The Wolverine (Post-release)

[BDK]

I know it's just the movies but in the comics Logan couldn't get drunk or be poisoned because of his healing factor. Also his hands should be bleeding from his claws and he should be poisoned from the adamantium when his healing factor was suppressed. These are by no means important, just observations from a comic nerd.

Actually no on 2 parts of that. 1) In the comics he was giving a heavy dose of poisoned by Shingen with blow fish venom to lower his healing factor and try to kill him. 2) He mentions a few times after the adamantium was ripped out by Magneto that if he keeps the channels open there isn't blood, like a pierced ear. But that might have just been a throw out line to Jubilee back then.

There was a big guy with dreads that looked a hell of a lot like the actor playing Bishop to me.

I didn't catch it first time but I do think your right on re-watching it.

 

[JD]

I really had no intentions of seeing this movie. It was Hugh Jackman's interviews that had me change my mind - the dude just comes off as so humble and thankful about having a career - and he's said good things about his stay in Detroit during the filming of Real Steel. So, Hugh Jackman seems to be a pretty cool guy.

I haven't been a big fan of the X-Movies - I didn't even bother with the first Wolverine flick and well X-Men First Class is just a different series altogether and I thought it was simply incredible. The Wolverine comes in 2nd begind X:FC - sure, perhaps the plot had some holes and it came off as a bit predictable at time. There were some amazingly cool scenes where, despite being too tall and all the rest of the movie-Logan flaws, it was darn close to being the Wolverine from the comics (now, granted I haven't read an X-Men comic in a long time).

I might not've outright loved this movie - but, I definitely enjoyed it. Way better than Man of Steel and a hair behind Iron Man 3.

The biggest complaint is that the actress playing Viper was just terrible.

 

[darthgordon]

I can't believe I missed the en credit scene! Luckily it's on YouTube.

The movie I'm going to say was a just a fun popcorn flick. Wolverine without the X-Men has never held a lot of interest for me. He's fun and all action, but lacks all of those issues (prejudice) that always made X-Men great to me. But I'd day it's well directed (which is the real issue I take with origins) and a fun movie. I liked seeing Jean again, but felt she was too out of character (though its all happening in Logan's mind). She still seemed more like Phoenix and Jean (dark). But I'm pumped for days of future past!

 

[comonbub]

Can somebody please explain to me the logic behind Silver Samurai being able to cut off Wolverine's claws? That part killed it for me and makes me wonder how they're gonna give him his claws back in DOFP now that they're bone.

 

[Flagg]

I saw this movie yesterday and was fairly underwhelmed. I will also go on record as one of the only 3 people on the planet that liked "Origins" and I would rather sit through that movie again any day then The Wolverine. I didn't hate this movie by a long shot but it certainly wasn't The Wolverine movie I have been waiting for either. If you haven't seen it yet I would wait till it was at redbox or netflix.

 

[tubachris85x]

Can somebody please explain to me the logic behind Silver Samurai being able to cut off Wolverine's claws? That part killed it for me and makes me wonder how they're gonna give him his claws back in DOFP now that they're bone.

The silver samurai is completely made of adamantium. The only thing that can cut adamantium, is well, adamantium, however, they made a point to show that they needed to heat the blade before it could make a cut. Just as they were initially gonna do the same thing when Logan was strapped into that chair, they needed to cut them to expose the bone marrow, and that is how he was able to draw the healing abilities, and why you see Logan pretty much dying in the process.

 

[Lost21stJedi]

Can somebody please explain to me the logic behind Silver Samurai being able to cut off Wolverine's claws? That part killed it for me and makes me wonder how they're gonna give him his claws back in DOFP now that they're bone.

The silver samurai is completely made of adamantium. The only thing that can cut adamantium, is well, adamantium, however, they made a point to show that they needed to heat the blade before it could make a cut. Just as they were initially gonna do the same thing when Logan was strapped into that chair, they needed to cut them to expose the bone marrow, and that is how he was able to draw the healing abilities, and why you see Logan pretty much dying in the process.

I had thought that in Origins, Deadpool was given an adamantium skeleton (otherwise why not just use Victor's healing power and skip the whole adamantium thing). Wolverine was able to cut his head off because his claws were heated up by deflecting the optic blasts.

