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30th May 2009

On X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-Men Origins: Wolverine: A Movie Review 

By John David Ebert  

There is a scene in this movie that occurs early on which shows how Wolverine derived his enormous physical strength. He was part of a government experiment that involved injecting his bones with an indestructible metal called “adamantean.” We watch as Wolverine descends into a tank full of water and a series of needles inject his body at various points with a liquid form of this metal which coats all his bones, effectively transubstantiating their calcium into a mythical metal that is indestructible. Read the rest of this entry »

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