![]() ![]() What it does necessitate is that our story will need to shut out the temptation of showing off peripheral characters simply for a perceived “cool factor.” Remember, this is basically what was done in The Last Stand and it prevented the film from presenting its story and, thus, from connecting with audiences. This doesn’t even necessarily exclude the inclusion of other characters (because, hey, Wolverine meets a LOT of mutants on his journey). Instead of high-concept, character-packed, increasingly-bloated stories, there could have been a focus on one character. X-Men Origins: Wolverine could have been the start of something new and a fundamental shift of storytelling for Fox’s Marvel Universe. So, three years after we saw the X-Men film that we assumed killed the X-Men franchise, we got X-Men Origins: Wolverine- the film that, after viewing, we assumed put the nail in the coffin. Honestly, whether he is your cup of tea or not, Wolverine does have one of the most interesting character arcs in the Marvel Universe. ![]() It’s hard to argue against this decision for either financial or fan-demand reasons. On the heels of the highest grossing, yet most critically reviled installment of the X-men franchise, X-Men: The Last Stand, Fox tried to continue the money machine by focusing on their most popular X-man, Wolverine. Mikey Fissel Action, Adventure, Comic Book, Movie Marathon, review 0
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