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Meet the Characters of X-Men Origins: Wolverine

by Greg Dean Schmitz | April 22, 2009

Summary

X-Men Origins: Wolverine marks the fourth film appearance for Marvel's most popular mutant. By now, you should be pretty familiar with Wolverine and his super-powered teammates from the previous X-Men movies, but unless you're a comics aficionado, you might not recognize some of Logan's other compatriots, such as Wade Wilson, John Wraith, and Agent Zero. And although Sabertooth, Stryker, and Cyclops have been seen on the big screen already, there are new actors playing those roles this time around. That's why we've put together this rundown of the major players you're going to see in the upcoming installment of the X-Men saga. Back to Article

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Mister_Prophet writes:
on Apr 22 2009 06:10 PM

Just don't screw up Deadpool and Gambit. That's all I'm asking.

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Odd Persona writes:
on Apr 22 2009 06:14 PM

Word on the street is that this movie isn't so great, and by street I mean from a couple of my friends who've seen the leaked version of this film.

Not that it comes as any kind of surprise since all the X-Men films have been tedious bores in my opinion.

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lestatthevampire writes:
on Apr 22 2009 06:20 PM

Cyclops.... hmmm. Scared.

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sportzboy698 writes:
on Apr 22 2009 06:25 PM

I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for this movie...I couldn't think of anyone better than Ryan Reynolds for Deadpool's part.

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Nick P. writes:
on Apr 22 2009 06:47 PM

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im not going to ruin anything for you but they don't give justice to deadpool (even though i think Ryan Reynolds did a fine job) and for gambit he is really not if the movie a lot so its hard to say they screwed it up but the parts he was in i enjoyed.

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Tyrant writes:
on Apr 22 2009 07:03 PM

Gambit is gonna be awesome, i know it.

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toats m. writes:
on Apr 22 2009 07:07 PM

i swear deadpool can teleport because in ultimate alliance he teleports and has a number of teleporting combos i dont no why

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toats m. writes:
on Apr 22 2009 07:14 PM

odd persona do realize that the leaked version is an unfinished version of the film, meaning visual and special effects arent fully done and you can see the wires in the seens that there used in. and your friends are prolly idiots and worship tdk like every other comic newb. dont get me wrong tdk is a great movie but so so overrated,besides joker obviously

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Derek P. writes:
on Apr 22 2009 07:26 PM

sorry to burst all your hopeful bubbles... but this movie is no better than any of the other 3 disasters. as i once heard somewhere, "do it right, or dont do it at all"... i wished and hoped and PRAAAAAYED that they would do gambit and deadpool justice. unfortunately, they are actors thrown into a few random scenes, the only thing in common between these actors and their portrayed characters are the names given. calling some actor "gambit" does NOT make him gambit. if you liked any of the other x-men movies, you'll love this random cash grab....otherwise, prepare to be truly disapointed, TRUE X-MEN fans.

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WallEField writes:
on Apr 22 2009 07:29 PM

Screw Deadpool, would've rather not seen him in the movie at all. Just don't screw up Gambit, that's all that matters to me. *chucks Deadpool in the overrated comic book character along with Batman*

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Astacius writes:
on Apr 22 2009 08:17 PM

***** Gambit and Deadpool...neither they are the other muties [minus Sabertooth of course] needed to be added to this film and from what I'm hearing, I'm pleased they get little screen time. Makes my day.

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Chris B. writes:
on Apr 22 2009 08:36 PM

omg!

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rorylikesgoodmovies writes:
on Apr 22 2009 08:37 PM

word on the street, this movie is the best of all the x-men movies, aparently it was leaked and some people talked about it online aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, yeah so deadpool has about 10 minutes of screen play between being wade and deadpool, two seperate entities.... anyway don't wanna spoil it but gambit was pretty bad ***, would have liked to see more from him but over all really good movie.

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ledawg1138 writes:
on Apr 22 2009 08:49 PM

In reply to this comment (#2436095)
Same here.

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Odd Persona writes:
on Apr 22 2009 08:59 PM

In reply to this comment (#2436175)
Yes indeed, my friends are 'prolly idiots' and every night they slather themselves in paste and role around in Batman comics incanting the Jokers lines from The Dark Knight.

Christ, you don't think I realize the "special effects" aren't finished? Effects don't make a compelling narrative or memorable characters. All the computer generated effects in the world amount to nothing if the script is a dud.

In any event I won%u2019t personally pass judgment on the film until I see it in theaters. (If I even do.)

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woundedmakers writes:
on Apr 22 2009 09:08 PM

Sorry guys but Deadpool isn't in this movie. There is a b@st@rdized Mortal Kombatish-looking superhuman boss guy that is called Deadpool, though.

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Apr 22 2009 09:24 PM

LOL Ryan Reynolds has even said he's not playing Deadpool but Wade Wilson, so yeah, don't get any of your hopes up for Deadpool.

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ledawg1138 writes:
on Apr 22 2009 09:50 PM

In reply to this comment (#2436355)
Oh God...

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Solonik -. writes:
on Apr 22 2009 11:23 PM

This is...not a good movie.

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crackr writes:
on Apr 23 2009 03:02 AM

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yeah it was weird and they phuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked up Gambit

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Solonik -. writes:
on Apr 23 2009 03:11 AM

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Yea, and they pretty much fuuuuuuucked up the entire movie. Not really sure how that happened. Brett Ratner was not involved, though after seeing some of this you would think he was the real, uncredited director.

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Solonik -. writes:
on Apr 23 2009 03:13 AM

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Agreed, and that pretty much sums up the problems with this film. Special effects or no this film is a disaster. The monkeys at the typewriters failed big time.

