Deadpool Used Irony to Mask an Action Throwback The original Deadpool opened just about five years ago, so it seems like a good time to look back at the two movies. The two Deadpool movies tend to attract attention as superhero comedies or deconstructions, but that’s not entirely accurate. Both Deadpool movies are funny and self-aware, but they are not primarily comedies nor are they especially subversive. Deadpool doesn’t treat the superhero movie the same way that Instead, what’s most interesting about the use of humor and irony in both Deadpool movies is the way in which the films use irony and humor as camouflage for nostalgic throwbacks to old-fashioned action movies.