I don’t know what kept me from seeing The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible is so much closer in tone to the series while at the same time remaining faithful to the comic book. Bruce Banner is on the run forever searching for the cure to his transformation into the not-so-jolly green giant. However, he may just come to realize that curing it is not necessarily the answer. Along with him is his former fiance Betty Ross daughter of General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross. General Ross is bent upon capturing Banner and using his alter-ego as a military weapon. Another important figure derived from the comic series, Major Emil Blonsky (a rather power driven soldier) is introduced.
Yet, what made the movie so special (in my opinion) are the gentle nods to past incarnations of the character. In most Marvel Superhero movies, Stan Lee (creator of The Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, and a whole list of other heroes) makes an appearance. Lou Ferrigno (the ORIGINAL, original Hulk) has a cameo as a security guard as he did in the first film (and in a very cool vocal appearance). There is also a nice reference to Bill Bixby (the original Dr. Banner) near the beginning of the film. There is also a cameo of the original closing theme of the television series (“The Lonely Man”) . Plus a mention of a certain investigative reporter.
Everything about The Incredible Hulk made it so much better than the first movie. Everyone involved knew exactly what they were doing and made one monster of a tale. It even included a cameo from a character that foreshadows a follow-up feature film. So much for fans of the comic as well as those who remember the television series of the 70s-80s. An Incredible film.
What do the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, and the Dark Knight have in common (besides the obvious)?
Answer: I have to see them all! 😛
On another note, I have the original 1994 ashcan production of The Fantastic Four (see Wikipedia) somewhere. If anyone here is interested I can dig it up.
I have one question… is it as bad as it is claimed to be?
I have always been interested in seeing that version of FF from all of the bad press it has received.
Not a big fan of comic books or the movies they produce, but I saw all 3 that came out this summer and enjoyed them. Of the 3, Ironman was my favorite.
Yeah, Iron Man was COOL. I will have to see it again, soon.
I haven’t seen it yet actually. I downloaded it from the newsgroups and saved it to disc. I guess I just never got around to it. I still have a couple dozen video tapes of recorded TV shows to watch as I spend most of my free time on the ‘net.
If C can provide a site to upload it to, I’ll put it up once I dig it out. I don’t have that sort of web space unfortunately.
I found it! Maybe I can try converting it to a DVD and give it to C & L when they come over this weekend (assuming the car is fixed in time…)
EGG-CELLENT!