tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post7277419205689049453..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: X-Men Origins: WolverineJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-31624802978319645952009-09-23T15:04:34.296-05:002009-09-23T15:04:34.296-05:00I thought it was fun, even if I was puzzled by Str...I thought it was fun, even if I was puzzled by Stryker's certainty that the magic --er, adamantium bullet would erase Logan's memories. Did I miss the research Stryker did on head shots to mutants with healing abilities? Ah, well, in for a penny...Mark Justicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15554011945292854614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-39664762065397528742009-09-18T11:35:12.506-05:002009-09-18T11:35:12.506-05:00Just watched this again last night. I definitely l...Just watched this again last night. I definitely like it more than the third X-Men movie, which is just crap, although the ending feels kind of hectic to me.<br /><br />I've always had mixed feelings about Jackman's Wolverine. He plays the character as well as he can, but the comic geek in me keeps saying that he's just way too matinee idolish to be playing a character who's a 5'3" hairy little troll in the comics :)Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-79894600104046198662009-09-18T08:13:50.035-05:002009-09-18T08:13:50.035-05:00Add Gerry Conway's name to the mix for conceiv...Add Gerry Conway's name to the mix for conceiving much of the first Spider-Man movie's story, though it was more dramatic in the comics with Gwen's death and all. (Trivia: he was only 20 years old or so when he wrote that legendary arc!)Richard Proschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314680709014254183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-61395632095799772612009-09-18T07:12:10.486-05:002009-09-18T07:12:10.486-05:00You may well be right about Ennis. And some curre...You may well be right about Ennis. And some current comics writers are also getting the chance to write for movies and TV, like Geoff Johns.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-91762414009999736272009-09-18T05:08:52.957-05:002009-09-18T05:08:52.957-05:00"Considering the era in which those stories w..."Considering the era in which those stories were written, I doubt if the writers and artists got any of the movie money"<br /><br />One really wonders. <br /><br />But I guess you are right concerning the older writers and artists. That is the nature of work-for-hire.<br /><br />Still this rubs me often the wrong way when I see it. Back then I was a Iron Man fan before Marvel trashed the character, and when I watched the movie I couldn´t help thinking: this character or plotline was originally written by Stan Lee (the origin and Yinzen; Pepper), this by David Micheline (Rhodey and the boozing) that by Denny O´Neil (Obediah Stane).<br /><br />Still, in a case like The Punisher where large chunks were lifted from the first Garth Ennis first revamp of The Punisher (the Russion, Bumpo, Dave and so on) I don´t think that they didn´t pay Ennis something, even when he didn´t got a credit. Ennis is still a major and successful current writer, who generate sales, and why alienate talent like this?AndyDeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806906746754478064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-82315121545220311562009-09-17T13:06:07.853-05:002009-09-17T13:06:07.853-05:00Considering the era in which those stories were wr...Considering the era in which those stories were written, I doubt if the writers and artists got any of the movie money.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-28695368761843790052009-09-17T12:36:00.838-05:002009-09-17T12:36:00.838-05:00"But I ask you, what’s the point of having a ..."But I ask you, what’s the point of having a mysterious character if you then take all the mystery away from him?"<br /><br />The burning need of 5th generation writers to follow their fan-fiction and erase the last white spaces on the map. I will never understand why they think it a good idea to rob characters of their mystery.<br /><br />"Did they create Herb Trimpe, the artist who designed Wolverine?"<br /><br />I don´t think so. As they didn´t credit Steven Grant or Mike Baron or Garth Ennis in the Punisher movies for their contribution or David Micheline and Dennis O´Neal for their contributions for Iron Man. And this is just the writer´s I can remember without checking. At least I hope they got a nice check.AndyDeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806906746754478064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-57582044561023349612009-09-17T12:29:18.573-05:002009-09-17T12:29:18.573-05:00Yeah, I thought the flashback sequence under the o...Yeah, I thought the flashback sequence under the opening credits was great, one of the best parts of the movie.<br /><br />And no, no mention of Herb Trimpe that I saw. I think John Romita Sr. may have had a hand in the character's creation, too.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-54743883041800308142009-09-17T11:20:33.019-05:002009-09-17T11:20:33.019-05:00Did they create Herb Trimpe, the artist who design...Did they create Herb Trimpe, the artist who designed Wolverine?bebnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-72374882389962390262009-09-17T10:13:25.346-05:002009-09-17T10:13:25.346-05:00I ranked it as third (maybe second) out of the fou...I ranked it as third (maybe second) out of the four. My favorite is the second X-Men movie. I find the third movie, Last Stand, or whatever it was, damn near unwatchable, although I guess I thought it was okay in the theater, but some of the changes to the X-Men mythos were unforgivable (and I've never even read the comic books).<br /><br />In Wolverine, I thought Liev Schreiber was terrific as Sabertooth. I thought the military flashback sequence with the two of them was great. I thought Gambit was fantastic. I thought some of the other things were just so-so.<br /><br />And for some reason I can't get the breakdown of adamantium out of my head as Adam Ant-ium.Mark Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410424046477699059noreply@blogger.com