Wolverine In Trouble

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Originally Posted by Gambit

http://www.cinematical.com/2008/08/2...ne-in-trouble/

Whenever I hear of scenarios such as this, my instinct always tells me to defend the director, as it is he, or she, who usually has the most involved to preserve the original artistic integrity of the film. How many times have we heard of studio execs butting heads with directors when they don't quite 'get' the character or the fanbase of the series?

1. Richard Donner axed from Superman II--final cut wasn't as strong as what he had envisioned.
2. Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer film in '92 was completely butchered and so far removed from his original intentions, which is what made him create the tv show that turned enormously successful.

Those are just two examples. Wolverine is a very dark and gritty character and this film has the potential to be a fascinating film if it deals suitably with Woleverine's complexity and intensity--another reason why The Dark Knight was so successful. I enjoyed the X-Men films, but I've always felt they were a little watered down, especially when compared to the comic book characters. For example Rogue... a very interesting and complex character in the comics who was essentially stripped down to a bland version played by Anna Paquin. I think the XMen films lightly touched on many of the interesting philosophical issues presented in the comics, but fell shy of really digging deeper and exploring them past the surface. The stuff with the cure could have been much more fascinating than it really was. The films in general would have been much better if the characters were more true representations of the comic books and even earlier cartoons, but I guess FOX wanted to make them more mass audience friendly... though the Dark Knight shows that mass audiences don't mind dark material.

Here's to hoping creativity trumps business politics with the new Wolverine film.