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Hulk SMASH! [Spoilers Within]

CimmeriiCimmerii SpaceOperaGhostRegistered User regular
edited June 2008 in Debate and/or Discourse
It's big, green, and more importantly...

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It's out.


Kicking this off because I couldn't find a current Hulk thread in D&D, and I needed to get my geekness out! Plz lock if needed, kthx.


Saw this tonight... and it was awesome, Ed Norton was brilliant (not that I'd expect anything less), and the movie was well paced with a solid plot and a great villian- the theater crowd was full of nerds so the collective reactions were great, like when
Blonsky gets the giant needle in his spine, and you hear this *pop* the whole theater just went "OOOOOOD:"

And the giggles at the purple pants.

Far better then the Ang Lee version in every way. Also, best Stan Lee cameo evar.

Some things to watch for in the opening credits: (spoilerd for safety, but no big ones)
It's telling the story of the Hulk's creation and background leading up to movie, watch closely, and you'll see 'Nick Fury' whiz by on the graphics, and 'Stark Industries' displayed prominently later.

Liv Tyler's Betty Ross was well played, and Tim Roth as Blonsky=Perfect, just the right amount of ambition/craziness to not be cheesy.


Also at the end...
Tony Stark traipsing in to talk to General Ross! :D OMG AVENGERS! Marvel is gearing up! :rotate:

So please... rant, rave, discuss!

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  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    i wanna see

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  • NarianNarian Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Seeing this in about 4 hours and I'll give my impressions then. Here's hoping the new and improved Marvel Studios can go 2/2.

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  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Saw it last night and loved it. I thought it was on par with Iron Man. I also only saw bits and pieces of the other Hulk movie (hulk dogs? no thanks), so my Hulk experience so far has been great.

    I definitely want to see Iron Man and then right after see The Incredible Hulk. Marvel is doing the right thing so far.

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  • Wonder_HippieWonder_Hippie __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2008
    Best Stan Lee cameo, even better than the one in Iron Man? Shit, I can't wait to see this movie.

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  • LondonBridgeLondonBridge __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2008
    I am the Hulk's raging bile duct.

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  • Jealous DevaJealous Deva Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    So just from the previews, can I assume this is covering pretty much the same ground as Hulk:Ultimate Destruction story-wise? If so sign me up.

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  • AlephAleph Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Saw it yesterday. It was alright, Tim Roth was great but everyone else was merely serviceable. Also, I thought it felt like the movie was missing an hour of footage or so....

    ...wait, Marvel did cut 70 minutes of the movie.

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  • CimmeriiCimmerii SpaceOperaGhost Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I was forced to leave right after the 'final scene' so I don't know if there was anything after the credits.
    I wish I had stayed.... tho I don't know what they would have put there....

    Aleph- Damn.... there were a few parts that went.... quickly, so there was obviously some cut, but 70 min? Here's to hoping for a directors cut or something.

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  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    There was nothing after the credits. I think they basically threw the "after credits" scene before the credits.

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  • AlephAleph Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Cimmerii wrote: »
    Aleph- Damn.... there were a few parts that went.... quickly, so there was obviously some cut, but 70 min? Here's to hoping for a directors cut or something.

    Yeah, you can read all about it here.

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  • CimmeriiCimmerii SpaceOperaGhost Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Yeah I found it... really hoping for the Norton/Leterrier on DVD.

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  • RookRook Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I found the guardian review mildly amusing, if a little predicatable. http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_review/0,,2285042,00.html

    edit: that 70 minutes sounds like just random crap. "I want to put everything we shot, you know? I’m not the kind of guy that likes to keep the stuff for myself. I’m like, okay you student filmmakers, here’s what I did right and here’s what I did wrong and in some of the stuff, in the 70 minutes, there’s some great stuff and there’s some really horrible stuff, but you’ll see it all, you know?"

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  • Wonder_HippieWonder_Hippie __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2008
    Every time somebody says Ed Norton has a big head I want to stomp some faces in.

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  • NarianNarian Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Just got back from seeing it.

    Fucking incredible. Marvel Studios: 2/2.

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Not as good as Iron Man but still pretty entertaining.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Excellent comic book movie. I don't think it was as good as Iron Man but it was still well done. This is giving me high hopes for Marvel's intentions with future movies and franchises. Sadly the next one won't be out for a couple years.

    Good balance between Ultimate and 616 universes too. They're doing a great job of cherry picking the better parts of the two and improvising just enough on their own.

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  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    So, in the comics, is that how Banner lives? Running away by himself?

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    That's generally the theme. Half the time a new story arc starts he's in some secluded part of the world hiding from the military.

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  • HaikiraHaikira UKRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Just back from watching it, bloody awesome. I actually preferred it over Iron Man, but thats just me. I love how certain sections felt very similar to Bourne movies, worked very well.

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  • projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I don't think it's incredible as talked about, but I really did enjoy it. The last 15 or so min was just, magic. If someone were to ask me, it's as good as Spider-Man 1 after seeing Spider-Man 2. Worth the money for sure.

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    redfield85 wrote: »
    So, in the comics, is that how Banner lives? Running away by himself?
    Hulk just wants to be left alone.

