Definitely Aerosmith or a re-theme of the exact same playfield!

Here's what you can expect for voicework unless Stern licenses Ryan specifically for the license. And to be clear the pin is comic based.

Comic-based would severely limit the appeal of a Deadpool pin. While the comics may be amazing, funny and clever, it’s not the Deadpool that the majority of the world knows. FAR more people see movies than read comic books. And no Ryan Reynolds will likely make it as dopey as GoTG’s voice acting.

AWESOME. Sign me up.

How would we know that the underside playfield picture you posted with "stay tuned" is Aerosmith? Because it is.

Comic edition with great artwork is the best choice imo. Movie version with RR, no thanks.

Don't get me wrong, the movie version is great and Ryan Reynolds is as perfect of a deadpool as we are going to get. One of the reasons we got a Deadpool movie was because Ryan Reynolds fought for it after the disastrous showing of deadpool in the Wolverine movie.

But the movie is 2 hours of content to pull from, not nearly enough to really break loose with deadpool.

Comic deadpool gives room for a lot of cartoon-ish violence and free reign with the speech. I think that will fit perfectly with the LCD.

Agree, that's Aero. But had me for a minute.

I guess we'll all know in less than four weeks.

ahh yeah bummer. yeah its the orbit not a ramp location. whoopsie. be cool to have open pops around the entrance of a ramp and so if you missed youd get a crazy return, would add a lot of variables to gameplay. people would then rather hit a post than a pop on a missed ramp shot

Iron Maiden is the Archer layout.

Deadpool has 2 flippers haha. Not sure what's new to pinball with it. Wolverine is back and hoping they get a good voice actors for the other characters.

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That would be lovely. Really hoping Elwin's hard work gets released, even if a different theme.

Agreed, but how much better would this have been if it was still Archer instead of IMa?

So is Gomez the designer on this one?

True! But at the end of the day I take layout over theme any day. Having been following Keith's design updates on youtube for a while, I am very excited to one day try that Archer layout.

I don't watch Archer and love old Maiden so for me it would suck.

Seems the COMIC rumors are picking up steam and now the more I think about it the more sad I am. I will be interested but my interest level is already fading each time just a little bit when I think about what could have been with Ryan Reynolds callouts. I think it ends up like X-men if COMIC based. Sure some will like/love it and it might have a couple cool features, but it will probably never be unanimously great and coveted by the community and non-nerd masses. All conjecture and musing of course but just saying it’s a bummer with each passing day that the COMIC based gains steam. Will be more of an uphill battle thematically. Guess we have another 4-7 mos to wonder...

I really want deadpool to do a lot of 4th wall breaks and insult/ talk to the player.

At least with comic based Deadpool it should have really good artwork vs. the more photo realistic movie stuff. It will probably be a marvel approved voice actor either way as I doubt Stern would pony up to hire Ryan Reynolds to do custom callouts.

Movie Deadpool and Comics Deadpool are not really all that different. This is not the X-Men Origins: Wolverine version of Deadpool where the character was unrecognizable. This isn't even like X-Men, where the movie versions of the characters do not wear the same uniforms as their comic book counterparts. I would say this is going to be more like Spider-Man, where if you play the movie or comic versions on the different versions of the Stern machines, the character is still fundamentally the same. I would understand losing interest in a comic book version of this pin if that version of Deadpool looked or acted completely different, but it is going to be the same 4th wall breaking, over-the-top, jokey Deadpool as the Reynolds version. They might even bring in Cable or Colossus or some of the other X-Men to give subtle nods to the movie.

If its comic based I might buy one of them, if based on movie I will buy 4 for route.

It is going to be interesting how this one pans out for sure. I suspect a pin based upon the movie would be better for route operators. The opportunity to have callouts by RR would be fantastic but if it was to use a voice-over I think it would run the risk of being a complete miss (unless rescued by someone with Pinball Browser).

This type of license certainly must put more stress on the development teams now that Stern pins are not using DMDs - integrating gameplay with canned movie clips and voices/voice-overs certainly reduces some creativity and has to increase development costs. I mean if DMD animations don't look great it is a loss but when movie-clips, voice-overs and gameplay don't mix well - then the results are potentially awful. In that regards I think I will soon start to miss the DMD a little - at least when it comes to movie/tv licensed games. However, the LCD lends itself better to a comic version of the game.

I would never pass judgement on any game until I have seen and played the whole package. I am looking forward to seeing how this one turns out but it might take a while as I am still waiting on seeing how GOTG turns out. Willing to wait though as MET, TWD and XMen turned out great IMHO.

