Below we have, I believe, the third trailer so far for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and this one was presumably edited together after the massive Deadpool reshoots. Decent trailer, and big props to the editors for making what’s sure to be a lousy movie (seriously: Mark my words, folks — it’s gonna blow) look like a decent time at the movies.
Still, the biggest problem with the trailer is that it focuses too much on Hugh Jackman with a shirt, and not enough on Hugh Jackman without a shirt. Plus, in the two-and-a-half minute trailer, there’s still less than 10 combined seconds of Taylor Kitsch and Ryan Reynolds. Does Hollywood simply not realize the massive draw that RR is? If you want more people to come see your movie, Trailer Editors, put in some more goddamn Ryan Reynolds and some more Taylor Kitsch. The man, Gabmit that is, apparently kills people with his deck of cards — that is cool, motherfuckers. I don’t care how improbable it is. I want to see someone decapitated by the Queen of Hearts.
Finally, can one of our comic-book geeks answer me a serious question? How old is Wolverine? Because it looks like, from this trailer, that he fought in the Revolutionary War or something. Or is it WWII? Does this guy not age or something? And can someone also offer a estimated timeline for the events in the film? Presumably, it takes place before X-Men, but the military technology looks awfully sophisticated if it’s set in the 80s and 90s.
I'm not sure what the comics establish, but per the statement in the original X-Men film, Wolverine's cellular regeneration does also afford him slowed aging. I think Jean comments on the fact that he's probably older than Professor X. (Granted, just being older than Professor X is a far cry from turning him into the Highlander, as this movie seems to have done.)
Posted by: DarthCorleone at March 6, 2009 10:57 AM
I will see this. I do not care how bad it is. I want to have this movie's baby.
Posted by: Clee Shay at March 6, 2009 10:58 AM
I'm sure one of the bigger geeks can give more details, but I believe Wolverine's age is unknown. In X-Men Jean Grey says something like "Due to his healing powers there is no way to tell". Has anyone ever asked him?
Posted by: ed newman at March 6, 2009 10:58 AM
Damn html tags. Sorry.
Posted by: ed newman at March 6, 2009 10:59 AM
According to the comics, he was born in 1892 in Alberta.
I'm a nerd, shut up.
Posted by: Snath at March 6, 2009 11:00 AM
They have better technology in X-Men than in our universe. That's how.
Also, you know how Adam didn't age in Heroes? Those hacks at Heroes stole that concept from X-Men.
God, I hate Heroes.
Posted by: George at March 6, 2009 11:00 AM
Hmm! Interesting trailer, which does sort of beg the question of Logan's technical immortality. If he's gifted with a mutant healing factor, he supposedly can regenerate to replace worn-out and aging tissues.
I might go see this.
Posted by: The Wanderer at March 6, 2009 11:01 AM
I don't know if Wolverine's origins story is cannon, since it sucked, but at last count he was nearly 200, because of aforementioned cellular regeneration. This movie looks like it follows the crappy origins comic which means he's the son of a landed man in Canada in the early 1800's, I believe, who kills everyone except his woman and flees to a lumberjack camp (cause he's Canadian. Get it?). This is one comic I hope they mutilate.
Posted by: Kat at March 6, 2009 11:03 AM
*SPOILER*
If anyone wants to read some really bad spoilers for this movie dealing with Ryan Reynolds and the Deadpool character, go here and prepare to be both sad and pissed the fuck off.
Seriously, if you care about Deadpool as a character you will be angry. Just saying.
Posted by: Snath at March 6, 2009 11:03 AM
I'm not actually a comic book nerd but according to the origins story I've read he is, indeed, old enough to have fought in the civil war...but it wasn't really explained all that well in the comic either.
Did I miss something? Is MC G directing this movie too? Riding on heliocopters is reserved for bad Charlies Angels movies. It's law.
Posted by: admin at March 6, 2009 11:08 AM
Wolverine's power is that he can heal from pretty much anything. That apparently cancels out aging, so yeah, he was born in the late 1800s.
Posted by: Lucas at March 6, 2009 11:09 AM
Ryan Reynolds can go suck on dirty monkey balls. Fucking Deadpool dresses like a goddamn ninja and wears a goddamn mask because his face is all fucked up. He's not some pretty boy in a sleeveless shirt that twirls everywhere.
Fuck you, FOX.
Posted by: dave at March 6, 2009 11:09 AM
Well big geek that i am , i do know from years of "research" that wolverine is around 115 years old and that his healing factor slows the aging process as well as blocking out traumatic events in his life. He was not in the civil war as he was born aroun 1880 in canada. He did fight in WWII with capt america and several other heros but sabertooth is not his brother.
FOr more information visit your local comic shop and be prepared to be ridiculed for your lack of knowledge.
