Chris Claremont, you are the X-Men.
He didn’t create the X-Men, he didn’t create Wolverine, but he is the author of the greatest X-Men stories ever written. The Dark Phoenix Saga! Days of Future Past! When we think of the X-Men, we think of the tales spun by Chris Claremont. The Wolverine, now in cinemas, is based on his work and he gets no credit. Not a line, it’s just been pointed out to us, in the ten minutes of end credits. Yeah legalese, corporate ownership, blah blah, but that’s not right. The filmmakers may not acknowledge him, but we know who he is. Thank you, Mr. Claremont. Keep on writing.
Is it an emotional experience, watching these characters you’ve lived with for decades on a movie screen?
Oh, it’s very emotional. It’s a unique sense, when I listen to Hugh Jackman bring some of the characters’ signature lines to life. That’s incredibly cool. I can look over all the five films and see, “That’s mine, that’s mine, and that’s mine.” I wish the “Dark Phoenix” saga had been done more effectively than it was, but that was out of my hands. That, unfortunately, was a clusterfuck from the get-go.
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August 3rd, 2013 at 12:53
Indeed, Your Grace, Chris Claremont is the GREATEST X writer ever! Plus, his collaboration with John Byrne is still unmatched in the annals of X literature.