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Kevlegs writes:
on Apr 23 2009 03:30 AM

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Agreed. Was it worth Gambit being in the movie? Not the best of the movies

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Oblivioncry writes:
on Apr 23 2009 03:34 AM

i watched the leaked version and i will surely watch this film in cinema. it wasnt the greatest film plotwise, but watching hugh jackmann slaying it all in wolverine modus was total fun. anyway it was ten time better than x-men 3 and action wise better then x-men 2. all in all it's a good mindless flick to watch in cinema and WHOOOOO along as wolverine fights Crank style ;)

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JojoTR writes:
on Apr 23 2009 06:20 AM

It at least should be better than Last Stand.

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i_b_ray writes:
on Apr 23 2009 07:27 AM

Not a big deal or anything (but in case you want to edit the piece): You refer to X-Men: United a few times, but accidentally call it X-Men: Last Stand

:)

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TheCaptain of TeamLoyalty writes:
on Apr 23 2009 07:37 AM

Only newbs and dumb****s actually think that Gambit is important. Us REAL Xmen fans will probably like this movie. SO go away fools and go masturbate to pictures of gambit and try to rationalize how he is an important character.

Deadpool fans are not xmen fans, they are deadpool fans. So this is not a deadpool movie.

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King Thor writes:
on Apr 23 2009 09:45 AM

I just feel really bad for Ryan Reynolds after watching interview. He really seems to like Deadpool a ton and knows as much about him as the rest of the Deadpool fans. I've always thought (along with the majority of people) he was the perfect actor to play him. It will be quite a shame if he cannot portray a true Deadpool in his own movie in the future. Not seeing what Ryan would like "a 100% loyal and accurate Deadpool movie" in the future would be like the girl you loved that got away.

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woundedmakers writes:
on Apr 23 2009 09:51 AM

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wow, what a mind-numbingly stupid post. Guess what? I am a Deadpool fan AND an X-Men fan--and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one. And Guess what else?!--This movie takes a steaming dump on both of them! Us REAL X fans know shht when we smell it.

"Darrrr Go masturbate to pictures of Gambit darrrrrrr"

If you were an X-Men, you'd be Dazzler. Nuff said.

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tyler g. writes:
on Apr 23 2009 10:00 AM

Sorry to break it to you "Real X-men fans" lol... Having watched it... this movie SUCKS. You can tell yourself its because i'm not smart enough to understand the CGI wasn't finished or I'm pissed off because I saw wires - whatever you need to convince yourself that your idol Wolvie is in the greatest movie EVAR!! But, if you've followed the comics ever, EVEN A LITTLE you know its horribly bastardized. And I'm not talking bone claw revision post Magneto revision... I'm talking "Adamantium bullets" LOLOLOL you'll see its revisions are far worse than any of the previous X-Men movies. X1 and X2 at least had excellent narratives despite having the storyline to the characters changed. This movie not only tops those in terms of how much they changed the storyline but the narrative is horrible. The Wade Wilson character may have an expanded part in the unreleased 10 minutes that wasn't in the leaked version but as it is... He's in the movie for about 2 minutes total and he's the bright spot in this whole abortion. You comic snobs will love the last 10 minutes to death and by love you'll walk out to your cars put a vacuum hose over the exhaust and gas yourself to death in the parking lot. ENJOY!

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tyler g. writes:
on Apr 23 2009 10:03 AM

This thing is Daredevil/Electra bad lol

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Astro C. writes:
on Apr 23 2009 10:07 AM

This film is called:

X-Men Origins: WOLVERINE

Not:
X-Men Origins: Every single Marvel charaters perfectly depicted to satisfy every single Marvel/X-Men fans in the universe

Because this title would be too long.

If they don't frak up Logan and give me good entertainment bang for my bucks, I'll be very happy.

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Max P. writes:
on Apr 23 2009 11:02 AM

Why are so many people bashing the X-Men series on the whole? We can all agree that The Last Stand sucked, but X2 was really good stuff.

But, yeah in all seriousness this movie is bad bad bad. I'm looking forward to seeing what it racks up on the tomato meter.

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TheCaptain of TeamLoyalty writes:
on Apr 23 2009 11:24 AM

I love how walking abortions like tyler g act as if they actually saw the movie and thus think their retarded opinion is fact. Guess what, you are not an xmen fan, you are not a comic book fan, you are an intellectual lightweight that is jerking off on his copy of Dark Knight right now.

Okay Steven D, i want a full analytical review of this movie with evidence showing that it is a dump. Oh wait you never saw it and your blind hatred of fox is coming thru, you must be an Obama sheep, you act and talk like that ****ing dictator.

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TheCaptain of TeamLoyalty writes:
on Apr 23 2009 11:27 AM

i have come to this factual conclusion, all the profiles that are just a real name then their last names' initial are the same troll that is going around bashing fox and wolverine, go away troll and get a life.

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Biscuit23 writes:
on Apr 23 2009 11:50 AM

I don't get why every movie discussion, someone has to mention how The Dark Knight is overrated. I hate to be one of "those people" but come on overrated is not the word to use. If you don't like it thats fine, but out of 100 people that I have heard talk about it, at least 90-95 said it was awesome. You don't have to act like your opinion matters, we understand that your right and were wrong. A movie that is second all time in the box office can hardly be called overrated. I don't like Titanic obviously but it would be idiotic for me to call it overrated even if every girl saw it 5 times in theaters. Are people really that annoyed that The Dark Knight is so popular? You act like your cooler for being so much above the best movie of 2008. I am sorry I couldn't understand how bad The Dark Knight was and I told myself I loved it. It's kind of pathetic that people really get mad about a movie that is praised. I personally love the Dark Knight and have seen it many many times, but I don't feel the need to bring it into discussion all the time. It's usually the "haters" that mention it, not the people that like it. Lastly, TDK shouldn't be coming up in discussion with X-Men anyway, they are extremely different. You wouldn't believe some of the things I have read, like The new Punisher being 10x what The Dark Knight is lol. I am sorry that me liking a movie is wrong, I am probably one of those brainwashed people that told myself I liked it, and you were NOT one of those people that like to be "different" so you hated it before you saw it.

