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Film School Rejects: The Movie Watcher’s Guide to Wolverine

  • Cole_Abaius · 6 months ago
    What are these "comic books" you speak of?
  • dragonmum · 6 months ago
    Very thorough, I'm impressed! My DH, who's a bigger Marvel fan than me and is refusing to see this movie because they changed Wolvie's origin, actually has a theory behind the bone claws that appeared after Magneto ripped the adamantium out. He thinks that the healing factor, which had long ago "accepted" the adamantium claws, regenerated them as being part of his body. 8)
  • RobertFure · 6 months ago
    That theory makes sense. I "like" how Marvel didn't even bother with a theory. They were just like "Oh he's always had them he just forgot."
  • Dennis S · 6 months ago
    [youtube VpNPOSig8PI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpNPOSig8PI youtube]
  • Oden · 6 months ago
    Barry Windsor-Smith's "Weapon X" is the best Wolverine story ever, in my opinion. I had hoped that someday this would be realized on screen, but unfortunately it will never happen. A must-read for Wolverine fans.
  • djjeffhall · 6 months ago
    Robert - Great write up. From someone who doesn't read X-Men this was invaluable. Now it all (almost) makes sense.
  • Aleric · 6 months ago
    Ahh the classics. I liked the comics up until they started creating more Wolverine titles than I have fingers and toes. But I am amazed at all the useless Wolverine knowlege I have and most of that is from my buddy Alan who not only collected but looked dead like Wolverine down to his height and ability to grow hair.

    Good article Robert, very informative and concise for those that dont have the back history.
  • ANGRYBROOMSTICK · 6 months ago
    this was a pretty interesting read, actually. I'm often confused about the origins of Wolverine and the X-Weapon program. I think you cleared that up for me now, thanks.

    you forgot one more love interest: Storm. Didn't Wolverine and Storm almost fall in love during a story plotline from the mid 2000s? I can't remember which series this was from, maybe Uncanny X-Men, Ultimate X-Men or Astonishing X-Men? (damn there are too many series for me to follow)
  • RobertFure · 6 months ago
    Yeah, there have been at least 2 times when Wolverine and Storm were romantically linked. He's been involved with a lot of ladies, most of whom are dead.
  • Aleric · 6 months ago
    I liked the one set in the future where he and Storm are about the only ones left from the original team when the Sentinals took over.
  • _Christopher_M · 6 months ago
    great post...it just reminds me how many liberties Fox has taken with the stories and characters just to appeal to a younger audience..I'm just hopeful for a Lady Deathstrike re-match in Wolverine 2
  • KC Masterpiece · 6 months ago
    I am not a comic book fan. I am a huge nerd...comic books are actually my achilles heel of nerd-dom. What I know of superheroes are from cartoons, and movies, and the occasional videogame. As such I haven't had much exposure to deadpool...but from what I have seen he seems a bit like the superhero version of House...but instead of medical mysteries he just wants to fight.

    As such it seems like the perfect recipe for a spinoff of some sort, the anti-hero you either hate to love or love to hate. Since I have no ideas about how he should be portrayed I apologize to EVERYBODY who knows anything about Deadpool for wanting a spinoff...but he might be a character I buy my first superhero comic for.
  • Kevin Gustafson · 6 months ago
    I think it's interesting that Wolverine wasn't an original member of the X-men. It feels like he always has.
  • vk@nyte · 6 months ago
    what issue was that deadpool page from?? i have to get it!!
  • RobertFure · 6 months ago
    Deadpool #27 from April 1999. I think its page 10 of that issue. Buy up as much of that series as you can (it ran for 69 issues). I think I was only missing like 3 issues at one point. Now they're in storage somewhere. =|