I really don't think my expectations for X-Men Origins: Wolverine could be any lower. OK, if they replaced Hugh Jackman with Kate Hudson, my expectations would be lower but still, everything I've seen/read about this movie has me worried.

One of the main problems is that the film is supposed to be about Wolverine's origins but instead it seems filled to the gills with new characters (and a few characters we've met before as younger kids). I get that there are going to be other mutants in this but it's getting a little out of hand. Even worse, the marketing team seems to be running with this quantity angle, making me think that there could be a lack of quality.

Now I wouldn't have a major problem with this except the film already had reshoots and the reason for that was to get more screen time for two of the supporting characters. Those characters? Ryan Reynolds's Deadpool and Dominic Monaghan's Beak. You'll note that neither of them were in this extended ad and I'm not sure Beak has shown up in any trailer. So besides all of the characters listed in that ad, there are two more side characters who have more involved stories than originally intended. Oh, and there's the whole thing about Wolverine apparently fighting in every war in American history.

On the bright side, they did have the common sense to limit Will. I. Am's exposure. He only shows up twice in this ad (and his character's name never pops up either).

Maybe I'm up in arms over nothing but this film seems like it's making the too many characters mistake than many comic book movies have made and, right now, I can't say that it looks more promising than X3 did when the trailers first started airing. So while Star Trek and Terminator: Salvation are impressing people with their trailers, Wolverine finds itself fading. Not good.