing but blue paint, but it does not compare to the foulness of Deadpool. Deadpool ain€™t for children: the humour is crass, the violence is brutal and you now have an image in your head of Freddy Krueger€™s penis. You€™re welcome.
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