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CLEARING UP MISCONCEPTIONS WARNING POSSIBLE SPOILERS PLEASE DON'T BLOCK OUT!
1. Jubilee is NOT an original X-men, though i believe they show her a tiny bit in the background in an earlier X-men movie. (besides that she is one of the worst characters ever. created in the early 90's cartoon for the mallrats of the time.)
2. Gambit is NOT and Original X-men, though he is a slightly older character than Jubilee, first appearing in comics in August 1990. In NO comic, cartoon, or movie has it ever been eluded that Wolvy had some sort of connection with Gambit helping him free captured mutants. I think they wanted to introduce Gambit into the films, but didn't want to dedicate an entire film to him so they developed this storyline. Remy was once almost inducted in to HYDRA of which Silver Fox was once a member. He was also part of an evil doer group called The Marauders created by Mister Sinister, of which Sabretooth was also a member.
3. Scott Summers (aka Cyclops) was never kidnapped by the Weapon X program.
4. The Weapon X lab was located in Canada. Where Wolverine is from. I was surprised they didn't mention Alpha Flight. It was run basically by a mad scientist under the Canadian Government. Though the Grant Morrison comics add a lot to that storyline with Weapon Plus. The film makes it appear to be an American Military operation starting by Stryker, who had previously recruited James Howlett (Wolverine) and Victor Creed (Sabertooth) after the Veitnam War. Stryker had nothing to do with Weapon X in any other storyline. However this Stryker character did remind me of Nick Fury (also wears an eye patch) leader of S.H.E.I.L.D., which has had involvement with the Weapon X and Weapon Plus programs.
5. It was long thought that Sabertooth was Logans father but, in Wolverine: The End, by Paul Jenkins, it was revealed that Weapon IX was, in fact, Wolverine's older brother John Howlett (first introduced in Origin), long thought deceased. However, due to the inherent instability in the possible futures depicted in Marvel comics, it is unknown if this is regarded as canon, as the storyline depicted in The End is not considered canon. Origin is a six-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics from November 2001 to March 2002. Origin tells the story of the superhero Wolverine, best known as a member of the X-Men. Since the character first appeared in the early 1970s his history had often been shrouded in mystery, with bits of information revealed piecemeal over time (notably in Weapon X), but this series was the first to reveal Wolverine's early days and his original background. The difference in the John Howlett aka Victor Creed aka Sabertooth character in the Wolverine film and the X-men trilogy may possibly be explained by the fact that he embraces his savageness, he was severly abused as a child, and he also suffers from severe bloodlust probably at least partly because the blood he consumed during his battle with the Wendigo. This physical change may also occur between the times of the films because mutated and/or enhanced several times by different people including the nija group The Hand, Mr. Sinister, probably the Weapon X program, a mutant named Birdie in an attempt to help control his bloodlust amongst a host of other happenings and causalities.
6. The Native Canadian Blackfoot women that Logan lived with, and had telepathic powers, was always thought to be Silver Fox, and that story she tells totally eludes to that (the trickster). However in the comics she has a superior healing power to Logans and does not have telepathic abilities. She is actually killed by Sabertooth twice. Interesting similarity, she kills the professor who had been in charge of the Weapon X program. She may still appear later.
Side note: Silver Fox was once a member of HYDRA an enemy of S.H.I.E.L.D.
7. The BIG discrepancy of Wolverines claws! In the comics his claws are part of his mutant abilities. As mentioned before, most dually noted in the issue when Magneto sucks or rips the adamantium from his bones. However I believe in one of the cartoon episodes from the early 90's the X-men go to an Island to fight Mr. Sinister and rescue some fellow Xmen. While on this prehistoric island something takes away the X-men's mutant abilities including Wolverine's. Whilst engaged in a powerless battle Wolverine shoots out his claws and says "Nothing mutant about these bub!". Which causes him great pain and he lets out a vicious yell.
Side note: Unknown to all, except Sabretooth, Mister Sinister was disguised as the head scientist at the Neverland facility, Doctor Robert Windsor. As Windsor, Sinister supposedly helped some mutants escape from Neverland, but he was only taking them to his own secret labs.
Another Side Note: Cable's son Genesis kidnaps Wolverine and attempts to re-bond adamantium to his skeleton. This is unsuccessful and causes Wolverine's mutation to accelerate out of control. He is temporarily changed into a semi-sentient beast-like form in which he gains greater physical power than ever before, at the price of part of his humanity. Eventually, the villain Apocalypse captures Wolverine, brainwashes him into becoming the Horseman Death, and successfully takes the adamantium given to Sabertooth and re-bonds it to his skeleton. Wolverine overcomes Apocalypse's programming and returns to the X-Men.
8. Deadpool never was that powerful, all of that was created in the film. The entire storyline of the Weapon X program taking powers from mutants and combining them in Deadpool was a new concept. This storyline goes against the Marvel Ultimate Alliance game, the comic books, and the new Hulk VS. Wolverine cartoon. What I don't understand in when he puts down gun usage in the beginning of the film. I have the first issue of Deadpool he uses alot of guns all the time. Swords, guns, agility and healing are his thing. Oh and talking a lot of sh@*.
9. The hidden ending after the credits is foreshadowing a sequel probably explaining the time between then and when Rogue finds Wolvy at the beginning of the first Xmen film. During this time Logan goes to Japan where he is highly trained in martial arts. He also falls in love and marries a women named Itsu. They have a child named Daken. Intsu is murdered by Winter Soldier and was following Romulus' orders.
However, even if in that ending clip he is just revisiting a place from his past, (which wouldn't make any sense.) Wolverine will inevitably face off against The Hulk. This is how Wolverine makes his first appearance in comic books. There is also two issues of What If where this occurs. One in which Wolverine kills The Hulk and one in which The Hulk kills Wolverine.
10. The title. X-men Origins: Wolverine. I don't like it either! It should have simply been called Weapon X. The Origins part of the title was probably inspired by the comic book series started in the early 2000's entitled simply 'Origins', which is about Wolverines early years. But I guarantee you FOX titled it this way for marketing reasons. Personally I don't strictly think of Wolverine as a X-men, but the general public does. Also the majority of viewing audiences would not recognize the term Weapon X. The thing is that FOX underestimates the intelligence of the general public. So much so, that they assumed not as many people would go see the film because they wouldn't know what it was about if it was titled what it should have been titled Weapon X. Even though the marketing campaign is pretty large and you can see Wolverine flying across the screen in the previews.
11. The leak! I would not be surprised if FOX leaked the work print on purpose. Knowing that mostly fanboys would be the only ones to view it and still pay money to see the finished product (I know I will). By inducing conversation and spreading info through word of mouth this creates a clever marketing technique and or campaign. And guess who's covering the story the most; FOX news!
All in all I enjoyed this film and can't wait to see the real finished product. Though I'm not thrilled with most of the changes made to the base storyline, I do like what they did with the Victor Creed and James Howlett relationship.
Keep in mind the great thing about comic books and other fictional stories is that they can change and evolve over time (because they are not REAL)!
Because the Marvel Universe is so vast and interchanging it's nearly impossible to fit certain chunks of it into film without making some changes.
I hope this helps.
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