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A hobbit to play with a Wolverine? What's this world come to?
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. The mutants keep adding up for WOLVERINE. Looks like they're going whole-hog on this one.
The newest recruits are Dominic Monaghan and Daniel Henney. According to Variety, Henney will play an agent (AGENT ZERO, no less) from the Weapon X program that is an expert tracker and lethal marksman and Monaghan will play a mysterious mutant from Wolvie's past that can manipulate electricity and energy.
Gossip blog JustJared broke Monaghan yesterday, but they claim he'll be playing Beak/Blackwing, who wouldn't have control of electricity if I remember my minor Marvel characters correctly.
Sounds almost like Monaghan's playing Shocker or Electro to me if the Variety article has the right information, but again... I don't think Shocker or Elecgtro are tied specifically to Wolverine. I always remembered them as being more in Spider-Man's world. Anyone more familiar with the Marvelverse want to bring up other suggestions?
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The guy that can manipulate his farts? Oh, that's me.
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I COULD SHARE THE LOAD.... SHARE THE LOAD.... THE LOOOOOOOOOAD... THE LOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDD............. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD....
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I don't think he was about electricity. He was more about blunt force energy blasts. Electro on the other hand...but yeah, totally Spidey villians.
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Since they're going with the current version of the Weapon X program and all I wonder if they'll have Malcolm Colcord a.k.a. nameless guard who Wolvie savagely mangles his face in his escape from the program and who later runs the show. I'm still having a hard time buying Liev Schrieber as Sabretooth though. Way more talented then Tyler Mane, but Sabretooth was always supposed to be a lot bigger then Schrieber though. -
I read that Dominic Monaghan was playing Beak, the useless part bird dude that couldn't fly.
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i know monaghan was not samwise
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This movie can.
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Beak is a relatively new character created a few years ago by Grant Morrison for New X-Men. He doesn't really have anything to do with Wolverine or Weapon X, so I think he's been chosen to feature because visually Beak would look amazing if done right. He's a basically a man crossed with a bird and if the effects are good enough it could look really cool. From what I gather his role in the movie is pretty brief. He's a mutant on the Victor Creed's death list and gets hunted down by Sabretooth early in the movie. Dominic Monaghan should be perfect for the role.
As for Daniel Henney I don't know much about him, but it makes sense to have Agent Zero/Maverick in the movie since he was a member of Team X with Logan, Creed, and Wraith. Obviously Stryker is the boss of Team X in movie continuity and Deadpool is another subject of Weapon X. Where Gambit fits in I've don't have a clue. His only link to Wolverine continuity is his long standing association with Sabretooth.
So far the casting is very interesting. The only characters I'm concerned about is Gambit and the Blob (who hopefully will just have a 30-second appearance. And the only actor I'm worried about is Lynn Collins as she looks nothing like a Blackfoot Indian. But overall its looking good and I can't wait to see Liev Schrieber's take on Sabretooth. I just hope all these cameo/appearances are kept to an minimum onscreen so Wolverine has the chance to star. -
Or maybe then people would get confused with the Fantastic Four. Hell, they'll probably by in it too.
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...this is becoming a friggin' X-Men reboot.
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Feb 22, 2008 10:48:56 AM CST
You've selected... Brown Eyed Girl. If this is correct, press 1.
by brandloyalist
Why don't you just tell me the name of the role you've selected?
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or did he not have anything to do with this part of wolverines life.
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NOT PENNY'S BOAT!
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Huh?
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I think Liev Schreiber could be a fantastic Sabretooth. He's tall enough without being a giant (and if shot right could look much bigger than 6"2) and we know the guy could act. Tyler Mane short of looked the part (although not entirely) but there was none of Sabretooth's personality. He's the sick and twisted version of Logan. He's everything Logan fights not to be. And he's far more mindless. He's a devious, blackly funny, killing machine. I've seen a couple of shots of Schreiber on set with great big hairy sideburns so I assume they're giving him a blonde hair piece, fangs, claws, and maybe CGI white eyes to look like Creed. Again if the FX are on the money he could look really cool.
