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Gavin Hood and Len Wein Talk X-Men Origins: Wolverine in Video Interiew

During the video interview conducted by Slashfilm, the creator of Wolverine, Len Wein and the director of X-Men: Origins talk about the film and the benefits of Blu-ray.

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By Whispers68 - 10/16/2009
Giving birth to such comic book characters as Swamp Thing, Storm and of course Wolverine, Len Wein feels the current direction of Logan doesn't bother him at all...in fact, he feels the character is being transitioned properly by Gavin Hood. Hugh Jackman in Wein's opinion, is actually dead on when it comes to the portrayal of Wolverine as displayed in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine."

The video below is the full length interview involving both the director and Wolverine creator, but not at the exact time...instead the interviews are conducted one after the other.





Whispers68: the creator of Wolverine doesn't seem to have an issue with Wolverine's portrayal, as guided by Gavin Hood. My question must then direct itself to the fans on the site...does the opinion of the creator now alter your previous conclusion on how Wolverine was portrayed or handled by the director/Jackman? Or does your opinion remain the same regardless what he has to say?
Source: Slashfilm.com
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Macksimus - 10/16/2009, 2:22 AM
I always thought Jackman's portrayal of Wolverine was pretty good, and I agree with Hood that there is no definitive interpretation of Wolverine; he's a very dynamic character. Overall, I thought the movies did a pretty good job at incorporating different aspects of his personality from the different comics onto the big screen.

Wadey09 - 10/16/2009, 4:23 AM
you see, i respect the creators of lasting characters for their originality and style. and i understand that over the years there have been many interpretations of that character.
i just would prefer one interpretation. i dont want to get confused becaue i haven't read all the comics and then wonder "Why is he acting like this?"
like wolverine in x3. i honestly think he creid too much. like hugh jackman said:
"he wasn't bad-*** enough."
LEEE777 - 10/16/2009, 5:16 AM
Thumbs DOWN to LEN!!

They did not make a great translation they [frick]ed Wolverine up A$$ Bandit style!!

I like how they have to defend this crap all the time lol!

Theres a reason theres so many articles defending BORIGINS, answer: they all know it was DONKEY POOP! Just forget about it, an make a decent sequel ffs!

What you lot dont get is they HAVE to say good things about it lol!

It was sh!TE and we all know it, all these articles defended it proves it was!!!!

Becoz if it was any good, there would be no need for these in the first place! ; D
LEEE777 - 10/16/2009, 6:13 AM
Check this out CBMers, theres more quality in this than the whole of WOLVIE!



; D
BmanHall - 10/16/2009, 6:53 AM
@ LEEE777: Agreed bro. X-Men Origins: Wolverine sucked and everyone with half a brain knows it.

I'm begining to see a trend. Everytime someone says they don't like it, they can point out numerous things wrong with it. Everytime someone says they do like it, all they do is talk shit about the people who said they don't.
LEEE777 - 10/16/2009, 7:46 AM
BMAN @ Exactly dude!!

I reckon these big wigs are getting payed to say great stuff about that crap lol! Infact one way or another they are!!

If ALAN MOORE said it was good, then i might of believed the BS! ; D

I reckon there's too many sell-outs, no it didn't have to be straight from the comic book pages but the BASICS would've been nice, not some HOLLYWOOD Cluster [frick] version!! : D

Wolverine has a rich history, with many amazing comic book stories, hell i wont even go into the other characters, DEADPOOL etc in it lol.

SkunkApe1 - 10/16/2009, 8:02 AM
The best Wolverine story....in my opinion....was when he was up in Canada with Nightcrawler rescuing the woman and her child from the Wendigo. Bloody and gritty. Maybe not enough to make an entire movie out of, but definitely enough to open one up with.

For the record, in all the years of collecting and reading Marvel comics, all the chararcters, etc., I have never understood the incredible attraction / following of GAMBIT.

Just don't get it.
supermarioworldE - 10/16/2009, 8:33 AM
@SkunkApe1, Gambit is a funny and cool character, that you can't help but like. Plus him and Rogue have one of the strongest relationships in the x-men universe ( unlike cyclops who ditches whatever girl he's with whenever jean comes back to life). And besides, the power to turn any object into an explosive is very entertaining. Gambit is a cool x-man, and definitely one of my favorites.
StephenStrange - 10/16/2009, 8:46 AM
SkukApe1: I totally agree with everything you just said.