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Shatter24 writes:
on Apr 23 2009 11:56 AM

Writer of article, please take note that in your description of Cyclops, the events you attribute to X-Men: The Last Stand actually happpen in X2: X-men United. Thanks for correcting this.

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Max P. writes:
on Apr 23 2009 11:57 AM

I'm actually a real individual, believe it or not. I am a hardcore comic book fan and I enjoy the majority of comic book movies, but I didn't like this one. You can make your own judgement when you see it.

And I do apologize for the very lame username. I'll get around to changing it some day

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Max P. writes:
on Apr 23 2009 12:02 PM

Biscuit23 I totally agree. How and why did it get so trendy to bash fans of TDK and the movie itself? People think it's cool to go against the grain. Go listen to your emo music.

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TheCaptain of TeamLoyalty writes:
on Apr 23 2009 12:47 PM

Dark Knight is not the best movie of 2008, a little movie called WallE is. But try again little sheep

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woundedmakers writes:
on Apr 23 2009 12:48 PM

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Ok, Dazzler..oh i mean, Captain. First off, I don't owe you an analytical review dikklips. I seen the leak, and didn't like it. Thats it. I'm really sorry we dont share the same opinion of this film. Boo hoo. Also, I think its funny how you draw delusional conclusions from my post. I am a Fox-Hating Obama Sheep Troll? LOL. Ouch. Anyway, I'm sure you'll fire back with more nonsense because thats what TROLLS do...but before you do, you should seriously think about taking that adamantium dildo out of ur hole.

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manwithoutfearnt writes:
on Apr 23 2009 02:22 PM

Well what do you want, it's a movie, it's not Deadpool Origins or Gambit Origins, it's wolverine origins. Although I didn't like the way they did Deadpool, they didn't stay true to the comic. Which seems to be a continual trend amongst movies now. But Gambit had a cool little role and i thought they did him justice. I've always been a fan of xmen and other comics. But lets just put it this way, they did Wolverine justice. and i left the movie thinking..."well that was entertaining".

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Apr 23 2009 02:49 PM

I wish Will.I.Am wasn't in this.

Danny Houston's best role was in "The Proposition." I wish he would have had a supporting actor oscar nom. for that.

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Sopdadope writes:
on Apr 23 2009 02:58 PM

Yeah hate to ruin it for you guys. Earlier, I said that it was pretty decent. And it was, for the first half-hour or so. That being said, pretty damn disappointing considering how much I liked the first two X-Men movies. Individually, I like a lot the actors cast in the movie, but as a whole, this movie doesn't really work. Poor script, pacing was off. Hollywood should learn a lesson - NEVER cast a member of the Black-Eyed Peas as it guarantees your movie will be a dud! Guys like Jackman and Reynolds deserve better superhero platforms than this.

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ledawg1138 writes:
on Apr 23 2009 03:16 PM

In reply to this comment (#2436744)
Dude, Gambit is a great character. So is Deadpool. I'm going to see it, but it seems they royally messed up two characters.

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Adam R. writes:
on Apr 23 2009 03:33 PM

The whole movie is a disgrace...
as a true fan, I can be nothing less that disgusted at what these hollywood chumps have created, Everyone in the crew contributed there part to sell out on a story that had more pulp than they could ever handle. It remains nothing but fraud to Wolverine's True Origin. But hey, as long as "we" got a PG-13 rating, the american people's money is gonna flow well to them.

And I'm sure that even people with no knowledge of these characters or story, will still walk out after the film feeling a bit robbed, of braincells at the most. This movie is nothing more than "4 Fast 4 Furious".

If you must see it, wait for it on DVD, don't play Hollywood's soulless money shuffle game.

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TheCaptain of TeamLoyalty writes:
on Apr 23 2009 05:19 PM

I love it when a mental midget troll has the audacity to call me a troll. Who is the one who just appeared to attack this film? YOU, thus you are a troll. Now go back to your parents basement.

What i find so funny is that the only people who hated the leaked version are the idiots on this site, everyone else you talk to liked and want to see it with the full effects. I bet you a good majority of people will like and idiots like Adam R. and Steven B., who are the same troll just different profiles, will be the only bitches crying like the little fags they/he is.

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Mr K. writes:
on Apr 23 2009 05:49 PM

saw the leaked online version. overall i enjoyed the movie. like any movie there was good and bad. the

the good: impressive action sequences and plenty of fan service.

the bad: yes, they did alter deadpool drastically and gave him powers he never had, and yes they did switch the sequence in which wolverine loses his memory.

none of this ruins the genuinely good experience you will have. at the very least it was better than all the other x-men themed movies

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Mr K. writes:
on Apr 23 2009 05:54 PM

saw the leaked online version. overall i enjoyed the movie. like any movie there was good and bad.

the good: impressive action sequences and plenty of fan service, the comic really came to life, even though there were no costumes.

the bad: yes, they did alter deadpool drastically and gave him powers he never had, and yes they did switch the sequence in which wolverine loses his memory. many of the supporting characters remained undeveloped and shouldn't have been included at all, because they added nothing to the story.

none of this really ruins the genuinely good experience you will have.

at the very least it was better than all the other x-men themed movies

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Ensigera writes:
on Apr 23 2009 06:54 PM

Remember, people, the name of the film is "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", not Gambit or Deadpool or any other mutant by-blow. Let's just wait until it OFFICIALLY opens and see, OK?

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Max P. writes:
on Apr 23 2009 07:58 PM

Again, people pooping on the other x-men movies. X2 is good stuff!

