User blog:LoveWaffle/Sweet Merciful Crap, This Is What Viper Looks Like in The Wolverine

When I first heard that Viper (aka Madame Hydra) was going to be in The Wolverine, my initial reaction was "Why?" She's primarily associated with Hydra, for what I'll say are obvious reasons, which would make her a Captain America villain, so why is she appearing in an X-Men movie? How is she even appearing in an X-Men movie, since you would think Marvel/Disney would have the rights to the character, not FOX (who makes the X-Men movies). And even if she was licensed off to FOX, why was she appearing in THIS movie, as the entire thing is supposed to be set in Japan?

Then, things got worse. It was announced that Jessica Biel would be portraying the character. Jessica f***ing Biel. An actress who is not only bad movies, but is also bad at what she does. Needless to say, I was relieved when she announced a day or two later that she dropped out of the project, and that some Russian actress, Svetlana Khodchenkova was replacing her. That's when my feelings for the project started to turn around. She's not that bad an actress. She was in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy where she was Bane's love interest, so that's a good thing. She's a rising foreign actress trying to get a break in America, so I'll at least give her the benefit of the doubt.

Then someone found this -->

What is God's name is going on here? Viper has about 2 distinguishing features: 1) her long, green hair, and 2) a hideously disfiguring scar (which she eventually got rid of, but that's beyond the point). This version lacks both. Instead, she's got blond hair worn up in a bun. And no scar. Really? This is what they're going with? To quote someone else from around the internet, "this is like making Wolverine without the claws."

You know what, maybe it won't be so bad. Then again, the X-Men franchise doesn't have the best success with radical re-designs.