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  IAWTP. The Ang Lee version was so freaking boring and the ending was awful. : HojuSimpson
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    what, you didn't like the magic nick nolte dream blob in the sky? seriously what the fuck was that? : mikecyb
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      "I'm going to bite this giant electrical cord! GYARRR! OM NOM NOM!!" : HojuSimpson
      • would have been 1000000x better if it was gary busey : gmd
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  WTF, the Ang Lee version was really good... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    I agree, but we are in the minority I think. : mr wolf
    • I agree, the CGI especially was awesome. They captured the absolute rage of the hulk brilliantly. But ... : AhmNee
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    I love the way it's edited, and some of the imagery was amazing, but... no, I can't say it was good. Wor... : kallanta
    • this is exactly how i felt about it : grabbie
  • I love Ang Lee, but his version of the Hulk just failed. He needs to stick to introspective arty dramas. : mXENO
  • I loved it up until the end and even that wasn't terrible. : lodit
  • I liked it, but good lord I got annoyed with Betty and her father. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I'm looking forward to this but I'm sick of seeing Hollywood remakes. The newer Batman movies are really... : sinner0423
  • as far as i know, it's not a reboot. it's an actual sequel. anyone? : das_runt
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  my favourite part is at the end when you clearly see ZANZIBAR (toronto strip club) : jenisthebest
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    (salt lake city pub) : chungathebunga
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      (it was filmed in toronto) : jenisthebest
      • (it was filmed in salt lake city) : jackalope
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  Looks a lot better than the last trailer but I'm still afraid they're gonna dumb down the Hulk. : Modica Sol Solis
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    How exactly do you "dumb down" a 500 lb wrecking ball with the intellect of an angry 4 year old? : HojuSimpson
    • because comic snobs think he is deep and emotional : gmd
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      Because the Hulk is a lot smarter and more complex than that. The whole character is built off of classic psychology. The ego, superego, and id are staples of what has led to the formation of the Hulk and Bruce Banner personalities. The retaining of intelligence while in the Hulk form varies between the Hulk types, but all (except the purely rage-driven Hulk) have a great deal of intelligence, more than most media gives them credit.
      
      Ang Lee's film handled both the psychological aspect and the Hulk-intelligence quite well, though the rest of the movie left a lot to be desired. The Hulk is not simply born from gamma radiation but from every single circumstance in Banner's life that has led him to be sullen, lonely, repressed, and inwardly angry and hostile. Basically, the Hulk should be what Mr Jekyll and Dr Hyde usually are -- a complex story of MPD, repression/depression, and inner conflict, not some bit about a monstrous wrecking machine.

      Apr 30, 2008 2:54pm PDT
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      Because the Hulk is a lot smarter and more complex than that. The whole character is built off of classic... : Modica Sol Solis
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        lol : gmd
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          So why is it that whenever anyone puts more than a cursory amount of thought into a fictional property it... : Dynotaku
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            Because people want to see the Hulk smash shit, not repression, depression, blah blah blah. Oh and people... : NastyJack
            • lol that last sentence was awesome : jackalope
        • hahahahaah : MagicWishMonkey
      • Yeah all that is FUCKING BORING Hulk is angry and he smashes. Anything else is supplemental. : HojuSimpson
      • Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy : genjuro
      • serious business. : stump
      • I Smash Therefore I Hulk : K1Bond007
      • I say! Here comes that General Ross, once again acting as the interloper in my affairs! I'm in quite the : HojuSimpson
      • Really? All I want to see is Norton walking all bummed out on the side of the road hitchhiking while the ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        Oh yeah? Well if he's so incredible then why does he manage to grow and bust out of all of his clothes ex : Ajax
        • OMGWTFUNSTABLEMOLECULES : HojuSimpson
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          I think most people would agree the Ang Lee version could have been salvaged by the Hulk smashing tanks w... : NastyJack
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            http://ajax.shackspace.com/Pictures/fckyeah.gif : Ajax
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              I'm more than a little disappointed that wasn't a crude mspaint depiction of what I described. : NastyJack
              • As much as I'd like to, I can't draw Hulk cock at work. : Ajax
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          Ok, where's the lol script, I can put this off no longer, hahahaha. : Hiro
          • You've got to help me out, man. My [lol] stock is tanking! : Ajax
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        Here is your hulk for you http://gmd.shackspace.com/ModicaHulk.jpg : gmd
        • HAHAHAHA : HojuSimpson
        • thanks, thats how i know you care gee emm dee : Modica Sol Solis
        • Hahahaha : ieGod
        • http://shackpics.com/files/BritnaySmash_d726f5ez65f5uf1u1m0n.jpg : Ride-My-Rocket
      • dude I am the first to come to the defense of shit like this but he's the fucking Hulk. he smashes shit. : mikecyb
      • fuckin a, man. you said it better than I ever could. This new version looks dumber than transformers. : Fredrik S
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    How do you "dumb down" the hulk? HE'S BIG AND GREEN. : jason bergman
    • they turned him red these days WTF is that about? : grabbie
    • Put a diaper on him and make Wonder Woman change it. : ThomW
• The Hulk is hardly a franchise that was worthy of a reboot. Ang Lee's film was a bit boring but it's har... : TwiLyght
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  I like Norton, but this looks like crap. : dmason
  • that's how i feel. it makes me sad. : das_runt
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  Who is he supposed to be fighting, Abomination? : mechanicalgrape
  • yep : das_runt
  • swamp thing : SolveChrist
  • yes, but he is apparently never actually called that in the movie : mikecyb
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    A decent Hulk movie. : byorn
    • Hahahah : Nitrium
• Rio! I miss Brazil. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I dont want to forget about the Ang Lee version. I loved it. : Pettytheft
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  I find it amusing that my MBP fails to play 50% of embedded QT content. : graah
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    that's weird, you've got enough bandwidth? I can't see it being processor related, impossible. : ErneX
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      For some reason it only happens when I try to view the embedded trailers linked via apple.com. Makes no ... : graah
      • macs suck? or apple programs suck? lose lose ( win for me! ) : Drakoniac
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  Well... I feel like I've seen the whole movie now. : ChibiJosh
  • Yup, I hate hollywood action movie trailers. LOOK AT THE ACTION PACKED MONTAGE WITH CLICHED OUT OF PLACE ... : pyros
• Edward Norton rocks, I hope he can make this movie great. : Hiro
• needs more http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Shehulk01.jpg : mechanicalgrape
• That looks pretty good now. : nomaad
• i like the subtle 'lonely man theme' at the very end. this looks f'ing great. : mrsparil
• I like how at the very end of the trailer you hear a little bit of the song from the TV show's closing cr... : Home Nugget
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  Apparently Norton is pissed at the edit of the film going to theatres. Is that still true? : SpaecKow
  • i had heard he actually had a hand in editing the film at the end. : byorn
• CGI FIGHTING CGI, AWESOME. not : Delusional
• TOTAL. SHIT. IN. YOUR. MOUTH. : XchumpoX
• The gay-swimmer-build Hulk with emo hair doesn't do it for me. : steelsamurai
• The trailer didn't really do much for me. : Ride-My-Rocket