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Before Disney and the Marvel Cinematic Universe took over all things comic book, there was 20th Century Fox and X-Men. If someone wants to see what the comic book film landscape looked like, just take a look at 1989’s Punisher and 1994’s Phantom. But then came Blade (which we’ll cover eventually), a movie that came out in 1998 and proved that cinematic movies based on comic books could indeed be financially successful. And after a lot of false pretenses and multiple script changes, Marvel’s X-Men was finally ready to roll before cameras with little known director Bryan Singer behind the camera. Little did we know that not only would this franchise have a lot of peaks and valleys, but the Mouse House would eventually swallow its rights up whole. Will Garrett, Matt, and Batch enjoy the ride up to and through this year’s Dark Phoenix?
Word started creeping around that after his third solo film about the razor clawed berserker filled Wolverine, which would mark 9 movies and 17 years of playing the character, Hugh Jackman was planning on retiring the old bub. So he got his old buddy James Mangold back in the director’s chair for what would be his final go around in an X-Men film. What resulted was 2017’s Logan, one of the most well received comic book films ever made.
Join myself, Matt, and Batch as we look at the movie and wonder. Is this the best comic book film ever and will this indeed be Jackman’s final go around as the character? Only one way to find out. So what are you waiting for? Click the podcast Bub!
Logan (2017) (?/10, ?/10, ?/10)
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