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*** No, I'm asking why [[http://www.thegeekgeneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/The-Wolverine-unused-movie-costume.jpg this]] is all hey've shown us. I mean, c'mon, can't we at least see some concept art!?

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*** No, I'm asking why [[http://www.thegeekgeneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/The-Wolverine-unused-movie-costume.jpg this]] is all hey've shown us. I mean, c'mon, can't we at least see some concept art!?art!?

* After [[spoiler: Yashida stabs Harada with the heated blade, Harada is seen bleeding. Wouldn't the blade be hot enough to close the wound.]]
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** I believe it was stated somewhere that Logan and Victor were never regular soldiers, but always mercenaries. It's entirely possible that at some point they decided to pull out of the european theatre, or otherwise that Logan went off on his own, get some time away from Victor; if I recall correctly, D-Day was about when Logan started recognizing that Victor was a little off his rocker, so might be he wanted some space.
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***** The idea of adamantium being poisonous is a misunderstanding/oversimplification of a larger problem; because the adamantium is bonded to Logan's bones on the molecular level, it should interfere if not outright stop his bone's biological functions, which would be lethal. The explaination is that with his healing factor constantly fighting the adamantium, he has just enough actual bone matter left to maintain those functions; without it, the adamantium in his bones would kill him. This is also the reason his healing factor is supposed to be faster without the adamantium; his body recognizes the adamantium as a foreign substance and tries to expel it, so a portion of his healing factor is constantly devoted to fighting it.



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*** No, I'm asking why [[http://www.thegeekgeneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/The-Wolverine-unused-movie-costume.jpg this]] is all hey've shown us. I mean, c'mon, can't we at least see some concept art!?

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*** No, I'm asking why [[http://www.thegeekgeneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/The-Wolverine-unused-movie-costume.jpg this]] is all hey've shown us. I mean, c'mon, can't we at least see some concept art!?

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**** Why would he be poisoned? Adamantium is completely inert and industructible, its not radioactive. Its kinda like how people have metal fillings in their teeth or replacement in hips.

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**** Why would he be poisoned? Adamantium is completely inert and industructible, its not radioactive. Its kinda like how people have metal fillings in their teeth or replacement in hips. hips.
***** There ''ARE'' poisonous metals in real life, y'know. And adamantium has been stated to be poisonous many times in Marvel canon. Why do you think they picked a guy with a healing factor to bond the stuff to?
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Never mind...I figure we can handwave it as saying, \"Hey, the Yanks hit us once, they\'re fixing to do it again.\"


* How the heck did everyone know the atomic bomb was coming to Hiroshima? Wolverine knew and he was stuck in a hole, for crying out loud.
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*** No, I'm asking why [[http://www.thegeekgeneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/The-Wolverine-unused-movie-costume.jpg this]] is all hey've shown us. I mean, c'mon, can't we at least see some concept art!?

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*** No, I'm asking why [[http://www.thegeekgeneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/The-Wolverine-unused-movie-costume.jpg this]] is all hey've shown us. I mean, c'mon, can't we at least see some concept art!?art!?
* How the heck did everyone know the atomic bomb was coming to Hiroshima? Wolverine knew and he was stuck in a hole, for crying out loud.
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** There's a chance that the makers of this movie, like so many fans already have, pretended ''Origins'' [[FanonDiscontinuity never happened]].
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*** [[spoiler:Wolverine was NOT in danger of losing his adamantium. He was in danger of losing his healing powers. Yashida only severed his claws to have access to his bone marrow (where his healing power is stored). At no point was he sucking Wolverine's adamantium out.]]
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* I have so many questions as to why Logan was in Nagasaki when the atomic bomb was dropped. We saw him and Victor at D-Day during the opening montage of XMenOriginsWolverine. D-Day was June 6th, 1944 and the A-bomb was dropped on August 9th, 1945. So in the course of a year Logan went from the European theater to the Pacific theater without Victor and was somehow captured?

