Slicing & Dicing it's way to a Director

X-Men Origins: Wolverine Sequel Nearing a Helmer

No your honor, I did not take any performance enhancing adamantium.

According to reports from "Deadline," News is out this week that the sequel to the commercially successful, yet critically bashed, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" has narrowed its search for a new director down to two people. Those people: Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler), and David Slade (30 Days of Night). For anyone who's a comic book fan, or heck, just a plain old Wolverine fan, we're begging for a better adaptation of the adamantium beserker's adventures compared to his last two appearances, and we need it now. So who should be the frontrunner in this race to direct Logan back to greatness? My pick, is David Slade.

This is a real vampire. Fear Him.

Though Slade lost a couple of points with me after directing the third Twilight film 'Eclipse' this summer, he is still responsible for creating one of the best vampire films in cinema "30 Days of Night." Slade was able to helm the film with a meager $30 Mil. production budget, and yet crafted one of the bloodiest and brutal vampire films to date. I know this a tough argument to win, but I will choose 30 Days of Night over any other vampire film simply because it captures the true essence of the savage creature...blood-thirsty and genocidal. And before you say anything...I still consider "Bram Stoker's Dracula" is a close second.

Hey Bub! I'll cut your liver if I don't get a good film soon

Another good reason to add Slade to the project is that he has experience in adapting comic books into movies. "30 Days of Night" was a moderately successful graphic novel series created by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith. Although I have some reservations about the ending and art style of the book, I loved how Slade was able to craft a film that captured the violent images from the book, but was able to paint a unique setting containing a bleak, cold, and lifeless Alaskan backdrop. If Slade were to helm this film, I hope 20th Century Fox (the production studio for Wolverine) would consider making this an R-rated film. I know it's wishful thinking, but hey, a guy can dream. Wolverine is a beast inside a human disguise. He's practically got swords for weapons, and yet we rarely see any blood from his silver screen counterpart. I want to see the film take a violent turn for 'Wolvie' fans who just want to see the guy tear s**t up. It's almost like having Leonardo from the Ninja Turtles beat up the foot clan with the hilt of his swords... it's not believable, and it just looks foolish.

Everyone behind Wolverine looks ashamed...They should be

So why not Aronofsky? I respect his resume tremendously but I don't think he has the right approach to a film with such a deep history in comics. I know he was slated to direct the "Robocop" remake which fell through, but I feel Aronofsky's passion for a subject like this will hurt the project. He's too much of a cerebral director, and Wolverine is the type of character to slice first and ask questions later. But I wouldn't count Aronofsky out just yet, he did after all direct "The Fountain" with Hugh Jackman so I'm sure they have a good relationship with one another. Only time will tell if he's their go-to guy in the end.

Fans of the X-Man need a good Wolverine adaptation. After the atrocities of both "X-Men The Last Stand" and "X-Men Origins," our thirst for some adamantium carnage needs to be quenched soon. Don't have Wolverine cry in his movies. We want him to be like an unleashed predator. I have no problems with Hugh Jackman's portrayal of Wolvie, but we need writers to make him brutal again. He's the anti-hero of our generation and he needs to break the rules more often. No more love stories, and no more thoughtless plot points like adamantium bullets erasing his memories. Give us the Wolverine from "X-2: X-Men United" who killed off dozens of guards infiltrating the X-Mansion. Give us the Wolverine we all love and deserve. Snikt!!!

One of the most iconic comic book scenes lasts just 2 minutes in the film