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I am ashamed to admit that this got me excited. My distaste for Wolverine, Gambit, and Ryan Reynolds is strong, but man that looked epic.

Looks pretty good. I mean, it certainly could be a lot worse!

I think this movie looks good because the trailer has lots of slow motion. The only way for action to be cool is for it to occur in slow motion with an opera track booming in the background. Why has it taken Hollywood until this movie to realize this universal truth?

Also, having Wolverine's woman die is an interesting twist on what motivates a hero.

That gave me more enjoyment than the whole 2 and a half hours of that snoozefest Dark Knight. Plus I could actually see what was happening.

"Plus I could actually see what was happening."

I still don't get this complaint. Having just watched it on Blu-Ray, I was stunned at just how LONG most of the shots were (especially in comparison to Quantum of Solace, which I'd watched a couple of days earlier). No quick edits, everything well-framed, etc. Never really had an issue with seeing what was going on outside of the fight in the club.

As for Wolverine... after a year where Iron Man and Batman made superheroes done in the traditional way, costumes and all, cool again, it really does seem like it's missing the point somewhat. Lots of slow motion, lots of wire work, and not a costume to be seen.

Does it look like the dramatic equal of Dark Knight or Iron Man? Of course not. However, this is looking to be a fun action flick with enough Easter Eggs to make nerds happy. While I love that Hollywood is starting to take superhero films more seriously, it's good to see that the popcorn flicks are all going by the wayside. I'm hoping for something along the lines of at least the first X-Men or the Incredible Hulk, and I'll be more than happy watching Wolverine on the big screen...

Cass, you are joking right?

Love the sarcasm, Cass.
Is the young girl supposed to be Storm? And is the fat guy supposed to the Blob?
I'm still not convinced this'll be any good, but I'm at least persuaded to go and see it now.

I'm a fan of the Wolverine archetype, but avoided the origin stories because they were convoluted, confusing, and clearly just making it up as they went along because they always had the out of "implanted false memories." So I'm not so interested in this. Does the world really need another Wolverine origin story?

Isn't saying "cool as Gambit" a contradiction in terms?

Ridiculous to extreme proportions. Lots of "cool" going on in this trailer, possibly too much for one movie to handle. I'll end up seeing it though. I think the only reason I'm not cynically disgusted by this movie is that there's a lot of new(ish) talent working on the film. I'm willing to see what they can do. Though, admittedly, my expectations couldn't be much lower.

Although, I think the only way I could enjoy Deadpool in a movie is if he's played by Brad Pitt and they never show him without a hideously scarred face. Ryan Reynolds...bleh.

I am now approximately 300% more excited about this film than I was before seeing the trailer. So yes, good job, 20th Century Fox.

Yeah, way better than I expected it to be. Looks like it covers a lot of ground.

But remember, it has Gambit in a prominent role. How good can it be?

It also has Deadpool. And the Blob. So count me in.

Not me, I was interested beforehand (I like Jackman's take on the character so far, and Beniof and Hood seemed like smart, serious hires) but this trailer made me suddenly lose all interest. Deadpool? Gambit? He has claws when he's a little kid? Immortality? They might as well call this movie, "why Wolverine became unbearable in the 90s"

Why not just adapt the original Claremont-Miller limited series? Or the Barry Windsor-Smith material? Even better: combine the two. That would be a good movie. This looks terrible.

This looks cool and could be good. Could. Possibly.

I can't say I'm excited by the prospect of watching Hugh Jackman and Gambit causing explosions for two hours, but then again, it has the Blob, so it can't be all bad.

This will be the most okay Wolverine movie since X2!

Is the black cowboy at 0:40 supposed to be someone?

That's Wraith, played from the dude from the Black Eyed Peas.

Continuity-wise he DID have claws as a little kid. Which might be one of the few things in the movie that actually jibes with the comics.

It does look pretty cool.Plus, it kinda looks like they're going to be using gambit when he was a part opf the the mauraders

“Plus I could actually see what was happening.”

"I still don’t get this complaint. Having just watched it on Blu-Ray, I was stunned at just how LONG most of the shots were (especially in comparison to Quantum of Solace, which I’d watched a couple of days earlier). No quick edits, everything well-framed, etc. Never really had an issue with seeing what was going on outside of the fight in the club."

Exactly... And even in the club scene, it's not that hard to see that Bats was kicking ass on everyone around him. Besides, clubs are SUPPOSED TO BE DARK.

Anyone who found TDK a snoozefest should probably just curl up with a double feature of Fantastic Four movies. Perhaps that's more his speed.

"As for Wolverine… after a year where Iron Man and Batman made superheroes done in the traditional way, costumes and all, cool again, it really does seem like it’s missing the point somewhat. Lots of slow motion, lots of wire work, and not a costume to be seen."

The lack of costumes doesn't bother me here, Stephen, seeing as this is Wolvie's origin(s). And the X-Men films downplayed the costume angle too. But I agree with you about the rest. I hope Wolverine is good, but it's almost certainly going to seem like child's play compared to TDK. I mean, c'mon... This is FOX we're talking about here.

I like the idea of Schreiber as Sabertooth. If you're going to do a movie about this part of Wolverine's story, you need a Sabertooth who can *act*, and who can seethe malice, not a brute or an action star.