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** ^ That's not right. The first scene of movie is the Nagasaki scene then it cuts to Jean and Logan in bed. Jean asks Logan where he was and Logan says Nagasaki and Jean says Hmm...that far back. So Logan remembers Nagasaki. I believe he got his memories back towards the end of X-2
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**** Why would he be poisoned? Adamantium is completely inert and industructible, its not radioactive. Its kinda like how people have metal fillings in their teeth or replacement in hips.


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*** My personal belief is that Adamantium in this universe is only indestructible while it is in its solid form. But like all other metals become liquid when heated hot enough. Odds are Yashida just took some Adamantium blocks and melted them again to make his armor. Granted the original adamantium can only be destroy by Cosmic-level forces but the movies tend to take a more "believable/realistic" approach to superhero stuff(e.g Thor is not a real god just a super-tough alien, the Phoenix force is not a superpowerful cosmic force but the dark personality of Jean grey). It also explains how he cut off Wolverine's claws, he didn't cut them he MELTED them off.
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*** This also explains how he didn't die from adamantium poisoning.


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** It is a few years later. Maybe they figured out how.
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** It's because MovieSuperheroesWearBlack

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** It's because MovieSuperheroesWearBlackMovieSuperheroesWearBlack
*** No, I'm asking why [[http://www.thegeekgeneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/The-Wolverine-unused-movie-costume.jpg this]] is all hey've shown us. I mean, c'mon, can't we at least see some concept art!?
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* I wouldn't mind the fact that Logan didn't wear his yellow costume as much if we actually got to see the full thing instead of just a mask, the gloves, but the rest is indistinguishable. What's up with that?

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* I wouldn't mind the fact that Logan didn't wear his yellow costume as much if we actually got to see the full thing instead of just a mask, the gloves, but the rest is indistinguishable. What's up with that?that?
** It's because MovieSuperheroesWearBlack
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* I wouldn't mind the fact that Logan didn't wear his yellow costume as much if we actually got to see the full thing instead of just a mask, the gloves, but the rest is indistinguishable.

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* I wouldn't mind the fact that Logan didn't wear his yellow costume as much if we actually got to see the full thing instead of just a mask, the gloves, but the rest is indistinguishable. What's up with that?
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** In the comics, Logan is 5'3", and is often called "runt" by Sabertooth and various other rivals he's had. Originally he was 5'5" because Len Wein, the character creator, intended Wolverine to be revealed to be a teenager, but then that got changed by other writers and artists. Hugh Jackman is 6'2, almost a foot taller than the comics Logan, hence why his Wolverine is played off as more imposing physically, and a different origin of his codename came about.

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** In the comics, Logan is 5'3", and is often called "runt" by Sabertooth and various other rivals he's had. Originally he was 5'5" because Len Wein, the character creator, intended Wolverine to be revealed to be a teenager, but then that got changed by other writers and artists. Hugh Jackman is 6'2, almost a foot taller than the comics Logan, hence why his Wolverine is played off as more imposing physically, and a different origin of his codename came about.about.
* I wouldn't mind the fact that Logan didn't wear his yellow costume as much if we actually got to see the full thing instead of just a mask, the gloves, but the rest is indistinguishable.
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* How big is Wolverine supposed to be? This is very subjective, but in the movie, I felt that Hugh Jackman was playing a very big, physically imposing character. I'm guessing this is a combination of casting, acting, costume, cinematography and Jackman's very impressive physique. I'm not a big fan of the comics, but I always had the impression that Wolverine was a super-tough but smaller guy, especially compared with some of the steroidally huge 90s comics characters. Again this is subjective, but in the other movies, I felt that Wolverine was roughly the same size as the other heroes. Here, he seemed huge. Thoughts?

