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Wolverine Origins.
Topic Started: Dec 16 2008, 03:18 PM (1,179 Views)
Sabre_Justice
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Ah, super weak. Fox totally pussed out and removed ze trailers from teh internets!
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HAL OVER 9000!!!,Feb 17 2009
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Ah, super weak. Fox totally pussed out and removed ze trailers from teh internets!

Fuckin' A.


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Part Two and Three have arrived. The resolution ain't bad neither, you can trust the full screen. Personally I like what I'm seeing and is confused (yet still interested) as to why why Cyclops is there. Whatever. Maybe that's why Cyclops hates Wolverine so much, because Wolverine hunted down Cyclops like a savage animal when Cyclops was a kid.

EDIT. Not plural.
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HAL OVER 9000!!!,Feb 19 2009
05:02 PM
Cyclopes Cyclopes Cyclopes Cyclopes

Cyclops. No e.

I'm not sure whether to watch X2 and Last Stand again before it comes out.
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Oh, I completely forgot: grabbed the production copy.

Some fun stills from uncompleted effects (possible spoils):

Additional Digital Recording lines: occasionally some character will have just some tech-guy voicing the lines, with voices they have to dub over still.

Made me laugh: Wolverine gets shoved in front of a truck, you then see an unrendered ragdoll go flying over the top, before Hugh lands in a heap on the back.

The fight scene at the end is MAINLY unfinished, with most effects being coined in with Powerpoint-esque flying dots, as well as a mean orange shooty-gun at the start.

Occasionally, an actor will go flying back into a stunt area During a fight scene.

KAPOW

Look ma, no wires!

This is real, you just have to imagine they're growing.

THIS LOOKS 'SHOPPED

Unfair advantage.

Turns out it was all a game.

Ow, you shot me with polo mints.

Not sure why he holds the clips and the guns are Cg'd around them.
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Well, I saw it in the cinema last night, and really, the best thing I can say was that it wasn't actively bad, it's just one of the most unmemorable big blockbusters I've seen in ages. There's really nothing that great about it, nothing we haven't really seen before, and nothing that really grabs the viewer, it's just some lame answers to some questions that were so much better when there were no answers. About the only thing this movie will be notable for is how it pissed off a lot of Deadpool fans (seriously, he's pretty badly treated in it), I say don't bother with this one, that money and those two hours could be better spent elsewhere.
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Sounds like I may as well wait for the DVD.
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Ed Sigma,Apr 30 2009
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About the only thing this movie will be notable for is how it pissed off a lot of Deadpool fans (seriously, he's pretty badly treated in it), I say don't bother with this one, that money and those two hours could be better spent elsewhere.

I like to pretend that Weapon XI was not Wade Wilson. And even if he was, he was clearly never Deadpool. Never.
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Feldoon,Apr 30 2009
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Ed Sigma,Apr 30 2009
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About the only thing this movie will be notable for is how it pissed off a lot of Deadpool fans (seriously, he's pretty badly treated in it), I say don't bother with this one, that money and those two hours could be better spent elsewhere.

I like to pretend that Weapon XI was not Wade Wilson. And even if he was, he was clearly never Deadpool. Never.

I heard rumours that there was going to be an alternative ending that confirmed that.
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Ed Sigma,Apr 30 2009
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Feldoon,Apr 30 2009
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Ed Sigma,Apr 30 2009
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About the only thing this movie will be notable for is how it pissed off a lot of Deadpool fans (seriously, he's pretty badly treated in it), I say don't bother with this one, that money and those two hours could be better spent elsewhere.

I like to pretend that Weapon XI was not Wade Wilson. And even if he was, he was clearly never Deadpool. Never.

I heard rumours that there was going to be an alternative ending that confirmed that.

Oh god I hope so.

I mean, there was never any actual confirmation that Weapon XI was Wade Wilson. There was Stryker being a dick with the script writers dropping the terms "pool" and "dead" when describing XI. There was Wolverine asking "Wade, is that you?" (or similar).

I am hoping it was all an elaborate troll.
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Fox? Listening to consumer backlash? Truly the end times brothers.
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HunteRS,Apr 30 2009
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Fox? Listening to consumer backlash? Truly the end times brothers.

...okay, I really want the DVD now.

I would totally watch a Wolverine musical though.

...in fact, every superhero needs a musical. You're lying if you say that Batman wouldn't make an awesome opera.
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I've guffawed more here than anywhere else.
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So I just got back from seeing X-Men Origins: Wolverine. And one phrase sums it up: Who? What? Where? When? Why? As in who the fuck are all these character? What the hell is going on? Where did that come from? When does it end? And, why should I care?

SPOILERS START HERE HIGHLIGHT TO VIEW

Seriously though, Wolverine is one of those films where if you even use an single cell of your brain, you’ll be asking these sort of questions. So I’ll answer the ones posted above.

Who the fuck are all these characters?

The film has far too many characters that you don’t give a shit about. Which is pretty much everyone in the un-named Weapon X program, I only call it that because they don’t have a name for it in the movie. There's Agent Zero, whose power is basically The Matrix. Some guy who I can;t remember the name but who I call The Remote Control, whose power is turning electrical things on and off with his mind, Spectre (well that’s what the giant neon sign in his office says), who is basically Nightcrawler but black. The only recognizable character apart from Sabretooth and Wolverine is the Blob, who isn’t called that and doesn't become a fat-arse until after leaving the program as he uses over-eating as a coping mechanism, according to black Nightcrawler.

