District 9

I went in to this movie blind. I had only seen the teaser. I really do not want to give away too many spoilers, so I will just give some highlights, make it short.

What I liked:

The action when it finally kicked off, was worth the anticipation. The Alien weapons were very cool. I also loved the documentary style the first half of the film was shot and how it blended in to an actual movie. I also liked the character arcs. The main guys I didn't like until toward the end of the film. I loved the real feel of the aliens, the ship and everything.

What I didn't like:

The F-bomb. Over and over.

Fun movie. Great on Blu-Ray!!!!

Luther review by Holly McClure

Reformation Day is coming up soon. (October 31) and what better way to celebrate than getting every one together and watching Luther. I am posting this review by Holly McClure about this movie as that I agree with it and couldn't have put it better...

"Luther" - Movie Review

Genre: Drama

Rating: PG-13 (for disturbing images of violence)

Release Date: September 26, 2003

Actors: Joseph Fiennes, Alfred Molina, Jonathan Firth, Claire Cox, Peter Ustinov, Bruno Ganz, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Mathieu Carrière, Marco Hofschneider, Torben Liebrecht, Herb Andress, James Babson, Jeff Caster, Cesare Cremonini, Jens Winter

Director: Eric Till

Special Notes: Ironically, prior to accepting the film, Fiennes reluctantly turned down the role of Luther in the London National Theater's Production of John Osborne's play because of a schedule conflict. So, he already had a passion for the character and was prepared to play this role.

Plot: The story begins in the year 1505 showing a young Martin Luther in a rain storm when a bolt of lightening lands close to him and prompts him to hang up his study of law and apply for acceptance the following day in an Augustinian monastery. The film then narrates Luther's pilgrimage to Rome in 1510 and shows people all over the steps of the church buying indulgences for relatives – a practice that makes the church wealthy and fools the poor. Luther rebels against the church and writes an essay of 95 theses which he nails on the church door. He is then hunted by the church which forces him to defend himself. Luther's life as an outlaw – excommunicated and banned by the Pope as well as the emperor – is depicted in the film, as well as his "exile" in the tower of the Wartburg castle, where he translated the entire New Testament into German within 11 weeks. The story shows how Luther's deep faith and convictions made this German reformer both a rebel and a leader of his day.

Good: This is an impressive production filmed with a big budget on over 100 sets and in 20 locations throughout Germany, Italy and the Czech Republic. Fiennes does an incredible job at taking a difficult role and making the man of history come to life in a real and deeply moving story. His portrayal of Luther showed him to be a charismatic man as well as a bit shy, defiant, playful and intense. And you can definitely see where Fiennes' Shakespearean training helped him portray this character. I always enjoy Ustinov on screen, and this time out he provides the comic relief and a few chuckles in this otherwise very serious movie. I liked this movie because for the first time I clearly understand what Luther did for the Christian church and how liberating it must have been to get out from under the tyranny of the Catholic church of that day. Realize that I am saying "of that day" because what the church was doing to the common people and the control it had on society back then was much different from the Catholic church of today. The movie doesn't bash the Catholic church, rather it highlights how the Pope and Emperor Charles V exiled Luther because they didn't understand his radical thinking and were afraid of the power he had over the people who were repressed and wanted a leader. Sound familiar? (<---[Jym]- I disagree with this view (P.C.) but left this in the review) His teachings were considered radical because he told people to read the Bible – something common people didn't do in those days, so no one knew the Word. Luther's whole message pointed back to reading the Word of God to tell them how to live and free them from paying for dead relatives to be freed from purgatory – a racket Luther clearly saw through. Luther didn't enter the Church to change it, but obviously God wanted people to read His Word.

Bad: There are several scenes of poor people dying, numerous people killed in a bloody battle and lots of discussions about the Church, relics and selling one's soul for money. The movie tends to feel a little long because it's such a detailed story and there are so many aspects to it. I think some of it could have been edited or more about his wife and children could have been added to bring some levity to the story. But if you're interested in history, especially church history, you'll be enthralled with this movie.

