Has Deadpool take the superhero film into the R rated arena for good or are we just visiting

With the success of Deadpool this weekend as an R rated film, will Marvel /Disney, Fox and DC comics along with others begin to make more of their films with an R rating. Films coming up like Xmen Apocalypse (May 2016), Captain America: Civil War (May 2016) or Batman v. Superman (March 2016) are unlikely to be recut to take on an R rating, but Suicide Squad which isn’t due out until August 2016 and is not currently rated could potentially include scenes, which were not slated to be in the film, to move from what has traditionally been the PG 13 rating to bring in teens to see these movies, to a harder R rating. Teens, young adults, and even some older adults have been growing up on superhero movies. Certainly the first installment of the superhero genres with Superman (Christopher Reeve), Batman (Michael Keaton) and Spiderman (Toby McGuire) showed the film industry superhero movies could make money, however the lessons learned were to grow the franchise you have to look at superhero movies as real films and stories and not as simply as comic book movies. The early superhero movies franchises all did well in their first efforts Reeve’s Superman was good in number one and then not in the following movies, the same with Keaton’s Batman and McGuire’s Spiderman. These films paved the way for other superheroes to come to film and to the small screen as well. DC, Fox, and Marvel have all been unbelievable with their efforts to try to tell good stories in a way that is true to the roots in comic but to have wider appeal. However most comic book films have stayed in the arena of PG 13 with the exception of a few which would not have widespread appeal with a lower PG or PG13 rating, and would only hurt what was expected to be smaller box office returns with such films like Constantine, 300, and Sin City. Marvels; Iron Man, Captain America, the Avengers and the Spider Man reboot, with DC’s reboots of Superman and Batman, and Fox with its reboot/ retooling of the Xmen have all, for the most part, decided to address the superhero movies as actual drama and action films. Bale’s Batman certainly elevated the story telling in the superhero movies to a darker and grittier level as much as Marvel has done with its cast of characters. Certainly there have been misses with some stories, but largely these films are good stories and successful in the box office. All the while spinning into some small screen productions starting with some cartoons of Spiderman and the X men to live action stories like Smallville, to now with shows like Arrow, the Flash, the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter. The comic book characters are firmly implanted in our entertainment. Superhero movies have been gaining in popularity every decade since the 80s. The teens who saw these movies then are now moms and dads and some grandparents too. Deadpool is a different type of character but a superhero comic book character is where he lives. This weekend has shown that an R rating isn’t going to be the kiss of death for a film of this genre. Who really is the audience for the superhero movie, I discuss these films with people I know and look forward to them. There is an interest for me because I was a comic book reader these are characters which have been part of my reading since I was a teen are, for me and many others, a part of the literary landscape of the world. Superhero / Comic book characters are beloved figures and their fans are going to see them as long as the stories and the films are good. James Bond, while not a superhero character, he is a several decades long and retooled multi film franchise which has maintained success and stayed out of the R rating arena, because the stories and the films are good. Perhaps Deadpool is one of the characters who needs to be at the R rating level to properly present his stories while the others would not necessarily need to do, to successfully present a good and compelling story. Would the Dark Knight, Bale’s Batman vs. Ledger’s Joker, have been better and darker with an R rating? So what do you think, should more superhero / comic book films move up into the R rated film or stay where they are in the PG 13 level. Well, that’s all for now, other stuff to follow most likely Happy Birthday if it’s your birthday and a very merry un birthday if it isn’t your birthday Thank you for reading, please subscribe, Have a great day and play nice in the neighborhood. Ciao, Invisible Don PS 3 / PS4 Gamer Tag: invisible don Invisible Don PO Box 4425 Roanoke VA 24015 Send me Post Cards … I love Post Cards