If the first three worrying issues were just nerdy gripes from a massive fan of the comic book character, then the last two on the list are far larger weaknesses that signpost big problems for the film itself. The first of these is the humour, which is often silly and - to be frank - just puerile. In the comics, there is no denying that Deadpool makes a lot of jokes about sex, women and the like. This translated pretty well to the Deadpool game, which stayed fairly true to this style of humour. But the trailer for the film strays worryingly close to a form of gross-out gagas found in films like Superbad, American Pie, The Hangover, etc... Successful comedy films in their own right, but absolutely not representative of Deadpool's sense of humour. In fact, some of the jokes are worryingly close to the Scary Movie franchise's style. Firstly, the "brown pants" joke. It wasn't funny in the leaked test footage, but isn't as much now that it's been carried over to the actual trailer. Poo jokes? Really? In an R-rated movie? There are some hilarious gags in this trailer - as mentioned, the Weasel conversation stands out, the Green Lantern joke is funny, the teaser trailer is brilliantly clever, Reynolds' drawing of a bad guy getting shot ("OUCHIE!") is great - but toilet humour isn't going to cut it where an ingenious figure like Deadpool is concerned. The references to sex are fine - as stated, Deadpool isn't any stranger to hilarious dirty jokes! - but performing the "suck it!" gesture isn't funny at all. That's something that was maybe humorous to teenagers when DX were ruling what was then called the WWF. It certainly isn't funny now, even in a nostalgic, ironic way. Plus, on top of all of that, trying to make predictable teen-movie jokes funnier by sticking thirty "f*cks" in every sentence is dull. It's great that Deadpool can swear to his heart's content (and shouting "motherf*cker! when he gets shot is a great moment), but the Weasel dialogue, for instance, would have been funnier with less emphasis on the swearing and more on the hilariously surreal imagery thrown up (a "topographical map of Utah"? Genius!). Let's hope that the crowd-pleasing toilet humour is just there to promote the film to casual fans, and that the film itself has a more singular, Deadpool-esque comedic slant.