Then there’s everyone’s favourite Merc with a Mouth, Wade Wilson, who doesn’t appear after the first twenty minutes and isn’t funny in the slightest. Finally something called Deadpool/Weapon XI, who is hinted at that it’s Wade but never confirmed, and I refuse to believe it is Deadpool because Deadpool is the only decent character Marvel have left (not without trying to ruin his comics mind you) and this thing is just stupid. So I’m calling him Jeff. Jeff is apparently the big baddie in this movie, and while it;s true he kicks the shit out of everything to the required degree, when I was watching him teleporting, kung fu-ing, and eye-beaming I just thought it was stupid. Even though he’s this big powerful mutant killing monster, he just doesn’t seem threatening. He looks stupid with his tattoos and covered over mouth and burned skin.

And Gambit is just pointless. The only reason he exists in this movie is to get in Wolverine;s way. Wolverine goes to find out where the Weapon X lab is, saying he’s going to kill everyone who Gambit doesn't like....then Gambit uses his powers to send him through a wall. Why? Who the fuck knows? Then when Wolverine is about to slice Sabretooth’s head off after being blasted outside, Gambit decides to explode the floor around him, instead of letting him kill one of the people he wants to die. I really don’t get why he’s there except to get in the way. And pretty much every

What the hell is going on?

I have no idea why half the stuff in this movie happened. Like Stryker’s plan to use Wolverine as a test subject for the adamantium procedure. Basically he plants Grey Fox in Wolvy’s life so she can die (except she doesn’t) so he can piss him off, so he’ll agree to the procedure, and make him even more indestructible than he already is. So he puts Wolvy in the tank, and says to a General why they’re not using anaesthetic (because it doesn’t work) and then proceeds to tell Agent Matrix or whatever that he’s going to wipe his memory so he doesn’t figure out he’s betraying him, while he;s standing right next to the bloody tank. Use your bloody brain

Also, pretty much every time he;s in an action sequence (which is every time he’s on screen) Sabretooth does this four legged run, which just looks stupid, and is completely pointless. There’s a bit where he chases Cyclops through a school and he’s running along walls and doing crazy flips, and it just looks really daft when he could expend about half as much effort just running after him normally.

Where did that come from?

Logan’s name. In the beginning he’s called James, and then throughout the rest oif the movie everyone calls him Logan but at no point is it ever explained why he’s called that. They just don’t bother. A single sentence would do. I know he's called it in the comics from somewhere, but they never say why he's called it in the film.

The Xavier puppet of ultimate creepiness. They use this CGI crap to make Patrick Stewart, as Professor X look younger, but it turns him into some sort of manic, perverted, CGI muppet. It looks horrifying and you can just tell he wants to do strange things to all these kids he’s apparently there to “rescue.” It looks like pure nightmare fuel so it must come from hell or something. I mean look at the fucking smile and try and convince me it’s supposed to be human.

The stupid poses, but I know where they come from, the comic books. The characters keep pulling these exaggerated poses from the comic books and they just don’t look good with real people. Take Wolverine’s pose when he rushes in on Sabretooth strangling Grey Fox near the end, he looks like he’s trying to shit out a lung.

I also wonder where the idea came from to have Clark Kent’s parents turn up in this movie.

When does it end?

All through the movie I was bored and kept wondering when it was going to end. It’s just not exciting. Even the big action sequence with Logan taking on a couple of armed Humvee’s and a helicopter just fails to excite even the basic “explosions are awesome” bit of my brain. It just felt so bloody dull I kept looking at my watch.

Why should I care?

Seriously, why should I acre what’s happening in this movie. There’s no drama, no excitement, no likeable characters, there’s no reason for me to give a shit. The effects don;t illicit any moments of “cor that’s impressive” and quite frankly I doubt anyone end will. I can like good dumb films I can switch my brain off to, like Transformers, or The Punisher (Tom Jane version) or I,Robot, but this was just too stupid to like. I’m not a fan of the X-Men comics, and I think Wolverine is one of the most over-used characters of all time but this makes the comic version decent.


I could have spent that £5 for the ticket on a pizza or something. Such a waste.
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Looks to be even more confusing than newcomers for watchmen, and that had alot of charcters. And it seems your sentiments seem to reverb similarly to critic reviews on rt.
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Lothar Hex,May 4 2009
04:27 PM
What the hell is going on?

Think it's called milking the cash cow.
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Col.Feren,May 4 2009
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What the hell is going on?

Think it's called milking the cash cow.

Moo.

Indeed this film is a steamig crock. The best way to deal with it is just pretend it doesn't exist.
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HunteRS,May 4 2009
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What the hell is going on?

Think it's called milking the cash cow.

Moo.

Indeed this film is a steamig crock. The best way to deal with it is just pretend it doesn't exist.

Yes, look towards the stars on board a starship. The Starship, to go where no one has gone before. IF you catch my drift.
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Also, where the fuck did Three Mile Island come from, didn't X-Men 2 establish that the Weapon X base is out in the woods somewhere at Alkali lake...NOT IN THE FUCKING MIDDLE OF A CITY?
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Sorry, guys, this made $87 million in the US, and about matched that internationally.

Quality fail.
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And to think, I added to that. FUCKING HELL.
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Jeffk38uk,May 4 2009
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Lothar Hex,May 4 2009
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What the hell is going on?

Think it's called milking the cash cow.

Moo.

Indeed this film is a steamig crock. The best way to deal with it is just pretend it doesn't exist.

Yes, look towards the stars on board a starship. The Starship, to go where no one has gone before. IF you catch my drift.

JJ can have my money when he prys it from my cold dead hand.
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