Superman/Batman: Public Enimies

I honestly can not express how I feel about this film. I mean on one hand the geek in me and Superman/Batman comic fan in me say that this is a great adaptation of the comic to cartoon. The Parent in me is outraged at DC Entertainment. My son LOVES the Superman/Batman comic. I thought it was the one safe Comic I could rely on for a 10 year old boy. I know that comics codes are getting more slack as the time goes on and the culture we live in gets further away from any kind of Biblical morals. And it makes it hard for me to accept that. But DC and especially this Superman/Batman series seems to be some what Kid friendly. More than lets say the actual Batman series or Even Green Lantern and such. I am out right leaving Marvel out of it because they have gone off the deep end a long time ago.

My son has been so excited (as have I) for this DVD to come out. I had just bought the green Lantern:First Flight DVD and was also disappointed with the language in it as well so I knew that if Superman/Batman was PG-13 I needed to watch it first.

With in the first 2 min of the movie .. I turned it off. I didn't even get to the main Title. There was a Daily Show-like host providing political commentary and he says "also like getting (beep)ed in the (beep) with a red hot poker" ... I was speechless.. I mean the beeps were there.. but come on.. Why? Why did they have to put that?

It is already getting hard for me to enjoy movies that have foul vulgar language in them as it is, but when you start tainting the movies my kids love.. that vexes me. I mean, why not add more violence and keep the sex and language out?

Okay, from what I have read (because I am not watching the rest of the movie on principle) there is a reference to Powergirl's large chest and Lex calls his female assistant a bitch as well as at least one "what the hell" that I heard. These are not the things I want my kids repeating. (not even if he was over 13) That is not the kind of people we are. But guess what, this stupid culture we are in will say that I am too strict and that you can not avoid stuff like that. Well I am angry that I HAVE to make that kind of a choice.. I HAVE to tell my kid that he can not have this movie that he has been wanting ever since he has heard of it, I HAVE to tell him that it is a bad movie and he is not allowed to see it. because I am a responsible moral parent and I actually love and care about my kid and do not want him to be like the garbage that uses this kind of language.. I am forced to make this decision by the modern media and culture because I answer to some one greater than them or me, ...Christ.

My rating: I give it no rating

Green Lantern: First Flight

Green Lantern: First Flight is a direct-to-video animated film adaptation of the DC Comics Green Lantern mythology. Centering on the first mission of Hal Jordan (Christopher Meloni), the first human inducted into the Green Lantern Corps, the film is written by veteran DC Comics animation collaborator Alan Burnett, produced by Bruce Timm, and directed by Lauren Montgomery.It is the fifth in the line of DC Universe Original Animated Movies released by Warner Premiere and Warner Bros. Animation, the most recent releases being Batman: Gotham Knight and Wonder Woman.

This was a great adaptation of the main story of Green Lantern Corp.

What I liked: It was well done. The animation was brilliant. The voice acting was great as well. This was a Green Lantern Corp movie and not a Hal Jordon movie. I loved Kilowag. He was exactly how I pictured him acting in the comic. Also the Extras are good on this DVD, with a first look at the next DVD coming out: An animated adaptation of the Comic arc Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. 

What I didn't like: First off was the language. This movie was PG-13 for action violence, but there was use of foul language I do not want my kids repeating. Like "ass", "bastard", "damn", and "what the hell". I also wish in a small way there was more of the Hal Jordon story here.. even though I like the GLC story better, I feel like Hal was a background character. This was a huge story arc they fit into a very short cartoon. It felt very very rushed. 

remember

Remember remember the eleventh of September
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot...

