Comments on: New Hulk Trailer!

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:44:51 +0000

Does anyone know anywhere that people in Britain can see this trailer?

By: KMFPL

KMFPL — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:22:12 +0000

Feh. And again I say “feh.”

I love The Hulk. This trailer? It does nothing for me. Not interested in Bruce. Not interested in Samson, or Abomination, or Ross, or Betty. Was there any semblance of a plot there? Did Bruce Banner seem tortured by what he’d become? Did he seem even a little bit nuts?

Did I mention “feh”?

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:57:44 +0000

That would be terrible. There is nothing less intimidating than a normal guy in green paint.

By: Matt Bird

Matt Bird — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:34:04 +0000

I was actually with it right up until the end, when I realized that the hulk is 15 feet tall again. No thanks. To me, the reason the Hulk was always one of my favorite comics, and the reason the Hulk TV show worked, was how believable it was. This guy goes on rages and secrets his own mega-steroids, then calms down. But if he grows twice as tall too, I just can’t buy it. For some reason that looks less convincing to me than anything in the Superman or Spiderman movies. They should make it like the the TV show and cast a combo –say Topher Grace and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson– in the roles. What am I saying? After two flop movies, we won’t see this concept again for a loooong time.

By: Random Stranger

Random Stranger — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:22:38 +0000

That looked weak. Starting promotion three months in advance is not a good sign and I saw nothing in that trailer to give me any kind of hope for the film. Putting in some actual action shots rather than the poorly done effects shots (and I’m not just talking about the CGI quality which was fairly weak in general) might have helped but that trailer was nothing.

By: Jack Norris

Jack Norris — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:33:29 +0000

Last I checked, there were versions on YouTube that hadn’t been pulled yet, so try searching there.
I really hope that they don’t do a full origin.

By: The Mad Monkey

The Mad Monkey — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:44:00 +0000

Yeah…it’d be wonderful if I was able to actually see it, instead of being told “video not accessible”.

By: Marc Kandel

Marc Kandel — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:58:58 +0000

I think that’s a case of trying to please everyone at once John, first time viewers, 70′s show watchers, people who saw the first film, comic fans who each have their own favorite artists who ever drew Hulk over the decades…

And then you need some vague resemblance to Norton’s face (which truth be told I don’t see, so maybe they aren’t doing that- they did do it with Bana though).

That’s a tough one- just take everyone from this site for instance – how hard do you think it would be to get a majority consensus from all these comic book fans with their aesthetic choices and favorite artists?

By: John Trumbull

John Trumbull — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:54:41 +0000

And once again, I don’t really like the look of the CGI-Hulk. Why can’t they just do an adaptation of Kirby’s original simian/Frankenstein Monster look? Would that be so hard?

Other than that major problem, the movie looks good.

By: Mithel

Mithel — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:47:31 +0000

Take that, Downtown Toronto! Yes folks, that is indeed beautiful downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The big tip off was the Zanzibar sign in the last 30 seconds or so of the trailer, Toronto’s most famous…er…gentleman’s club. Yep.

By: Mike Loughlin

Mike Loughlin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:25:22 +0000

*That* looks like a Hulk movie. My poor wife’s going to have to sit through yet another super-hero movie.

By: Marc Kandel

Marc Kandel — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:24:35 +0000

I would have preferred a more squamous-looking Abomination, but apparently the director didn’t have imagination enough (despite doing a movie about a ginormous green man tearing shit up) to figure out why Abomination would be scaly and reptilian (actually there would have been a cute way to do it working in some info from the first film that I thought of in like 6 seconds after reading that excuse- think about it- you’ll all probably figure it out too).

Visually, the “classic” Abomination is just so much more dynamic than what we end up with, which kind of looks like a Zombified version of the Hulk with an Iguana fin on his back (so much for no “reptillian” look). Bit disappointing, that.

I hope for the best, but the trailer just left me cold- nowhere near the excitement that Iron Man and Dark Knight generated for me.

By: BizarroBeachHead

BizarroBeachHead — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:33:00 +0000

The movie looks pretty mediocre. Directed by Louis Leterrier and written by Zack Penn? Bleh, at least the script was rewritten by Ed Norton. But as much as I love the guy, he is not to Bruce Banner as Robert Downey, Jr. is to Iron Man or Christian Bale is to Batman.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:53:08 +0000

Exactly how much naturalism are you expecting from that?

As much as they’re giving the Abomination. He doesn’t walk like a robot.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:24:07 +0000

“Iâ€™m more surprised it got this close to release date without a bunch of viral promotions or leaked photos. Pretty impressive. ”

Here in Brazil there were a lot of leaked photos. They recorded some scenes in a slam in Rio de Janeiro. It was even mentioned in LIG.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:12:39 +0000

Yeah, I don’t understand people saying the Hulk looks like a special effect either. He’s an eight foot tall, 1000-pound green guy. Exactly how much naturalism are you expecting from that?

Also, I have to wonder how much the relative lack of pre-release material before now is due to Edward Norton’s clashing with the director over edits.

By: T.

T. — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:08:52 +0000

I’m more surprised it got this close to release date without a bunch of viral promotions or leaked photos. Pretty impressive.

By: fanboy d

fanboy d — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:00:38 +0000

looks pretty good to me. the cgi is fine, it’s an eight foot, green human…they can’t cgi regular humans yet so people need to quit moaning

i’m still shock that i saw a trailer for a brand new indiana jones before hulk. hell, i saw the teaser for jj abram’s star trek already!

By: Rohan Williams

Rohan Williams — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:02:30 +0000

It’s just kinda there, really. Nothing special yet.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:13:05 +0000

The Hulk still looks a little too computer-y for my taste, but otherwise, I’m interested.