That story you mentioned with The Wendigo is one the ones tha helped put Wolverine on the map.
RorMachine - 10/16/2009, 9:03 AM
Yeah [frick] you Len, all you did is create the character, what would you know! Unbelievable. Regardless of what you thought of the movie, all he is saying that Jackman was a great Wolverine, and that is something anyone with half a brain should see Bman! Lee, I cant take your opinion seriously because you like such unbelievable pieces of garbage that your just not consistent enough. I thought Wolverine was very disappointing too, but It still blew GI Joe and various other tard candy you liked out of the water.
Bijous - 10/16/2009, 9:10 AM
I heard Wein's original origin for Wolverine was that he was a wolverine mutated into a humanoid and not a human with mutant powers. That would have sucked.

@LEEE: WTF was that?!?
Evil1991 - 10/16/2009, 9:45 AM
that would be weird
BmanHall - 10/16/2009, 9:47 AM
@ Rorschach01: Easy there big guy. Nobody said Jackman wasn't a great Wolverine. I just agreed with LEEE777 on the fact that the movie was terrible. The character, Wolverine, was fine. Hell, he was perfect. I'm sure anyone with half a brain DOES see that. Unfortunately that wasn't enough to save the movie.
ASSASSIN666 - 10/16/2009, 9:54 AM
All I want to say is how empty the blu ray version of Wolverine was. Void of many extras that could have been put there like so many other movies. It reminded me of the Dark Knight blu ray that was also badly lacking the extras, f**kers!
Velox - 10/16/2009, 9:57 AM
I wondered just how much of handle Hood actually had on the character, and now I know. Not much. That 'psychological manifestation of rage' theory sounded like someone trying to mine a deeper meaning out of something that doesn't need to be mined. Logan's a mutant, plain and simple. We didn't hear that theory during explanations of any of the other mutants powers, did we? Plus, it doesn't exactly explain Logan's healing factor or enhanced senses...

Nice interviewing job by the British Snagglepuss, though.
Whispers68 - 10/16/2009, 10:41 AM
@Leee

"I reckon these big wigs are getting payed to say great stuff about that crap lol! In fact one way or another they are!!"

This was my thought actually...I now feel the promotion certain creators display for horrible films, music, etc are being paid under the table. If I created a character and saw the movie to agree the movie was done in a precise and excellent manner such as X-Men Origins...I would surely be high, losing grasp on reality or was paid
ironknight27 - 10/16/2009, 10:44 AM
I dont have a problem with how they depicted Logan. Hugh always comes through as Logan and no one can really argue with that. Like Ror I was disappointed too but I still enjoyed it. I do have a problem with how they handled Gambit.
BrotherStarkofMABMindz - 10/16/2009, 10:50 AM
The X-Men movies did dissapoint me because they were not as good as I thought they'd be but they were good
Velox - 10/16/2009, 10:53 AM
@ironknight: I agree. Wolverine was handled well, but that was due to Jackman, not Gavin Hood. I wasn't as down on the movie as a lot others were, but as a long-time fan I could spot where it seemed as if the guy at the helm didn't fully understand the mythos. Or at the very least he didn't have a fully realized interpretation of his own, like Singer did in the first two films.
ironknight27 - 10/16/2009, 11:01 AM
Velox- I agree as well. I walked out of the movie knowing it could have been ten times better but I still enjoyed it. I still would have liked to see what Singer had envisioned for Logan because you are right his interpretations seemed more realized. For Wolverine it would be a daunting task to explain his history in one movie because it is so huge. With a character like Gambit you really could explain his origin story in one movie and get away with it (which I hope they do). He could have expanded Wolverine into two movies.
mcvalada - 10/16/2009, 11:46 AM
There is no truth to the nonsense that Len Wein wanted Wolverine to be a mutated Wolverine. That was someone else's later idea wrongly attributed to him. He addresses that on the film's BluRay version in a conversation with Stan Lee and on his blog earlier this year at http://lenwein.blogspot.com.

He was not paid to say anything about this movie and you can't pay the man to say something he doesn't believe. He also receives no creator money (or film credit, you might notice) from Marvel or anyone else, though it would be a good idea. DC manages to do it, but no one at Marvel has the good offices of Paul Levitz or even the enlightened self-interest to take care of creators before they are dying or dead.

Len & I both love Hugh Jackman's portrayal of Wolverine, which comes closer to Len's concept of a mutant trying to control the berserker aspect of the personality rather than become an impersonal killing machine.

Your opinions may vary, but Len is utterly honest in his statements. While the film would have been different if Len had written it, we were entertained by it and we think that Hugh Jackman has inhabited that character from the moment you see his bare back in the cage in X-1.
MovieTheaterLad - 10/16/2009, 1:35 PM
I honestly didn't have a problem with the Wolverine movie, honestly.