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yes Jackman is also that height but if u guys remember they made James Marsden look at least as tall.... Liev Schrieber was a godly casting choice....The only thing that worries me is the amount of mutants they're putting in, but hey that's the x-world there are mutants everywhere.
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or was he a cartoon only character
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but he's a completely different character to the one in the cartoon and doesn't have any connection to Wolverine's past.
Although neither does Beak, Blob, or Gambit for that matter -
A crazed Wolverine vs Agent Zero as he escapes from the Weapon X facility?
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It would be like Logan vs the commando in the kitchen in X2 if the soldier had super powers!
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Feb 22, 2008 11:06:13 AM CST
With Marvel now holding the rights to their own characters..
by reel american hero
I wonder if there will be any mention in the movie at all of the history of the Weapon X program, i.e. it's actually a roman numeral 10, not an X, as in the 10th attempt at recreating the super soldier Weapon I, a.k.a. Captain America -
...there is a reason for them being present in the story. If Beak is on the list of mutants Sabretooth is killing then that's cool. Maybe Gambit is on the list too, but survives with Wolverine's help. Maybe Blob is on the list too or maybe Wolverine just meets him in the mutant bar scene I've heard about.
And the others (Deadpool, Agent Zero, Wraith, and Stryker) are all Weapon X so that's cool. While Silverfox is obviously Wolverine's love interest.
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...because that would tie it back to X-men 3. If this movie has any relationship whatsoever with that monstrosity of a film, then it would perish miserably in the fires of "Evil Phoenix."
I, personally, like the idea of a reboot. Then again, that's probably the only thing you CAN do after X3. -
I don't know how much of Grant Morrison's Weapon Plus storyline is acknowledged as canon by Marvel. Its a strange situation, but almost half of everything Morrison did on X Men seems to have taken place in a kind of alternate reality. i.e Magneto is Xorn, Magneto is dead, Magneto is alive again confusion.
I think Weapon Plus is probably a bit too complex for Wolverine's first movie. There is no need to tinker with the classic Weapon X storyline by Barry Windsor Smith (I'd love to see that on the big screen) and its relatively simple to follow compared to Morrison's uber complex plot. Mind you a throwaway mention of Captain America could be really cool even if its just for fans. -
Apparently in the second half of the script (the first draft) Wolverine is trying to track down Stryker and Creed and does a bit of detective work, which includes hunting down the likes of John Wraith for info. In one scene, he goes into an underground bar/nightclub (think Blade) which is just for mutants. It's meant to be pretty colourful place full of weird and wonderful mutations. I can't see where Blob would fit into the movie so maybe he gets into a barroom brawl with Wolverine?
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50 men enter, 1 man leaves...
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This news came out yesterday. Also, Daniel Henney has joined up as Agent Zero. So far, there's:
Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Liev Schreiber (Sabretooth), Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Taylor Kitsch (Gambit), Will.i.am (Kestrel), Danny Huston (William Stryker), Dominic Monaghan (Barnell) and Lynn Collins (Silver Fox) -
That is my current prediction.
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as opposed to a "wounding" marksman?
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When is that coming out?
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..only a few seconds on screen. That's my bet. Now chew it.
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Hibachi!
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Monaghan is playing Beak (whose real name is Barnell), a really ugly looking mutant bird guy. Variety must've gotten their info mixed up, because the OTHER dude, Henney, is the one whose character (Maverick aka Agent Zero) can manipulate (kinetic) energy, in addition to being an expert marksman. He was a part of the same program that manipulated Wolverine to give him his adamantium skeleton, and took away his memories.
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I really enjoyed the Morrison run with New X-men - but fuck Xorn turning out to be Magneto. That was bullshit.
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Is the Agent Zero in Wolverine gonna be a weirdo who takes too many shots?
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Feb 22, 2008 11:46:15 AM CST
I think the very fact that they're putting Agent Zero in this
by reel american hero
Is leaning more towards the Grant Morrison Weapon Plus version as opposed to the original Barry Windsor Smith storyline.
