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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
In terms of general CGI, The Incredible Hulk rendering of Hulk had a video game quality about it. The 2003 Hulk showed a much larger range of emotion, he wasn't just snarling in every shot, but showed his anger slowly ramping up. Avengers onward was obviously able to give him a more endearing presence, a bigger personality than just the musclebound personification of anger.
I liked the framing and cinematography of a few shots in Incredible Hulk. There were a couple very nice looking stills, like Hulk roaring at the lightning, Hulk pushing against the sonic waves, Hulk with a car torn in half for boxing gloves, and Hulk jumping away at the end of the fight. It's not huge praise, but that is one thing that I enjoyed about it.
It definitely ramped up the action and the pacing, which in turn made the character feel more powerful. I think the movie might have been slightly better received if it wasn't for the 2003 Hulk, not because of the backlash from the first movie but because too much of TIH was retreading all the same beats while being afraid of the comparison to let it breathe (as I said, Hulk himself has a lot less depth than 2003 or Avengers).
I still maintain that TIH is the worst film in the MCU so far.
Most other entries in the MCU have at least SOMETHING resembling decent screenwriting and good emotional beats, even if the movie itself is mostly a failure or very uneven.
TIH on the other hand is so empty and devoid of anything to care about. None of the characters are established in a satisfying way, except for Blonsky where it's basically just Tim Roth doing his best to elevate what is extremely thin material, and it's not enough.
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That just about sums it up. I can't really see myself watching this ever again. much less if I had to pay money for it. It's as lame and boilerplate as these movies get. Even most other MCU duds have some bright spots or are at least more interesting to talk about.
Edited by AyyItsMidnight on Jun 9th 2019 at 12:18:52 PM
Self-serious autistic trans gal who loves rock/metal and animation with all her heart. (she/her)The only one I can make a case for being actively worse is Iron Man 3, but that's in terms of wasted potential, not being a hollow husk of a film with nothing in it, so by Drag's criteria, TIH is still the worst.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."
To be fair, Incredible Hulk is the second MCU movie that ever was, so "doesn't really feel like an MCU movie" can be chalked down to Early-Installment Weirdness.
The fact that nothing from Incredible Hulk matters or has ever been referenced ever again kind of damns it.
My various fanfics.General Ross is still around. But yeah, aside from those two, I don't think any of it has ever been referenced. Hulk breaking Harlem wasn't even mentioned in Luke Cage, which was set in Harlem.
Of course, there are the frequent mentions of people wanting the MCU to have some sort of supervillain team, and Abomination is almost always brought up as one of the possible candidates, though mostly because he happens to still be alive.
I think the last we heard of him was in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., where Coulson threatens to put someone on "Blonsky duty" in an Alaskan prison as a punishment. I believe that was back in the first season before the HYDRA debacle went down, so who knows what happened to him.
Although, apparently there were talks to have him reappear in Avengers: Age of Ultron early on in production, although it's not clear what role he would've had. I'd wager he was originally going to be one of Strucker's goons, but who knows for sure.
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The last reference to him was in Agents of SHIELD episode "T.R.A.C.K.S.". Coulson said, "What you're doing is against protocol, so if you endanger an operation or if anyone gets hurt, I'll reassign you to Barrow, Alaska, and you'll spend the rest of your years pulling the night shift guarding Blonsky's cryo-cell."
So either he's still in Alaska or the Hydra overthrow caused him to be let loose (like it did for everyone in the Fridge, which, ironically, was not in Alaska).
Well, that was ninja'd fast.
Edited by alliterator on Jun 9th 2019 at 2:41:33 AM
Double post because we just got a first glimpse at the Disney+ Loki series.
Apparently, part of it (or at least one scene) will be set in 1975, since that's when Jaws was released.
I just want one scene where Loki looks in a mirror and goes, "Hot damn, I've evil!"

The Incredible Hulk's CGI doesn't look as good as Ironman 1.