Remember the ones who lost their lives
Remember the ones who are behind it
Remember the ones who are blamed for it

X-MEN TRILOGY

X-MEN REVIEW by Jym Evans

The first thing I want you as a reader of this review to understand is that I know that you can not make a movie 100% accurate to a comic, novel or whatever it is you are interchanging mediums from. Small changes are expected. A good example is the butler on the Iron Man movie, Jarvis. In the movie he is a computer AI Program, in the comic, he is an actual butler. That is a very small change compared to what Brian Singer has done to the X-Men universe. I blame him because he was the writer and director for the first 2. Now we have 4 X-Men movies that are loosely based on the Comic. This is not really a review as it is just me analyzing the differences between the movie and the comic.

Also I might add to non comic geeks out there that there are many parallel universes, cross-overs, and story arcs that change, or retell stories to keep us geeks interested. That is what I am viewing the Movies as. They are a different X-Men version. It is a retelling in a different manner for a new generation of fans. I just want people to know the real stories and the real characters I have loved since childhood and that the Movie version is not the only version. (Most people will see the movie and never read the comic, and there are some real big differences)

This has been a long time coming... my review of these movies I mean. I have had hard feelings for a long time. In fact, I stopped my Wolverine collection after almost 20 years of collecting in the shadow of these movies. I have re written this review many times because the ones I did in the past were very ugly as that I was venting.

The only characters I feel they cast right was Wolverine, Nightcrawler and Professor X [Characters were correct, their story lines were not]


The Original X-Men:

First of all, the original X-MEN were:
Cyclops / Scott Summers,
Angel / Warren Worthington III,
Beast / Hank McCoy,
Iceman / Bobby Drake,
Marvel Girl / Jean Grey.

But in the movies Ice man is just a student (a kid) until later in part 2, Angel and Beast don't even show up till part 3, and the name Marvel Girl is never mentioned at all.


In X2 and X3 they tried to tie in the Dark Phoenix Saga which is WAY too complex to tie in to a movie. (See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Phoenix_Saga for the real story


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Story Lines: Why change the story and ignore so much source material?
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X-MEN (First Movie)
I liked the Magneto ‘turning people to mutants’ story. I see it as an added story to the already existing stories we have. Where they go wrong is when they try to tell origin stories. I am mostly talking about Wolverine’s story in these movies (including the Prequel). The way the movie portrays it, is not how he came to the X-Men. In the comic he was part of a Canadian superhero team called ‘Alpha Flight’ ( http://www.comicvine.com/alpha-flight/65-14616/ ) after his Weapon X experience. Wolverine was conscripted by Department H, and for his first mission was sent against the incredible Hulk. Wolverine was subsequently approached by Professor Charles Xavier, who was looking for mutants to help his students, the X-Men, escape from the island-being known as Krakoa, which had captured them. Wolverine left Alpha Flight to accompany Xavier and rescue the captured X-Men. After Krakoa was defeated, Wolverine decided to stay with the X-Men, for reasons which included that he had fallen for Marvel Girl (Jean Grey).

X2: X-Men United
Okay, the Movie X2 was loosely based on the 1982 Graphic Novel "X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills" written by written by Chris Claremont.

[Wikipedia] Several elements of the novel's plot — most notably the name of the villain, William Stryker; the fact that the X-Men team-up with Magneto, their arch-rival; and the use of Professor X to mentally kill all the mutants on earth — were used in the second X-Men film, X2. There are also differences in the storyline, however, the main one being that in the movie William Stryker is a military scientist rather than a minister (although, in both versions, he has a mutant child, though the child had already died prior to the events of the novel; also the comic's Stryker was once involved in the military). Another major difference is regarding William Stryker's back-story: in the film he is responsible for Wolverine receiving his adamantium bones and claws; in the comic, they had never met prior to the events of the novel. These elements came from screenwriter Zak Penn, who was hired to write drafts of the film. [/Wikipedia]

So once again the main story change is Wolverine’s. Not only was Stryker not involved in the Weapon X program, it was a Canadian program and not American. (I cover A LOT more of this in my ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ review: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=102170800907 )

X3: The Last Stand
The film is loosely based on two X-Men comic book story arcs: writer Chris Claremont's and artist John Byrne's "Dark Phoenix Saga" in The Uncanny X-Men and writer Joss Whedon's and artist John Cassaday's six-issue "Gifted" arc in Astonishing X-Men. I guess it just bothers me that they went in this direction, a story arc, instead of staying with the ‘main’ Comic story.

