Movies LOGAN v.2 (Dragonlord's Review)

If you have seen LOGAN, how would you rate it?

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This movie is the best I've seen in years and I used to work at a theater
 
Update: September 10, 2017

Len Wein, Co-creator of Wolverine and Swamp Thing, Passes Away at 69

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en Wein, the best-selling comic book writer and editor who co-created Wolverine and Swamp Thing and edited Watchmen, has passed away. He was 69 years old.

The comics community is beginning to respond on social media after Spider-Man writer Brian Michael Bendis tweeted out a memoriam message.

Wein's first professional comics story was "Eye of the Beholder" in 1968's Teen Titans #18. Wein co-wrote the story with soon-to-be-Titans legend Marv Wolfman, and co-created the male Starfire, later known as Red Star and the son of Constantin Kovar, who appeared on Arrow last season.

Creating characters was something that Wein would do a lot throughout his long comics career. He is best known for two original creations of his that have forever altered the landscape of superhero comics, both of which have had successful screen adaptations: Wolverine was just portrayed in Logan, one of the most critically-acclaimed superhero movies ever made, wrapping a solo trilogy following three X-Men films where he was the de facto main character. The other is Swamp Thing, originally created for DC’s anthology title House of Secrets; Swamp Thing was a key property in the evolution and exposure of Watchmen co-creator Alan Moore as a mainstream, American superhero writer.

In the 1970s, Wein wrote regularly for Marvel Comics, beginning with a one-and-done story in Daredevil #71 co-written with staff writer/editor Roy Thomas.

Wein would eventually succeed Roy Thomas as editor-in-chief of the color-comics line in 1974, but turn the job over to Wolfman a little over a year later and return to writing, with runs on Marvel Team-Up, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, The Mighty Thor and Fantastic Four.

Wein and artist Dave Cockrum revived the X-Men in 1975, creating an army of new characters to populate the book, including Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus, and Thunderbird; this is when Wolverine, created earlier by Wein with artists John Romita Sr. and Herb Trimpe, joined the team. Wein and Cockrum plotted out the next few issues, essentially priming the pump for writer Chris Claremont, who scripted the issues and began a legendary run on the title.

After Wein's relationship with Marvel management soured in the late '70s, Wein went to DC as a writer and eventually editor. He wrote long runs on Batman and Green Lantern, where he first collaborated with Watchmen's Dave Gibbons. He also worked with John Ostrander to co-write the Legends event miniseries, where the modern-era Suicide Squad was introduced.

Besides Watchmen, Wein worked Camelot 3000, The New Teen Titans, Batman and the Outsiders, Crisis on Infinite Earths, and All-Star Squadron as an editor.

Following the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths, Wein wrote the Ted Kord Blue Beetle, as well as providing scripts for the start of George Perez's grounbreaking reinvention of Wonder Woman.

After leaving DC, Wein was editor-in-chief of Disney Comics for three years in the early 1990s.

Next, he headed to TV, serving as a writer and story editor on X-Men, Batman, Spider-Man, Street Fighter, and more. In 2001, he and Wolfman wrote the screenplay "Gene Pool" for the production company Helkon, and later adapted it for a one-shot comic book for IDW Publishing. In September 2004, Wein completed a script for a Swamp Thing feature for Silver Pictures at Warner Bros.. In 2005 and 2006, Wein appeared frequently as a panelist on the Los Angeles theatre version of the TV game show What's My Line, and in 2006, collaborated with writer Kurt Busiek and artist Kelley Jones on the four-issue miniseries Conan: The Book of Thoth for Dark Horse Comics. He has also scripted the comics series The Victorian for Penny-Farthing Press and has written comic-book stories for Bongo Comics' TV-series tie-ins The Simpsons and Futurama.

In the latter part of his comics career, Wein and Wolfman wrote a one-shot titled Gene Pool for IDW, based on an unproduced screenplay the two had developed; he also worked on Conan: The Book of Thoth, The Victorian, The Simpsons, Futurama, and most recently a return to Swamp Thing and a run on Metal Men in the Legends of Tomorrow miniseries.

In recent months, Wein has undergone a number of surgeries, with the final tweet on his official account indicating that he came through surgery, "which went very well," on September 7.

Wein was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2008.

Wolverine and Swamp Thing Co-Creator Len Wein Has Died
 
RIP

I'm not as big into comics like others around this parts but the man is responsible for Wolverine and I always liked him, my favorite X-Man by far. Appreciate his work, he will be missed.
 
One MMA Fan said:
RIP

I'm not as big into comics like others around this parts but the man is responsible for Wolverine and I always liked him, my favorite X-Man by far. Appreciate his work, he will be missed.
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Len also co-created Storm, Nightcrawler and Colossus.
 
Dragonlordxxxxx said:
In recent months, Wein has undergone a number of surgeries, with the final tweet on his official account indicating that he came through surgery, "which went very well," on September 7.
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Life sure does enjoy making people think things are going well.

 
R.I.P. Len, and thank you.

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Nightcrawler is one of my favorite, if not top #1 p4p favorite, comic book characters. Wein's creativity and imagination have entertained me in some form for most of my life.

RIP
 
The guy who played Pierce, would hvae been perfect for Gambit. Tatum worries me
 
Excellent movie, but I hope it's not part of the X-Men Canon.

Feel bad the WoverineWolverine murdered the whole X--Men.
 
VitorReem said:
Anybody that doesn't say 10 out of MOTHERFUCKING 10 is an inbred jabroni and needs to go watch moonlight, suicide squad, lala land or some other gay ass movie. You have no taste for amazing movies & more importantly you are not a wolverine fan; thus your opinion is invalid.
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I watched Logan on a Monday and watched La La Land the next night. I appreciated both equally, but for different reasons. I enjoyed Logan's violence and action, I enjoyed LaLa's soundtrack. I'm still singing the fucking soundtrack but I also have flashbacks of adamantium claws piercing through a jaw. Both can be enjoyed with an open mind.

As for being a Wolverine fan, my anthropology thesis was about the mythical dispersion of the wolverine trickster character in native mythology. I'm also unbeatable on Marvel Superheroes if I pick Wolverine...
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I gave Logan 9/10
 
RIP. Go join Kirby and the rest of the legends in Comic Book Valhalla:cool:
 
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