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  • projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    deadonthestreet wrote: »
    redfield85 wrote: »
    So, in the comics, is that how Banner lives? Running away by himself?
    Hulk just wants to be left alone.

    http://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Hulk-HC-Bruce-Jones/dp/0785110224/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213402027&sr=1-1

    http://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Hulk-Vol-Bruce-Jones/dp/0785111425/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b

    BUY BOTH OF THESE NOW.

    Just, do it.

    Do it.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Bah. Planet Hulk was a good example of Hulk just wanting to be left alone.

    And never getting to be until it was too late. Poor guy.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Though most importantly, I think we all learned that a true bad ass rips out one of their opponents bones to stab them with it.

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  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Quid wrote: »
    Though most importantly, I think we all learned that a true bad ass rips out one of their opponents bones to stab them with it.

    So that is what it was? My friends and I weren't sure if it was a bone or something from the area or from the little gas tanks or something.

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  • KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Just got back from seeing it, and holy fuck was it awesome. I didn't care much for the Hulk before this movie, but I loved every minute of it.

    Speculation time:
    Some of Banner's blood dropped into the open wound on Sterns' head after he created the Abomination. Setting up the Leader as the villain for a sequel?

    And a quick question:
    What was the significance of the security guard that Banner gives the pizza too? Because half the theatre started laughing when he showed up, and I sat there feeling like I'd missed something.

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  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Kilroy wrote: »
    What was the significance of the security guard that Banner gives the pizza too? Because half the theatre started laughing when he showed up, and I sat there feeling like I'd missed something.
    I believe that was a guy who played the Hulk back in the day.

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  • KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    redfield85 wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    Though most importantly, I think we all learned that a true bad ass rips out one of their opponents bones to stab them with it.

    So that is what it was? My friends and I weren't sure if it was a bone or something from the area or from the little gas tanks or something.

    Yeah, it was the elbow spike.

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  • projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
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    He was a hulky.

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  • KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    redfield85 wrote: »
    Kilroy wrote: »
    What was the significance of the security guard that Banner gives the pizza too? Because half the theatre started laughing when he showed up, and I sat there feeling like I'd missed something.
    I believe that was a guy who played the Hulk back in the day.

    Okay good, now I don't feel bad for missing an obvious joke.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Kilroy wrote: »
    Some of Banner's blood dropped into the open wound on Sterns' head after he created the Abomination. Setting up the Leader as the villain for a sequel?
    I would assume so.

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  • dlinfinitidlinfiniti Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    lou ferrigno is my favorite hulk
    mostly cause he looks like blanka

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  • AmphetamineAmphetamine Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Saw it last night- it was fucking awesome. Everything a Hulk movie needed to be and more. On a sidenote I think they're getting away with a lot more violent stuff in PG-13 movies now, ie:
    When he first changes over to the Hulk he throws some big truck or something at one of the guards in the factory and the guy jumps to the side but still gets clipped and dragged away, I thought for sure he was going to safely get out of its way solely because it was a PG-13 movie.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Just saw it. I was pleasantly surprised; when I first heard they were doing another Hulk I was cautiously optimistic, but they really did a good job on this. Almost everything I wanted in a Hulk movie, they put in*.

    I love all the little gags, like the purple pants or Ross's "You always wear such fancy suits" line to Stark.

    *except surfing on a bus.

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  • projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    For those of us that saw Hulk instead of The Happening, hi'5's all around.

    /hi5

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  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    projectmayhem wrote: »
    For those of us that saw Hulk instead of The Happening, hi'5's all around.

    /hi5

    What if we viewed Hulk at midnight and then the next day viewed The Happening? D:

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I saw it with a smallish crowd (small town), but it was still pretty fun. There were some winces during the Blonsky injection scene, but the biggest "OOohhhhh!" was when Banner couldn't bang Liv Tyler for fear of Hulking out.

    Worst superpower side effect ever.

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  • KilroyKilroy timaeusTestified Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    KalTorak wrote: »
    I saw it with a smallish crowd (small town), but it was still pretty fun. There were some winces during the Blonsky injection scene, but the biggest "OOohhhhh!" was when Banner couldn't bang Liv Tyler for fear of Hulking out.

    Worst superpower side effect ever.

    Seriously. I'd probably be so pissed that I'd Hulk out anyway.

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  • redfield85redfield85 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Kilroy wrote: »
    KalTorak wrote: »
    I saw it with a smallish crowd (small town), but it was still pretty fun. There were some winces during the Blonsky injection scene, but the biggest "OOohhhhh!" was when Banner couldn't bang Liv Tyler for fear of Hulking out.

    Worst superpower side effect ever.

    Seriously. I'd probably be so pissed that I'd Hulk out anyway.

    Not all parts of the Hulk are green.

    *badu-ch*

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  • CimmeriiCimmerii SpaceOperaGhost Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Kilroy wrote: »
    KalTorak wrote: »
    I saw it with a smallish crowd (small town), but it was still pretty fun. There were some winces during the Blonsky injection scene, but the biggest "OOohhhhh!" was when Banner couldn't bang Liv Tyler for fear of Hulking out.

    Worst superpower side effect ever.

    Seriously. I'd probably be so pissed that I'd Hulk out anyway.

    There was a mixture of 'awwwww' and laughter in my theater, especially at her disappointed groan when he's all 'I can't!'

    I think the biggest reaction was Blonsky getting kicked into the tree.

    He totally asked for it tho.

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