Aronofsky's Wolverine film title announced (3/17/11--Aronofsky quits)

[Starbreaker]

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Mega Man X II always confused me.

 

[Skywalker]

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^Nahh, then people would be asking video-store clerks why they didn't have Wolverine: Weapon I - IX in stock.

That's assuming the average person would think of Roman numerals when they see the DVD case up on the shelf.

Here, you may need this:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/joke

No worries, I know you were joking. My response wasn't entirely serious, either.

Besides, there's a real basis for the joke. It's reported that there were some moviegoers who saw the film version of Shakespeare's Henry V and said they wished they hadn't missed the first four films.

Ha! That I did not know, however. That's pretty amusing.

Mega Man X II always confused me.

Let's not forget Final Fantasy X-2.

On second thought...let's.

 

[Christopher]

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^ The same justification was used (possibly apocryphally?) to explain the renaming of Bennett's The Madness of George III to The Madness of King George when that movie adapation of the play was filmed.

Definitely apocryphal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Madness_of_King_George#Title_change

An urban myth has developed that the title change derives from the fear that American audiences would think the film was a sequel, because of the use of Roman numerals in its title. However, [director Nicholas] Hytner has stated that the principal reason was to clarify that this was a film about a king, particularly in America as it is a country that has always been without royalty.

Then there was the Bill Cosby movie Leonard, Part 6, which was only pretending to be part of an ongoing series; I seem to recall reading that it was titled that way as a deliberate attempt to confuse audiences and make them think there were earlier films.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

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^ The same justification was used (possibly apocryphally?) to explain the renaming of Bennett's The Madness of George III to The Madness of King George when that movie adapation of the play was filmed.

Definitely apocryphal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Madness_of_King_George#Title_change

An urban myth has developed that the title change derives from the fear that American audiences would think the film was a sequel, because of the use of Roman numerals in its title. However, [director Nicholas] Hytner has stated that the principal reason was to clarify that this was a film about a king, particularly in America as it is a country that has always been without royalty.

Then there was the Bill Cosby movie Leonard, Part 6, which was only pretending to be part of an ongoing series; I seem to recall reading that it was titled that way as a deliberate attempt to confuse audiences and make them think there were earlier films.

I'm sure the latter is apocryphal, I don't think audiences are that stupid and besides they don't generally clamor to see the part 6 of anything.

The irony(yeah, I'm sure I'm not using that word right) of the King George thing is any audience that would be confused by it would never watch the movie in the first place.

 

[DarthPipes]

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With the right writer and creative team, this could be awesome. But X-Men Origins Wolverine was such a complete and utter shitfest and I DESPISE Movie Wolverine. I'm not wasting any money on it.

 

[Aragorn]

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At least there's no X-Men Origins anywhere in the title. Or 3D.

 

[Nerys Myk]

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I cant wait for Wolverine III, when they get to use the claws in the logo.

 

[Samurai8472]

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Wolverine: the man who went up a hill but came down a mountain..............origin

 

[Python Trek]

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If Wolverine Part Deux manages to get one star from me, it'll be a miracle. The first one was quite possibly the worst film ever made by mortal man. Sadly, my wife loves it, so the abomination plays around my house at least once a month... <sigh>

 

[Brikar99]

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I'm kinda hoping they see the light and put a little Frank Miller into it: "The Goddamn Wolverine."

 

[JacksonArcher]

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If Wolverine Part Deux manages to get one star from me, it'll be a miracle. The first one was quite possibly the worst film ever made by mortal man. Sadly, my wife loves it, so the abomination plays around my house at least once a month... <sigh>

My mother loves X-Men Origins: Wolverine as well, which baffles me. I blame Hugh Jackman. Women will love anything he's in.

 

[Captaindemotion]

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If Wolverine Part Deux manages to get one star from me, it'll be a miracle. The first one was quite possibly the worst film ever made by mortal man. Sadly, my wife loves it, so the abomination plays around my house at least once a month... <sigh>

My mother loves X-Men Origins: Wolverine as well, which baffles me. I blame Hugh Jackman. Women will love anything he's in.

Especially if he's in them!

Now if we can only get a post X2 that ignores The Last Stand, I can die happy! C'mon, Singer...you know you want to!

Wolverine returns home after years spent searching for his place of birth, only to find his true love married to James Marsden. Works perfectly in this context too!

 

[Brikar99]

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If Wolverine Part Deux manages to get one star from me, it'll be a miracle. The first one was quite possibly the worst film ever made by mortal man. Sadly, my wife loves it, so the abomination plays around my house at least once a month... <sigh>

My mother loves X-Men Origins: Wolverine as well, which baffles me. I blame Hugh Jackman. Women will love anything he's in.

Seriously. Had a discussion about this one night with some friends; all the guys in the room thought it was terrible, all the women disagreed.

 

[AvBaur]

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I've seen this as well. Somehow, women just love that movie. Even the IMDB ratings prove it: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458525/ratings

 

[Admiral_Young]

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I don't think there is any question that Hugh Jackman is a sex symbol. "X-Men" thrust him into the spotlight and turned him into a superstar who's never looked back. Really if that is what brings women into watching comic book films and end up enjoying them because of that then I have no problem. It's really no different than us males who drool over Natalie Portman or Rachel Weisz for example. We'll see a film with them not only for their obvious talent but let's not kid ourselves, because they're hot too

 

[captcalhoun]

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i didn't hate XMO: Wolverine. it was alright. but not brilliant.

best bit's when the Weapon X team attack the African bad guys.

Fred?
The tank?
The tank.

and "great, stuck in a lift with five guys on a high protein diet"

 

[Admiral_Young]

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I would have liked to have seen Rose in the Howlett home sequence, while she's not an integral part of his life she is an important one and was an explanation to Logan's fondness for Red head's. Plus Rose's part in "Origin" is one of my favorite side plots in book. I agree that the Team X assault was probably the best sequence in the entire film.

 

[elaithin]

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If Wolverine Part Deux manages to get one star from me, it'll be a miracle. The first one was quite possibly the worst film ever made by mortal man. Sadly, my wife loves it, so the abomination plays around my house at least once a month... <sigh>

Oh, there are far, far worse films in existence, my friend.

 

[Stevil2001]

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Besides, there's a real basis for the joke. It's reported that there were some moviegoers who saw the film version of Shakespeare's Henry V and said they wished they hadn't missed the first four films.

To be fair-- it is the fourth story in a tetralogy, so they're not far off the mark!

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

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I'm not fond of this current trend of giving sequels vague names that fail to sizably differentiate them from earlier entries. The 4th Rambo movie was called Rambo. The 4th film in the The Fast & the Furious series was called Fast & Furious. The 4th Final Destination film was called The Final Destination.

Why can't they do something a little more unique sounding, like perhaps Wolverine vs. the Samurai.

^Nahh, then people would be asking video-store clerks why they didn't have Wolverine: Weapon I - IX in stock.

That's assuming the average person would think of Roman numerals when they see the DVD case up on the shelf.

Yeah. Like remember the 10th Friday the 13th movie. Even its own ads pronounced it "Jason Ecks" instead of "Jason Ten."