The cool thing about Wolverine is, if they do it right they can do nearly any kind of movie they want with him. I for one would love to see a spy thriller set in the Team X days in the '60s, or a Wolverine vs. The Hand storyline set in Japan. -
Nuff said!
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But I'm getting excited. Wolverine's overexposure annoyed the hell out of me, even though I liked the hairy little bastard in the funnies. But they just use the right characters. Deadpool and Beak on screen? How obscure can you get? This may be mad cool.
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All you geeks bust me having a geek-gasm over all this! Look at you! Ohh! Shocker! Beak! Agent Zero!!! This article might as well be written in chinese since it makes no sense tome. I just hope the movie is good enough to win all your approval. But remember, this movie (like all movies) is being made for everyone else out there- not the geeks. Geeks have the comics and, to a lesser extent, cartoons to cream over. This is a hollywood movie made for 15 year olds and 40 year olds to spend 12 bucks to go see on a saturday night. Bog it down with the nuance of geek-may-care only characters and motivation and it would have never been green lit.
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The worst thing about X3 (and that says alot) is Wolverine sobbing on a couple occasions. The guy is part animal, lets at least get that right in his own movie.
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Another crap elemant of X3 was too many geek-may-care only characters. The should of used that FX money to show Iceman for more that 10 seconds, Colossus in real action an not all fuzzy in the background, and lastly including Angel in the story.
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all the characters were being cast in Batman and Robin? Sounded kinda fun at first, didn't it. Sounds like they (Hollywood) haven't learned their lesson.
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Ba Dum Bum, DSSSSHHHH! Seriously, does this project sound more shittier by the hour or what?
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The only hope I have is that Marvel has control over its properties. Unlike DC when that turd of a Batman movie was made. But my gut tells me this might be too much also.
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He got to be in LOTR, LOST, and now he gets to play a mutant in a Wolverine movie. Plus he hooked with Evangeline Lilly. It's a geeky fantasy. I want his casting agent.
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Isn't the world ready for a Havoc revival? I think CG is up to par for this character
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Didn't the kid Mavrick saved at one time who had electrical powers pose as Agent Zero for awhile?
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Sad_Lieutenant, that's a pretty inspired observation, and Monaghan would be a good fit both visually and attitudinally for Alex. Plus it would get another Summers boy in the movies, and we all know that Marvel is all about making sure we have enough Summers family. :-D
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Even though Beak doesn't fit in with Wolvie's past, he's certainly a more interesting character than another dude with Electro powers. Cause that worked so well for the travesty that was McMahon's Dr. Doom.
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but he is a wirey, mousy-looking guy. When looking at him I could never consider him to be an imposing, frightening, or savage villain. He is more suited to the quiet, 'seems friendly on the outside but there are evil motivations within' kind of villain. He's much more suited to a Bond villain, or the intellectual type supervillain, but is not suited for something like Sabertooth.
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if they really do that character, and not just some random joining of different character's names and powers (Kid Omega, anyone?), that would be pretty awesome if it's present time and he's dealing with Scott's death. Even stretching my imagination further, it could be a link in the story to eventually bring back Cyclops for a later movie. Won't happen, though.
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...means a high body count.
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smackfu - Have you seen any of Schreiber's movies? WTF?
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That's not particularly fair... A better comparison would be if they made a spin-off movie all about Rick O'Connell.
The Scorpion King took a character that was in the movie for a total of five minutes and tried to make a story about it. There WAS no story to be made... (and it even contradicted Mummy Returns, which makes it even worse).
Wolverine has plenty of backstory to make a good standalone movie. Have a little faith. -
Yeah,the movie is called "I Sell the Dead". I haven't heard anything about it recently though but I think it's coming out some time this year.
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Morrison's Beak didn't have any powers at all. He created several mutants like that during his run on X-Men.
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and that gives me great hope. Scorpion King had Chuck Russell.
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Sorry I have nothing to add to this TB, I just wanted to get in on the making Schreiber taller in each post craze...
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Strange that you should say there's no story behind the Scorpion King when he's the only character in those movies based on an actual historical figure.
