Jack-Hammer
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The teaser trailer for "Logan", in what's reported to be Hugh Jackman's final appearance as Wolverine, was released 3 days ago and has been generating a ton of positive buzz.
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The premise of the movie is that it's set in the year 2033 and things have taken a turn for the worse since "X-Men: Days of Future Past." Most of the world's mutants have been killed or are in hiding thanks to the efforts of Nathaniel Essex, better known as Mister Sinister in the comics, and his band of cyborg mercenaries named the Reavers. Wolverine's healing factor is petering out as he's aging while his face and body are scarred as a result of past injuries. Professor Xavier is still alive, though he has Alzheimer's disease and is under Logan's care. The young girl in the trailer is hinted at being Laura Kinney, known as X-23 in the comics, who is a female genetic clone of Logan.
The story already has me quite intrigued and I thought Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt" for the trailer was a perfect match. In the video for "Hurt", Cash was physically very frail and had been ravaged by the advanced effects of a number of diseases; he was 71 when he died in September 2003 but he looked more like 91. He was always known for this powerful, booming bass baritone voice that didn't sound like anyone else though you can hear his voice has a much weaker timbre and a distinctive wheeze. The song fits perfectly as Wolverine is basically this epitome of physical vitality, yet he's succumbing to the effects of mortality.
The scene with Xavier lying in the bed seemingly staring up at nothing with his lips moving slightly was a bit emotional for me as it was so reminiscent of my mother during her last few days before dying of cancer. The song fits in with Xavier as well as he's someone who's mind is slipping away, even though his body has almost always been rather frail, he's spent most of his life in a wheelchair after all, his powerhouse mind was the source of vast telepathic power that, judging by the trailer, is all but gone.
This is the first of the X-Men films to carry an R rating, there's a slightly longer teaser showing Wolverine driving his claws up through a merc's chin and out the top of his head, and it's really something that's long overdue for Wolverine. He's never been a Superman, Spider-Man or Captain America type of hero but rather he's always been more of a gritty anti-hero willing to take it to the bad guys as badly, or even worse really, than they'd take it to him.
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The premise of the movie is that it's set in the year 2033 and things have taken a turn for the worse since "X-Men: Days of Future Past." Most of the world's mutants have been killed or are in hiding thanks to the efforts of Nathaniel Essex, better known as Mister Sinister in the comics, and his band of cyborg mercenaries named the Reavers. Wolverine's healing factor is petering out as he's aging while his face and body are scarred as a result of past injuries. Professor Xavier is still alive, though he has Alzheimer's disease and is under Logan's care. The young girl in the trailer is hinted at being Laura Kinney, known as X-23 in the comics, who is a female genetic clone of Logan.
The story already has me quite intrigued and I thought Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt" for the trailer was a perfect match. In the video for "Hurt", Cash was physically very frail and had been ravaged by the advanced effects of a number of diseases; he was 71 when he died in September 2003 but he looked more like 91. He was always known for this powerful, booming bass baritone voice that didn't sound like anyone else though you can hear his voice has a much weaker timbre and a distinctive wheeze. The song fits perfectly as Wolverine is basically this epitome of physical vitality, yet he's succumbing to the effects of mortality.
The scene with Xavier lying in the bed seemingly staring up at nothing with his lips moving slightly was a bit emotional for me as it was so reminiscent of my mother during her last few days before dying of cancer. The song fits in with Xavier as well as he's someone who's mind is slipping away, even though his body has almost always been rather frail, he's spent most of his life in a wheelchair after all, his powerhouse mind was the source of vast telepathic power that, judging by the trailer, is all but gone.
This is the first of the X-Men films to carry an R rating, there's a slightly longer teaser showing Wolverine driving his claws up through a merc's chin and out the top of his head, and it's really something that's long overdue for Wolverine. He's never been a Superman, Spider-Man or Captain America type of hero but rather he's always been more of a gritty anti-hero willing to take it to the bad guys as badly, or even worse really, than they'd take it to him.