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[–] mossy_@lemmy.world 30 points 8 months ago (3 children)

cooler than Hugh Jackman? Formerly Huge Jackedman? I like Cavill but he defined Wolverine for me for, what, 15 years?

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 42 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

15? I hate to do this to you buddy, but the original X-Men movie was 2000. With this movie, Jackman will have been Wolverine for 24 years.

[–] mossy_@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

that's on me, lol, I searched for "Wolverine movie" and the internet pulled up "The Wolverine" which was not his first appearance

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Did he fight for independence in the outer rim?

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Brown coat sounds Cajun to me.

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I thought Sabertooth. The movie version.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah, my thought was "do they think we don't know who Sabertooth is"

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 1 points 8 months ago

That movie might not have been very good overall, but I thought he was a surprisingly good Sabertooth. Not at all comic book Sabertooth, but good.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I remember when the casting was released for the original X-Men, the Fanboys were losing their mind, saying it was the worst super hero casting of all time, and how he looked nothing like Wolverine. Fan castings always aim for the exact look of a character and don't consider acting talent, so people were originally upset that Jackman is tall, they seriously wanted an actor who was jacked and like 5'5".

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Let's be real, though, this was pre-Y2K, it was much harder to gage a fandom's reaction to casting at the time. I don't remember much complaints at all on the forums I was on, though I do remember Steward's casting was celebrated.