It's frustrating when we see a terrible movie that could have been great -- if only they had the same brilliant insight that we thought of, after leaving the theater. It's l'esprit de l'escalier but for, like, Bio-Dome or something. Some utterly forgettable movies could have been downright amazing, with just a few small tweaks. Like...

5 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Had A Whole Killer TV Series In Its Opening Credits

It's a shame that X-Men Origins: Wolverine is one of the worst superhero films ever made, because it also contains one of the best superhero films never made: right there during the opening credits.

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The better film they teased us with:

In the first couple minutes of Origins, we're treated to a montage of Wolverine and Sabretooth fighting alongside one another through a series of battles plucked straight out of your 10th grade history class. They survive an infantry charge during the American Civil War, a nighttime raid on German trenches during WWI, Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion, and even their own execution during the Vietnam War.

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No, this doesn't line up with the other X-Men films, but then again, nothing does.

Screw a two-hour movie -- that's an amazing TV series. Wolverine and Sabretooth, surly, stubbled, almost literally grizzly immortal soldiers bantering their way through every war in history -- and also claw-mauling Nazis. Plus, for long-term drama: Comic book readers know these literal brothers in arms eventually become bitter enemies -- imagine experiencing that heartbreak firsthand, after binge-watching several seasons of manly super-bonding. Instead, we got the worst possible version of Deadpool: One literally without a mouth. Whose brilliant idea was that? And how fucking fired are they? We hope it's "a lot."