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* How big is Wolverine supposed to be? This is very subjective, but in the movie, I felt that Hugh Jackman was playing a very big, physically imposing character. I'm guessing this is a combination of casting, acting, costume, cinematography and Jackman's very impressive physique. I'm not a big fan of the comics, but I always had the impression that Wolverine was a super-tough but smaller guy, especially compared with some of the steroidally huge 90s comics characters. Again this is subjective, but in the other movies, I felt that Wolverine was roughly the same size as the other heroes. Here, he seemed huge. Thoughts?Thoughts?
**In the comics, Logan is 5'3", and is often called "runt" by Sabertooth and various other rivals he's had. Originally he was 5'5" because Len Wein, the character creator, intended Wolverine to be revealed to be a teenager, but then that got changed by other writers and artists. Hugh Jackman is 6'2, almost a foot taller than the comics Logan, hence why his Wolverine is played off as more imposing physically, and a different origin of his codename came about.

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*How does one stockpile adamantium? I thought it could only exist for a few minutes as a liquid and then became solid forever, so did Yashida just have each piece of the robot made and then shipped there?


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* When Wolverine was fighting on the train, he repeatedly claws through the roof to steady himself. How does nobody notice?
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* Before Yukio drove Logan to Tokyo from Nagasaki, she had something to tell him, but Logan just said "Drive!" and the conversation ended. Why did she wait until they arrived at the Minister's place to tell him, and not at any time during the 700+ mile road trip from Nagasaki to Tokyo (approx. 14 hours by car according to Google maps)?

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* Before Yukio drove Logan to Tokyo from Nagasaki, she had something to tell him, but Logan just said "Drive!" and the conversation ended. Why did she wait until they arrived at the Minister's place to tell him, and not at any time during the 700+ mile road trip from Nagasaki to Tokyo (approx. 14 hours by car according to Google maps)?maps)?

* How big is Wolverine supposed to be? This is very subjective, but in the movie, I felt that Hugh Jackman was playing a very big, physically imposing character. I'm guessing this is a combination of casting, acting, costume, cinematography and Jackman's very impressive physique. I'm not a big fan of the comics, but I always had the impression that Wolverine was a super-tough but smaller guy, especially compared with some of the steroidally huge 90s comics characters. Again this is subjective, but in the other movies, I felt that Wolverine was roughly the same size as the other heroes. Here, he seemed huge. Thoughts?
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*** For example, Xavier still has a twin but this twin is actually an Astral double of sorts. A copy on the spiritual plane that in most people either fades away or takes over their life. For Xavier, this being used his enhance mental abilities to hijack his mothers womb and make it create another body for it. Unfortunately it was rejected by him but having a mutant body it managed to survive and grow into a (female) evil counterpart to Xavier which in the future plotted to take him out.
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* In the prologue, when Logan's flesh re-heals after the explosion, why does his hair grow back to the exact length it was before?

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* In the prologue, when Logan's flesh re-heals after the explosion, why does his hair grow back to the exact length it was before?before?

* Before Yukio drove Logan to Tokyo from Nagasaki, she had something to tell him, but Logan just said "Drive!" and the conversation ended. Why did she wait until they arrived at the Minister's place to tell him, and not at any time during the 700+ mile road trip from Nagasaki to Tokyo (approx. 14 hours by car according to Google maps)?
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** The Adamantium bones, however, do make it significantly harder for him to die. For instance, a big enough explosion could destroy a Un-adamantiun-having Logan by just wiping out his body from the face of the Earth, but since he has adamantium, his skeleton would survive said explosion, and from the skeleton he'd be back on his feet again.

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** The Adamantium bones, however, do make it significantly harder for him to die. For instance, a big enough explosion could destroy a Un-adamantiun-having Logan by just wiping out his body from the face of the Earth, but since he has adamantium, his skeleton would survive said explosion, and from the skeleton he'd be back on his feet again.again.

* In the prologue, when Logan's flesh re-heals after the explosion, why does his hair grow back to the exact length it was before?

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*** It's also possible he perfectly understood her meaning and did it on purpose. She says chopsticks up are associated with death. Wolverine's a DeathSeeker.




