Wolverine

[nojh]

So I saw the Wolverine movie. Supposedly. I saw it as a matinee. I would not have felt cheated seeing it full price. Overall it was a good movie. Fans of the X-men movies should definitely go see it.

Its no Iron Man but it was way better than X-Men 3.

And if you want, you might consider staying after the credits.

Comments

[sleary]

Is it the before-the-credits ending that has different versions, or the bit after?

[nojh]

We're not sure. Sancho and I compared (he also saw your viewing) and apparently there was no difference. As I understand it, the ending differs as in the actual ending, not the stuff in the credits. But who knows, I've never tried to confirm it. As far as I know its an internet rumor.

[nojh]

So what did you think?

[isancho]

The internets tell me that the scene after the credits is the one that's different. Reading about the endings, the other one was more dynamic, but the one we saw was good fan service to people who like that specific character (like me :)

[nojh]

Yay Deadpool! Although a Deadpool that has adamatine swords, eye lasers, and can teleport (without his fancy belt)... thats might be too much! Too much of awesome that is!

[isancho]

I had honestly forgotten about his belt, and was pretty irate. His change isn't much worse than the changes they've made in some other characters, particularly if they get rid of the eye lasers.

Reading your post sparked some more reading, which lead me to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_Plus#Weapon_XI

It talks about an alternate ending-ending to the movie. It sounds like it was originally shot differently. See also: http://www.geektyrant.com/2009/04/2-altwolv/

[isancho]

I should say, it was either shot differently, or there's a THIRD alternate scene.

[nojh]

Well even if they go with XI as the new version of Deadpool, it works. I mean he'll likely have cancer from the 3 mile island. Hopefully his head being cut off will kill any programing Styker put into him, maybe his optic blasts.

Actually I was kinda hoping they'd just show Deadpool growing a new head, rather than trying to re-attach the old one. That would have made more sense to me. Then he wouldn't have optic blasts anymore, still have regeneration, his new head could come back deformed because... well he grew a head, and he'd have cancer from the nuclear reactor he fell into. Almost fits. Except that his body would have adimantium skeleton.

But I'd be fine with the actual Deadpool still alive and XI just being a clone. Either works. :) I love telporters so having a smart-ass talking Deadpool teleporting around? Freakin awesome.

[isancho]

For me, it depends upon what they do for the next story. A Deadpool movie? Keep Ryan Reyonalds as Waid for the first act, then show his transformation into Deadpool. A continuation of this movie? I don't really care if it was a clone, regrowth, or reattachment.

The adamantium skeleton thing shouldn't be a big deal. The bonding process never finished. He's incomplete--it just makes him a badass, but not horrifically indestructible like Wolverine.

Oh yeah... Adamantium bullets? Was that used to combat adamantium-enhanced characters /anywhere/ in the comics?

[nojh]

Not that I know of or remember. Actually in the comics they basically have made Adamantium invincible for a long time. The whole Adamantium vs Adamntium... not sure how that was handled in the comics either.

Wolverine's biggest threat while I read the comics was Omega Red, which was a bio weapon that auto-kills everything around him, making wolverine's healing factor nothing.

[sleary]

io9 has crappy phone-camera versions of both.

Sancho: saw you up there in the theater :) but I was kind of trapped in the middle of my row. (To my sorrow, once I'd finished my soda....)

I wish there were an easy way to catch up on some characters' backstories without combing through half a dozen different continuities. I liked Wade.

[nojh]

Graphic novels are the best solution. I have the first collection of Deadpool classic, which has his first appearance, and his first few title comics, if you're interested in reading them.

[sleary]

ooh, sure!

[nojh]

I've been meaning to pick up the next volume... maybe next time I go to Nan's in Houston.

[isancho]

Ah, never saw you or we would have waited and looked for you afterwards!

Wikipedia is great for reading up on character biographies. They're usually fairly accurate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadpool_(comics) covers Wade.