CinePals Say the Deadpool & Wolverine Pitch Meeting Parody Nails Why the Movie Works Despite a Thin Plot

We watched the Deadpool and Wolverine pitch meeting from the Pitch Meeting YouTube channel, and our verdict is that Ryan George's parody works because it pokes fun at exactly the things that let the real movie succeed while barely having a plot.

This sketch matters to fans of the film because it recaps and gently roasts its biggest beats, from Deadpool digging up Logan's corpse at the start to the cameo-stuffed void, giving a quick sense of how the movie actually landed with people who loved it.

The Cameo Overload Gets Treated as the Whole Point of Deadpool & Wolverine

The sketch runs through the film's cameo list almost as a punchline in itself: Chris Evans as Johnny Storm, Wesley Snipes as Blade, Jennifer Garner as Elektra, Dafne Keen as X-23, Channing Tatum as Gambit, Aaron Stanford as Pyro, Tyler Mane as Sabretooth, plus Toad, Juggernaut, Nathan Fillion, Blake Lively and Matthew McConaughey as Cowboy Pool.

We got hung up on the Nathan Fillion cameo specifically, since the sketch does not spell out what he did. As discussed on the show, "I think he was one of the Deadpools," and there were reports elsewhere that Blake Lively appeared as well, with the guess being "I imagine Nathan Fillion was slipped in there as one of the Deadpools because I didn't specifically see him."

The Stakes-Free Wolverine Fight Gets Called Out, and We Agree That's Fine

Ryan George's version flags the first Deadpool and Wolverine fight as "a ton of stabbing with no stakes" since both characters regenerate, and that matched our own reaction watching the actual film. As discussed on the show, there is objectively no point to the fight scene beyond "pure unadulterated fun," which lines up with Deadpool's own line in the movie about giving the fans what they want.

We Point Out That Deadpool & Wolverine Basically Gets to Be a Spoof Movie

A friend, Cintel, had pointed out that the film is essentially a spoof movie, not just a superhero movie that breaks the fourth wall, and that framing clicked. Because it is a spoof, the film could do almost anything, so the fact that it has any real plot thread at all counts as icing on the cake rather than something it strictly needed.

That did not stop Hugh Jackman from bringing real weight to his scenes. The hosts singled out the diner scene line about Wolverine being "the guy" where he's from, followed by Jackman's understated "well, not where I'm from," as a moment carrying more depth than the spoof label would suggest, comparing the tonal whiplash to a film school lesson on Chaplin's ability to make an audience laugh and cry within seconds of each other.

The Short King Wolverine Joke Directly Answers a Casting Complaint

Hugh Jackman had long seemed too tall to accurately play Wolverine, and the film addressed that criticism head-on with its "comically accurate short King Wolverine" gag, one of the favorite moments in the movie. There's still a lingering ambivalence about it, since there are shorter actors who could plausibly play the role, though it's an open question whether a future, shorter Wolverine would carry the same resonance once Jackman eventually steps away from the part.

Do you think Deadpool & Wolverine earns its thin plot because it leans fully into being a spoof, or does the cameo overload undercut the story either way?