Posted by: gilp at March 6, 2009 11:09 AM
Hollywood still can't do that stupid wire fighting shit right. Apparently it's cool to have your character be hoisted up into the air, wobble about trying to spin and slowly move towards his enemies while trying desperately not to tip over. It happens in every comic book movie; even when they CGI the actual wires away the character still looks as if he's on wires, and we're just supposed to ignore it? I can't believe people still try and do it.
Posted by: James at March 6, 2009 11:13 AM
Does Hollywood simply not realize the massive draw that RR is?
Because everyone and their mother flocked to Chaos Theory, Just Friends, The In Laws, Van Wilder, Defintely, Maybe; The Nines, Smokin Aces...I could go on forever. I like the guy, but he's not guaranteed box office bank. Neither is Jackman, but really that's all we've got here. (Besides, you know The Proposal is only going to do so well because Sandra Bullock has cornered the market on stupid rom-coms.)
And as for that guy playing Gambit...I saw a picture of him in character and gone was the Gambit I fondly remembered from the XMen cartoon. In his place though was a tool who looked like he was either posing for a really cheesy cologne ad. So unless we've changed the the name of the film to "Eau de Douche", I don't think he's the right foot to market the film with.
Of course, I don't even plan on seeing this movie anyway, but if I did you can be certain it'd be for Jackman. (Danny Huston as well...I don't know why, but I enjoy his presence.)
Alberta? What the fuck, I thought Wolverine was an American. That does it for me, I'm not going to spend my money watching a foreigner come to my country to fight crime and fuck our American ladies.
Posted by: Pookie at March 6, 2009 11:17 AM
Back when I used to read comics (before all this Ultimate bullshit and conforming storylines and characters to go along with the movies) Sabretooth was Wolverine's father. I think that changed though - they're not really related, just similar powers. But, Wolverine is supposed to only be 5' 3" or so, and Sabretooth is supposed to tower over him...not the other way around.
And Deadpool is aware that he's a comic book character, and frequently breaks the forth wall. Plus, he's insane.
This movie will be worse than X-men 3. But I'll probably still see it.
Posted by: dave at March 6, 2009 11:18 AM
Wolverine's healing factor retards the aging process, but he was also dosed with an anti-aging serum while doing black ops for Department H. Mastodon, Sabertooth, Silver Fox and John Wraith all got the same treatment, depending on which continuity you want to believe.
Posted by: Tracer Bullet at March 6, 2009 11:22 AM
Don't plan on any Deadpool spin-offs any time soon either, cause he is the "bad guy" at the end, and Wolverine and Sabertooth have to team up to kill him. Gambit is in the movie for a few minutes, but they really bitch out in terms of discovering his real charms as a character. Some fun moments, but overall the movie will rank up there with the other X films...
Posted by: Don at March 6, 2009 11:24 AM
Great actors. Terrible movie.
At least they're getting paid well and having some fun.
snath, I just read the depressing Deadpool news you linked.
Why? At what point was an insane "merc with a mouth" who is armed to the teeth, has a healing factor like Wolverine's, and the ability to teleport, not a good enough enemy?
Posted by: dave at March 6, 2009 11:36 AM
Wolverine is 34 years old. His secret hobby is civil war re-enactment as well as LARPing. In the next trailer he's got pointy ears and a foam sword. Come on, it's not THAT much more stupid than the actual movie.
Posted by: MrCreosote at March 6, 2009 11:39 AM
"Oooh. Shiney."
And that about sums it up, doesn't it?
And, yes, I'll probably see it, 'cause I got a hot throbby thing for Liev Schrieber.
Also, too, as well: this trailer makes the movie look better than the previous trailer I saw.
Posted by: Tira at March 6, 2009 11:40 AM
This stuff is all to complicated for me to follow, I long for the days where a guy could just drink some shit or get bit by some shit and become a super hero.
Posted by: Pookie at March 6, 2009 11:41 AM
I wouldn't be surprised if they are going to portray Sabretooth as Dog Logan. This seems to go along with all of the trailer images we see of the interaction between Sabretooth and Wolverine's parents (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Logan).
This will seal that Sabretooth and Wolverine have no physical relationship (as stated in other non-Origin comics before it).
Similarly, it will be interesting to see whether they pull in the SHIELD connection at the end of this film as they did with Iron Man.
Posted by: James at March 6, 2009 11:48 AM
I don't think it really matters how old Wolverine is to the makers of this movie. They've already funked seriously with Wolverine's origin and the timeline by throwing Gambit and Emma Frost in there at what looks like his pre-X-Men days. Plus, X-Men 2 already wrecked the Lady Deathstrike story.
This whole movie (Ryan Reynolds or no Ryan Reynolds) really gets the geeky teenage comic fan in me pissed off. They've messed with Emma Frost/The White Queen-one of my favorite characters in the X-Men universe. That's enough for me to swear it off all together.
