Wolverine again...

[fajrdrako]

So I went to look at the IMDb entry on the Wolverine: Origins movie. A few interesting tidbits:

1. The identity of the woman who seems to turn to ice or diamond: people are theorizing it's Emma Frost, but it doesn't look like the sterotypical Emma, who should have an aura of glamorous sex appeal and big breasts. Besides, Emma Frost isn't listed in the credits. My guess is: it's Silver Fox returned from the dead. Silver Fox is listed in the credits and it makes sense to keep her as the significant female role with a heartwrenching surprise return from the dead as a villainess.
   
   
2. Silver Fox is played by Lynn Collins, whom I fell in love with as Portia in The Merchant of Venice. Cool.
   
   
3. Dominic Monaghan? What's he doing there? He plays Beak - yeah, Beak. What's Beak doing in Wolverine: Origins? Well, why not - ? Seems that they've changed his powers. Huh.
   
   
4. By checking out what Ryan Reynolds looks like (i.e., damn good) and looking at the trailer again, I can figure out who Deadpool is. Waaaitaminnut, Deadpool isn't supposed to be drop-dead gorgeous. But then, Wolverine isn't supposed to be tall. Ahh, the concessions we make to the movie business. A cute Deadpool. Who'd ever have imagined - ? I hope they get his wacky dialogue right.
   
   
5. And Gambit. Taylor Kitsch. Deadpool is cuter than Gambit (a mind-boggling idea) but Gambit is... not objectionable. Oh those playing cards. I assume the guy swinging through the air down a city street is Gambit. Or Deadpool? Damn - it could be either of them. I'll have to wait and see. Seems from this trailer that a cowboy hat means Deadpool, a black hat means Gambit.
   
   
6. There's too much male prettiness in this movie. No, wait... there's no such thing as too much male prettiness. I smile in happy expectation of a huge supply of male prettiness from Jackman, Taylor, and Kitsch, laden with huge quantities of testosterone-fueled banter and a fair amount of sex-substitute physicality.
   
   
7. This movie isn't just full of gorgeous men, but of gorgeous Canadian men. So while a Canadian plays the Cajun from New Orleans, an Australian plays the Canadian Wolverine. Moviemaking is rife with irony.
   
   
8. That's Agent Zero! I thought so! Woo. Another beautiful man: Daniel Henney.
   
   
9. Okay, the Blob and Stryker aren't beautiful. Nor is Sabretooth. Nor should they be: my visual neurons might explode from overuse. I look forward to them anyway.
   
   
10. Why is Christian Clark's name listed without the name of the character he plays? A mystery man.
    
    
11. I still haven't guessed who the guy with the teeth at the end is. Weapon XI, maybe? Is he a character created for the movie? I can't recall him from the comics, but I haven't read Wolverine very consistently, and not at all in the past couple of years.

Comments

Emma Frost

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Do you remember how Byrne originally designed her?

*digs out his Essential X-Men Volume 2...*

Re: Emma Frost

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Do you remember how Byrne originally designed her?

No, I don't. I don't even remember exactly when it was. Trying to remember old Hellfire Club stuff here, which is no hardship, I love the Hellfire Club - and that was when/where we first saw her, wasn't it? Wasn't she White Queen when Magneto was White King?

Re: Emma Frost

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Her membership predated Magneto's by quite a few years, as she was there for Mastermind's "Corruption of Phœnix" story arc. She doesn't seem to have been that filled out. Seemed to me like her wardrobe was intended to exaggerate for effect in that regard.

Whedon was the writer who had her go in for cosmetic surgery - off-camera but confessed to in dialogue - later on, as I recall.

Re: Emma Frost

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

she was there for Mastermind's "Corruption of Phœnix" story arc

Really? I loved that. Obviously I don't recall it nearly well enough and ought to reread. Wonder where my old X-Men comics are... this might be incentive to do a little comics-searching and sorting. (Huge job.)

Byrne is one of the few comic books artists who (at least in his early days) didn't tend to make female characters over-buxom. Didn't make male character over-muscled, either. I always liked his artistic style.

Whedon was the writer who had her go in for cosmetic surgery - off-camera but confessed to in dialogue - later on, as I recall.

I found that amusing but plausible.