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Characters: Miscast Strangers of the Cinema.
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Some of these characters are just miscast (Storm and Rogue mostly) but some of them were just not accurate at all as far as story placement and time line. Here are a couple of assessments.

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Detailed Comic History: http://www.comicvine.com/storm/29-1444/
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COMIC STORM: is prominent leader of the X-Men. Ororo Munroe / Storm was worshiped as a rain goddess in Africa. She is tall and has a dominant personality; a true leader.

MOVIE STORM: is a "background character" and the only hint of her stepping up to lead the x-men was in part 3 simply by saying that the school will stay open. She is meek and quiet. She is short and sensitive. I think first of all that they miscast this character. Hollywood wanted the hottest most popular black female actress instead of an actress that looks the part and can act. Halley Berry did no research on this character and has never read the comics. In fact she said that she wanted to do her own spin on the character... way to go Halley, now we have a weak, short, nobody Storm.

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Detailed Comic History: http://www.comicvine.com/rogue/29-1446/
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COMIC ROGUE: , she is the X-Men's self-described southern belle. A runaway, she was adopted by Mystique but turned to the X-Men when the aftereffects of her repeated use of her mutant power - particularly the permanent absorption of Ms. Marvel's psyche and Kree powers threatened her sanity. In the Comic, Rogue met Wolverine in Tokyo (where he was preparing for his marriage to Mariko Yashida) She was part of the Brotherhood of Mutants before she joined the X-Men.

MOVIE ROGUE: a confused runaway that just wants to fit in somewhere. This character was miscast; this British actor has no idea how to do a Mississippi southern belle accent. In the movie Rogue was taken in by Logan [Wolverine] in the comic she was approached by Mystique, who sought her out on the advice of her precognitive partner Destiny and took her in as a daughter. In the Comic, Rogue met Wolverine in Tokyo (where he was preparing for his marriage to Mariko Yashida) I could keep going about rogue. But I won't because there is just too much more...

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Detailed Comic History: http://www.comicvine.com/magneto/29-1441/
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COMIC MAGNETO: Magneto is a mutant capable of generating magnetic fields, which he uses to control ferrous metals (iron, steel, etc.). His magnetic fields have been measured at over 200 tesla, and no firm upper limit to the intensity of the fields has been established. Magneto can also produce electricity, possibly through electromagnetic induction. (He can shoot lightning from his hands)

MOVIE MAGNITO: A frail old man who survived the Holocaust. Leader of the Brotherhood of Mutants. Has no real power other than controlling metal. Wants to turn people in to mutants? There was enough of the real character in this portrayal, but could have been much better.

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Detailed Comic History: http://www.comicvine.com/mystique/29-1469/
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COMIC MISTIQUE: Mystique is a mutant, a shape shifter able to alter the formation of her biological cells at will and thereby assume the form of other humans. Originally, it was clearly stated that Mystique's powers were limited to appearances only; she could not assume the powers of the people she morphed into or alter her body to adapt to different situations. In addition, she could not change her overall body mass in order to change into a person larger or smaller than she is. She has the ability to create the appearance of clothes out of her own body. Mystique was shown in at least one instance transforming a metallic part of her costume into a functioning blaster pistol. Whether this was a function of her powers or of the costume piece itself is unclear. As a side effect of this power, her natural aging process has been suppressed (if not completely halted), as she has retained her youthful figure despite being alive for over eighty years. (Some sources say she is over a century old.) Oh did I mention that she wears clothes? There is a lot more to the Comic Mystique like being Nightcrawler's Mother and Rogue's foster mother. I am going to keep moving.

