3. Do Not Make Another Superhero Story
If theres one thing the series does exceedingly well is give the reader The Wolverine they know, while at the same time creating a story that feels qualitatively
different from stories wed seen Wolverine in before. Yes, he still has plenty of badass tude to throw around (one reason a film could work better than the comic is we likely wouldnt have to suffer through Logans tough-guy narration honestly, only rappers brag as much), but none of it ever feels like a
superhero story. There is exactly one panel where we see the X-Men and thats on the last page of the last issue. In fact, even though its set in Japan and Claremont wrote that he set out to write a failed samurai story, if theres any genre the mini-series belongs to its film noir with its hardboiled narration, duped hero at its center, Millers evocative artwork, and Yukios femme fatale. As such, the comic was not only already incredibly cinematic, but it feels refreshingly different something new - from what wed seen before. While hardcore fanboys and corporate mandates may insist on tying this film in with the rest of the Marvel Studios Universe, it seems to me that having the likes of Silver Samurai and Viper in the film is probably a bad idea. If there was one thing X-Men Origins: Wolverine suffered from, it was an unnecessary excess of cameos by other super-powered individuals which may have some appeal to fanboys, but distracts the general audience and only makes them feel like theyre sitting through their umpteenth superhero flick.