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This movie gets better and better.

Enola on Mar 4, 2008

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Shouldn't sabertooth have muscles and actually look in shape?

zippy on Mar 4, 2008

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alex. im not sure that the weapon X program was the thing that "turned" them into mutants. Wolverine was always a mutant with his mutant power being insane regeneration, and heightened senses. same with sabertooth, the weapon x program turned him into a psycho killing machine and gave him the adamantium coating on his bones. Also, victor creed didnt see wolverine as competition, i just finished xmen origins, wolverine, and he was wolverine's lead trainer in the field, and basically made his life a living hell which turned him into the killing machine that he is now, sabertooth was the one who trained wolverine and did the interrogation techniques on him and the mental beatdown that made wolverine who he is. Now, i am not 100% sure about this as to i am not a wolverine expert, but this is what i gathered from my research and readings. So, i may be wrong.

If you have not read the comics, i strongly suggest it, its pretty cool as to what happens and the cross overs of marvel characters whom i hope that we will see in the movies.

also, i think they should make the civil war series into a movie later on down the road, just a thought.

taurinh on Mar 4, 2008

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Okay, there is a reason that movie studios don't like early spy photos like this getting out and it's because your impressions are based on un-edited photos of a character in a scene you know nothing about. Who knows that this isn't before creed even is part of the Weapon X program and in this state he's meant to be flabby and out of shape. Then after he goes through it, that's when he becomes buff. You have no clue when or where or what part of the movie this is from…

So, case in point, don't jump to conclusions based on this alone. The movie will certainly be a LOT different than what you see in spy photos…

Alex Billington on Mar 4, 2008

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Even though this is just a small thing, taurinh is correct - the Weapon X program did not "turn" Wolverine and Sabretooth into mutants. That was never what the Weapon X program was about. Rather, the program was made to take exceptional people and make them into living weapons. In particular, the Weapon X program is what fused the adamantium into Wolverine's bones, making them unbreakable. I'm not sure about this, but I think that it was the Weapon X program which also gave Wolverine the ability to sprout his now-famous claws.

However, it was Logan's mutant power of regeneration that allowed him to survive the whole ordeal (they tried it on some others beforehand, but they never survived). The Weapon X program also always tried something different with each person who was subject to their experiments, which explains why the Weapon X program has been around for a while and Wolverine is the only one with unbreakable bones and claws…although Lady Deathstrike was a very close copy.

Now, as for the history and relationship between Logan and Creed, I know that there was a particularly HUGE revelation quite a few years ago, but I don't know if it has since been retconned or not, so I won't post it here. Other than this possible "revelation", Logan and Creed did in fact work with each other at some point (as mercs, I believe).

The most likely scenario is that the movie is only going to focus on one or two facets of the Sabretooth/Wolverine relationship, especially due to how involved it has been over the years in the comic world. Regardless, it's good to know that they're aware enough to make sure Sabretooth is a prominent figure in the Wolverine Origins flick.

Micah on Mar 4, 2008

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wolverine was able to use his claws before at least in the ultimates and origin series, but either way, This movie is gonna kick serious butt, and i dont think Liv looks all that bad, he looks like a cool mercenary type person, i think they did a fantastic job casting him, he looks like wolverine and i am excited to see what they are gonna do, i hope that we get to really see wolvie kickin butt and takin names! he started to in xmen 3, but they kinda neutered him a bit for the PG-13 rating, lets see him tear some people up! oh, and am i the only one that wants to see him use his claws to climb a wall?

taurinh on Mar 4, 2008

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"I'm not sure about this, but I think that it was the Weapon X program which also gave Wolverine the ability to sprout his now-famous claws."

Logan always had the claws, but weapon X coated them with adamantium, making them effective weapons. There is an arc of the comic where (I think) Magneto pulls all the metal out of Logan. He still has the claws, but they are just bone and not nearly as effective a weapon.

Joel on Mar 4, 2008

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"and am i the only one that wants to see him use his claws to climb a wall?"

…or a sentinel. Like he did in the old X-men cartoon. I always thought that was Wolverine's most bad-ass moment

Alfredo on Mar 4, 2008

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I always thought the most bad-ass Wolverine moments in the comics are when he'd team up with Colossus for the "Cannonball Special."

Too bad in X-3 you could practically see the wires.

Tom Brazelton on Mar 4, 2008

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The further this movie goes from Miller's rendition, trying to include as many fanboy characters as insanely possible, the less this becomes about wolverine, and the more it resembles a jerk-fest for fanboys only.

This should be a character study, not a fanboy flip-book that alienates non-comics readers.

I certainly hope Gavin Hood is focusing on Wolverine as a character, so this doesn't end up being another X-3 or Spider Man 3, literally squeezing in extra characters at the expense of an appealing and well told story.

I've said this time & again: Bryan Singer succeeded w/ the first Xmen movie b/c he knew how to direct an ensemble cast, evidenced in Usual Suspects.

Wolverine's convoluted "Origin" as fans know it today is not what I'd call the Classic Wolverine origin story.

At first it sounded like he was incorporating Weapon X, Wolverine (the Frank Miller gr. novel).

If this focuses on Wolverine & Sabretooth, that has potential to be a great film that sparks a worthy franchise. If it's a rogues gallery of his enemies, that weaves them across the story of his own development, that could work too.

But if it's just a condensation of 25+ years worth of comics & characters in 2 hours, it won't come across well.

I'm sure this movie won't completely suck, but it's walking a shifty line, introducing all these other characters, in my opinion. Who needs Deadpool in a Wolverine origin story, really?

I never saw Wolverine as a subset of the Xmen franchise, but a wholly separate character, who happened to be an X-man. He definitely deserves his own movie. I just hope this movie is about him, and not just another attempt to bring more X-characters to the screen.

Djoser on Mar 5, 2008

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Looks like her can pull off looking like Sabertooth cant wait to see him in the movie.

Curtis on Mar 5, 2008

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check out those 99 cent Halloween nails!!! just kidding, the wolverine movie is gunna kick a$$

zurtker on Mar 5, 2008

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I think Liev Schreiber is a great actor. Much better than Tyler Mane, (no offense, Tyler). However, when it comes to Sabretooth. The greatest thing about him as a villan WAS his presence, not the believability of his dialoge. Looking at Liev, I'm sorry I just don't see Sabretooth, I mean I'm trying to be as opptomistic as can about it and nomatter how many ways I try to convince myself, Liev is not Victor Creed. The presence of Tyler Mane WAS Sabretooth. All I can say is I hope Liev has some serious workout plan before shooting. Otherwise there are gonna be alot of disappointed fans.

Tiburon on Apr 15, 2008

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i'm with Tiburon

Darren on Jun 21, 2008