Wolverine: He's just like us. Only Canadian.

Onkel Neal · 05-01-09, 09:31 AM

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In 1975, he beganas a loner with a shadowy past, and whatever character he had was mostly Canadian caricature. He loved beer and fighting; he dropped his g's and called people "Bub."

http://www.slate.com/id/2217342

Funny article, and thankfully, someone remembers the first X-men comics were flops!

Blacklight · 05-01-09, 01:03 PM

I'm actually annoyed with the way mainstream success has messed up everything to do with Wolverine. "X-Men" has basicly and almost literally been renamed "Woverine and his b**ches". Heck in the third X-Men movie (That according to every comic book fan, myself included, never happened), they killed off a major character without even the dignity of a death scene just to get him out of the way so that Wolvie could get an in road with the guy's wife who is secretly Wolvie's TRUE LOVE !! It's annoying that now, instead of the regular comic book fans and writers writing things, it seems that things are being written by the Hugh Jackman/Wolverine merchandising machine (The third X-Men movie was written by the Hugh Jackson/Halle Barry merchandising machine).
Heck... in the latest animated treatment of the X-Men, titled "Wolverine and the X-men

" they even made him the LEADER of the X-Men ! To us comic fan boys, Wolvie doesn't have an ounce of leadership quality !! He's supposed to be a loner and a loose cannon !! He's the guy who would say to the rest of the X-Men, "Okay guys. There's a guy in there with the power to tear a black hole in half. You guys stay here. I'll go take care of it." or the team would be outside planning how they're going to handle the guy and then they suddenly realize that Wolvie is missing and that he just walked in there without them !

Cyclops or Storm are the two leaders of the X-men team and that will never change for me.

As a hardcore comic nerd who grew up with Wolverine, I have to seriously protest the whoreing of him like they have now.

05-02-09, 10:51 PM

Check out the New Movie Website,
I love it

He could be Irish

http://www.x-menorigins.com/

Frame57 · 05-03-09, 10:48 AM

Maybe they should rename it XXXmen

Stealth Hunter · 05-03-09, 09:15 PM

Canada's not even a real country anyway.

Torplexed · 05-03-09, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

Canada's not even a real country anyway.

05-01-09, 01:03 PM	#2
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	I'm actually annoyed with the way mainstream success has messed up everything to do with Wolverine. "X-Men" has basicly and almost literally been renamed "Woverine and his b**ches". Heck in the third X-Men movie (That according to every comic book fan, myself included, never happened), they killed off a major character without even the dignity of a death scene just to get him out of the way so that Wolvie could get an in road with the guy's wife who is secretly Wolvie's TRUE LOVE !! It's annoying that now, instead of the regular comic book fans and writers writing things, it seems that things are being written by the Hugh Jackman/Wolverine merchandising machine (The third X-Men movie was written by the Hugh Jackson/Halle Barry merchandising machine). Heck... in the latest animated treatment of the X-Men, titled "Wolverine and the X-men" they even made him the LEADER of the X-Men ! To us comic fan boys, Wolvie doesn't have an ounce of leadership quality !! He's supposed to be a loner and a loose cannon !! He's the guy who would say to the rest of the X-Men, "Okay guys. There's a guy in there with the power to tear a black hole in half. You guys stay here. I'll go take care of it." or the team would be outside planning how they're going to handle the guy and then they suddenly realize that Wolvie is missing and that he just walked in there without them ! Cyclops or Storm are the two leaders of the X-men team and that will never change for me. As a hardcore comic nerd who grew up with Wolverine, I have to seriously protest the whoreing of him like they have now. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

05-03-09, 10:48 AM	#4
Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Maybe they should rename it XXXmen __________________ "My Religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." Albert Einstein

05-02-09, 10:51 PM	#3
owner20071963 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Check out the New Movie Website, I love it He could be Irish http://www.x-menorigins.com/

05-03-09, 09:15 PM	#5
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Canada's not even a real country anyway.