Comments on: Marvel’s Kevin Feige Has No Interest In Making R-Rated Superhero Movies https://staging2.theplaylist.net/marvels-kevin-feige-no-interest-making-r-rated-superhero-movies-20170418/ Tue, 18 Apr 2017 18:54:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Sleuth1989 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/marvels-kevin-feige-no-interest-making-r-rated-superhero-movies-20170418/#comment-153521 Tue, 18 Apr 2017 17:47:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.net/?p=363410#comment-153521 In reply to Sleuth1989.

And I know what a lot of comic book fans are thinking…”No, that was NOT Deadpool in ‘Origins’.” so sorry if I offended anyone. You’re not wrong. LOL

]]> By: Sleuth1989 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/marvels-kevin-feige-no-interest-making-r-rated-superhero-movies-20170418/#comment-153520 Tue, 18 Apr 2017 17:46:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.net/?p=363410#comment-153520 He’s not wrong. Fox didn’t look at it like that. “Oh an R-rating scares away general audiences.” That’s why it took three films to make the Wolverine film people genuinely wanted that showed the unhinged rage of a near immortal man who lives while all others die. But they failed to understand the R-rating is just a marker for the content. The content itself is what matters and the willingness to push a strong narrative forward that isn’t determined by a pre-assumed box office number but by what will allow the content to be at it’s strongest. Trust me, if the content is strong people will come. “Deadpool” was not exactly the most familiar of characters mind you. Heck I didn’t know exactly who he was till the film itself was announced. Honestly I didn’t even know the character Reynolds played in “Origins” was Deadpool and that I would say was most general audiences. “Iron Man” and “The Avengers” worked because Marvel took a risk. They said “We’re going to make a cinematic universe of our comic book characters” and they did it. They carefully picked their directors until arriving with super-nerd Joss Whedon himself to make the first true cinematic team-up film of superheroes. No other director would have instilled the same choice of appreciation for the material and the nerd culture in it like Whedon would have (He actually wrote “The Avengers” comic book series!). “Deadpool” and “Logan” took risks. To make more mature, adult stories about very mature, dark and unhinged characters. Fox put in half the budget for those films that Marvel put in for their risks. They were cutting corners wherever possible, Jackman had to take a pay cut and made “Logan” for the ridiculously-low budget of $97 million (Considering the “X-Men” films have at times been made for north of $200 million I’d say that’s impressive). “Deadpool” was made for like $80 million or something ridiculous and made MORE than “Days of Future Past”, which took an ensemble of over a dozen actors over the decade and a half the franchise has been around with the film itself more than anything serving as a giant fan tribute to the whole series (It was basically “X2” with time travel). Creative will always win though. Audiences want new and exciting. A fourth-wall breaking superhero, a Western-style characters story. You can’t beat a film with just a good story and committed performers. The love shows in the end. 🙂

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