X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Melbosa · December 11, 2008, 03:05:09 PM

So the new trailer for this movie is going to be on the movie: "The Day the Earth Stood Still". I'd thought I'd post some of the sites I've found on this, as I know we have fans here!

And Mr. Analog, you get your first glimpse of Gambit in this movie!

Sources:
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458525/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men_Origins:_Wolverine
Movie Chronicles: http://wolverine.moviechronicles.com/ - Has Trailer leaks on it today! They speculate these will be gone soon!
Blogspot: http://wolverine-trailer.blogspot.com/

I hope this will be as good as the first X-Men. This movie is set 20 years before the first X-Men movie, and is Wolverine's Origins as the title implies. Deadpool, Sabertooth, Weapon X program, are all part of this movie.

Darren Dirt · December 12, 2008, 09:38:37 AM

offtopic ramblings moved.

Melbosa · December 12, 2008, 09:40:34 AM

Way to miss-direct the topic DD...

Thorin · December 12, 2008, 09:47:58 AM

Quote from: Melbosa on December 12, 2008, 09:40:34 AM
Way to miss-direct the topic DD...

We've just come to expect it from him... Although kudos to DD for moving it into its own thread.

Mr. Analog · December 12, 2008, 10:21:50 PM

I have real hopes for this flick...

Iron Man was so good, the Hulk was "ok", arrgh!

Melbosa · December 16, 2008, 11:03:16 AM

Found a trailer still working: http://ve3d.ign.com/videos/40326/PC/X-Men-Origins-Wolverine/Trailer/Debut-Movie-Trailer

Does this one ever look GOOD!

Lazybones · December 16, 2008, 12:56:31 PM

That does look good.

Tonnica · December 16, 2008, 08:34:47 PM

>Wolverine
>Gambit

Well, I'm sold lock stock and barrel.

Mr. Analog · December 17, 2008, 10:15:21 AM

Now. I'm excited.

Lazybones · December 17, 2008, 10:47:06 AM

Gambit = valid excuse for everything exploding.

Mr. Analog · December 18, 2008, 08:42:52 PM

Quote from: Lazybones on December 17, 2008, 10:47:06 AM
Gambit = valid excuse for everything exploding.

And hopefully some sweet scenes with Rogue <3

Tonnica · December 19, 2008, 11:23:25 AM

Quote from: Mr. Analog on December 18, 2008, 08:42:52 PMAnd hopefully some sweet scenes with Rogue <3

I'm not so sure that'll happen. The majority of the film is set in the WeaponX days. This is even before Deadpool got all scarred up and started saying hello to little yellow thought-boxes.

The less Gambit interaction with GenericGothRogue the better. I hate what they've done to her character god she sucks she can fly right off a bridge >:|

Mr. Analog · December 19, 2008, 11:31:10 AM

Quote from: Tonnica on December 19, 2008, 11:23:25 AM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on December 18, 2008, 08:42:52 PMAnd hopefully some sweet scenes with Rogue <3

I'm not so sure that'll happen. The majority of the film is set in the WeaponX days. This is even before Deadpool got all scarred up and started saying hello to little yellow thought-boxes.

The less Gambit interaction with GenericGothRogue the better. I hate what they've done to her character god she sucks she can fly right off a bridge >:|

The important thing is that you're not bitter!

Also it's all a dream! Yeah, that's the ticket a dream!

Thorin · December 19, 2008, 12:26:19 PM

I'm with ya, Tonnica... Rogue's a teenager? WHAT THE @%&#?! Why couldn't they just use the actual backgrounds from the actual comic instead of re-inventing half of it yet again? <sigh>

Lazybones · December 19, 2008, 02:19:23 PM

Meh to to a full Rogue origin you need to have Ms. Marvel in there to kill and absorb so she can fly and be super strong. I think the teenage Rogue works just fine for the characters isolation feel. Without the Ms. Marvel powers Rogue is a only a part time SUPER character anyway.

Thorin · December 19, 2008, 03:19:29 PM

Okay, but they didn't bother building up Cyclops's background in X-Men 1, 2, 3, either, right? They just said, "Hey, he has heat ray vision!" Or Storm, for that matter. So why not just establish Rogue the same way? Fully fleshed out with the ability to fly?

Mr. Analog · December 19, 2008, 04:10:36 PM

If Marvel does anything really obviously well*, it's reconning. If they didn't constantly re-invent things Peter Parker would still be wearing a grey flannel suit. Heck the "original" X-Men (1962 I think) was a terrible flop and virtually unrecognizable to the 80s version most of us are familiar with.

To my knowledge the only major merry Marvel creation that hasn't undergone a significant change in background is Thor.

*compared to DC which just changes things and tries to keep it canon...

Tom · December 19, 2008, 11:02:44 PM

I wasn't aware Thor was created by Marvel.

Mr. Analog · December 20, 2008, 12:53:07 PM

Quote from: Tom on December 19, 2008, 11:02:44 PM
I wasn't aware Thor was created by Marvel.

By the bristling beard of Odin! Thor was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (and is regarded as one of Stan's favourite creations!). The first appearance of Thor was in Journey into Mystery #83 (1962).

Mighty Thor is based on Thor from Norse legend, but of course with all the mandatory Marvel mechanisms mashed-in (dual identity, girl trouble, etc). Thor gave Jack Kirby the chance to draw some fantastic (and I mean outta-this-world fantastic) scenes and allowed Stan Lee to get as flowery and absurd as he liked with dialogue.

I quite enjoy Thor from the 60s because you could plainly see the evolution of Jack Kirby's style as each issue unfolds, that and the superb scribing of Stan Lee made the story interesting and organic. It wasn't so much that Thor kicked butt or bested challenges, it was how he got thru it all that was interesting and convincingly written. The Vince Colletta inking that happened in those early days was a treat as well.

So yes, Mighty Thor is a Marvel manifestation, in the words of Odin himself: I have spoken!

Tom · December 20, 2008, 01:31:42 PM

Ok fine, "Mighty Thor" is a marvel creation