What Threw Me About The New Wolverine Trailer....

[tombitd]

...isn't how thoroughly recognizable Gambit is, even before his name is uttered...

....isn't that Liev Shreiber, to my stunned amazement, owns Sabretooth so thoroughly...

...isn't being grateful that I blinked and missed the godawful sight of Ryan fucking Reynolds as Deadpool...

...it's seeing that split second moment of, of all people, Emma Frost getting all diamond-y.

I'm pretty excited.

[james]

I was impressed with Screiber as Sabretooth in the trailer. He looks much better than the actor from the first X-Men film. I never liked Gambit much in the comics, but I'll keep an open mind.

For that one eyeblink, Reynolds isn't wearing the Deadpool costume and doesn't seem to be deformed, either. I also spotted The Blob and Silver Fox (now, there's a character for hardcore X fans). Improbably, Beak is in the movie, but I couldn't spot him in the trailer.

It looks like the film is going for the "James Howlett" origin for Wolverine. Or Wolverine is implanted with multiple memories, and that's just one of them.