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AAARGGGH! Wolverine Fail!

I was never an X-Men fanatic but I did enjoy the first movie and think in the hands of good writers -- Grant Morrison, Warren Ellis and Joss Whedon most recently -- it's good stuff.

Fanboy or no, though, this commercial simply breaks my heart.

Incidentally - I got hold of one of the leaked X-Men Origins: Wolverine workprints that's floating around and have to admit -- it's better than the last two X-Men movies. The action and effects are mostly solid, the story (which sticks closely to the Origin comic from 2002) is more compelling than your average super-hero flick (certainly better than the last Spider-Man film, Daredevil or Ghost Rider).

The actors - Hugh Jackman in the lead, Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, Liev Schreiber as Sabretooth -- were certainly worth watching.

I was prepared to hate it -- but I'm not a fundamentalist. Evidence has changed my mind on this one.