12. A Retired Wolverine In A Dystopian Future (Old Man Logan)
Anyone following the production of the third Wolverine movie will know that the Old Man Logan narrative is serving as the main inspiration behind it. This is a great choice for an R-Rated experience and should provide the perfect send-off for Hugh Jackmans take on the character. For those that arent familiar with the story, heres some background on why its the best direction they could possibly take. Old Man Logan takes place in a dystopian future of the Marvel universe where supervillains have won and control the entirety of the United States. Renouncing the name Wolverine, Logan is living peacefully with his family on land owned by the incestuous offspring of The Hulk and She-Hulk. Pretty messed up stuff. The events which caused him to vow never to use his claws again involved some trickery from Mysterio, leading to the death of all the X-Men by his own hand. From here the story spans loss, corruption and a quest for redemption which to me sounds like the perfect ending to a trilogy which seems to be improving with each instalment. Its unclear how many villains or heroes from the original source material Fox will be able to use in their version of Old Man Logan but the opportunity to see such a dark, hard-edged take on Wolverine is just too damn exciting to get hung up on the details.
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