Daily Archives: February 20, 2016

Deadpool and the Logic of Safety

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Over the years, the superhero genre has become quite popular with a variety of movies and tv shows being released every year.  To some extent, the logic of safety seems to be present as these family friendly releases are making a lot of money.  Although this formula seems to work very well, the release of the new Deadpool movie suggest that there may be changes in how superhero movies are made.  Specifically, the success of this R rated movies has inspired Marvel to consider making more R rated superhero movies.  With that said, what do you think about this possible change in the superhero genre?  Would an R rated movie be more appealing to you?  Do you think R rated superhero movies would be successful?