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The new trailer for upcoming film X-Men Origins: Wolverine contains a few new clips of footage not yet seen – unless you were one of the people who caught the whole film when it was leaked online recently – which reveals a few visuals of the main mans claws pre his adamantium fix-up.

I have to admit, whilst I didn’t take to the first three X-Men films as heavily as I had hoped I am really excited about seeing this one – Wolverine looks BADDASS!

 With the release of Star Trek which, having seen this film already (click here) is a great bonus to the strong sci-fi franchise it appears that now is the time of the prequel. In the past there has always been some level of disdain for these films, usually against the sequel and remake with the odd exceptions like The Godfather: Part II  but in these instances both Wolverine and ST appear to be receiving good previews from the media and fans.

Going back to the organic routes of already established films and creating new ideas to entertain the audience is difficult. The prequel is almost always pre-written for the original to give the characters a back-story and is now quickly becoming the template and best way to capitalise on ‘old-dog’ storylines. Directors and producers can opt for a younger, lesser-know and essentially cheaper cast members although not the case completely for X-Men Origins with Hugh Jackman’s ageless character Wolverine.

Whilst some would highlight their disagreement with this method, seen as squeezing the last penny of a franchise it is evident that with a strong idea it is almost necessary to complete and offer a sense of closure to a story – kind of makes you think that sense would suggest starting at this stage first…

It will be interesting to see whether Wolverine and Star Trek open to the acclaim and expected box-office success, I am sure that if they do, sequels will be spawned which essentially would be another prequel to the sequels, hmmmm confused now…