It's so nice to see people universally celebrating Hugh as Wolverine again. He deserves it and it's about damn time everyone understand why he is such a legend. I feel like a lot of folks either forgot or straight up didn't know due to MCU saturation. The amount of people I've run into who are only just now getting into the X-men movies astounds me. I know I'm not the only Millenial who grew up salivating over the pre-Marvel Cinematic Universe era. It was all we had, and a lot of those movies were and still are fantastic.
Even if it doesn't undo all the passive aggression and callousness us Fox-era fans received over the last five years, it's damn gratifying to know the second-biggest Marvel box-office success ever did so by honoring my childhood and having a damn good time doing it.
And now we've got Feige out here saying that there are no plans to recast Hugh right away and let me tell you, right after bringing the Fox films back and getting to see the UN cut of Dark Phoenix, is all I've ever wanted. I remember not too long ago telling some jaded older fans/friends of mine that I wanted Hugh back as Wolverine as a multiverse cameo, just to stake his claim as the first MCU Wolverine. Nobody believed it would happen. Everyone assumed Marvel wanted that clean slate, that fresh start, and bringing back an older star from a franchise that was dead and buried didn't make sense.
Looks like the power of nostalgia extends further back than 2008, eh~?
I got what I wanted. My guy, my childhood, the legend himself is back and he's here to stay for a while yet. The universe I loved so much is safe thanks to Deadpool and Wolverine--granted, if the other cameos are anything to go by, I have a feeling anything else we see of the Fox Universe will look more like X-men 97...which isn't ideal but I'll take it. Guess a world too grounded in reality doesn't stand out enough in this comic-booky multiverse.
Ah well, what does that matter? The Wolverine is BACK!













