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What Happens When You Move Harlem To Toronto?? HULK Smash!!

Published at: Sept. 18, 2007, 9:10 a.m. CST

Merrick here...
My man JvG sent in some shots from last night's filming of THE INCREDIBLE HULK in Toronto; we really appreciate the effort he went through to bring us these. The images pretty much speak for themselves. In the past we've heard about a Hulk-vs-Abomination beat down outside of Harlem's Apollo theater - I suppose this is a hint of what it'll look like. The bottom pic...with Jon Stewart gazing down on the action from a green sign? Wonder if that's some sort of Stewart/Hulk in-joke?
Okay, so I got a bunch of pictures of the Incredible Hulk shoot tonight. When I got off the subway all I could see was a huge fire at the end of the street. I ran down the back streets with 7 heavy textbooks in my backpack to get to the end of the block where all the commotion was.The entire area was totally blocked off so I had to stand on the very edge of the shoot with about 200 other people. Tried to find a roof to shoot from but no luck. You would think there would a ladder on at least one building. They basically had the bus blow up every 15 minutes while the extras ran out of the Apollo and around the corner where I was standing. Well, here are the shots. They are all high res so I have to send 'em in 2 batches. Cheers! JvG

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:09 a.m. CST

    First Smash?

    by Prague23

  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:09 a.m. CST

    Frist, fisrt?? Aww balls to it!

    by Big_Bubbaloola

    Balls I say! BALLS!

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:09 a.m. CST

    Hulk Smash

    by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks

    first posters

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:10 a.m. CST

    Ha! I was driving by the

    by SoulOnIce

    Ha! I was driving by the street yesterday and was wondering why someone was opening an Apollo theater in Toronto.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:11 a.m. CST

    Hulk Destroy

    by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks

    Spoiler posters

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:12 a.m. CST

    HULK SINGS IN GOSPEL CHOIR

    by rhcp2sweet

    PEOPLE BOO HULK

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:13 a.m. CST

    I cannot wait for this

    by Vamp-AICNchat

    Roll on 2008 - potentially as great as '82 or '94 for movies.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:15 a.m. CST

    Weird.. this popped up...

    by LargoJr

    just as I was getting ready to look at another article, and when I clicked it, I was told I wasn't authorized to look at it. Refreshed, and it was off the main page. read another article and it popped up again. I liked Eric Bana... but I really hope this one doesn't suck as bad as the last one. Is that pathetic or what? Our expectations have gone from "It's going to be the greatest experience a human can survive", to "MAN I hope this doesn't make me slit my wrists"

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:28 a.m. CST

    Anybody who thinks the Lee/Bana Hulk

    by funwithwords

    was bad doesn't know what they're talking about. That film's the best Marvel film adaptation to date. Anyone who is afraid this won't be as good as the first one, should rest assured that it most certainly won't be anywhere near as good as the first one.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:34 a.m. CST

    Hulk Gag

    by Edmundo

    http://tinyurl.com/37bk9c - you'll laugh, you'll cry, you may even learn a lil' something.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:36 a.m. CST

    Ugh. Two articles of HULK and we've still seen nothing.

    by Darth Bauer

    Post pics of something worth viewing please.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:37 a.m. CST

    HULK VS. ABOMINATION!

    by Kid Z

    Loser gets mercilessly booed and dragged offstage by Mr. Sandman as siren noises fill the theatre!!!

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:38 a.m. CST

    Are there black peoplez in Canada?

    by BringingSexyBack

    How did they get up there?

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:39 a.m. CST

    TOO GREEN!

    by CuervoJones

  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:40 a.m. CST

    Property values just dropped 50% in Toronto

    by BringingSexyBack

    Because of Hulk's smashing, not because of black people you racists.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:43 a.m. CST

    worst AICN contrib EVER

    by bootle2

    I'd like to EMBIGGEN my foot up your goddamned ASS. Die merrick, die! YOU SUCK!

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:44 a.m. CST

    Hulk support...

    by Kid Z

    ... revitalization of historic old Harlem and Harlem unique African American culture. It great hertitage. Hulk sorry had to destroy Harlem and half New York when smash ugly fin-ears man. Hulk blame no one but ugly fin-ears man, though. But Hulk want to help relief effort. Hulk do telethon, save Harlem! But Kanye West dis Hulk! Say gamma irradiated people not care about black people. That not true! Hulk have black kid sidekick once before Peter David gave him AIDS. Stupid Peter David. Hulk hate more than Kanye West. Hulk Smash!!!

