Lady Sheridan wrote:One of my favorite little moments, for example, was when Kitty and Colossus were having those deep monologues while fighting that Godzilla thing in the first pages of Dangerous. It was funny enough with both of them ending "Wow, I should really concentrate." But then it went a step further and shows Wolverine who's monologue is simply "I really like beer!" Snap!!
IPAMPILASH! I remember that now. Good times, good times...
I'd read somewhere, and I think I more or less agree, that Whedon made Wolverine cooler than he's been in a long time (in a team book) by simply making him into a supporting player again. If you notice, he has no more... uhh... panel(?)-time than anybody else on the team, and probably even less so. But everytime he shows up he says a great line, or has a great moment. I really dig that approach.
EDIT - Oh wow, I should really read the entire thread before I respond.

Sounds like we've been 'round this block once before already.
As far as taking the piss out of Wolverine goes, Lady Sheridan, I agree with you. I think Whedon sorta is, and in a way I do think it's a response to burnout. I think (almost) all of the goofy things that he has Wolvie do or say make sense within the established context of the character, but just as he's trying to make him back into more of a team player by giving him a diminished role in the book, he's also trying to downplay the cult status of "badass" that he's achieved, and the most effective way to do that is to lightly skew and in the process parody the behavior that earned him that status in the first place. Although I'm sorta flying on the seat of my pants here, so what I just wrote may make no sense whatsoever.