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Comic-Con 2008: The Day the Earth Stood Still, Max Payne, Wolverine

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By Karina Longworth posted 1 month ago
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FOX Studio really does it up at Comic-Con 2008 with Keanu, Jennifer Connelly (The Day the Earth Stood Still) Mark Wahlberg, Ludacris (Max Payne) and a surprise appearance by Hugh Jackman with footage “from his bag” of Wolverine.

Highlights:

- Surprise preview reel of Wolverine joins previews of The Day the Earth Stood Still and Max Payne.

- TDESS should really piss of conservatives with it’s heavy human vs. environment condemnation.

- Mark Wahlberg speaks Russian? (Of course, girls love it)

- Max Payne looks like “The Departed with 1,000 times more violence.”

- Wolverine will cut Liev Schreiber’s “goddam head off.”

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Sabretooth With Boobs and Brains!

Christopher Campbell
By Christopher Campbell posted 6 months ago
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I’m still not crazy about the idea of Liev Shreiber playing Sabretooth (aka Victor Creed) in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I think of the actor as being more a white-collar kind of guy. And maybe a bit smarter. I know Sabretooth isn’t supposed to be nearly as dumb as he was portrayed (by Tyler Mane) in X-Men, but I think of him as being more animalistic than intelligent — I know it’s probably wrong to think that, and it’s been years since I last read an X-Men comic, but that’s what I’ve always thought. Meanwhile, I expect to see Schreiber wearing a suit and tie (or reciting Shakespeare, or both!). Hooray for typecasting!

Anyway, most of you have probably already seen these latest set photos courtesy of Just Jared, but I thought I’d showcase my favorites, which include that one above and this one and this one and this one. I’ll give it to the more knowledgeable fans who will point out that Creed has brains, but did he also have boobs? Surely they should have cast a more fit actor, or had Schreiber get in better shape. And I don’t just mean the obvious issues seen in these pics. Shouldn’t Sabretooth have gigantic shoulders, at least?