Comments on: HULK trailer goes live

By: Jesse Post

Jesse Post — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:47:40 +0000

Count me in on your side, too, Groonk! Ang Lee’s movie is in my top 5 superhero movies. Detractors always tell me they didn’t like the CGI, or the action was lame. No one ever says, “I didn’t like it because Ang Lee has no grasp of pathos and subtle humanistic storytelling that the Hulk deserves.”

And what’s funny about the “it didn’t look good” crowd is that, from the looks of this one they’ll be equally disappointed. Only this time you’ll have a bad-looking Hulk that is also missing the emotional truth of the previous movie. Great job, Hollywood.

By: Brad M.

Brad M. — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:22:58 +0000

I agree with “Groonk”: Lee’s Hulk was an interesting, almost meditative look at the big green guy, that didn’t deserve the drubbing it took in the media and amongst fanboy circles. This new flick seems to have two things working against it: 1) Edward Norton and 2) the fact that the director chose to borrow so heavily from the TV show. I mean, is it too much to expect someone to not rely on nostalgia? Especially for a schlocky 70s TV show?

By: Somebody

Somebody — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:57:56 +0000

The TV show still remains the gold standard. I don’t know why picking a bodybuilder and painting him green is so terrible these days.

By: SwanShadow

SwanShadow — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:08:57 +0000

Make that two of us, Groonk. This new iteration so far does not impress me. At least Ang Lee’s film was aimed at an audience with an IQ larger than its collective shoe size.

Did I say that out loud in a comics forum?

By: groonk

groonk — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:32:20 +0000

i may be the only man alive that liked Ang Lee’s HULK. this new Hulk(so far)- meh.

By: Brant Fowler

Brant Fowler — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:59:42 +0000

I dont know, looks a lot better than the first so far. I think people are being too harsh on it because of the borefest the first one was. Ill see it at least once. Way too many haters in the world…

Sorry about the lack of apostrophes, for some reason every time I hit that key it jumps me out of the box and into a quick find.

By: Scott Neely

Scott Neely — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:40:26 +0000

This trailer is fine for being a teaser. The director has already stated on another website that the CGi is being tweaked more from what you saw in it so it will be different in the final film. These fucking people who say the CGI is so-so or not compelling piss me off. What the fuck do you want? It IS a movie for Christ’s sake??? You’ll never have perfection with it since it’s humans who design the software. If the original Star Wars came out today, these damn losers would be sitting there saying how lame and lame the models look! If you want a real Hulk go masturbate to Lou Ferrigno or something. That was real enuff!

Hugs and kisses

By: notintheface

notintheface — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:44:58 +0000

At least this Hulk is a little smaller. The Ang Lee movie had him at 15-20 feet tall!

By: notintheface

notintheface — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:44:40 +0000

At least this Hulk is a little smaller. The Ang Lee movie had him at 15-20 feet tall!

By: David C

David C — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:43:09 +0000

It looks alright to me, and as a new Torontonian, yeah, it’s going to be fun going to see that movie just to point out all the recognizable locales.

It should be noted that people at Newsarama are pretty jazzed about this, and so are regular people I talk to who aren’t into comics or whatever. Maybe it won’t suck/flop?

Don’t quote me.

By: Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:48:50 +0000

Wretched.
Just,…wretched.

Incredibly wretched.

By: Javier Maidana

Javier Maidana — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:04:40 +0000

The trailer does nothing for me. If anything it indicates that E. Norton has pulled one of his old habits and force into the script more screen time for Bruce Banner.
Terrible trailer I was much more hyped by the movie until I saw it.

By: michael

michael — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:54:35 +0000

Norton’a performance didn’t really grasp me, but then, it is only a trailer.

By: Cameron Stewart

Cameron Stewart — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:44:55 +0000

Well it’s *supposed* to be Harlem – that Apollo Theatre was a facade built over another building – but it was filmed mostly in Toronto. Apparently Tim Roth was hanging out one night at a bar less than a block from my apartment and I missed it. :(

By: The Beat

The Beat — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:07:49 +0000

Mal and Cameron: I didn’t think it actually looked like New York, but the “Apollo Theater” sign led me to believe that was the locale. I’m more than happy to see Toronto start to bear the brunt of filmed annihilation.