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Feb 22, 2008 1:37:28 PM CST
All this talk makes we want to go back & read Morrison's run
by george newman
Reading it all straight through is a fantastic rush
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6'2 and looks like a normal dude, sure. but what we need to understand is this:he's a bad ass actor. not some wrestler or any random huge guy they could find. its hard to imagine him as Sabertooth, sure, cuz we've never seen him in the make up. but the fact that they cast him as Sabertooth gives me hope for this movie. all these others, besides Deadpool, takes that hope away.
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Feb 22, 2008 1:49:03 PM CST
As President of your United States of America I hereby Proclaim
by mrpresident
MUST BE EXTERMINATED!
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for ever gracing us with his "art". not that i ever listen to it or seen him act, or speak. but i hate when some flavor of the year rocker or rapper gets casted in like 5 movies and then just disapear.
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aw hell, im not reall president anyways.
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w00t
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They need to officially come out and say which Earth the movies represent, because that would at least shush up the rabid fanboys who cannot deal with the idea of their favorite character not being EXACTLY as he is in the 616 universe.
This is a different Earth. Different Wolverine. I'm willing to give it a shot. -
I don't think it is going to be an electricity based character.
This is Beak:
http://www.marvel.com/universe/Beak
I think it is a good casting choice - at least appearance-wise. I almost see our little hobbit friend in that profile. -
playing Silver Fox. That's a bit insulting. She's supposed to be Native North American (Native Canadian, actually) and they cast a pale-skinned redhead? That hurts.
Different world, different Silver Fox, I guess. It's her "last name" or something now. Silverfox. One word. -
holy fuck the whole movie is ruined for me now they should stop production immediately
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Sam, but I remembered that he only has eyes for Frodo.
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Feb 22, 2008 2:24:25 PM CST
The old X-Men cartoon had Wolverine crying every few episodes
by jkrow21
(Low groan) "Jeeeaaaaan" (Adjusts bandages)
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Will be playing Havoc, AKA the truth.
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For her pleasure. I understand they stopped short of calling him Vibray-Tor. (Actually, I just made that up. Trade-mark pending.)
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that's bangin' Kate from Lost. Cause if it is I owe him a cockpunch. But, seriously, is he the "second breakfast" secondary hobbit or that dude and secondary hobbit who was so irritating on Lost?
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to Wolverine, not significantly, but they're there. Blackwing does not have the ability to manipulate energy/electricity. He's a mutant and he can fly, born with wings if I remember right. Kind of an ugly version of Angel.
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Feb 22, 2008 3:59:03 PM CST
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought Blackwing was
by reel american hero
The guy that once ran with The Red Skull's Skeleton Crew and hung out with Jack O Lantern. Don't remember him being a mutant. -
Plus, whatever is left of the 9 year-old comic geek in me would poop his pants
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Isn't Cyclop's brother's code name Havok, and not the correct spelling of the word? And yes that would be cool if they got him in the franchise, though I'd prefer seeing him in his own X-Factor franchise from the Peter David version of the team. That flick I could forgive an undertone of comedy in. That along with the Justice League of the 1980's were two of the funniest superhero team books I've ever read. -
Feb 22, 2008 4:30:55 PM CST
I figured it out...the electricity powered character..
by reel american hero
Sounds really close to the minor character Bolt, who was also known as the second Maverick when the original took the Agent Zero identity. Would make sense. Here's the wiki entry on Bolt
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Oh yeah, Wolverambo or something. Wolveringer? Wolverump? I forget. Doesn't matter though, cos I'm super excited about that new Wraith movie. That guy from the Black Eyed Peas is sure to kick ass. With his track record. How could that possibly go wrong.
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I was already missing Charlie. Glad he's already got another supercool role.
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I'm just sayin'.
I know someone else on AICN already pointed this out, but it's a great idea.
He's about to win an Oscar, so maybe he's ready to grab a paycheck franchise.
He'd be a surefire draw for attaching a decent director to the project.
STUDIO TAKE NOTE: Iconic Hero+Great Actor(s)+Sharp Director=$$$. It's simple math. See new Batman franchise, X-Men 1&2, Spider-Man, new Bond movies, etc. for real-world examples of this working. This math works.