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:56 a.m. CST

    BSB:Racism in Canada

    by buffywrestling

    We are a Multi-cultural nation. We are equal yet blended; like Neopolitian Ice Cream. We welcome eveyone and recieve them as our own. <p> Execept Native Indians. Then it seems to get all Klan-y.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:57 a.m. CST

    The New Hulk

    by Spartacus Hughs

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15YeV8QNPFM

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 10:19 a.m. CST

    Toronto shoot

    by Cory849

    I was there yesterday in the day, before filming. The Jon Stewart sign isn't an in-joke. It's just one of the billboards that is really there. Notice it's for the Comedy Network (A Canadian specialty TV channel) rather than Comedy Central. Next to it is a billboard for CTV (a Canadian non-specialty TV channel). Besides the Apollo sign they also made a Harlem community centre. Other than that all the other businesses are just the regular yonge street businesses. I'll be curious to see what it looks like in the movie. As for black people in Canada: Look up the "Underground Railroad". Canada was where slaves ran to when they escaped from you people.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 10:26 a.m. CST

    What does the Canadian KKK do?

    by Kid Z

    ... Politely lynch people?

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 10:28 a.m. CST

    Hey! Canada gave us Vanity of Vanity Six Fame

    by glodene

    Damn! I wanted to fuck her in the worst way. Then she got all religious and became a bible-thumper. Just goes to show you - That the Lord is the ultimate Cockblocker.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 10:29 a.m. CST

    I knew a black guy from Canada

    by Kid Z

    He had that Canadian accent (about=aboot, out=oot, etc). Sounded kinda weird, but he was a nice guy. Used to tell us about (aboot) the whole Underground Railroad thing, too.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 10:30 a.m. CST

    I Wouldn't Like It When It's Ang Lee

    by kevinwillis.net

    And I haven't liked Ang Lee since Crouching Tiger. The Ice Storm was tedious and precious and predictable, the Hulk was "Meh." Brokeback Mountain was Brokeback Awful, especially Heath Ledger but also the fact that it was a movie where nothing goes on, really. It could have been 2 hours of Ang Lee facing the camera saying, "They're cowboys. But they're gay! Get it?" and it would have been more interesting.<br><br>Or it could have been a loop of the scene where Anne Hathaway whips off her shirt, I perked up for that.<br><br> Hulk was hardly the best Marvel adaption ever, and they were smart to go in another direction.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 10:32 a.m. CST

    Banner gets booed offstage

    by Big Bad Clone

    His "white people do this and green people do this" act didn't go ver too well. <p><lb> He Hulks out when he finds he doesn't have exact change for the bus.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 10:48 a.m. CST

    Merrick, that sign is yellow.

    by Zarles

    That said, HULK SMASH!

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 10:49 a.m. CST

    Enough with the street shots of cars and buildings!

    by future help

    It's NOT COOL NEWS. you guys have done this with Spiderman and Dark Knight too. Fuck this shit. Unless the shot has CGI HULK in it, FORGET ABOUT POSTING! LAME!

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 10:52 a.m. CST

    Harlem Gospel Singers give mediocre performance!

    by rev_skarekroe

    It lacking in soul and authenticity! Soloist sing off key! Hulk demand money back! Then Hulk smash puny box-office man!

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 10:55 a.m. CST

    I don't have anything important to say

    by D o o d

    but I kinda liked Ang Lee's Hulk and kinda didn't. I wouldn't watch it again, so that says a lot. I hope this new one is going to be better.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 11:04 a.m. CST

    HULK MISSES SANDMAN SIMMS. HULK WANT SINGER OFFSTAGE

    by Pound Sand

    Hulk enjoy Showtime at the Apollo, even if in Canada.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 11:07 a.m. CST

    Jon/Hulk

    by kedohmen

    Um, Im gonna go with no it's not joke. I'm no Canadian, but it looks like an ad for their Comedy network.....call me crazy

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 11:07 a.m. CST

    Harlem is already in Canada and it's called

    by Yeti

  • Sept. 18, 2007, 11:15 a.m. CST

    Didn't Singer damage Superman enough?

    by Stalin vs Predator

    And now they let him loose on Hulk? In more than one copy? And no, I don't care if he's shooting in Harlem.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 11:20 a.m. CST

    HULK DO DOZENS. HULK MAMA IS SO GREEN SHE PLANT

    by Pound Sand

  • Sept. 18, 2007, 11:29 a.m. CST

    HELLZ YEAH!!!!!

    by comixfan2

    finally a good HULK movie... this movie is gonna kickAss!

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 11:35 a.m. CST

    Clean streets

    by Avert Therapy

    I wondered down here yesterday before filming started and all along the streets are trash cans and bags with "Hulk, set dressing, do not move" written on them.<br /><br />Either it's trash day when Hulk smashes up Harlem or the streets of Toronto are just too clean....

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 11:38 a.m. CST

    Scarlem!!!

    by degikrinbakedirfuvkeit

    Haha, as in Scarborough, Ontario, where Mike Myers grew up! And speaking of Mike Myers, he's in town too shooting his new movie 'The Love Guru' with Jessica Alba. I wanna see pictures of that set!

