WOLVERINE!!!!!

[telophase]

Just came back from Wolverine, and I had a very enjoyable time. The movie was exactly what I expected, and I expected Wolverine's ass. I did not expect great scriptwriting, involving plot, great acting, or much of anything else.

The plot was, of course, Yet Another Marvel Retcon, but as the X-movieverse is a retcon of the comicverse, that's not surprising. And a trawl through Amazon.com to see what Weapon X stuff there is produced an approximate 2497358923749374 versions of Weapon X, Wolverine: Origis, and so on.

Color me so surprised. *rolls eyes*

I quit reading the X-books about the point where Magneto pulled the adamantium out of Wolverine's bones* (and started reading them about the time the first Weapon X storyline started) - anyone out there know how many different versions of his origin there currently are?


* Spurred, actually, by stupid writing involving Sabretooth, of all people. He's my favorite evil villain, because I showed up in the X-verse right when they were doing interesting things with his character, and then someone screwed it all up again, completely reversing all the character-building they'd done, I got disgusted, and I left. If anyone actually wants me to rant about that, let me know.

Comments

[viridian5.livejournal.com]

Nope. Not at all.

[strigine.livejournal.com]

Well, foo, but thank you for the info. :D

[telophase.livejournal.com]

They do, but not in any shape, way, or form related to the Hudsons in the comic book. Basically, two other characters with the same name show up. For a very, very short time.

ETA: And I only know the names because I looked them up on IMDB - they're not mentioned in the movie.

ETA2: And looking more closely at the cast list, it's just Heather. The other character is named Travis Hudson.

[umadoshi.livejournal.com]

The credits alarmed me in the theatre because I didn't clue in to "Heather Hudson" having been the old woman, and couldn't figure out where the hell she'd been in the movie. >.< I'm completely baffled about the decision to use that name. Why would they do that? WHY?

[telophase.livejournal.com]

If I attempted to think about it, I'd be wondering why an old woman in the 1970s would be named Heather, of all things.

But instead, I am thinking of Wolverine and how well those jeans fit. It is saner that way.

[umadoshi.livejournal.com]

This seems like a good idea. I'm trying not to think too hard about the movie, which was fun if not good. (What I've been telling people is "it was better than X-Men 3!", but they've all been hearing me shriek with rage over X3 since it came out, so no one takes that as a huge compliment.)