So I guess I need to stop giving my uncle shit about his bitching over the new Star Trek movie and how it messes with that origins story.
Between 0:20 and 0:23 that trailer shows the long-lived pre-Wolverine in the American Civil War, WWI trenches, and WWII Normandy beaches. To keep in line with the birth around "1880 in canada" mentioned above by gilp, that first sequence might be intended to be the Spanish-American War, but then the US uniforms/weapons are wrong.
In the brief Civil War portion he appears to be mouthing the words, "There can only be one".
Posted by: hugeinjapan at March 6, 2009 12:03 PM
Pookie drinks shit!
You nasty motherfucker.
Posted by: I Love Beets at March 6, 2009 12:35 PM
Beets, I'm really trying to think of something interesting to say to you but unfortunately you just don't inspire me enough to respond. Now maybe if admin or the twins Sarina and Sabrina said something like that to me I'd respond. I don't want you to blame yourself Beets, some people are just not all that interesting.
Posted by: Pookie at March 6, 2009 1:03 PM
Um, are Ryan Reynolds and Taylor Wotsisname really draws? Since when?
I mean, for people other than Dustin.
Posted by: figgy at March 6, 2009 1:03 PM
It's true. Wolverine is from Alberta. I'm from Alberta and we still talk about him up here. Drumheller used to be a lush forest til that fucker came along as a precocious young lad and singe-handedly clear cut the whole thing, and it's now a desert. It did however spark The Great Canadian Log Cabin Boom of 1887. We did have to extradite him to The States though, and that's why he fought in all those wars and shit. It's true.
Posted by: Odnon at March 6, 2009 1:04 PM
Motherfucker would have been President by now if it wasn't for Americas stupid, "You have to be born in the country to run this bitch" protectionism. Racists.
Posted by: admin at March 6, 2009 1:23 PM
Admin I like you a lot, but you can't tell me you would be alright with some rice eatin' Chinamen coming to this god fearing country and trying to be in charge of it.
Posted by: Pookie at March 6, 2009 1:33 PM
are Ryan Reynolds and Taylor Wotsisname really draws?
With the women here they are, especially Mr. Kitsch. Combining him with Gambit, well, absoutely nothing's gonna stop some women getting in there, bad trailers or not.
I want to see someone decapitated by the Queen of Hearts.
If you follow Julie around I bet you'd get to see something like that ;)
Posted by: Sharopa at March 6, 2009 1:45 PM
Why the fuck not!? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the home-grown talent hasn't exactly been stellar up to this point.
Beyond that, the Chinese already do run a significant portion of both our countries, and they own the majority of U.S. debt. Brush up on your Kung-fu Pookie, you're going to need it.
Posted by: admin at March 6, 2009 1:47 PM
You might be right admin, so I guess I should find me a Chinese lady and let her suck the soy sauce off of my egg roll.
Posted by: Pookie at March 6, 2009 2:08 PM
Just wish they got Josh Holloway to play Gambit. And that Hugh Jackman broke into singing "I'm Wolverine" halfway through.
Posted by: Irina at March 6, 2009 2:15 PM
Go for the Mushu Pork. It love you long time.
Posted by: admin at March 6, 2009 2:25 PM
Pookie!
I love you and all, but don't start a fight with us hosers. We're missing teeth and covered with scars from hockey fighting. Plus we're real fat fucks from all the donout eating. So basically we got nothing to lose.
Posted by: grinder at March 6, 2009 2:29 PM
Yeah, settle down shitdrinker.
Posted by: I Love Beets at March 6, 2009 3:29 PM
Dustin, Please make some attempt to hide your raging boner for Jackman and Reynolds. For shit's sake, half of the preview shows Jackman without his shirt on. What, not enough time for you to rub one out?
Posted by: jimbob at March 6, 2009 4:25 PM
I don't care how many reshoots there have been, or how much they've changed Deadpool (well, maybe I care a little). I am an X-Universe whore. I will watch any movie that has anything to do with these characters. Every time a new character came on screen during that tiny trailer (Gambit! Sabretooth! the White Queen!), I swear I orgasmed. And I will be there on opening day.
Posted by: Melissa at March 6, 2009 4:37 PM
Vermillion, where the fuck are? I need someone to insult.
Posted by: Pookie at March 6, 2009 5:26 PM
I miss all kinds of good posts when I have to work out of the office. BUTTHOLES!
Wouldn't a spoiler warning now be the most effective way to break it to your child that he/she is adopted?
If you didn't want to find out that we're not your birth parents, why did you read past the spoiler warning at the top of your birth certificate!?!
Posted by: branded at March 6, 2009 6:52 PM
Then I comment on the wrong article for fuck's sake. Now I'm the butthole.