I'm in on this one, especially if it is Comic based.

If Zombie Yeti is doing the art (rumor reported via TWIP) I can't imagine his style would be better suited to Ryan Reynolds redraws.

I love the Deadpool movie and I think Reynolds did a great job on it, but think about it, funny one liners aside, how would a movie vs comic pin stack up? Clip art style pins (TWD) are not loved for their art usually. Hand drawns are usually preferred, especially those of the Yeti. Movie based pins look dated quickly imho, whereas a comic based hand drawn pin could be admired and loved long after that movie is sitting in the $2.99 DVD center isle bins at Wal-Mat.

I'll buy it either way, because I love the character, the rumored minds/talents that are working on it, and the humor potential. I sure as hell wouldn't own my Judge Dredd if it had clip art from that awful Sly Stallone debacle, but love it is hand drawn. (Although the Karl Urban 2012 movie IS epic).

I'd really love to see a machine based on either the comics or movie(s), but does anyone else think that all the talk of custom RR callouts is a bit crazy? I mean, even if he is a pinball fan, that's got to be well beyond cost-prohibitive, right? Especially considering the modern lack of custom callouts by nearly any big-name actors, most of whom are still much less famous than he is currently?

Has there ever been a case in pinball history where movie assets were more preferable than comic book? I'd prefer comic based for all of the following games:

X-Men - already comic based
Judge Dredd - already comic based
Spider-Man - movie based and comic based (VE)
Iron-Man- movie based
Walking Dead - Show based
Batman TDK - movie based
Transformers - movie based
Avengers - Movie based

I think out of that list I like movie version dark Knight more instead of comic Because it has the great Heath Ledger.

You can't really do great lifelike violence and do Deadpool justice. Comic art lends itself to great Deadpool violence.

I definitely prefer movie version Iron Man and Avengers for the pins.

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I like the deadpool movie, but I'm super pumped it'll be comic based. That was a good move on stern's part. Pretty excited to see this one come out

I love the move but a comic based Batman Dark Knight game would have been so much better!

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Now that I look at It i am kinda surprised out of four Batman games none have been comic based I would have thought someone would have made one.

I really do not think there will/should be any difference in routing this if its based on the comics or the movie. Look at the panels that Wolfmarsh posted and see how similar the character is both in appearance and in tone to the RR version. A casual fan of the Deadpool movie would probably still assume that the pin was based on the movie. Plus think of how much more creative freedom Stern will have with the license if they are not beholden to movie studios, screen actors guilds, etc.

You are by far the most annoying poster in this thread. If you know so much either spill or get out.

Super quiet here... I’m excited about comic DP and super duper excited about RR movie DP. Oh well, I’ll move on and accept comic.... not the end of the world but will limit market. So anyways. Someone share something cool about comic DP pls!

I want that Bob Ross parody as an attract mode, RR is needed for the call outs thats the bottom line.

Well they would just send him the script and he'd head to a VO booth and bang it out in 10 minutes then send them the file

Totally agree about having RR do the voice of a comic based game. That would be the best of both worlds.

Would be even better if some of the callouts made jokes about it being comic based with his voice.

the problem is. Is that Stern will just pass the game off to whoever. Instead of someone that really loves the theme. When you have someone that really loves a theme, they put their heart and soul into creating the game. Same goes for movies. that's why LOTR is such an awesome movie and the director cared about how the movie was presented. Same goes for the rules for TSPP and LOTR pinball machines. Keith really loved the theme on both games and put extra time and effort in to make it fantastic. If deadpool is a theme stern has acquired, it will probably suck, unless they give it to a designer and programmer who really loves deadpool.

They could probably get what they need out of a well done focus group of pinball people that are also Deadpool fans. But I imagine with a license that may be frustrating to hear a bunch of great ideas then have your hands tied by license restrictions.

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I'd love to see a motion/proximity sensor attract mode where Deadpool heckles people, via video, passing by the machine.

I’m happy to see some reach out to RR on twitter to hopefully catch his attention.
Him on the voicework would be epic. Fingers crossed he acknowledges.

Awesome. Sploosh indeed.

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I saw this and thought to share.

"Someone Criticizes Ryan Reynolds For Promoting R-Rated Movie To Kids Battling Cancer And His Response Is Epic"
https://www.boredpanda.com/ryan-reynolds-make-a-wish-troll-reply/

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There's nothing wrong with the deadpool actor in the X-Men pin. Won't they just reuse this actor again?