And yes, do it like Ratner did in X-3... have him take on a slew of guys and just butcher the HECK out of them before he gets taken down HARD.

And for heaven's sake, DO NOT make it into a pity-party talkathon, like Bryan Singer's films!!! That's PURE CRAP and the kiss of death for a superhero movie!

Give us realistic action/violence, a decent story, NO kids or cute animals and cool villians and you have a MUCH better chance at making money and getting a lot of people to see this film.

Think Die Hard with claws.

Will Fox will let Gavin take some chances on "Wolverine"? I don't know. They'll keep him under wraps for the most part, in all likelihood, but I hope waves of his artistry splash onto the screen anyway.

I'm suddenly looking forward to this film.

Also, Omega Red is one of those dumb '90s villains with armor and a giant pony tail who's always shouting, right? Let's keep him out of the film.

After the boring silliness that was "Grindhouse" (this is the reason the film bombed, not bad marketing), I'm glad someone other than a Hollywood insider is taking the reigns of "Wolverine."

I'm pretty sure you'll like Hood's style.

Twentieth Century Fox on Wednesday suddenly pulled several highly touted films from next week's Comic-Con in San Diego, saying that "the material wasn't ready." The films included director Doug Liman's Jumper, starring Hayden Christensen; the sequel Aliens vs. Predator, directed by Colin and Greg Strause; Babylon A.D., starring Vin Diesel; and Hitman, starring Timothy Olyphant. The studio's action miffed organizers of the high-profile convention. David Glanzer, a spokesman for Comic-Con, told the Los Angeles Times: "Every major studio usually has a presence at Comic-Con so for Fox to pull out a week before is very unusual." One blogger observed on the Times' website: "Something smells a little fishy. I could see one film not being ready, but all?"

Ideally, I'd just adapt the Madripoor storyline with a heavy Hong Kong underworld infulence

or

Frank Miller/Buscema Wolverine done as Wuxia fiction, very spare almost poetic, splashes of color like Sin City.

Either way they would really benefit from having a director that understands the Japanese/Eastern influences on the character and its cinema styles.

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I thought X-3 was about a broken man becoming whole again and finding his place. Unfortunately that is really not what most people want for Wolverine. If that is the case, then this prequel is probably for you.

Another thing I liked about X-3 is that was brave enough to do what the comic books can't - kill off Jean and Scott. Their story has impact for its tragedy - the characters continue to wander through the comic books like hollow men.

I felt like all of the characterizations in X-3 were completely true. Prof. X willingly sacrifices himself as the sole object of Jean's fury to save others. Magento's hatred pays him back. Mystique betrays Magneto after he breaks her spirit. Scott cannot function without Jean - a broken man. Jean is dead and what comes back is not Jean. Logan learns that he really loves Jean and not just lusts after her. Rogue chooses to be normal rather than live with her powers which distance her from everyone emotionally.

Halle Berry as Storm is, of course, still totally unforgiveable.

You can't make a good ACTION MOVIE only with a cute casting; that's why Hulk-Catwoman-X men1-INSERT ANOTHER ONE OF THESE COUNTLESS SHIT MOVIES HER failed miserably...

I have seen TSOTSI. It's good. Not exceptional, but good. Wolvie could turn out decent, but I doubt it. And even if I liked Tsotsi, the whole movie SCREAMED "look at my fancy direction choices, I deserve my big break" and to be perfectly honest it was somehow detrimental to the movie. So we can't overlook the fact that MAYBE the guy is just another indie wonder not because of his talent, but because he's trying too fucking hard to sell his name on bigger projects, H'wood or not (Bryan Singer, anyone?).

Movies are like the last place on earth where relativism applies. Trying to deny it on a TB is like crashing a party by pissing on the keg: rude.

And you are right about the romantic thing. Even I have dreams about him that way and normally they are about Audrey Tatou

By X3 you have enough invested in the characters that I still enjoyed it. The scene where Prof. X dies. Not all action needs to be staged as a setpiece, some of the action in X2 seemed a little too stagey. Like all of the fights with Deathstrike. Singer did this in X1 a lot. He also totally overdid it in SR.