Wolverine

(PG-13, SPOILERS) Wisecrack looks at what the depictions of Wolverine in Logan, Kratos in God of War and Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi mean, and why their symbolisms resonate so much in today’s times.

(PG-13: Language) “The end is in the beginning.” Logan and Children of Men have very similar plots. But Lessons from the Screenplay points out that both movies also have nicely set up character arcs, and a literal journey that externalizes their change of heart.

In the latest episode of Man at Arms: Reforged, the folks at Baltimore Knife & Sword Co. find out just how much of a pain in the ass it is to forge and grind titanium. They used the rare metal to make replicas of Logan’s clone, X-23.

Logan’s spaghetti Western structure is blatantly obvious, but Wisecrack has a lot more to say about this excellent movie. Watch their video to find out how the film can be seen as a commentary on intellectual property and superhero movies.

The best there is at what he does. Kaiyodo’s 12th scale (6.1″ tall) Amazing Yamaguchi Wolverine action figure is based on the most badass X-Man’s ’90s incarnation. It comes with three heads, seven hands, two sets of claws and of course a cigar.

Is there anything The Q can’t make? The mysterious YouTube builder shows us how to make a set of nasty claws like Wolverine’s – without using any adamantium. These ones are made from popsicle sticks, toothpicks, rubber bands, paper, and a bit of Krazy Glue.

(SPOILERS) “Do you hear the Wolverine? Finally finished with the fight. All of his stabbing of the people who do not know wrong from right.” How It Should Have Ended suggests that Hugh Jackman’s last portrayal of Wolverine should have ended as Les Miserables.

What if Homer was Australian? And had adamantium claws? You’d get ArtSpear Entertainment’s parody of the latest Wolverine film. Starring a progressively drunker Logan and an X-23 who’s looking for a father figure but would be more stoked to meet Cyclops.

YouTuber Yoko Higuchi shares what is surely just one of the thousands of inevitable online tributes to Hugh Jackman and his 17-year stint as Wolverine. Johnny Cash’s cover of Hurt is the slow motion of soundtracks, but if you watched Logan you know that the song is a great fit.

An awesome bit of behind-the-scenes footage of Hugh Jackman in a post-production ADR session for a thrilling sequence in Logan. We are so ready for the meme in which these sounds are dubbed over other scenes.

The Hacksmith dusted off the real metal Wolverine claws he made a few years back, then connected them to a 12-volt car battery. The result – lots of sparks, molten steel wool, shredded aluminum foil, and the coolest way to start a fire ever.

Instead of dwelling on the fact that most of Hugh Jackman’s 17-year stint as Wolverine was wasted on bad movies, IGN chose to sift through the wreckage to piece together the feral X-Man’s history as told through the films.

(Gore) What’s a goddess to a fast healer? Actually, probably more than he can handle. The feral Canadian invades the land of the Amazons in the latest episode of batinthesun’s Super Power Beat Down. Skip to 4:16 for the fight.

“Charles, the world is not the same as it was. Mutants – they’re gone now.” YouTuber afauclair intensified the already somber trailer for Logan, adding scenes from the past FOX X-Men movies to contextualize Wolverine’s exhaustion and loss.

Professor X is suffering from Alzheimer’s, Wolverine’s healing powers are failing him, and the rest of the X-Men are dead. But when they discover that Mister Sinister is hunting down a young girl that was cloned from Logan’s DNA, the student and his teacher go on one last ride.

Illustrator Josh Lynch has an ongoing series of illustrations where he turns Marvel superheroes into dogs. We can’t decide which one we like best. MODOG is probably the right answer, but we love the Mr. Fantastic dachshund so much.

Conan’s San Diego Comic-Con show revealed the actors hoping to replace Hugh Jackman, who has said that Wolverine 3 will be his last performance as the clawed Canadian. Our money’s on Betty White.

Melancholic photos of heroes and villains done in the style of 17th c. Flemish paintings. Sacha Goldberger worked with make-up artists, costume designers, digital retouchers and models over a 2-year period to create the images.

Comics Alliance made this neat chart that catalogs the announced lineup of superhero movies from Marvel/Disney, Warner Bros., Sony and Fox. 2017 is crazy packed. We can’t wait for Black Panther and LEGO Batman.

Extreme builder Colin Furze (of flame-throwing scooter fame) made these deadly steel replicas of Wolverine’s adamantium claws can both extend or retract with the push of a button. What could possibly go wrong? Build video here.

(NSFW: Language) Eclectic Method manages to make an omelette from the broken eggs that are the Wolverine movies, with this intense, action-packed remix of sound bites and electronic beats. We hear he’s quite an animal.

Critically-acclaimed graphic artist Francesco Francavilla imagined what it would be like if superheroes joined the Winter Olympics. It must be awesome to be so talented that you can make beautiful art like these just for fun.

Brian Lai drew a couple of sketches of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, but with a neat twist. Lai drew color negative sketches, which means his “actual” drawing will only be seen on an inverted photo of the sketch.

Bryan Singer directs the usual suspects (sorry, couldn’t help that one) in this upcoming X-Men installment; here, the X-Men send Wolverine to the past, where he must fight a war to change the past and protect the future of the species.

(NSFW) Comedian Pete Holmes points out why the coolest X-man is also one of its weakest. Wolverine’s not this dumb, but the point still stands. To be fair, compared to these guys, everyone in the Marvel universe is useless.