As far as faithfulness goes, the movieverse is it's own separate continuity from the comics just like... well, in the comics.

And as far as quality of the movie goes, I always just make up stuff to fill in the plot holes for myself so that it's easier for me to accept what happens.

For example: Magneto brainwashed Sabretooth into working for him, which accounts for why he isn't as menacing or intelligent in X-Men 1.

Also, the reason why the cgi for the claws in the bathroom scene were so "bad" is because they were still super brand spanking new. After he slices them up a bit, you notice that they look a bit more natural later on.

I have a whole bunch of others if anyone would like to hear.
Macksimus - 10/16/2009, 1:50 PM
@LEEE you're funny. I like your logic.

People defend Origins, because they like it; that means Origins HAS FANS. It's funny because I don't see any articles defending GIJOE. WHY? ...because nobody liked it; except for you of course.

Wolverine by no means was a great movie, but so wasn't GIJOE. You complain about Origins because it doesn't stay true to the source material, and yet you approve of GIJOE??? WTF???

Duhdaduh - 10/16/2009, 1:54 PM
from this interview i think gavin hood seems like a cool guy. i love his analysis behind wolverine!! yo seriously for real, without the emotional struggle there is no story. i'm just confused...hood pitches such a good idea, with great internal conflict and all, but there didnt seem to be that much substance in origins at all :0

lee, u r my hero for that vid!!!!
Whispers68 - 10/16/2009, 2:14 PM
Whether one chooses to like the film or not, whether they disliked it for entertainment purpoes or strictly because it deviated from what they know from Logan's actual origin, we should pretty much agree to disagree or simply accept differences.

I personally didn't enjoy Wolverine, not because of comic book purposes but it didn't entertain me as I wanted it to. It could've been better but I'm okay with someone saying they loved it, without wanting to alter their opinion. It seems generally speaking from what I've noticed, if you don't agree with someone and their opinion on a film, you get the third degree or an internet argument ensues

Why is this?
Macksimus - 10/16/2009, 3:01 PM
@Whispers

I agree man. Someone gives their opinion, and people shit all over them for it. If you liked it, fine. If you didn't, fine. Just don't criticize people because of their opinion on something.

I keep reading shit like "whoever thought this movie was good, loses all credibility in my eyes."

...really? well, sorry, but you lost all credibility with me, because you suck as a life-form IMHO.
Whispers68 - 10/16/2009, 5:02 PM
@macksimus and Teabag

I see it on pretty much every article. Of course is cool to go back and forth on a topic but not when it comes off as if You want to overbear your individual opinion over someone. What does that prove?

I said this before, we are all different in so many ways. Age; we probably range from early teens to three/four times that age. Educationallyj I just completed college. Two months ago so I'll assume others have, perhaps some are entering grad school or just entering college. Religion, Sex, ethnicity...we are all different. The one thing that binds us is pretty much this site.

Comic books and movies align us generally. Why create further division with the overbearing opinionated personas?
Whispers68 - 10/16/2009, 6:10 PM
@Teabag

Thanks...I appreciate the words. Some of my highschool mates went into their profession but others like me decided the college route.

I just turned 26. I'm deciding on three areas for grad school so I'm trying to boil things down a bit so the future I want to solidify for girlfriend and eventually the children we want to have (at maximum two), must be a well thought out decision. I was actually speaking to my dentist this afternoon about one of my choices.

Anyhoot, I'm assuming most of this non arguing comments are rare? LoL. I owe the way I think to always trying to mediate when my friends are arguing over anything really
Deathlok - 10/16/2009, 8:53 PM
Who cares what Len Wein thinks? The guy can't even remember his own work that he created. The truth is Chris Claremont had more of a hand in Wolverine than Wein ever did. Claremont is the one most responsible for developing the character after Wein said, "Hey, let's make this crazy guy with claws that come out of his gloves!" Please...
Deathlok - 10/17/2009, 11:44 AM
@teabag

Wein was responsible for an idea of a badass with retractable claws. Herb Trimpe and John Romita Sr. came up with the rest. As for Claremont, he was only the co-creator of these guys...Rogue, Psylocke, Shadowcat, Phoenix, Mystique, Lady Mastermind, Emma Frost, Siryn, Jubilee, Rachel Summers, Madelyne Pryor, Sabretooth, Avalanche, Strong Guy, Multiple Man, Captain Britain, Mister Sinister, and Gambit. I'm sure he would have gotten around to it sooner or later. So yeah, please...

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