X-Men Origins: Wolverine
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I'm still going to pay to watch the final product in theaters because I feel that it deserves a fair shake, but that workprint was FAR worse than anything in X3.
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Oh it isn't that bad for crying out loud... seriously. It met my modest expectations, same with X3. I guess if you hated X3 that much you won't like this one either... but it seems to me it's because of changes to the comic that people are pissed about...
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I'm sure Wolverine will still make money, but it's now impossible to know if it would have made more or not. However, it does give Fox a very easy 'out' if the movie bombs. There's no doubt that they'll blame it on the workprint being leaked. They won't have to admit that it might have been because of the movie not being very good (I haven't seen it...I just don't think it looks that good)
It gives FOX free publicity for the movie, plus an "out" (as the above poster noted) if the box office is below expectations. But there's a problem here: the FBI is now investigating. If I were them, I'd look at FOX first, and others later. If the studio was involved in any way, shape or form, I hope they get publically lambasted (and, of course, criminally charged). Of course, that's all speculation on my part - but someone needed to say it.
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Fox claims it's fine to download and review Wolverine?!
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http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40652
-Friedman has some balls to download and review the workprint! He should get fired for that.
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http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40652
-Friedman has some balls to download and review the workprint! He should get fired for that.
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Totally should get fired for that. If he doesn't, than this would only further question Fox's methods more recently...whatever happened to a Fox that gave a damn?
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To paraphrase Jason Lee's character from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, "Then they made Garfield and everything went to hell."
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News Corp like all major Hollywood studios takes the crime of piracy very seriously. Nor will the Fox parent company tolerate it if its employees don't. Especially after a stolen, early and unfinished work print of 20th Century Fox's big summer blockbuster X-Men Origins: Wolverine was put onto the Internet illegally this week in a major scandal that the FBI is now investigating. So there was universal shock on Friday when long-time "Fox 411" freelance columnist Roger Friedman wrote what I'm told his bosses felt was a blatant promotion of piracy on his Fox News web outlet. Besides writing a review from watching the purloined print of Wolverine, Friedman posted, “I did find the whole top 10 [movies in theaters], plus TV shows, commercials, videos, everything, all streaming away. It took really less than seconds to start playing it all right onto my computer. I could have downloaded all of it but really, who has the time or the room? Later tonight I may finally catch up with Paul Rudd in I Love You, Man. It’s so much easier than going out in the rain!” I'm told that Fox News' actions were swift and severe. First, Roger Ailes, who overseas Fox News, deleted the offending post after he was contacted by 20th Century Fox about it. And then Ailes fired Friedman as a freelance Fox News entertainment writer. I hear the move was done with the full support of News Corp. "He promoted piracy. He basically suggested that viewing a stolen film is OK, which is absolutely intolerable. So we fired him," a source told me Saturday. "Fox News acted promptly on all fronts."
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I hear it's an extraordinarily mediocre movie. The best I've heard people say about it is that it's "kinda average". The word around town is that the comics nerds will be pissed about the changes to several of the characters. Legend has it that the dialogue is stilted and flat, the actions scenes perfunctory, and that the plot is slim-to-nonexistent. And most of all, the whispers around the water cooler indicate that the movie is smack dab in X3 territory, except even *duller*.
That's what I hear, anyhow. Too bad. If the nerds needed more fuel for their anti-Fox fire, this would definitely be Exhibit A.
That's what I hear, anyhow. Too bad. If the nerds needed more fuel for their anti-Fox fire, this would definitely be Exhibit A.
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Well,
came back (of course the same thing happened in the comics although through different circumstances) and got a solo film. And
has gone through much worse than a simple
so a solo film isn't necessarily out of the question.
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Thank god FOX didn't jump in to WATCHMEN until post-production. With all these negative reports about FOX's WOLVERINE, I'm so happy that Watchmen wasn't screwed up by them.
So what's the list now of cool superheroes/supervillains that got screwed by their movie versions:
Deadpool ?
Ghost Rider
Elektra
Catwoman (Halle Berry, not Michelle Pheiffer)
The Spirit & Octopus
Punisher
Galactus
Dr. Doom
Venom
Robin
Batgirl
Mr. Freeze
Riddler
Poison Ivy
Bane
Supergirl (actually she's annoying in the comics too)
Spawn
Steel
So what's the list now of cool superheroes/supervillains that got screwed by their movie versions:
Deadpool ?
Ghost Rider
Elektra
Catwoman (Halle Berry, not Michelle Pheiffer)
The Spirit & Octopus
Punisher
Galactus
Dr. Doom
Venom
Robin
Batgirl
Mr. Freeze
Riddler
Poison Ivy
Bane
Supergirl (actually she's annoying in the comics too)
Spawn
Steel
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And until the new movie comes out, Captain America belongs on that list. It was fun in a cheesy sort of way but his movie did not do him justice.
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Deadpool and Venom are two of my favorite comic characters. Watching the leaked version filled me with the same anger and frustration as seeing Spiderman 3 and what they did with Venom. The film isn't Spiderman 3 bad, but its pretty bad.
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What's so bad about the Wolverine movie? All I hear are complaints about screwing with characters...what else is wrong with it?
Isn't Liev's Sabertooth better than the first X-Men's wrestler dude sabertooth? I hear Gambit is good? I'm excited to see The Blob as well...
Is the story, flow, action, acting not good as well?
I don't think X3 was that bad. The Juggernaught redeemed that film for me. The main thing I didn't like about X3 was that they underused Collossus...
Isn't Liev's Sabertooth better than the first X-Men's wrestler dude sabertooth? I hear Gambit is good? I'm excited to see The Blob as well...
Is the story, flow, action, acting not good as well?
I don't think X3 was that bad. The Juggernaught redeemed that film for me. The main thing I didn't like about X3 was that they underused Collossus...