Talk:X-Men Origins: Wolverine

I call dibbs when this comes out on DVD, if it's alright with everyone.

Time Era

Even though the gun is clearly a Redhawk and not a Super Redhawk just based on its appearance, I'm more concerned with when this movie takes place. Good points are brought up since all of the guns are very modern, yet I was under the impression this movie takes place in the 70s. I think it takes place in the 80s based on Stryker's line in X2 "It's been what, 15 years?" but I'm not certain. To "That Same Guy", this isn't a reboot of the X-Men series, it's a prequel. Since the wars stop after Vietnam, assuming it is the 70s isn't crazy. Actually, since the war went on til 1972, and then Logan joined Department H, we can knock off some years. After he quits, six years pass, so now we are in the 80s. It all depends on how long the gap is from the 70s to "six years later" I guess.

In the comics Howlett was transformed in the 1960s, but its pretty obvious the movies only loosely follow them.

So, discuss. - Gunmaster45

I'm sorry, this movie takes place in 1979, the year of the Three Mile Island Incident. The Winchester

• Hold it!!The movie is set 5 years later which is 1979,where the movie is set in. The Department H mission was set in 1974,5 years before the 3 mile island incident. X-Men 2 shows Stryker saying,"It's been 15 years",and the second X-Men was set in 1994. - Kenny99 16:32, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

I read that on IMDB, but I'm still not 100% on that... - Gunmaster45

Wait so the fight at the end of the movie was supposed to be the Three Mile Island Incident, but the government covers it up to hide the mutant experiment stuff? Actually this makes a lot more sense; And Redhawk may of just been standing in as a Smith And Wesson, and all the other anarchostic guns were trying to resemble futuristic (in '79) weapons from Department H. - That guy / That same guy [I should make an account here I like this site]

I really think they were just being lazy as usual with the gun mishaps. I mean the G36 was a big eye sore and the fact that the adamantium bullets wouldn't be accurate at all since they need to be impossible to rifle and spin. Future weapons my ass. The G36 I saw in the movie had not dressing to make it look like a future weapon anyway. Excalibur01 03:09, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Magazines

• Actually the 30 round mags for the M16A1 did see service in Vietnam in the late 60's. From my knowledge they came into circulation in the US military in like 1967 or so.

Looking back, the use of 30 round magazines for the M16A1 and XM16E1 weren't around in the late 60's but there were a really small number of 30 round magazines being used by US Special Forces in Late 1968 and until 1973. Really small number though. Less than a Hundred. There were no 30 round mags for the XM16E1 because it was replaced by the M16A1 in 1967.-Oliveira 00:19, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

But it's doubtful that the unit Wolverine and Sabertooth was in were special forces so I don't know. I mean it's not as bad as a G36 with an AG36 grenade launcher in this movie. Excalibur01 03:04, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

According to Kenny, the Vietnam War scene was set in 1974 so the 30 round magazines aren't an error.-Oliveira 13:20, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Kar98K

Was there a Kar98K?Hmm...I'm not really sure. In the theader, I saw a guy in the bunker with some rifle, assuming it's a Kar98K,the most used rifle in WW2. Since Lisle202's rampage,the Kar98K was found in the far back. - Kenny99