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Kevin R. writes:
on Apr 23 2009 08:08 PM

Alright, I didn't read all the posts but I just feel like mentioning that I saw the leaked copy and nothing really pissed me off that much. I was a bit disappointed with Gambit and Deadpool but over all it was enjoyable enough that I'm gonna go see it in theaters. I've heard that there is going to be another 15 minutes or so added to the movie, much of which will be Ryan Reynolds, and nothing is really done to screw up any character that would prevent them from getting their own spin offs.

The thing that is pissing me off the most about so many of these whiners is that they are complaining that the movie doesn't exactly depict the comics. Well who the hell cares? First off, it's a movie, they always screw stuff up so no one should have been surprised, or expected it to be the same as it was in the comics. Secondly, Marvel has created an omniverse with many many separate dimensions. If you're really that pissed off about the story being wrong then just pretend it's based on earth 23849 or something, after all, I haven't heard anyone say it's supposed to be based on the Wolverine from earth 616.

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Biscuit23 writes:
on Apr 23 2009 08:42 PM

Lol Captain, you thought Wall-E was the best movie of the year? Okay I respect your opinion but once again you just said Wall-E is better than the Dark Knight. Instead of saying what you think you say it like it is matter of fact. Is Wall-E better than TDK? We well never really know. Personally, I was a bit disappointed by Wall-E, before I saw it I heard people say it was terrible and other people say it was beautiful. Well, I tend to be in between. It was def nice to look at, but by the 63rd time he said "Eva" and the 34th time she said "Wall-E" instead of thinking about the movie, I was thinking about how the script looked: "Wall-E" "Eva" Eva" over and over again. Again, your entitled to your own opinion but I didn't find Wall-E anywhere near as entertaining as other movies in 08 and honestly thought Kung Fu Panda was just as cute and a lot funnier.

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Hank T. writes:
on Apr 23 2009 09:14 PM

In reply to this comment (#2436139)
yeah i know, if they had anyone else it would screw up.

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tyler g. writes:
on Apr 24 2009 04:12 AM

Ok... There is plenty of stuff it is ok to retcon... It is not ok to bastardize the mythos behind Wolverine's origin. This doesn't follow Weapon X at all... And Adamantium bullets??? Seriously... wtf. One of the stupidest things ever put on film

Seeing Captain so desperate for this film to be awesome is funny as hell. Sorry it sucks. I'm going to go see it but only because I watched it for free and i'm not a thief. But I'll let others know that it sucked pretty bad. No mutant could possibly be more badass than Wolverine if he had Deadpool's swords come out of his arm instead of claws... Unless we give him teleportation and optic blasts from his eyes LOL

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Matanuki writes:
on Apr 24 2009 06:26 AM

In reply to this comment (#2437287)
That you consistently make it your personal crusade to start fights with anyone and everyone on these boards that dares to disagree with you is quite telling. And though you do not see yourself as a troll, it is this very image you portray that qualifies you as one.

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TheCaptain of TeamLoyalty writes:
on Apr 24 2009 07:26 AM

I only start fights with trolls like tyler g. who is actually the same person as Adam R. etc. He created multiple profiles just to troll and blast this movie. Ever notice how these people are nowhere until a post about Wolverine appears?

A troll is a person who is never around then comes and attacks a movie. So tyler g, i want a full response to why Wolverine sucks. See adults dont just say bullets make it suck. You are a mental midget.

P.S. I would like to see Dark Knight convey the emotion that WallE had with no real dialogue, once it can do that then it will be better. I dont play this card but many do, look at the rating, WallE had a higher rating.

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Matanuki writes:
on Apr 24 2009 07:50 AM

In reply to this comment (#2438267)
Dude, enough about Wall-E. What point does it serve to talk about it on a comic book movie forum anyway?

Outside the box office game, which, ultimately, is aesthetically irrelevant, The Dark Knight is in no way a competitor of Wall-E. Going on an on about how Wall E is the better film is like trying to argue that Kevin Garnett plays basketball better than Randy Moss plays football.

And Cap, I couldn't care less about guys making several accounts to slam a movie. If that be the case here, to each his own. Ask me it's far worse, on a movie site, to pointlessly bash each other. You're right that it doesn't seem all that useful to hate this movie over adamantium bullets, but I've never in my day seen an argument "won" by the employ of name-calling.

By the way, finally saw your beloved 'Marley & Me'. You were right to beat its drum. It's a fine film. The girl I saw it with cried. Wilson surprised me. And, dare I say, Jennifer Aniston actually seemed to at last be playing a character that wasn't just another clone of Rachel Green.

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Mark S. writes:
on Apr 24 2009 08:55 AM

In reply to this comment (#2436174)
toats m,

Deadpool's apparent ability to teleport is a side-effect of being linked to Cable. It's actually called a "Body Slide" but that's just teleporting, really. Anyway, Deadpool only gets the power after getting mixed up with Cable.

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TheCaptain of TeamLoyalty writes:
on Apr 24 2009 09:05 AM

Marley & Me is in my opinion it is one of three movies that men are allowed to cry while watching, the other two being Brians Song and Old Yeller

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Mark S. writes:
on Apr 24 2009 09:13 AM

In reply to this comment (#2437050)
Go Biscuit 23.

It's been way too fashionable since the 80s for people to bash movies, especially comic book, adventure, fantasy, or sci-fi franchise movies, JUST to bash them. I hear this phrase after EVERY franchise movie I see. "This movie @#$% on my childhood." Literally, someone in every theater wants the rest of the audience to think that their beloved memories are raped. Every time a movie shows a following and has some popularity, there's always some curmudgeon who wants to look like he's smarter than everyone else and didn't get fooled by some kind of trick into liking something he shouldn't. It's not a sign of sophistication to arbitrarily bash films. And trust me, there are more of us who can see through you than you think. (Talking to unnecessary film bashers everywhere.) We can tell when you genuinely dislike a movie and your opinion has merit (and we can respect that), and when you just want to be the cool non-conformist who just wants to impress the movie-going emos in the world...

and even bad movies are fun to watch. So let's please try to just enjoy ourselves a litte.

