All Kinds of Nonsense (Deadpool)

Seriously, what the hell was this all about? In the comic books, Deadpool is the Merc with a Mouth – a mercenary who never shuts up. His main power is that he heals very quickly from injury and is essentially immortal as a result.

However, in 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, an AWFUL version of the character was portrayed on screen. Ryan Reynolds and Scott Adkins shared the role, but Adkins was the unfortunate man who played the post-transformation version of the character in the bulk of his scenes (Reynolds had previously been decent as Wade Wilson, just as he was in this year’s brilliant Deadpool movie).

The character was given a mish-mash of mutant abilities that include Cyclops’ optic blasts, John Wraith’s teleportation, Wolverine’s healing factor, Chris Bradley’s technopathy and retractable adamantium blades. What an absolute mess! Moreover, he had his mouth sewn shut, so he couldn’t even talk non-stop like the comic book version!

And that, good readers, is that!

What do you think? Did you actually prefer the powers depicted on screen? Which other comic book movie characters had powers that differed from the comic book version? Have your say below!