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Wolverine: Weapon X
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Original Release Date:
2009
Original Running Time:
107
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Fanedit Running Time:
99
Time Cut:
8
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Brief Synopsis:
This was my first ever full length edit I did a couple years ago. I recently went back through and fixed a couple things that I am better at now and exported a higher quality version.
I got my hands on an X-Men Origins: Wolverine edit titled Codename: Wolverine by havok1977. I started to watch it and liked what I was seeing, except the video quality wasn't great as it is some years old and only DVD quality (or even lower than DVD quality). So, I had the idea to try my hands at an HD restoration. That is where this started. But in doing this, I realized that I didn't agree with all the changes that they made. Their version was an attempt to keep this movie more comic accurate, but it is soooo different than the comics. That made it very difficult to do that and made it a little disjointed. So, I scrapped that and started over from scratch. This is now my own version, inspired by Codename: Wolverine.
I got my hands on an X-Men Origins: Wolverine edit titled Codename: Wolverine by havok1977. I started to watch it and liked what I was seeing, except the video quality wasn't great as it is some years old and only DVD quality (or even lower than DVD quality). So, I had the idea to try my hands at an HD restoration. That is where this started. But in doing this, I realized that I didn't agree with all the changes that they made. Their version was an attempt to keep this movie more comic accurate, but it is soooo different than the comics. That made it very difficult to do that and made it a little disjointed. So, I scrapped that and started over from scratch. This is now my own version, inspired by Codename: Wolverine.
Intention:
I wanted a decent version of X-Men Origins Wolverine in HD.
Special Thanks:
Special thanks to https://ifdb.fanedit.org/fanedit-search/tag/faneditorname/havok1977/ for their work on Codename: Wolverine.
Release Information:
Digital
Cuts and Additions:
Changes include:
Logan and Victor are not brothers.
No Deadpool, he is still there but not referred to as "the dead pool", just Weapon XI or “the mutant killer.”
A lot of over-the-top action was trimmed.
Most of the silliness and bad attempts at humor are removed.
The bad CGI claws in the bathroom scene are gone.
Biggest differences between my version and Codename: Wolverine:
Did not add the two deleted/alternate scenes.
Logan did volunteer for the Weapon X program.
Silver Fox has powers.
Her drugged fake death remains.
She and Emma Frost are sisters. While I understand why this was removed in the other version, I feel for motivations this was better left in.
There are many small differences, but these are the biggest.
Credit to havok1977 for the great work on their version and inspiration for mine.
At the time of typing this, it has been close to two years since I initially did this edit, so I cannot recall all the changes that were made. I don’t have a detailed change list like I would make now. There are many small changes, but this is the gist of it.
Logan and Victor are not brothers.
No Deadpool, he is still there but not referred to as "the dead pool", just Weapon XI or “the mutant killer.”
A lot of over-the-top action was trimmed.
Most of the silliness and bad attempts at humor are removed.
The bad CGI claws in the bathroom scene are gone.
Biggest differences between my version and Codename: Wolverine:
Did not add the two deleted/alternate scenes.
Logan did volunteer for the Weapon X program.
Silver Fox has powers.
Her drugged fake death remains.
She and Emma Frost are sisters. While I understand why this was removed in the other version, I feel for motivations this was better left in.
There are many small differences, but these are the biggest.
Credit to havok1977 for the great work on their version and inspiration for mine.
At the time of typing this, it has been close to two years since I initially did this edit, so I cannot recall all the changes that were made. I don’t have a detailed change list like I would make now. There are many small changes, but this is the gist of it.
User reviews
3 reviews
Overall rating
9.5
Audio/Video Quality
9.7(3)
Visual Editing
9.7(3)
Audio Editing
9.3(3)
Narrative
9.7(3)
Enjoyment
9.3(3)
Overall rating
9.4
Audio/Video Quality
9.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Audio Editing
9.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
10.0
I really enjoyed this edit! I believe anything is better than the originally released run but this is good and worth the watch!
Bailey has done a great job!
Bailey has done a great job!
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched?
Digital
S
Overall rating
9.9
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Narrative
10.0
Enjoyment
9.0
I had forgotten about Wolverine Origins completely. I'm a huge fan of the franchise, I love all of them except Origins, New Mutants and also the Last Stand wasn't so great but not level Origins bad, so I didn't feel that I "needed" to salvage this, I had ten other mutant movies to watch. I accidentally saw this edit when I was scanning Reddit for fanedits not listed here (this is but I didn't know that) and I thought to myself, you know what, why not! And boy am I glad I did!
I haven't watched the "Codename" fanedit previously, so I have no idea how many of the changes/ideas are from there. Guys, this edit is excellent! I seriously don't think that there is anything else that can be done to improve this film. At least not from the parts that should be gone. One might argue for instance that he doesn't like the helicopter action scene, but we go into completely subjective territory then.
The narrative is much more focused, most of the cheesiness is gone, super bad CGI even for back then is gone (you can't get all of them, the movie is old), Deadpool is gone for the most part, you can't get rid of him completely, and we have a very decent Wolverine Origins movie that we can actually enjoy in an X-Men marathon!
Technical-wise the cuts were seamless, you won't miss anything and you won't notice that anything is missing. Only in the beginning where Logan is a kid there is an awkward sequence when his claws come out and he flies to the attacker, but other than that, excellent work!
Unless you absolutely hated the original movie, then this edit is for you and I guarantee you it will be your go-to version in any future X-Men marathons! I know it will be for me!
Thank you Bailey for all your hard work and thanks to anyone who read my review!
I haven't watched the "Codename" fanedit previously, so I have no idea how many of the changes/ideas are from there. Guys, this edit is excellent! I seriously don't think that there is anything else that can be done to improve this film. At least not from the parts that should be gone. One might argue for instance that he doesn't like the helicopter action scene, but we go into completely subjective territory then.
The narrative is much more focused, most of the cheesiness is gone, super bad CGI even for back then is gone (you can't get all of them, the movie is old), Deadpool is gone for the most part, you can't get rid of him completely, and we have a very decent Wolverine Origins movie that we can actually enjoy in an X-Men marathon!
Technical-wise the cuts were seamless, you won't miss anything and you won't notice that anything is missing. Only in the beginning where Logan is a kid there is an awkward sequence when his claws come out and he flies to the attacker, but other than that, excellent work!
Unless you absolutely hated the original movie, then this edit is for you and I guarantee you it will be your go-to version in any future X-Men marathons! I know it will be for me!
Thank you Bailey for all your hard work and thanks to anyone who read my review!
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched?
Digital
P
Overall rating
9.4
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Visual Editing
9.0
Audio Editing
9.0
Narrative
10.0
Enjoyment
9.0
I never got to see havok1977's Codename: Wolverine, but Bailey's fan edit is excellently done. An improvement over the original!
User Review
Format Watched?
Digital
N