That said, I don't find Weapon X and its endless derivatives to be nearly as interesting a story as the Claremont-Miller mini-- or a contemporary-only one-on-one spy-thriller type movie between Wolverine and Sabertooth, with the latter taunting the former about memory holes but without any of the answers being filled in. Wolverine's much more interesting as a mystery than as an endless Escher sketch of memory implants, amnesia, and retcons.

no... just no...

Most interesting is the idea that Logan "asked for it", has that been explored in the comics?

I believe this is the first time the notion has come up - you're right, it is an intriguing idea.

If by 'intriguing', you mean 'stolen from The Bourne Ultimatum', then yes, it's very intriguing.

Not a fan of that trailer at all, sorry - it looks like a very 'budget' approach to such a profitable property. But director Gavin Hood's 'Tsotsi' was okay, and hey, it's Wolverine, so I'm still going to see it.

It looked watchable to me, which was a heck of a lot more than I was expecting when I first heard about the project.

I definitely saw Blob, pretty sure I saw a young Storm, but most disturbing -- did I see Emma? There was definitely a blonde who turned into diamond, or ice, or something.

While it looks cool, and I'm a fan of Jackman, it looks to me like they're trying to jam in the Howletts, Silver Fox, the war-hero stuff, Weapon X, the Sabertooth feud....Gambit's in here too, and I'm told there's Deadpool as well. How much plot is in this movie?

Yup! Should be an enjoyable hour-and-a-half/two hours... Nothing mind-bending , but an enjoyable romp, very much along the lines of Iron Man and Incredible Hulk...

There are two poles on my comic movie swingometer - Dark Knight and LXG... As long as Wolverine stays somewhere near the middle it will be doing alright in my book...

Just wish Sabretooth had blonder, shaggier hair...

It's based on one of Stryker's lines in X2: X-Men United (gawd): "As I recall, you volunteered for the procedure!"

Jesus... that looks like a mish-mosh of mediocrity. Sorry, but the third X-film killed all enthusiasm I had for the franchise, and this movie feels like it's 5 years too late.

I don't know if the volunteering concept is that important to the character but it certainly brings more edge to the edgiest character.

Just thinking, isn't Fox reproducing the X-Men recette, Wolverine + a lot of support cast ?!!

Are they making Mariko part of the 'Special Team?'

Did i see a small dark haired boy behind some Ice , is that Ice Man?

I thought the woman who turned to diamond had dark hair and was not a blonde ????

Claret & Blue

" Are they making Mariko part of the ‘Special Team?’ "
It's Silver Fox the love interest of Wolverine.

"Did i see a small dark haired boy behind some Ice , is that Ice Man?"
It's William Stryker son as seen older in X2 (different colors eyes).

"Did i see a small dark haired boy behind some Ice , is that Ice Man?"
Logic would say it's Emma Frost 2nd mutation.

for everyone interested, Empire( british movie mag) made a shot by shot description of the trailer.
Here's the link:
http://www.empireonline.com/features/wolverine-trailer-breakdown/

Claret & Blue

" Are they making Mariko part of the ‘Special Team?’ "
It's Silver Fox the love interest of Wolverine.

"Did i see a small dark haired boy behind some Ice , is that Ice Man?"
It's William Stryker son as seen older in X2 (different colors eyes).

"Did i see a small dark haired boy behind some Ice , is that Ice Man?"
Logic would say it's Emma Frost 2nd mutation.

for everyone interested, Empire( british movie mag) made a shot by shot description of the trailer.
Here's the link:
http://www.empireonline.com/features/wolverine-trailer-breakdown/
They even mention Cylops & Banshee being part of the mutant imprisoned one with a blindflod covering his eyes & the other being muzzled. I didn't see them...

"Just thinking, isn’t Fox reproducing the X-Men recette, Wolverine + a lot of support cast ?!!"

Yeah, but I'm not sure if there's much to the supporting cast in this one. Of course, if we get a Deadpool screwball comedy movie out of this somehow, all will be forgiven...

... except for the slo-mo wire work. I know I said it already, but, geez, the Matrix was nearly 10 years ago now, Hollywood. This stuff doesn't impress anyone over the age of six these days.

Not half bad; more or less what I expected, a big dumb ride through history full of Marvel cameos. I'm just wondering how badly they're going to misuse Emma Frost.

It's really too bad that they're picking up the bone claws, although I guess that's been part of the story since the copy of Wolverine #75 I have in front of me. It's now worth roughly $100,000 because of the COLLECTOR'S EDITION HOLOGRAM CARD COVER. (Wolverine goes left, Wolverine goes right! Wolverine goes left . . .)

Really, though, the claws should be implants. I like the idea of everything that makes Logan "Wolverine" instead of Regenerating Smell-Dude being the result of experiments. Adds a nice dimension to the character. Then again, I guess they'd never have run his book for years without the claws. Me, I would've subscribed to Logan: Declawed at #1 and stayed faithful all the way through the series' climactic end at #2. As it was, the Fatal Attractions books were probably the last few comics I ever read as a kid.

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FOR THOSE WHO ARE CONFUSED WHY WOLVERINE HAS CLAWS WHEN HE WAS A KID

The kid is actually WOLVERINE, and this claws are not adamantium yet, those are his bones. HE IS BORN MUTANT. YOU CAN PAUSE the part of the trailer where his claws are shown, the claws are not smooth. he only got his adamantium claws when he was experimented on and there he got his metal claws.