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woundedmakers writes:
on Apr 24 2009 10:48 AM

In reply to this comment (#2438107)
EXACTLY!

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Matanuki writes:
on Apr 24 2009 10:49 AM

In reply to this comment (#2438415)
I didn't cry. But then, I never do. 'Hurricane' almost got me though. Almost. I guess that's why I'm always so up in arms about Denzel not getting the statue that year.

Interestingly enough, the ending of 'Brokeback Mountain' threatened to be a masculine tear jerker. And that fact being true despite whether or not you're gay is just a testament to the prowess of Ang Lee and his stars.

Major kudos on 'Marley & Me' though. I did not expect such a pleasant surprise.

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Leon P. writes:
on Apr 24 2009 11:38 AM

This movie can't be worse than Watchmen. It is almost impossible.

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Darren W. writes:
on Apr 24 2009 01:23 PM

I saw it.....it's bad ...they **** Deadpool up real bad.

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frozen01 writes:
on Apr 24 2009 02:18 PM

In reply to this comment (#2437573)
God, I couldn't agree more.
If anyone is going to use the word "overrated", it should be used to describe WALLe.
Because of what everyone was saying about the movie, we had planned to see it in the theater, but never got around to it, so we rented it instead. Within the first half an hour, I look over and realized that both of us had gotten so bored that we had started doing other things, like checking the news or playing a game. I was getting a headache from all the times they said "Waaaaaalllleeeee" or "eeeeeevaaaaa". Really annoying. And that scene where he cared for her while she was shut down just reminded me of necrophilia, or someone walking a coma patient around on a leash. The last 20 minutes was the only interesting part of the movie, and just when I was getting into it, the movie ended. WALLe was the only movie EVER that I have gotten up in the middle of and not bothered to press pause. I haven't even done that for movies I've already seen before.
Sorry. Tangent.
Anyways, the "true x-men fan" thing is getting kind of old. If they only made movies for the fans of the comics, they wouldn't sell many tickets. Somethings work in comics, but not in movies, especially if you're condensing a story. I mean, lots of true Watchmen fans went to see that movie... half of 'em hated it, the other half thought it was the best thing since sliced bread. So liking a movie based on a comic or not liking it is NO indication of true fan-age. :)

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frozen01 writes:
on Apr 24 2009 02:22 PM

In reply to this comment (#2437573)
And seriously, "conveying emotion without much dialog" does not equal entertainment. Tons of movies have conveyed love and fear without any dialog at all and still managed to avoid boring me to tears, thank you very much.

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John H. writes:
on Apr 24 2009 02:32 PM

In reply to this comment (#2436103)
What your friends saw is that same work print that everyone has been downloading. A work print is a film in it's worse state, it's the meat and bones of a movie, you get down the key shots to see how you may want to change them. After that you go back and you add in effects and do reshots. I work here at fox studios Australia and we had many shots done here in the early stages. I saw the work print because it goes to all workers who have any production backgrounds and we send back what we feel should be fixed or punched up. Trust me, go see it on the big screen, I am not just saying that because my company gets the money. I saw the finished project a few days ago because we were all invited with press and I loved it.

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TheCaptain of TeamLoyalty writes:
on Apr 24 2009 02:56 PM

Sorry frozen01 but if you did not find that movie entertaining then you have some serious issues. Hell i mean even 5 year old with short attention spans loved it.

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Colyn B. writes:
on Apr 24 2009 04:40 PM

Gambit looks like a homosexual pole dancer in a crappy drag purple duster, its like the OK Coral except ummm not cool. Where is the badass gambit from the comics? Why did they make Gambit )one of the coolest comic book people ever) a freaking stupid looking dumbass. I am pissed off, everytime I see the trailer I just think "Wow, I thought the other Xmen movies were **** but this one takes the cake."

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josh H. writes:
on Apr 24 2009 08:32 PM

TDK, WALL-E. Two different types of films that can only be judged on taste. Both were great at what they set out to achieve. ANYWAY, sorry I didn't make a COOL name like TheCapitan of TeamLoyalty. This film hasn't opened. 1. You are stupid for watching it beforehand because if you are a true movielover, you should have the respect to wait. 2. Gambit and EVERY OTHER X-MEN CHARACTER bring a depth to the universe that was created, they were a part of the books, and should be well represented in every medium that it makes its way to. 3. Wolverine is NOT the only X-Man, my girlfriend thought he was a guy named the X-Man. It's that bad. Sure he's a fanboy favorite, but the whole of the universe is not that of Wolverineworld, it's about mutants, his is simply a very engaging side story, hence, spinoff. 4. If you have complaints about how bad the movie is going to be or was, remember, you always have the comics.
I'm a film student and movies are what I do and love, I also read some of the comics and watched the TV show of X-Men like it was religion. I appreciate the amount of suckage they have avoided so far, it may suck a bit, but it could be a lot worse at this point. So suck it up, see the movie and deal, because you didn't make it, and it's basically tough $h17 if you end up not liking it. I love a good action film and that's what I'm looking forward to. A little plot, and a big helping of SH** Exploding and getting stabbed and owned by various mutant powers. This is what will sell, and thats what they made. Everyone needs to chill.

oh yeah, and this was funny: "Ok, Dazzler..oh i mean, Captain."

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tyler g. writes:
on Apr 25 2009 01:05 AM

In reply to this comment (#2438709)
John H. I definitely agree about the work print and the movie is farrrr farrrr from done on the leak. I have much bigger issues with changing certain elements in the movie that just SHOULD NOT be changed, and certainly not changed in such a stupid manner. God I wanna spoil how Wolverine loses his memory because its SO GODDAMN STUPID. I mean laughably bad plot point.

