Oh, give me a break. So that means we get the origin all over again? I'm so sick of origins in comic book movies. "My pants.. caught on barbed wire. GOOD LORD! (choke) An A-Bomb!"
I know! I wish every superhero movie would start out with a Star Wars scroll that basically sums up the origin (e.g., "Bitten by a radioactive spider...") and then says, "And now, on to the action". I find origin movies to be uber-tedious. Every nerd already knows that origin for crying out loud. What's even worse is that we 're stuck seeing the origin of every goddamn villain too. I don't care how he became The Joker, just have him exist in the superhero world already.
I'm with you guys all the way. Very few origin stories actually live up to the hype of "Inside! The Origin of...!" The only counterexamples I can think of are the Swamp Thing's re-origin in The Anatomy Lesson and Dr. Manhattan's origin in Watchmen. Both notably penned by Alan Moore, who wouldn't pester us with the usual crap.
For movies, all I can think of is Batman Begins...but that's about someone who doesn't get any instant powers from a meteor or whatever, he's got to build it all.
So they think making the Hulk shorter is going to do the trick? Hoo boy.
July 05, 2006 9:51 AM
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Any opportunity to hear that hilarious guy talk is worth it.
Origin stories...well, the Spider-Man one is pretty good if a trifle didactic. It's basically Batman done over to make a point about morality.
The Hulk's origin is best expressed to music, leading up to the observation, "Ain't he un-glamorous?"
I've always thought Spidey's origin was pretty hamfisted -- he lets a mugger go and his uncle is killed by THAT GUY. What're the odds?
Probably about the same as getting powers from a radioactive spider AND creating a flexible, adaptable weblike polymer in your basement. Go Stan Lee!
July 27, 2006 3:38 PM
[Image] From Moviesonline, "Hulk 2 is in the works as we all know and the latest word is that it is not a sequel rather a remake. Namely they seem to realize what a mess the first one is and are going to redo it. Marvel is going to do the entire film themselves and basically start the franchise over and try and fix the mess that was the first HULK. You will recall in an earlier interview Avi Arad hinted at this. "In the next movie, Hulk 2, the Hulk will be smaller. If you make him 15-feet tall, there's no human connection there.....Right now we are still developing the sequel. I think the key thing is to come up with the right story." I love when I hear they are going to work hard on the story. Now the really interesting part is that they are apparently thinking of Brendan Fraser (The Mummy) to play Bruce Banner. How interesting."
"The Incredible Hulk remake gets even worse"
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Oh, give me a break. So that means we get the origin all over again? I'm so sick of origins in comic book movies. "My pants.. caught on barbed wire. GOOD LORD! (choke) An A-Bomb!"
July 05, 2006 5:23 AM
I know! I wish every superhero movie would start out with a Star Wars scroll that basically sums up the origin (e.g., "Bitten by a radioactive spider...") and then says, "And now, on to the action". I find origin movies to be uber-tedious. Every nerd already knows that origin for crying out loud. What's even worse is that we 're stuck seeing the origin of every goddamn villain too. I don't care how he became The Joker, just have him exist in the superhero world already.
July 05, 2006 7:00 AM
Hey, nice profile image, Summerisle.
I'm with you guys all the way. Very few origin stories actually live up to the hype of "Inside! The Origin of...!" The only counterexamples I can think of are the Swamp Thing's re-origin in The Anatomy Lesson and Dr. Manhattan's origin in Watchmen. Both notably penned by Alan Moore, who wouldn't pester us with the usual crap.
For movies, all I can think of is Batman Begins...but that's about someone who doesn't get any instant powers from a meteor or whatever, he's got to build it all.
So they think making the Hulk shorter is going to do the trick? Hoo boy.
July 05, 2006 9:51 AM
Any opportunity to hear that hilarious guy talk is worth it.
Origin stories...well, the Spider-Man one is pretty good if a trifle didactic. It's basically Batman done over to make a point about morality.
The Hulk's origin is best expressed to music, leading up to the observation, "Ain't he un-glamorous?"
July 05, 2006 11:08 AM
I've always thought Spidey's origin was pretty hamfisted -- he lets a mugger go and his uncle is killed by THAT GUY. What're the odds?
Probably about the same as getting powers from a radioactive spider AND creating a flexible, adaptable weblike polymer in your basement. Go Stan Lee!
July 27, 2006 3:38 PM