Posted by: branded at March 6, 2009 6:55 PM
I couldn't give two shits about XMen or any comic book related movie. I grew up reading Jane Austen damnit!! But...I support my boyfriend Taylor in all of his endeavors, so I'll be there on opening night.
Posted by: Austin at March 6, 2009 8:42 PM
Me too, Melissa, me too! If only they coulda shrunk Jackman...it's not right him being so tall. I am more familiar with our Canuckleheads being short and hairy 'bub'-sayers, ya know?
Also - I'd sing the fricken' anthem nude if I caught sight of Puck, or poor gay Northstar, or schizo Aurora in one of these things. Not that I love AF or anything, just because. Gotta represent.
Posted by: replica at March 7, 2009 1:29 AM
For anyone bagging on Taylor Kitsch, watch Friday Night Lights. He kicks unholy amounts of ass, he's now the one reason I WILL see this movie.
Posted by: a total plant at March 7, 2009 12:02 PM
This movie has Hugh Jackman, Taylor Kitsch, Liev Schrieber and Ryan Reynolds. That is fourfecta of hotness. I'd watch them kick bunnies as long as they do it shirtless on a hot summer day. How do you ruin something that perfect? Will.i.am... in a movie... in a fucking cowboy hat, that's how. This movie is dead to me.
Posted by: jM at March 7, 2009 2:05 PM
I love how no one has yet mentioned the cute older brother from Jack and Bobby playing young Cyclops. That and my future cabana boy Ryan Reynolds means I'll probably give this movie a run around the DVD player in the next few months. Other then that, I'm pretty meh about the whole thing.
Whatever floats your boat I suppose.
Posted by: BMG at March 8, 2009 3:25 PM
Dammit! I came late to the rant! As fricking usual!
Geeze! I just wanna know what the hell have they done to my Deadpool!?! I love me some Reynolds,but where the hell is the bloody mask? If they wussify him and my boy Gambit the travesty will NEVER be forgiven! His mouth better be as smart alecky as I know it's supposed to be!
That's why I always like Deadpool and Spiderman - the rapid fire comments (although Deadpool's sanity level was way off kilter).
X-men already got screwed over with those ridiculous movies so I shouldn't be surprised if this one starts the suckage within the first 5 minutes (like the original X-Men film), but dammit! I want Wolverine and gambit to shine! (Not the Stephanie Meyers sissified vampire way however, that's just wrong.)
Posted by: Four Eyes at March 9, 2009 12:31 AM
Love the movie so much.Here is a movie community mixedmate.c0m. You can share your ideas with others if you want.
****super spoiler****
what the fuck have they done to x men origins wolverine, i have been nuaghty i've seen the pre-production version of the movie alright it's got visable wires and some crappy non-finished CG but that aside the movie is SHIT i mean the first 15-20 mins is o'k (like when deadpool exits a elevator and is getting shot at by about 20 odd people and he is slicing the bullets and deflecting them back all around him)but after that the movie's plot and story has NO relevance to the mainstream marvel universe or story's or characters (its the biggest money spin ever!),
i dont know why they couldn't just make a new bad guy up or reinvent an old enemy of the xmen/wolverine i mean the hole idea that they have givin deadpool cyclops's optic eye blast, some next dude's teleporting ability alright he did have a reprodution/copy of wolvie's healing factor but no were in the hole of the marvel multiverse has deadpool ever had katana blades which come out of his wrist's like wolvie's claws WHAT THE FUCK HAVE U DONE TO DEADPOOL I LOVE HIM HE WAS AND IS SO COOL wo why did u have to go and distroy my favorite character huh Gavin Hood and David Benioff i mean have u ever read deadpool's origins? or sabertooth's? even gambit has spose to have red eyes with a black outline which is why he's called 'Le Diable Blanc'! u have confirmed and distroyed my faith that there will never ever be a marvel movie worth watching or that really sticks or shows the characters truth or real abilities and i'm really pissed
if u like the cartoon's/anime comics or wolverine or deadpool dont see this movie it has hurt me
YOU FAIL GAVIN HOOD & DAVID BENIOFF AND SUCK ON A MAJOR LEVEL NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE POSIBLE, I HOPE YOUR HAIR FALLS OUT!?
but really its a shit movie and david benioff u cock munching arsehole never make another movie especially if it has anything to do with x-men or the marvel continum
Posted by: Ripper0Russell at April 3, 2009 7:05 AM
I'm not sure what the comics establish, but per the statement in the original X-Men film, Wolverine's cellular regeneration does also afford him slowed aging. I think Jean comments on the fact that he's probably older than Professor X. (Granted, just being older than Professor X is a far cry from turning him into the Highlander, as this movie seems to have done.)