I will say that some of the action sequences will be pretty sweet and the way it starts out is awesome. But honestly I can take the work print into account. And they just completely ****ed up the history of Weapon X and the climax of the movie. I hope I end up being wrong and they re-shot some scenes or maybe that those weren't even the real plot points that got released and that the additional 10 minutes adds alot. I really do, because i'm gonna see it again just so I'm not a thief and I'd much rather enjoy it than not. But I seriously doubt it.

I had super high hopes for this film and felt so immensely let down by the plot when I saw the leak. The retconning of Wolverine's memory loss is as drastic as if they were to take Origins: Magneto and in it make Magnus a Nazi instead of a Jew.

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DawnIgnited writes:
on Apr 25 2009 09:09 AM

Adamantium bullet.

That's all that needs to be said.

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TheCaptain of TeamLoyalty writes:
on Apr 25 2009 12:41 PM

How is an Adamantum bullet a bad thing? Huh ****wad? God it is idiots like dawnlgnited that make all americans seem like ****ing morons.

P.S. Gambit is not cool in the comics, he is gay in the comics so if they made him gay in the movie that means they are sticking to the source material. Gambit is the anticool.

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TheCaptain of TeamLoyalty writes:
on Apr 25 2009 12:41 PM

dawnignited=f.ag

Thats all that needs to be said

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Bigbrother writes:
on Apr 25 2009 02:50 PM

Yeah, whats the big deal about adamantium bullets? I know I've see in the comics Shield using Adamantium coated rounds. Newsflash folks you can't really make silver bullets either, but that's no reason to stop using it in Werewolf movies or scrapping the Lone Ranger.

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dylan m. writes:
on Apr 25 2009 03:13 PM

Having a Wolverie origins movie conveluted with as many other mutant characters as possible is a blatant hollywood BS move to lure people into theatre seats... The fact is, even if you believe this movie will be utter crap, like I do, you will probably still watch it on dvd...either way these garbage spewing hollywood losers still make a buck and drink crystal off of beautiful women's breasts while they soak in the hot-tub of their LA penthouse....and we go online and complain about it....

I would like to see an original script truly showing the range of complexity which is logans persona, while utilizing the mystery of his past to add to the the demensions of his character...furthermore, i think the movie should stay true to the original weapon X comics in which his experimentation took place....

wolverine is one of the best and most original characters ever developed...better than the great gatsby, better than benjamin button, and all we get is special effects and a guy a full foot taller than wolverine to play him....dammit

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dylan m. writes:
on Apr 25 2009 03:19 PM

PS if you didn't like WALL-E, it doesn't mean the movie sucked, it means you're a *$#%ing moron, like George W dumb... go back to your videogames...

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tyler g. writes:
on Apr 26 2009 12:36 AM

In reply to this comment (#2439978)
You'll see dude... Its beyond stupid lol

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tyler g. writes:
on Apr 26 2009 12:41 AM

In reply to this comment (#2439978)
As to why adamantium bullets are laughable... You'll see dude... Its beyond stupid lol

and TeamLoyalty is certainly Captain of the pole-smoking team. Funny watching you defend this when you haven't seen it lol.

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josh H. writes:
on Apr 26 2009 01:47 AM

In reply to this comment (#2439988)
you way overhype the character of wolverine in general, better than the great gatsby? ok. good knowledge of literature. either way its stupid to treat wolverine like he is THE ONLY X-MAN, he's not and moreso you shouldn't ***** about how tall he is...really....i mean, really? do you have any better actor fit to play him? and I'm sure you can pen an award winning script AND follow the source material of X-Men. Not likely. Either way, people(the general public) wanna see him kill/blow sh** up and thats what they will get. not much more.

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Sexy B. writes:
on Apr 26 2009 05:52 AM

In reply to this comment (#2436095)
I hear this is going to be amazing, but while you mention things getting screwed, check out the movies at myMILFspace.com , they won't dissapoint, I promise!

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TheCaptain of TeamLoyalty writes:
on Apr 26 2009 12:05 PM

Funny how you attack a movie that either you have not seen or you have seen a VERY VERY VERY rough cut of.

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Adam R. writes:
on Apr 26 2009 12:07 PM

In reply to this comment (#2437287)
HAHA you're hilarious... Team Loyalty? to what FOX? I love you're CRAZY assumptions. But don't forget, those aren't gonna make the film any better.
NEITHER is a finished version, a few graphics missing from the picture? such as sabertooth's "claws growing" have nothing to do with the miserable adaptation of Wolverines Trues Origin's.

Jackman even admits this movie sucked...
"Wolverine's fun and cool, but I wouldn't be down for my fourth time doing it if there wasn't something more interesting to it than just slicing and dicing and smoking a cigar and saying a few cool lines."

Which is exactly all this movie amounts too!!! This film has no depth...

"part of the challenge is to keep all those ideas in a PG-13 environment"

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Adam R. writes:
on Apr 26 2009 12:14 PM

CASE and POINT:
WOLVERINE never Volunteered to be in the Weapon X Program!!!
They couldn't even get the most obvious part of what makes wolverine, wolverine right. And you call that "Wolverine's Origins"?

HollyWood's DUN IT AGAIN!

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kipcanyon writes:
on Apr 26 2009 12:57 PM

I saw the leaked version and it wasnt an amazing movie. X2 is still the best of them. I did like however, Will.I.Am's role, and gambit.

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TheCaptain of TeamLoyalty writes:
on Apr 26 2009 04:53 PM

Wolverine DID volunteer for Weapon X so try again little fool. I love how a guy who has not seen the movie can say that it has no depth. You are a mental midget.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Apr 26 2009 06:17 PM

In reply to this comment (#2440966)
I fail to see how that quote is Jackman saying the movie sucked. Am I missing something there?