MOVIE MISTIQUE: Mystique is played by Rebecca Romijn and, unlike her comic book incarnation, is a member of Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants. Her true form is serpentine, having scaly skin and reptilian eyes. She is also a nudist, although this is not purely to accommodate her powers, as she is capable of producing the illusion of being clothed but doesn't. Additionally, Mystique is not Rogue's foster mother; they meet each other for the first time when Magneto kidnaps Rogue. In the films, she has the ability to duplicate retinal patterns (as shown in the first film), and duplicates Deathstrike's handprint simply by shaking her hand in the second film. In the third film she was shown to seemingly alter her mass by taking the form of a child. She can not do any of that according to the comic.

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Detailed Comic History: http://www.comicvine.com/sabretooth/29-4563/
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COMIC SABERTOOTH: Sabretooth [Victor Creed] is a mutant who possesses bestial superhuman physical abilities, most notably a rapid healing factor, razor-sharp fangs and claws, and hyper senses. He is a savage sociopath responsible for numerous deaths both as a paid mercenary and for his own, personal pleasure. In the mainstream comics Sabretooth and Magneto have never come together in any real capacity. There is alot of depth to this character. He is intelligent and very cold when it comes to human life. He has a very close and personal past with Wolverine that I will not mention here.

MOVIE SABERTOOTH: Sabretooth was depicted as a hit man man for Magneto. He had no personality just a brute that grunts and is strong. Rawr.

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Detailed Comic History: http://www.comicvine.com/lady-deathstrike/29-8470/
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COMIC LADY DEATHSTRIKE: Lady Deathstrike is a CYBORG with superhuman strength, speed, and agility. Deathstrike's skeleton has been infused with adamantium, rendering her skeletal structure practically unbreakable. Initially, it was a mystery as to how Deathstrike survived this process, as it is generally believed that without a healing factor, the process would be fatal to a human. Later, in the pages of Uncanny X-Men, it was shown that Lady Deathstrike, along with former Hellfire Club guards Cole, Macon, and Reese (the three of which had been nearly killed by Wolverine) were transformed into cyborgs by Spiral in her "Body Shoppe." It was during this process that Deathstrike gained her adamantium augmentation.

MOVIE LADY DEATHSTRIKE: Played by Kelly Hu, In X-Men II, Deathstrike is a mutant with a healing factor and super-strength who is given adamantium bones and claws by Weapon X. Little is known of her personality as she spends the film under Stryker's mind control. She is killed by Wolverine who injects her with liquid adamantium.

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Detailed Comic History: http://www.comicvine.com/william-stryker/29-40564/
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COMIC WILLIAM STRYKER: Reverend Stryker was a Christian fundamentalist televangelist who saw himself on a mission from God to destroy the mutant race.

MOVIE WILLIAM STRYKER: Colonel Stryker, played by Brian Cox, was a rogue army colonel with an equally fervent desire to destroy mutants, stemming from his mutant son's causing the death of his wife, and the failure of Professor X to help him. Obviously Brian Singer completely changed this character and decided to add him to Wolverine's new origin. (Brian Singer's version of Wolvie's back story that highly vexes me, if something isn't broke, don't fix it!!!)

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All in all, these movies were pretty good with the exception of all of the miscast Characters and the made up back stories. (Mostly how Logan joined the X-Men, and what is sad is that that is what the first movie was centered around until Magneto sprayed the Statue of Liberty with pink ectoplasm and made it walk, oh wait was that Ghost Busters 2?..lol)

As long as I view these as just a different story arc I can stomach what they did to Wolverine. But Wolverine deserves his own movie, Not a X-Men Prequel, but real close to the mark actual story. Like I would love for them to make a Weapon X movie. It would be a R rated Horror movie! (Based on Marvel Comics Presents #72-84 in 1991)

X-Men Origins: WOLVERINE

Review by Jym Evans

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X-Men Origins: WOLVERINE
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There were enough elements of the old comic series in it to keep me happy .. and not enough minor changes to vex me.

Hugh Jackman/Logan/James Howlett/Wolverine:
Did an awesome job. He owns this character now. I can not see anyone else in this part. In this movie he really did his homework unlike the others in the old X-Men movies. He is a good actor and portrayed the inner turmoil of what I loved most about the wolverine comics.... the fight to control the animal inside and be more compassionate and Human.