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** The Adamantium bones, however, do make it significantly harder for him to die. For instance, a big enough explosion could destroy a Un-adamantiun-having Logan by just wiping out his body from the face of the Earth, but since he has adamantium, his skeleton would survive said explosion, and from the skeleton he'd be back on his feet again.
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* When Nagasaki first offers Logan the chance to be mortal,Logan responds with "What they did to me,can't be undone" or something like that. To whom was he referring? The way he said it,it sounded like he meant Stryker and the scientists who grafted the Adamantium to his skeleton but this doesn't make any sense as Logan's healing factor(and therefore his apparent immortality) is a part of his original mutation and has nothing to do with what Stryker did to him.
I suppose he could have meant his parents but it didn't really sound like that was who he meant.

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* When Nagasaki first offers Logan the chance to be mortal,Logan responds with "What they did to me,can't be undone" or something like that. To whom was he referring? The way he said it,it sounded like he meant Stryker and the scientists who grafted the Adamantium to his skeleton but this doesn't make any sense as Logan's healing factor(and therefore his apparent immortality) is a part of his original mutation and has nothing to do with what Stryker did to him.
him. I suppose he could have meant his parents but it didn't really sound like that was who he meant.

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* When Nagasaki first offers Logan the chance to be mortal,Logan responds with "What they did to me,can't be undone" or something like that. To whom was he referring?
The way he said it,it sounded like he meant Stryker and the scientists who grafted the Adamantium to his skeleton but this doesn't make any sense as Logan's healing factor(and therefore his apparent immortality) is a part of his original mutation and has nothing to do with what Stryker did to him.

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* When Nagasaki first offers Logan the chance to be mortal,Logan responds with "What they did to me,can't be undone" or something like that. To whom was he referring?
referring? The way he said it,it sounded like he meant Stryker and the scientists who grafted the Adamantium to his skeleton but this doesn't make any sense as Logan's healing factor(and therefore his apparent immortality) is a part of his original mutation and has nothing to do with what Stryker did to him.

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* When Nagasaki first offers Logan the chance to be mortal,Logan responds with "What they did to me,can't be undone" or something like that.
To whom was he referring?

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* When Nagasaki first offers Logan the chance to be mortal,Logan responds with "What they did to me,can't be undone" or something like that.
that. To whom was he referring?
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** Simple, Logan didn't remember anything about it. But he does know that he is older than he looks and had a long past when he could have been anything. So when an old guy said he saved his life, he believes it because he knows he 'could' have done it, however he still have some doubts about it (After all Logan is not stupid enough to take anyone's words as face value). Its when he reach the scene where he saves his life that he remembers some pieces of the incident that he finally believes it.

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** Simple, Logan didn't remember anything about it. But he does know that he is older than he looks and had a long past when he could have been anything. So when an old guy said he saved his life, he believes it because he knows he 'could' have done it, however he still have some doubts about it (After all Logan is not stupid enough to take anyone's words as face value). Its when he reach the scene where he saves his life that he remembers some pieces of the incident that he finally believes it.it.

*When Nagasaki first offers Logan the chance to be mortal,Logan responds with "What they did to me,can't be undone" or something like that.
To whom was he referring?
The way he said it,it sounded like he meant Stryker and the scientists who grafted the Adamantium to his skeleton but this doesn't make any sense as Logan's healing factor(and therefore his apparent immortality) is a part of his original mutation and has nothing to do with what Stryker did to him.
I suppose he could have meant his parents but it didn't really sound like that was who he meant.

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* Wolverine remembers Nagasaki in detail... How? Didn't he lose his memories well after that? I don't recall him regaining them anywhere in the films.

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* Wolverine remembers Nagasaki in detail... How? Didn't he lose his memories well after that? I don't recall him regaining them anywhere in the films.films.
** Simple, Logan didn't remember anything about it. But he does know that he is older than he looks and had a long past when he could have been anything. So when an old guy said he saved his life, he believes it because he knows he 'could' have done it, however he still have some doubts about it (After all Logan is not stupid enough to take anyone's words as face value). Its when he reach the scene where he saves his life that he remembers some pieces of the incident that he finally believes it.
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*** Hey, the comics are even more ridiculous.

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