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I’ve made no secret of the fact I don’t like the X-Men films. What’s more, I’ve also made it pretty clear that even though I enjoy the original Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, Louise Simonson, and Jackson Guice comics I’ve had a lot of problems with the core metaphor and overall quality of the X-Men comic mythos. In the midst of all that bile I haven’t really address the big angry elephant in the room that is Wolverine. I’m hard pressed to think of a character that looms larger in the realms of Marvel history than Wolverine.
He’s been on nearly every superhero team, had countless solo comics, and spawned a media merchandising empire that, for a time, was a rival of the Batman’s. Personally, I’ve never actually seen the allure. Don't get me wrong, I like Wolverine as part of the X-Team dynamic, but his solo series have never seemed as interesting or mature as they’re often meant to be, and his movies always come off as squandered potential…until Logan, because this film looks amazing.