Liev Schreiber/Victor Creed/Sabertooth:
I couldn't have picked a better actor to portray Victor Creed. His performance was very memorable. If you have ever read the Sabertooth comics or the old Wolvie comics with Sabertooth in them, you will recognize the iconic stylization of this character, the look , the personality, everything.. I can't believe he nailed it so perfectly.

Other Characters:
Gambit was great, Deadpool was awesome.. and the story of how Wade became Deadpool was pretty close to the comic... minus the Barak style blades in his arms.

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BIGGEST TURNOFF
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The use of profanity and the over use of the phrase "G-DDAMN" in this movie tainted it for me and made it where I do not want my kids watching it. However I will state that the modern Wolverine Comics have "Parental Advisories" on them, The ones I grew up with did not. If they wanted to play to a PG-13 crowd they could have left out the crude language and ADDED MORE BLOOD!!!

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Elements of the old comic that kept me happy:
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First off was the intro glimpse in to the Origin Comics... Origin is a six-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics from November 2001 to March 2002, written by Bill Jemas, Joe Quesada and Paul Jenkins, and illustrated by Andy Kubert (pencils) and Richard Isanove (color). It shows us the entire story of James Howlett (Wolverine) as a child and his teen years. it shows us the reveal of his mother's affair with the groundskeeper and that he was an illegitimate accident. The dramatic killing of his (step) father that initiated his healing factor and bone claws for the first time. I really wish the movie had more of this in it.. X-Men Origins: Wolverine could easily been 2 movies. They had to leave a lot out to make it a 2 hr movie and still tell the Weapon X story. We see the tragic story of Silverfox and his Canadian roots. I loved the small wolverine elements that were in this movie,... the cigars, calling people "bub", saying "I'm the best there is at what I do", the jacket he had on with the fur collar, The brown and yellow leather jacket paying homage to his original Brown and Yellow costume.

I absolutely loved everything they did with Victor Creed. The half brother tie in that we didn't even know about until the "Origin" comic in 2001. Victor as a child was actually called "Dog Logan" that is where James Howlett got the name "Logan" as that it was the grounds keeper's last name... Thomas Logan (His birth father) in the comic. For years we (comic readers) assumed he got the name from the Logan Mountains in Canada. But I guess that is too complicated for the cinema to expect movie goers to catch all of that, so they just called him Victor as a kid. They completly (for time reasons) left out the redhead little girl named Rose that he was infatuated with.
If you want the story of James Howlett and Dog Logan click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_(comics)

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Minor Changes I DID NOT mind:
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They left out Mastodon from Team X, replacing him with The Blob. No Big Deal.
Deadpool had blades in his arms. weird, but okay.

Okay, I think what they did with stryker was a wise move. I didn't like him in X2... but they really developed out a great character in this one. In the Comics William Stryker was a Crazy Fundamentalist Televangelist who was on a mission from God to kill all mutants. I am glad they made him military and have a better reason for wanting to kill mutants.. Tying him in to Weapon X was quite a stretch but they felt that this movie had to tie in to Brian Singer's abomination "X2" for some reason. Which brings me to;

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Changes I DID NOT LIKE:
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I am very upset that they made Weapon X an AMERICAN OPERATION!! Weapon X was operated through Canada's Government organization "Department H" and was directed by Professor Thornton, not William Stryker. There is already an established story there... they changed it. They changed it to fit in to Singer's X-Men franchise. I wish they wouldn't have, they should have made this a "movie"... not a "prequel". The REAL Weapon X has Professor Thornton, and at his side were Dr. Abraham Cornelius, Dr. Carol Hines and Dr. Dale Rice. John Sublime, the director of Weapon Plus, was always behind the scenes. Some of the work of Weapon X was based on the experiments detailed on the journals of Nazi scientist Nathan Essex, which were obtained by Weapon Plus after the end of World War II. For more go here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_X

