That effect has not gone unnoticed throughout the film industry, and Andrew Form seems particularly interested in making sure that Duke Nukem can learn from Deadpool and find the tone to honor the source material and resonate with audiences.
Moreover, the Duke Nukem games already play to very similar themes of meta-commentary on pop culture and satire of excessive masculinity, so the Deadpool roadmap seems worth following.
Adapting intellectual property into a movie required filmmakers and producers to remember that a one-size-fits-all approach won’t work.
In the case of Deadpool, that film worked because it found a tone that matched the titular character and capitalized on Ryan Reynolds’ ability to play a perfect smartass.