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X-Men Origins: Wolverine DVD » DVDs Worth Watching — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:10:16 +0000

[...] favorite part of this movie (which I reviewed in more depth when it was in theaters) is the credit sequence, with the brothers fighting their way [...]

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The Wolverine Files » Comics Worth Reading — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:44:17 +0000

[...] lost in the flood of Wolverine product that accompanied the theatrical release of the Wolverine film last May, The Wolverine Files is actually a pretty fine overview of Wolverine and his long and [...]

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine Out Tomorrow on DVD » DVDs Worth Watching — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:38:12 +0000

[...] tomorrow on DVD and Blu-Ray is X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the latest X-Men [...]

By: Star Trek » Comics Worth Reading

Star Trek » Comics Worth Reading — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:42:42 +0000

[...] bit too much typical SBU action movie (S**t Blows Up) at times. I know it’s competing with Wolverine, Terminator, etc. this summer, but I preferred the more impressive, more unusual space [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:39:35 +0000

That’s what I like the DVDs for — pointing out all those little bits of trivia.

By: EssDee

EssDee — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:34:38 +0000

This Beak thing has been bugging me. As soon as I heard he was added to the cast I was excited to see how they portrayed him in the movie. The only shot you get of Beak, as Beak, is when the doctors pull back the sheet at Weapon X and you see a pair of huge ‘bulbous’ eyes and a purple-ish colored nose region with no nose. As far as I could tell this was Beak. I can’t remember you said it, but I think it may have been Wraith and he says something along the lines of ‘I can only imagine what they’re doing to him over there’. This was after Wolverine paid him and Blob a visit and explained that Sabertooth was hunting down mutants and bringing them back to Striker for experimentation. Other small cameos I am pretty certain of were Nightcrawler (in a cage at Weapon X) and Banshee (redhead kid with metal plate across his mouth). I have only seen the movie once but am going to peeps it again to make sure of these things.

By: El Santo

El Santo — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:21:24 +0000

Worst part about going to the movie was being the resident geek in our group and having to field all the X-Men related questions. I got into a (light-hearted) argument with a friend who thought Quicksilver was Storm’s son. Wife had to knock down my inner Sheldon. :)

Overall, it weren’t no Iron Man … but really, what is? Our group had fun, got us interested in watching the original X-Men movies again, and that’s all I can really ask for.

By: Manuel

Manuel — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:18:09 +0000

You enjoy this movie while you have low expectations or if you simply want to have some fun watching action scenes, going with your friends or girlfriend -or boyfriend-, eating popcorn and leaving your ‘critic’ at home.

By: Rich Johnston

Rich Johnston — Mon, 04 May 2009 07:40:38 +0000

The war montage is very much an attempt to show the changing nature of James and Victor’s relationship, initially intertwined and backing each other up, then Victor breaking out and pursuing his own agenda without a care fo James, and James having to get him out of whatever situation he finds himself in.

Also, odds are, rising through the ranks is hard when after a few decades you haven’t aged. Better to stay a grunt and keep reenlisting as someone new.

The change in tone between the end of the movie and the start of X-Men is no larger than the change from super soldier to Monty Python lumberjack.

The leather jacket is a residual memory.. he does seem to keep a few of those, if only emerging in nightmares.

By: Thom

Thom — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:19:24 +0000

-Or how about Agent Zero not being given any adamantium bullets to kill Wolvie?

In fairness, the film seemed to suggest that they had not mastered that yet and had managed maybe one bullet. It did not appear they had enough to make a bunch of bullets to give out.

By: vid

vid — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:25:28 +0000

I share the opinion of many that this was an okay movie if you have low expectations. The story was pretty boring including the twists and too much time was spent on it. Most of the mutants not named Wolverine or Sabretooth were kind of pointless and could’ve easily been removed with little effect on the story.

According to the comics, the only characters who have any actual connection to Wolvie’s past are Agent Zero, John Wraith, Sabretooth & Silver Fox via Team X and Weapon X. Deadpool has an indirect connection being linked to Weapon X.

Would’ve liked to have seen more action but what we got was acceptable. Some of those scenes were nonsensical. Like gambit interrupting Wolvie & Sabretooth fight. Also Gambit climbing a building with two sticks? Or John Wraith thinking he can kill Sabretooth by simply punching him to death. Or how about Agent Zero not being given any adamantium bullets to kill Wolvie?

Even if you ignore any relation to the comic book. The movie does screw over Deadpool.

By: Kris

Kris — Sun, 03 May 2009 16:06:22 +0000

Looks like I'm not nuts. The Marvel Database at one point listed Bolt as Beak. I remember looking at that picture and saying "Why did they call him Beak if he doesn't fly?" In fact, someone only fixed it yesterday, and took him off the Beak disambiguation page.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 03 May 2009 13:59:19 +0000

I was surprised by Wraith because he seemed like a Nightcrawler knockoff. I guess it makes sense to have mutants with similar powers, but I prefer it when they’re different.

Beak wasn’t in the movie. That was either a mistake or a change in plans.

Thanks for the info on Blob. I kind of liked the movie version better.

By: Kris

Kris — Sun, 03 May 2009 13:42:11 +0000

John Wraith? – Obscure, exactly what was shown in the movie, almost. I think he might have made a comeback recently.

Bolt?- Haven’t seen the movie, but I know “Beak” was in it, and he’s just a random X-kiddo student

Blob’s origin similar in the comics?- In the comics, Blob is a circus strongman. The X-men try to recruit him, fail in classic Stan Lee fashion, he joins the brotherhood, goes away, and then eventually becomes part of Mystique’s brotherhood. In the comics, his mutant power has always been being really massive and unmovable.

I thought Agent Zero was the same as Deadpool. – Agent Zero is Maverick’s code name, I believe. Different character. Obscure 90′s guy, once again.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 03 May 2009 11:04:52 +0000

Thanks, Johnny, I’m rewatching that next. Jake, you make some good points, but I still enjoyed the experience. I won’t be watching the movie again, but I had a good time, and that’s all I was expecting.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Sun, 03 May 2009 09:38:21 +0000

Oh, and was the kid with multi-color eyes anyone special?

If you’re talking about the kid in the ice, it’s Jason Stryker, who plays a big part of the plot of X-Men 2

By: Thom

Thom — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:45:03 +0000

Whoops! Sorry…I was responding to:
(I’d also really like to see Ryan Reynolds return in that role.)

By: Jake Forbes

Jake Forbes — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:07:32 +0000

This movie was very safe and tidy — on paper it must have seemed like a pretty sure thing. I couldn’t work up any ire for the film, but it definitely didn’t surprise me in either style or storytelling, and at the end of the day, why go to the movies if it’s just going through the motions? The first movie had great character moments that made up fr the mediocre action, and X-Men 2 had some truly invigorating sequences (like the Nightcrawler opening), and built on the report between the cast. This movie (and 3) are just aren’t any fun, even if they’re not outright bad.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 03 May 2009 02:29:37 +0000

Um, what? You can’t put quotes in angle brackets because the system thinks you’re trying HTML.

By: Thom

Thom — Sun, 03 May 2009 01:29:58 +0000

My biggest gripe about the film was his under use…and then how he got used later in the film.