1. Fit In With The Original Franchise (Or Rather, Dont)
Id wager that there are more bullets fired in the first 30 minutes of Origins than there are in the entirety of the first X-Men film. In Origins, Logan and Victor spend time fighting their way round the world with a group of mutants with potentially any powers possible. Yet all they do is shoot and stab. Origins is an action film masquerading as an X-Men film. You cannot be both. Logan wanders from set piece to set piece, war to war, explosion to explosion (which he then walks unflinchingly away from). Gone are the meditations on the nature of humanity and differences, the meaningful and believable side characters with varied connections to each other. They do not link to the franchise beyond titles and characters clumsily forced in. Origins is violent, bloody and a complete mess as both a film and a prequel. The only redeeming factor is shirtless Hugh Jackman, and guess what? I can see that, and him in tight leather, in all three films of the trilogy. And even after all that, I have exceptionally high hopes for X-Men: Days of Future Past, and a good feeling about The Wolverine. Its going to be fun. Bring it on.