I liked what Hugh Jackman did with Wolverine, but hated what some of the audience took from his appearance on the big screen. It wasn't "Oh, Wolverine's a tortured man trying to find his lot in life whilst eternally struggling to be a man instead of an animal." Instead it was "teehee, the actor playing him is hawt! Fanfiction fantasy tyiiiime!" And some folks in the comic industry as a result said "....hurrr...let's follow dat example!"
I was actually thinking about one little line he said in one of the old issues I had. He was searching for that abusive neighbor guy who once ran him over (in his feral days) since he finally "killed his wife" and took their son with him. Anyways, this hot room attendant at the hotel was flitting with him after he got the info. He said something like "'Cutie?' Huh...I guess she likes her men short, scruffy and UGLY" He made note of that himself. Wolverine was always popular with the ladies (in my opinion) because of rugged animal magnetism, not pretty boy looks. In fact, prettying him up somewhat messes with the whole motif of his character being in a death struggle with his animal side. Also he's supposed to carry that wear and tear of all the tragedy that's happened in his life; sure he can physically heal, but all that baggage will still show through somehow, and he NEEDS to look like that. I remember near the start of Wolverine volume 3 (where he didn't so much fight villains, but it was more realistic level stuff for a bit) he was drawn short, scowly, hunched and sour. I remember someone on this board mentioned he looked like "the missing link" he didn't look simian or ludicrously inhuman, he just had this immense roughness to him and I said to myself "that's wolverine right there, that's how he should look like."
Sorry for the long winded hoohaw. I'm just passionate about some things, and well since I was a kid, I've loved Wolverine, and it pains me to see him turned into an overexposed badly written character...with Deadpool's popularity as of late, I fear for him too. He's a rather interesting character, but if written wrong he's a "lol look what zany crap I can do!" spectacle and booooooy that's not what he's supposed to be. Sorry. Shutting up now. Bub...