8 Ways Deadpool Is Changing The Game

Deadpool is, in his own words, a "different kind of superhero". Whilst it's up to you if his movie differs enough from the glut of other superhero movies out there in its format (DP's fairly standard origin story is told in continuous flashbacks throughout the film), it is very true that the character given to us on the screen is a breath of fresh air. With no filter on his language, he swears and cusses a bloody (read: really bloody) swathe through dozens of faceless henchmen. It's fantastic.

Regardless of the fact that Deadpool is a crass individual, if superheroes existed in real life I'm fairly certain they'd all be effing and blinding their way through their fights. And you better believe that there'd be buckets of blood everywhere, too. All of these things are restricted by a PG-13 rating at the movies. So, ironically, for all of Deadpool's fourth wall-breaking insanity, his actions and their consequences are probably the most realistic, thanks in no small part to that R rating.

The most pleasing development of the release of Deadpool is that the R-rating has come with a sh*t-ton of financial and commercial success - the implication being that all the other movie studios may just sit up and take notice. And that's the tip of the iceberg...