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SHOULD HAVE BEEN
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* James Howlett (Logan) was born after the Civil War, this movie has him in the war with his "brother"
* It is assumed Victor was the "Dog Logan" Character from the Origin comics. (who Logan did not grow up with)
* Logan was abducted by the secret CANADIAN government program Weapon X, he DID NOT SIGN UP FOR IT.
* he was in the facility for several months, not one day.
*Death of SILVER FOX was a memory implant, not a staged event.
* Silver Fox and Emma Frost, are NOT sisters.
* Maverick (Agent Zero) was not Asian
* William Stryker had northing to do with the Weapon X program, It was head up by "The Director", and "The Professor" Dr. Cornilius, and Ms. Hines.
* Logan's Memories were erased during the months he was at the facility with a REM helmet and was heavily sedated the entire time.
* Logan brutally murdered every one in the facility.
* Deadpool went to the Canadian Department H (Weapon X) program to help him cure his Cancer, by getting Logans healing factor, not become the fabled weapon XI with sword arms teleportation and laser vision.


Biggest disappointment: No costume or mask.

There is so much that happens before Logan becomes a member of the X-Men. Including his time in the Canadian Team "Alpha Flight", and his fight with the Incredible Hulk. In fact THAT is how he ends up joining the X-Men.

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IN CONCLUSION:
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I did enjoy this movie... I am looking forward to the sequel because it is supposed to cover my favorite time line, when Logan is in Madripoor Japan going by the name "Patch"

Just so you can see the difference between the Movie and the Comic......The actual History of Wolverine from after he kills his father Thomas Logan is this:

The character grows into manhood on a mining colony in Northern British Columbia, adopting the name "Logan." Logan leaves the colony and lives for a time in the wilderness among wolves, until returning to civilization, residing with the Blackfoot Indians. Following the death of his Blackfoot paramour, Silver Fox, he is ushered into a Canadian military unit. Logan then spends some time in Madripoor, before settling in Japan, where he marries Itsu and has a son, Daken.

During World War II, Logan teams with Captain America and continues a career as a soldier-of-fortune/adventurer. Logan works for the First Canadian Parachute Battalion and the CIA before being recruited by Team X, a black ops unit. He also finds out he had an evil brother named Victor Creed.

As a member of Team X, Logan is given false memory implants. He continues on the team, until he is able to break free of the mental control and joins the Canadian Defense Ministry. Logan is subsequently kidnapped by Weapon X, where he remains captive and experimented on, until he escapes, as shown in Barry Windsor-Smith's "Weapon X" storyline which ran in Marvel Comics Presents. It is during his imprisonment by Weapon X that he has unbreakable adamantium forcibly fused into his bones.

Logan is eventually discovered by James and Heather Hudson (Alpha Flight), who help him recover his humanity. Following his recovery, Logan, this time under the supervision of Department H, once again works for Canadian Intelligence. Logan becomes Wolverine, one of Canada's first superheroes. In his first mission, he is dispatched to stop the destruction caused by a brawl between the Hulk and the Wendigo.

Professor Charles Xavier recruits Wolverine to a new team of X-Men. Disillusioned with his Canadian intelligence work and intrigued by Xavier's offer, Logan resigns from Department H. It was later revealed, however, that Professor X had wiped Logan's memories and forced him to join the X-Men after Wolverine was sent on an assassination attempt to kill Xavier.

So even though I did enjoy this move... It still could have been better, the reason it wasn't, was the Brian Singer movies.

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Blu-Ray Fast & Furious

Review by Jym Evans

This is a short review of the Blu-Ray version of Fast and Furious. (The Fast and The Furious 4) First of all this is in my opinion the best in the series, however I love all of them.. The celerity of Blu-Ray is really noticed in this film. Especially when you see a few helicopter shots on low res film compared to the next shot of close up action or even dialog. The bonus features were good as well. If you like this series as much as me I recommend the Blu-Ray Disc version! - Jym