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Bigbrother writes:
on Apr 26 2009 06:21 PM

In reply to this comment (#2439988)
Soooooo, something original which doesn't diverge at all from the source material and is as well written as the Great Gatsby...that's not asking too much I guess.

For my part I like the trend of using all these characters. I think it can really work because I think now that the general public has become familiar with the various comics universes they don't need to sit there using 45 minutes explaining who these people are and can actually begin telling stories like they do in the comics. Every comic written doesn't dedicate it's first 10 pages to explaining who the character is they assume you know and get along with the story.

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Mona Nessa writes:
on Apr 26 2009 09:27 PM

I haven't seen the movie yet, but what I'm most excited for is not Gambit or any of the other mutants, I just want to see the how they portray the relationship of Sabertooth and Wolverine. Because Yes I'm a nerd who read the comics and liked the movies.. and I think It should be very interesting. It very sad how you guys dive too deep into this, either its good or its bad, but have good reasons not because your heart got broken because you didn't see deadpool. I'm also excited to see how Hugh Jackman adds on to what he's made wolverine, I mean he has to tie in everything he's already done to this back story.... and if he screws up, I'll be waay disappointed.

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Andy writes:
on Apr 27 2009 08:11 AM

ATTENTION!!! ALL WHINY NERDS!!!

Quit bitching about these movies and just be glad that you get see your favorite characters on the big screen.

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DawnIgnited writes:
on Apr 27 2009 08:45 AM

'Why are adamntium bullets a bad thing? Huh ****wad?'

Aside from the fact that it doesn't make sense? I never knew adamantium could pierce adamantium, but I guess this film isn't catered to those who enjoy logic (no less continuity to the comics, but whatever).

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Bigbrother writes:
on Apr 27 2009 05:43 PM

In reply to this comment (#2441723)
OK Dip**** since you want to be an *** about it lead can pierce led, steel can pierce steel and basically everything else on the planet can pierce anything else when made into a bullet why should adamantium be any different, but since you want to wax intellectual on the subject...ADAMANTIUM IS NOT EVEN REAL!!!! How did that one slip past your keen logic detector huh ****-smoker? Oh and just so you know radioactive spiders will kill you, tornado's don't take you to Kansas and Killer Robots from the future can't travel back in time. Guess Spiderman, Wizard of Oz and Terminator sucked too huh? God stupid people piss me off.

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Adam R. writes:
on Apr 27 2009 06:39 PM

In reply to this comment (#2441216)
I HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE, It's horrid,
unless you're in the precentage of american's that can't see the difference.
and NO Wolverine did not volunteer for the weapon X project in the comics,
He was kidnapped and sedated heavily on large animal tranquilizers repeatedly.

What i get from Jackman's quote is basically that his overall experience was a mundane depth of catch phrases, smoking, and slicing & dicing...
Too bad the story amounts to so much more than this failure of a film.

whats with all this "Mental Midget" talk?
compensating for lack of something?

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Adam R. writes:
on Apr 27 2009 09:12 PM

HAHAHA

* There are a total of 967 special effects used in the film, and 400 are missing from the leaked copy.
* There was no music present just a temporary score.
* The sound wasn%u2019t edited.
* There was no color time.
* It was low resolution.

Funny thing is, none of that holds as an excuse
for why they mutilated wolverine's story.
the money they spent on 967 special effects,
shoulda gone towards a crew that cared about Wolverine's Origins.

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DawnIgnited writes:
on Apr 28 2009 08:07 AM

In reply to this comment (#2442105)
You forgot one; this movie is still horrible no matter how much you whine.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Apr 28 2009 09:55 AM

It may very well be, I don't know I didn't see it since I didn't want to taint my opinion of the movie by viewing an unfinished copy, but I can pretty much guarantee from knowing myself that the existence of Adamantium bullets won't make or break this movie for me and so far nothing that has been brought up by you has been convincing to me that the movie sucks. I hear good buzz from the early reviews and the trailers looked pretty cool. One thing I loath is when people seem to celebrate the fact that in their opinion a movie sucks, but have nothing to back it up then get upset and lash out when people call them on it.

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wirekingofoz writes:
on Apr 28 2009 09:56 AM

Gambit is awsome I'm just praying they don't mess him up.

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DawnIgnited writes:
on Apr 28 2009 10:09 AM

In reply to this comment (#2442732)
And one thing I hate is people who think that making fun of someone over a message board is going to get their opinion across. If you want me to list off all the reasons why I doubt any changes made will save this movie then I'd be more than happy to, but I don't feel obliged to do it with people who have to go fcuk this and fcuk that. I wasn't even reveling in the fact that the movie was bad. All I said was the adamantium bullet scene is ridiculous and it was, not to mention when you see how badly executed it is on film. Of course that's not the only thing that aggravated me but that was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. Note how I didn't say anything remotely 'celebratory' about how bad I thought the film was before I had TeamJackass crying and moaning, but whatever. I'm not wasting 10 bucks on seeing this, but if you want to and you end up liking it then who am I to stop you?

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Adam R. writes:
on Apr 28 2009 11:25 AM

The moral of the story is...
there's always gonna be american's out there willing
to pay full price admission to realize that a crappy movie is still crappy.
My most recent example is the $316,164,224 "Fast & Furious" made.
CRAP sells, and as long as Hollywood makes crap theres gonna be enough
sheep to feed from there money tarnished palms.

and yea... thanks for noticing, I will complain about Origins!
I'm a fan of the comics, and a fan of the character, for decades.
And I won't sit docile while I watch an amazing story being raped
beyond recognition by the monkey suit Hierarchy of Hollywood.

It really is a travesty FOX has the rights to so many of Marvel's characters.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Apr 28 2009 01:06 PM

In reply to this comment (#2442168)
See what I took from the quote was that he was saying exactly the opposite of your conclusion that he in fact thought there was more to the character that made him worthwhile. Isn't that what he was saying or did I miss something. Not cracking wise. Seriously I thought that was what he was saying.

