A lot of digital ink has been spilled in the lead-up to the The Wolverine trailer debut, to the point where I think it became a bit 
muddled what was and wasn’t coming. Naturally Fox managed to be the most graceless studio when it came to the whole trailer for trailers thing.
For me, all of the nonsense was undoing a lot of the quietly optimistic buzz I felt was building from director James Mangold’s tweets (and Vines) and Jackman’s confidence. All of that was great until, as I tweeted to Tim, Fox showed up to the party drunk, pissing out shitty posters and vomiting up footage all over the floor. We’ve finally arrived at the actual, real trailer though, and we get two for our effort! Released with 30 minutes of each other, the international trailer is above, with the domestic trailer below. Consensus seems to be that the latter is an improvement, though I think I prefer the International trailer.
I don’t know how to feel about this- there is a sense of small, cheapness that reminds me too much of the first Wolverine solo film. This is clearly not the disaster Origins is, but it could still be hella worthless. At least there is a clear sense of Logan being put into a situation where he has to fight lots of Ninjas without all of his usual powers, rather than some convoluted bullshit. Stakes! No bone claw tease yet, so far as I noticed.
via Collider
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Was that the bar from Fargo in the opening? Also, why doesn’t his hair grow back rapidly when it is cut? If it is always a pre-determined length, how did it get so long? If you are going to tell me hair is already “dead”, then why does his body repair everything but his hair? Shouldn’t his body repair everything and thus his hair would be an enemy to his body due to it’s dead nature? Does this mean that he never has suffered from psoriasis and he has the smoothest most perfect skin on earth? If he has been alive for so long because of his regenerative properties, why is he starting to look older, rippling muscles aside? Why are you trying to formulate reasonable responses to my obviously retarded questions? Don’t you know this is just a comic book movie and just for fun maaaaaaaaan?
Sorry, but as someone who is not familiar with the epic amazing comic this is apparently based on (like most of the general going public) this looks like that Jennifer Garner ELEKTRA shit stain. Another thing I’ve noticed is that the horrible cgi in a trailer, no matter how far out the trailer comes from the release of the film itself, always ends up being the cgi that ends up in the film itself, and the cgi in this does not leave me with very much confidence. OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN didn’t have enough of it to derail the film, but this looks like……well again it looks like ELEKTRA meets that NINJA ASSASSIN movie. yeesh
Renn Brown, I agree with you. The…International Trailer is…Awesome! I am…X-Tremely…X-Cited for this film, and we…Finally get not one but…2 Trailers. I want to see more of Silver Samurai, as he is one of my favorite villains/rivals/occasional partner for Logan! I do not love the concept of taking away his healing factor, and also would prefer to see Logan in his…Yellow and Blue Costume, as I prefer Superheroes in their traditional attire whenever possible. The Wolverine is my…2nd most anticipated film of 2013 after G.I. Joe Retaliation!
These trailers actually managed to decrease my enthusiasm – too many money shots. The glimpse of the train fight feels slightly reminiscent of the helicopter attack in Wolverine Origins.
While I am a huge fan of the original Miller graphic novel, I’ve never thought it was the best story to adapt. Wolverine’s powers in the 80’s were toned way down, which is why he was actually at risk when fighting one on one with a master swordsman. The X-men films have ramped his powers way up, I don’t think a whole cadre of ninjas would pose any problem whatsoever.
The trailer reminds me of some sort of Michael Dudikoff actioner from the 80’s..I don’t know if that’s good or bad.
Mmm bad.
When you’re actually waiting for the trailer to end, that’s a very bad sign.
“While I am a huge fan of the original Miller graphic novel, I’ve never thought it was the best story to adapt. Wolverine’s powers in the 80′s were toned way down, which is why he was actually at risk when fighting one on one with a master swordsman. The X-men films have ramped his powers way up, I don’t think a whole cadre of ninjas would pose any problem whatsoever.”
Did you even watch the trailer? They don’t even hide the fact that they somehow make him mortal, that is why he is vulnerable.
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