Do the new holders of the Conan property have the $ to apply this formula and earn $$$? Let's hope so. It'd be a great movie.
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that has potential...he DOES look amazingly like the Frazetta Conan
http://frankfrazetta.org/viewimage.php?loc=frank_frazetta_conan.jpg
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Agent Zero = Maverick of the Weapon X project, BOLT = Maverick's electrical power having younger sidekick with the Legacy Virus. BOLT debuted in an issue of X-men Unlimted #8 and was briefly a member of the New Warriors. Bolt eventually took on the mantle of Maverick when the original became AGENT ZERO
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Feb 22, 2008 8:45:42 PM CST
CHRISTIAN BALE SHOULD PLAY WOLVERING, DEADPOOL, AGENT ZERO
by birdy birdman
AND THE WEAPONS X PROGRAM
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after consideration this is actually a really fucking good idea and very well thought out! SUITS! PAY ATTENTION!
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Dr. Doom!
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NOW how am I going to finish my report?
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cuz in the morrison xmen, i dont remember him doing much of anything...unless marvel fucked that up too
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lets shove in a ton of mutants...who cares if they get any real screen time...watch, they will have a short shooting schedule and no money for cgi either
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before this fucking thing is even filmed? Anyone, anyone....
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Billy Boyd?
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Electro isn't a mutant. They should do the TRUE origin, and bring on Alpha Flight!
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wait...what?
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kill all cops and religious figures and politicians and STUDIO STAND IN DIRECTORS
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Shocker can generate seismic wave. Think of the "shock" in his name as referring not to electricity, but to "aftershocks".
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Methinks the hobbit limey made a good career move.
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Weapon Alpha, Vindicator, Guardian. He had an electromagnetic suit thingy dingy.
I say bring in Peter Dinklage as Puck. He's athletic, an amazing actor, and how often do you get to cast the smaller folks? Achondroplasia is probably what Puck had, anyways. I want a hard drinking dwarf who gets all the ladies! -
I hate Beak he looked like crap.he looked better after M-Day
Dont put that stupid charachter in.
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Prepare for a giant suckfest ...
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Prepare for a giant suckfest ...
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Seriously, make X-Men movies but make them all about Wolverine, and now make a fucking Wolverine movie but make it all about a bunch of characters only fucking comic geeks have ever even heard of. Way to go, idiots.
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Was a pretty "useless" mutant but that's what his story was about... being a freakish, weak mutant and finding his purpose. I think he eventually married Angel and was "cured" of his mutant abilities, making him a normal looking human. As a mutant though, he was a half bird/half man with a mohawk and brittle bones. I don't even think he could really fly. It seems like he's a character that's going to need some explaination so I don't think he'll just be a cameo. I could be wrong though.
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I DRINK IT UP!
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Wolverine would totally win
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electrical dude
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Always better to pay $3.50 for the shit flicks.
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they announced in a major Sydney newspaper they're shooting in a park in front of the University in the city.
http://tinyurl.com/2dlqgp
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So i scan the internet daily for comic news and about a week ago...i came across some art work at comics2film.com here it is..http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=gallery_item&l=22880 please take a look...now am i wrong for thinking it's horrible and the rest of his work is horrible or am i just an asshole? maybe both...hahaha
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While the character I think he will play doesn't have anything to do with Wolverine's past in the comics, who says this has to be canon.
Former Gen-Xer, was in Weapon X, British (I believe)
The mutant in question.....it's got to be CHAMBER!
His powers will look so badass in a movie. -
Forgot to mention Chamber's psionic energy for those who aren't familiar with the character.
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like the gift of a Predator vs. Predalien model kit, from Sideshow Collectibles.
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Everyone is forgetting about maverick, an energy-manipulating mutant mercenary who definitely has a past with logan... although a minor, b-list character in the x-men universe, maverick is definitely one who fits the description and has a lot bigger connection to wolverine's past than beak or electro or chamber... plus he doesn't have a bunch of weird SFX required to render him, which makes it a little more likely IMO
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Agent Zero, i.e. Maverick, has already been cast.
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