Dawn, apologies from me, I didn't see the quote bars you had around your initial message and thought you were calling me a ****-wad for asking about the adamantium bullets. My bad. Please shoot with what you didn't like besides the aforementioned AB's and clarify if you've actually seen the full movie or the unfinished copy on the net.

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DawnIgnited writes:
on Apr 28 2009 02:26 PM

In reply to this comment (#2442942)
I just quoted him because I didn't bother noticing the reply option to each comment, not to be a dick.

The movies have taken liberties with the source material but this movie goes even further with it and unless they ramp up time spent on the Weapon X program and the love story that leads up to Wolvy joining the program (again, trying to be vague here) I'd say that everything felt very rushed. The love aspect of the plot is one of the main reasons Logan does the Weapon X program in the film but it's so poorly handled that I didn't really care. The opening credit sequence is amazing but it prepares you for something epic and wide spanning, but all you really get is a generic action movie.

Normally I'd say for a summer film it's got the action to get people in the seats but The Dark Knight and Watchmen proved that superhero films are not just mindless action films anymore, and that's honestly the vibe I got while watching this- that they were simply shooting an action film and rushed in a whole bunch of superheroes to say that they were thrown in. I'd give it a 5/10 overall but as a fan of the source material I wanted so much more. And I know the movie is called X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but if you're going to throw in likable mutants like Gambit, Cyclops, Silver Fox, etc., either give them the screen time they deserve or don't bother including them. Their appearances felt so underwhelming. A couple other plot points bothered me aside from the adamantium bullet, too (example- in the comics when Wolverine gets the adamantium at first it drastically slows down his healing ability- in the film when he gets the adamantium he's freaking unstoppable and Sabretooth becomes a wuss as a result). Depending on how much of a fan of the comics you are this'll either sound like an honest complaint or just nitpicking, but if someone told Wolverine's story properly it could have been such a more involving story put on film- as is it just seems like a brainless action movie. And honestly, if you want a brainless action movie out right now that's any good, go see Crank 2.

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Adam R. writes:
on Apr 29 2009 12:34 AM

In reply to this comment (#2443011)

Good to see there's others out there actually familiar with the source, or lack there of in this film.

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Marineboy writes:
on Apr 29 2009 01:20 AM

In reply to this comment (#2436095)
They did

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Matt S. writes:
on Apr 29 2009 08:20 AM

DawnIgnited has a very good point and it is not nitpicking. It what stage does W 'join' Weapon X..... HE DOES'NT. He gets drilled, chained and becomes our fav. The important thing is that after time he becomes human, tolerant but will always retain the animality which the X team use to their advantage. Failure to see his evolution will always plague any further expandibility.

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Matt S. writes:
on Apr 29 2009 09:13 AM

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tyler g. writes:
on May 01 2009 12:41 AM

Ok I went and wasted my money at the theater so I wouldn't be a thief. They didn't change a damn thing. This extra 10 minutes is bull****. There are no additional scenes of any substance. If anything its a bunch of scenes may have been extended for 5 or 10 seconds. I actually noticed more scenes that were CUT. Luckily these were scenes with egregiously stupid lines or poor special effects.

The only thing I noticed the entire time is the post-credits extra scene. The movie was almost no different with the special effects added. The final scene is still ruin the movie horrible and the first 30 minutes is still extremely promising. Too bad they ruined what could have been a great movie by making it ****ING STUPID. Sorry Captain of TeamDickrider

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tyler g. writes:
on May 01 2009 12:43 AM

In reply to this comment (#2443011)
I agree completely wholeheartedly with this. And no - they DIDNT FIX ANYTHING

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schudog3 writes:
on May 01 2009 07:46 AM

Here are a bunch of X-Men stories that should be on film, but aren't:

http://www.screenjunkies.com/movienews/x-men-stories-should-be-film

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seth v. writes:
on May 02 2009 12:34 AM

if you want to be entertained for a couple hours and aren't stuck on having to see the same exact story that was told in the comics, then you should enjoy watching wolverine: origins. if u go in expecting a deadpool or gambit side story, u will be left unsatisfied. there were alot of things that didnt get fully explained, but the origin of wolverine had to be fit in a span of around 2 hours, and that's no easy task(apparently there is no time for alpha flight or ninja training in this film). you fanboys out there crying about how they didn't do this or that justice, need to understand the impact illegal downloading has had on the studios willingness to just throw money at a movie in order to try and make it an epic. they trim the fat as much as possible these days. im not saying u should or shouldn't download movies, but it is what it is. besides that, anyone who grew up in the 70's and 80's knows how bad the old spiderman and hulk movies were, not to mention the absolutely terrible captain america movies. alot of us these days have been spoiled by marvels modern films. i went the the theater wanting to see a balls out wolverine movie with a good part of the original story intact, and i left satisfied.

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David R. writes:
on May 04 2009 03:11 PM

The way I look at Superhero media (film, comics, cartoons, etc) is that each one is its own reality. i.e. the comics are not the same reality as the movies are not the same reality as the TV shows, etc. That way I don%u2019t get all irritated when something happens in a movie that didn%u2019t happen in the comics. Started thinking this was after seeing the first X-Men film. The comics are always dealing with alternate realities and multiple earths and what not. The movies are just another extension of that. At least that%u2019s my 2 cents.

If you go through enough realities you will probably find a wolverine who wears a pink tutu and fights using fancy dance moves.

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admitted n. writes:
on Jun 07 2009 04:26 PM

In reply to this comment (#2436346)
nicely put. I know I am new to the comic book world (and no, i didn't decide to get into them because of tdk) but if people are going to make some pretty bigoted comments about someone they don't know online, they should at least do it with real words so we can actually take them seriously.

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