X-MEN Origins: Wolverine 2 is happening. This is something we all must accept.
“But the first one was a hateful pile of-”
Stop. It made lots of money.
“But Vaughn’s doing the rebootish prequel story that-”
Stop. They don’t care. They’re going to Japan, and they’re taking us with them whether we like it or not.
Word from Vulture is that Hugh Jackman will be going after Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night, and Twilight: Eclipse helmer David Slade to direct the film. This is reportedly Jackman’s preference between the Fox-endorsed directs Slade and Robert Schwentke, who directed The Time Traveler’s Wife.
Beyond that, you know the deal. Whoever ends up behind the camera will take on a script that has Wolverine slicing his way through Japan, many Samurai, and love itself.
I consider myself something of an authority on just how shitty the first Wolverine film is- its nearly constant rotation HBO a few weeks ago allowed me to study the intricacies of its incompetence pretty thoroughly. My conclusion? Short of dropping to softcore porn-level production value, they have nowhere to go but up.
Good luck in The East, Hugh. Maybe this will be the one that finally convinces you that you’re better than this shit.
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I don't care how much money it made, the first Wolverine was complete and utter shit. I absolutely loathe that film as it stands as a symbol of everything that's wrong with 20th Century Fox produced films. The worst thing about it was hearing the 15-year-old behind me in the theater say it was the best X-Men film of them all. I just dropped my head in shame and reflected on what passes as a "good movie" these days.
Quick, concise information with a couple of gags thrown in to differentiate CHUD from the Yahoo Entertainment news feed. This is what minor news bits like this should ALWAYS read like. Nicely done, Renn.
Pre-emptive snarking over a movie that won't even go before the cameras for a year—I must be at CHUD.
why can't he wear the uniform from the comics? I don't get it.
I still maintain that the Wolverine movie is not as terrible as everyone says. Which is not saying that it's not terrible, just not colossal train-wreck terrible. From what I had read beforehand, I expected to see basically an uncompleted movie. Transformers 2 feels like an uncompleted movie, it jumps around without making any sense. Wolverine was just kinda dull, but it was paced well and it had lots of fights, some of which were kinda cool. I don't know, this does make me a pariah, but I actually enjoyed it. Mainly due to how low my expectations were. Also I'm not a comic guy so if they changed characters or backstories I didn't even realize it. Bring on another one!
I love how people keep calling Vaughn's First Class a re-boot, even though the only returning characters are cast much younger, and the rest of the team are all characters who haven't appeared before, one of which directly ties to the continuity of the others. But hey, it's easier to just make assumptions.
AND FIX YOUR GOD DAMNED VERIFICATION SYSTEM!!!!
ANGEL IS IN THIS AND IS A WOMAN, YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST!
I thought Wolverine was okay – don't quite get the hate for that one. Enjoyable hokum. And I'd certainly go see the next one.
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