10 Controversial Changes Movies Made To The Comic Book Source (That Actually Improved It)
9. Wolverine Doesn't Wear His Classic Outfit - X-Men
While audiences have gotten used to the X-Men movies chic leather outfits, many were disappointed the iconic costumes from the comic weren’t used. They were especially upset that Wolverine wouldn’t appear in his fetching yellow outfit.
While developing the film the studio quickly realised that faithfully recreating the comic outfits would be a disaster, and it would be hard to take Wolverine seriously as the ultimate badass in skin-tight yellow. Singer obviously predicted fan complaints regarding this change, adding Cyclops' line about “yellow spandex” when Wolvie complains about the leather uniform.
Maybe audiences would be more accepting of it now, but back then Hugh Jackman clad in Wolverine’s iconic look would have been laughed off screen, so it’s hard to fault the decision.