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Embrace the Rom-Com That Is 'Deadpool'

Somewhere, someplace there’s someone who’s going to get snagged by this (one can only hope).

by Ian Stark
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If you’re a dedicated Inverser, lover of comics or general watcher of current events and/or social media, this probably registers at least a titter:

If not, the joke’s on you as Deadpool is not:

Definitely, Maybe (2008) 

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…or…

The Proposal (2009) 

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…or..

Just Friends (2005)

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…or even…

Turbo (2013)

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…but instead an R-rated superhero movie starring a Marvel mutant (also known as the “Merc with a Mouth”), and while it does include some love story bits, it’s really about a masked superhuman who kills people until they are really dead. Observe the red band trailer:

You might remember Reynolds’s previous, not-so-fulfilling turn as Deadpool:

And you might remember him from Sabrina the Teenage Witch:

…but whatever your take on his body of work, you can take yourself to a movie theater to see Deadpool starting on February 12, 2016.

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