Throwback Thursday : Wolverine

Once upon a time, Wolverine was even cooler than he is now, he was 5'2" of adamantium & mutant fury, could go toe-to-toe with the Hulk and was the most popular character in the Marvel Universe.

Then one day, some goof decided to make him more "normal", whatever the hell that is, but it really did a lot of damage to the character and caused a cascade that dropped Marvel's sales for years.

There were several attempts to make the character part of some animated shows but they never pulled it off.

To me, the best think about Logan was the complete lack of an origin, it was guesswork, hints, teases, and a lot of crazy rumors.  There were stories about him in a photo during the War Between the States and his flashbacks to something resembling Feudal Japan, then there are the connections he has around the world that couldn't possibly be made in a regular human lifetime.

The origin they gave him was, and still is, absolutely terrible, in fact, putting it into movie form only showed how bad it is, let's hope that Kevin Feige goes back to the classic Wolverine that made "the little guy" the biggest in the Marvel Universe.

With Wolverine, the only thing you knew, was that you never knew, and that was what made his stories so damn good.  In ways, he was like the Batman, he would pull off stunts against the Hellfire Club and miraculous returns from the dead or four... 

Why "fix" something that wasn't broken?  Not sure why Marvel ever went for it, it made zero sense, and today makes even less.  It's the most outrageous parts of the MCU that are the best, and the best has yet to come, we hope.... 

Coming up, January 1st 2022, my ULTIMATE MCU list....

 

X-Men : the movie 2000

The mutants were finally coming to the big screen but it didn't take long for a lot of fans, myself included, to realize that Bryan Singer should have never been allowed near an established franchise.

Today, we're pampered, we're spoiled by how organized the MCU is, and looking back, we realize what a sad cluster**** this film was, in so many ways.

Parts of it were perfect, Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier was about as great as it gets for an older Professor X, he fit the bill perfectly.  Rebecca Romijn as Mystique was another excellent casting, that's lasted beyond many of the others, and she still looks amazing in body paint.

Hugh Jackman has portrayed Wolverine ever since, and although a lot of people rave about him, I have never been that impressed.  It also ruined the character when we saw Wolverine hosting the Tony Awards.  I was a lifelong fan of Wolverine, the real one, the original, but this was based on the new rendition of the character, a watered down version.  The classic Wolverine was so much better.

It was cool to see the characters come to life, especially when I knew one of them from his days in professional wrestling, Tyler Mane as Sabertooth, but the story was sophomoric at best, with a soft plot and poor dialogue and worse character interaction.

As a stand alone film, it gets 🌟 and a half out of five but as part of the MCU it's only half a star for the casting of Xavier, Rebecca Romijn in blue body paint and simply getting the characters to the screen.