Thoughts on The Wolverine (spoilers)

I saw the Wolverine last weekend and had a couple thougts

1. Was it just me or did the Viper look a lot like the Enchantress from Thor?
2. At the end when Logan was dying he talked with Jean and when he refused she said some thing like "i'm alone" but if she really was in heaven or some form of after life where is cyclops? Could it be he isn't dead?
3. In reply to Paeter's comment about why Logan couldn't use the cure. the source of the cure (the boy who takes away the powers) is now with the X-Men so they can't make any more. Also the cure obviously wasn't permante because Magneto had is powers at the end. and if I remember correctly Magneto was able to move the chest piece at the end of Last Stand

1. Now that you say it... Yeah, she really does.

2. I think that the Jean Gray sequences were all in Logan's head and it wasn't really her (at least that's how I inturpeted it)

3. I was thinking something like that happened, but I haven't seen The Last Stand in a year or two, so I wasn't sure.

That after/mid-credits scene was awesome! Magneto and Prof. X working together? Awesome! Now I'm pumped about Days of Future Past! I wonder what is going to be the explanation for Prof. X getting his body back.

Oh and does Patrick Stewart age? Is it just me or does he look exactly the same as when he did in the original X-Men 13 years ago and in anything else I've seen him in?

So at the end of The Wolverine does Logan still have all his healing powers? Because at first it looked like it transferred into the old dude, then he was unhooked from the machine and his claws healed pretty quick, the he stabs the still young guy and then he turns old again and then he trows him off the cliff. Did the old guy still have some of the healing power or did it all revert back to Wolverine?

Rickster wrote:
3. In reply to Paeter's comment about why Logan couldn't use the cure. the source of the cure (the boy who takes away the powers) is now with the X-Men so they can't make any more. Also the cure obviously wasn't permante because Magneto had is powers at the end. and if I remember correctly Magneto was able to move the chest piece at the end of Last Stand

I definitely see that point, but think they should have made that obvious in this movie. It seems to me if logan really wanted a cure he could have found some samples somewhere like Rogue did. Would have been pretty easy for them to reference the cure and say supplies have run out, but they didn't.

As for Magneto getting his powers back, that could be because he's an exceptionally powerful mutant or some other reason. (It's probably not, since rogue will be in the "Days Of Future Past".) I agree with your logic, but viewers shouldn't have to spend time "figuring out" what at face value looks, to me, like a decent sized plot hole.

Drew.Rub suggested another alternative, which I like: The cure is essentially a drug, and Wolverine's healing factor burns it away before it as the chance to take effect.

DNArington wrote:Oh and does Patrick Stewart age? Is it just me or does he look exactly the same as when he did in the original X-Men 13 years ago and in anything else I've seen him in?

The Bruce Willis effect. Shave your head at the right time and you live forever.

Paeter wrote:
The Bruce Willis effect. Shave your head at the right time and you live forever.

 Awesome!

Concerning the Viper, can anybody tell me why she bothered shedding her skin in that last fight sequence? It didn't seem to serve any purpose except to make her look creepier, and it felt to me like they really just wanted to show off this awesome effect they had rendered.

Between that, and the many hints dropped about Mariko that never come to anything (what is it about her that's so special, and why did she try to kill herself early in the story), I wonder if the script had been radically re-written late in the game, when certain scenes had already been shot.

Also, Patrick Stewart is a Highlander. That is all.

DNArington wrote:Oh and does Patrick Stewart age? Is it just me or does he look exactly the same as when he did in the original X-Men 13 years ago and in anything else I've seen him in?

Of course he doesn't age. He'll live to the 24th century and command a starship. D'uh.

Rohelf wrote:Concerning the Viper, can anybody tell me why she bothered shedding her skin in that last fight sequence?  It didn't seem to serve any purpose except to make her look creepier, and it felt to me like they really just wanted to show off this awesome effect they had rendered.

There really wasn't any reason given for that, but i guess the knife loosened her skin enough so she pulled it off like a reptile?... But i thought it looked awesome and was a cool concept.

Rohelf wrote:Between that, and the many hints dropped about Mariko that never come to anything (what is it about her that's so special, and why did she try to kill herself early in the story), I wonder if the script had been radically re-written late in the game, when certain scenes had already been shot.

I don't know about any script rewrites, but Mariko tried to kill herself because she didn't want the huge responsibility that was about to be placed upon her, with her father passing away and leaving the company to her. He "asked" Logan to protect her, because he wanted Logan to stick around so he could complete his plan. Logan decided to protect her and he sticks to his word. Not sure if that answered all your questions. When I saw the movie the first time a couple little things confused me, but now have seen it three times and that was my take on it.

I am still confused, however, on what Logan saw at the funeral that tipped him off to the intruders. Was it the tattoos? I don't know.

Rohelf wrote:Also, Patrick Stewart is a Highlander.  That is all.

Drew.Rub wrote:Of course he doesn't age. He'll live to the 24th century and command a starship. D'uh.