 

[tubachris85x]

I had thought that in Origins, Deadpool was given an adamantium skeleton (otherwise why not just use Victor's healing power and skip the whole adamantium thing). Wolverine was able to cut his head off because his claws were heated up by deflecting the optic blasts.

Good thing that there's consistency in that respect

 

[Robinson]

BUt the adamantium is supposed to be covering the bone claws, so if you cut the adamantium clowws off the bone one should be gone too.

 

[Kal]

Bones will grow back. Humans do that too (in a way) you break your arm, it grows back together when in the cast.
his claws were stomped on by victor in origins and they grow back.

 

[Robinson]

yes, but they dont grow back instantaneously.

 

[Snikt]

THought it was better than Origins and Last stand, but cmon, if those movies didnt bring the whole thing down, would you have thought this one was that good? It was kind of mediocre to me, didnt like the ending, it was super predictable, and like most of you said, Viper was just stupid. Like how Shingen got stabbed in the neck with a poison pen, and then 5 mins later he was coming back and fighting wolverine. I know Wolvie loses his claws a few times in the comics, but I didnt want to see that in the damn movies. I also thought the fight scene when he goes to asault the tower before the end was really anti climactic, when they shot him full of rope arrows. I know they had to trap him, but cmon, let him put up a fight considering he got his healing back. IT should have been more bloody, he should have used his other senses, and he shouldnt have got his ******* claws cut off... Best part was the begininng for sure. Overall... "meh".

 

[Kal]

After Mags takes his adamantium. Forge puts it back. For the Comic guys, Forge is one of the guys in the DofFP comics along with bishop. So he could very well have his claws back to be covered. .

 

[Kal]

yes, but they dont grow back instantaneously.

Not sure why not, his powers have been increased 10 fold in the movies. In origins he is shot twice in the head. If something as complex as a brain can grow back in several minutes, why could some bones not do the same.

Even showed in xmen 3 when he was being ripped apart by Jean, he was healing is seconds. + it is a movie, so they tend to do what they want.

 

[Robinson]

Not sure why not, his powers have been increased 10 fold in the movies. In origins he is shot twice in the head. If something as complex as a brain can grow back in several minutes, why could some bones not do the same.

Even showed in xmen 3 when he was being ripped apart by Jean, he was healing is seconds. + it is a movie, so they tend to do what they want.

but they arent consistent with it, in origins they dont grow back right away after he gets them smashed by victor. Also the metal is a cover on the bone ones so when they are cut you should see the bone on the interior and when he extracts them in the after credit scene you should still see the metal base of them by his hand.

 

[Robinson]

After Mags takes his adamantium. Forge puts it back. For the Comic guys, Forge is one of the guys in the DofFP comics along with bishop. So he could very well have his claws back to be covered. .

Bishop and forge arent in the comic version of Days of Future past, thats the cartoon adaptation that you are thinking of.

 

[Kal]

Bishop and forge arent in the comic version of Days of Future past, thats the cartoon adaptation that you are thinking of.

Balls. My bad. But Bishop is in the DofFP so small chance Forge could be, or Mags could do it if they want that to happen.
But comic wise, Forge did bond the metal back to him.

 

[Robinson]

Nope.

Eventually, the villain Apocalypse captures Wolverine, brainwashes him into becoming the Horseman Death, and successfully re-bonds adamantium to his skeleton. Wolverine overcomes Apocalypse's programming and returns to the X-Men.

I actually have that issue as well.

 

[third3ye]

I went in with pretty low expectations and still came out disappointed :facepalm

The writing was all over the place - the plot was not only predictable but character motivations, most especially Harada and Shingen, were just unconvincing or confusing. My gf and I called Shingen being in with the yakuza and the old geezer still alive, even BEFORE the funeral scene; that's how predictable this all was. The final fight scene just seemed liked they ran out of time and threw everything on the screen at once to get it over with. Hugh Jackman was great as usual but the rest of his cast mates were either just there or awful. Okamoto (Mariko) was not leading lady material; I actually thought Fukishima (Yukio) was the better actress. Sanada (Shingen) was so highly under-utilized it's not even funny. Their portrayal of Viper was just a complete joke, I thought I was watching Batman Forever in all of Svetlana's scenes. Lastly, I found zero of the action scenes memorable, and the bullet train scene was so cartoon-ish it was laughable.

Halfway through I started :sleep The only highlight in this movie for me was the mid-credit DOFP teaser, sad to say.

 

[third3ye]

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