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 11:50 a.m. CST

    Hey,funwithwords

    by Der-Rabe

    I 110% agree with you. Bana as Hulk has been so underrated. The movie was far better then most of the comic shit thats been hitting theaters lately. Spiderman 3, Fantastic Four...few to mention.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 11:57 a.m. CST

    Hulk want Rx filled

    by Big Bad Clone

    Hulk still blown away by universal healthcare.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 11:58 a.m. CST

    Hulk Smash, Eh?

    by Big Bad Clone

    America Jr. is the best country on earth.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 12:02 p.m. CST

    Why People Like Ang Lee's Hulk

    by kevinwillis.net

    Because there are always going to people who like stuff that is ambiguous, bloated, self-referential, precious, self-congratulatory, and complicated. And Ang Lee's hulk was not without it's neat stuff. There were scenes I really liked, it was just the movie as a whole never gelled (nor did Jennifer Connely, who is gorgeous, as the love interest). Bana was great but the worst part had to be at the end, where Banner was about to Hulk-out on some Central American thugs--finally, the good movie was about to start, and then the credits rolled. 2 hours waiting for a good movie to start, and I see five minutes of it at the end and then the credits! Fuck you, Ang Lee! You made me angry! I SMASH! SMASH!<br><Br> They also liked it because it wasn't parodic in the way the Fantastic Four films are, which I also understand. But then, Fantastic Four harkens back to the days of the original FF comic--light hearted, insubstantial, paper-thin plots, and lots of "look how far that guy can stretch! that guy is on fire!" type of gee-whiz "plotting". Ang Lee's Hulk was deeper and more complicated than that, but the deepness led nowhere and the complication had no payoff. Hey, if he had pulled it off, it could have been brilliant. But the only film in his oeuvre that suggests he could have pulled it off was Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Perhaps if Chow Yun Fat had been Banner . . . hmmm. Ice Storm? Meh. Brokeback Mountain (admittedly, after Hulk). Double-meh with a terrible accent, and a terrible performance, by Heath Ledger on top.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 12:23 p.m. CST

    I liked Ang Lee's Hulk

    by papabendi

    I don't think the new superhero movie craze was in it's full swing when he decided to make the Hulk. Or anywhere near. I also think he saw it as something else, a tragic monster story like Frankenstein or The Wolfman. I think the failings happen when he tries to pull it back into comic book territory; The confusing transformation of his father into whatever the fuck he was supposed to be. It was like he was compelled to bring in a super foe after the hulk had dealt with the army. I still think it's an interesting attempt at taking a character out of that genre somehwere else that almost works.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 12:28 p.m. CST

    Ang Lee's Hulk

    by kwisatzhaderach

    was very interesting and was more like an arthouse project than a major summer blockbuster. Whether you liked it or not anybody thinking that a Hulk movie from Louis Letterier is going to be better than a Hulk movie from Ang Lee is clearly deranged.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 12:35 p.m. CST

    Ledger Was Ace

    by Saluki

    In the sum of all things, I also have to admit I'm not an Ang Lee 'fan' as it were. I enjoy seeing a director tackle so many different subjects, but they all don't hit the notes to become Great. That said, I was surprised to see Ledger singled out. His performance entirely changed my concept of him from being the guy in Knight's Tale/The Patriot to a true actor.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 12:36 p.m. CST

    People didn't like Ang Lee's Hulk

    by funwithwords

    because it didn't have enough Hulk. It didn't have enough destruction. People who didn't like the Ang Lee Hulk wanted it to be the Fantastic Four. They wanted it to be twenty minutes of set up followed by ninety minutes of Hulking out. Hulk was great because of it's ambitions. It wasn't perfect by any standard, but as a film, it was the most artful adaptation of and of the Marvel titles. It wasn't all that ambiguous or self-congratulatory. It may have been precious, and it may have been a bit bloated at times, but I think its strengths and ambitions place it on par with any origins picture since Superman (which everyone knows is far from a perfect film).

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 12:36 p.m. CST

    Hulk

    by kwisatzhaderach

    is like Lawrence of Arabia compared to Superman Returns. At least the people playing the leads in Hulk could act.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 12:37 p.m. CST

    No one asked for this movie.

    by El Scorcho

    I could not be less excited for this if I tried.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 12:40 p.m. CST

    No one asked for a Hulk movie?

    by Saluki

    Granted, there was more demand pre-2003. Or do you mean this version of the Hulk... Or...?

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 12:41 p.m. CST

    I probably wouldn't go that far kwisatzhaderach..

    by just pillow talk

    however, I will watch some of Ang's Hulk when it's on TV, whereas with Superman Returns, I have no interest in viewing that again. That movie was a huge non-event as well. Plus Hulk has Jennifer Connelly, which is got go count for something. <p>I really think his version of the Hulk was close to being good...

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 12:45 p.m. CST

    This movie will be Ed Norton's 9/11

    by Stuntcock Mike

    Nail. In. Coffin.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 12:47 p.m. CST

    As long as there are not any Hulked out Dogs...

    by Engelhast

    I really don't see how this movie could be worse than the Lee version. That movie had potential but it really petered out toward the end with the stupid lake stuff. A smaller ending could have suited the movie well. Also why is it they feel they have to give the Hulk something or someone to fight other than the good ol' US military? That is all that is needed for a good Hulk movie IMO.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 12:48 p.m. CST

    just pillow talk

    by kwisatzhaderach

    it was just an analogy to point out how bad Superman Returns was. Hulk has a lot of flaws (not least the ending confontation with Nick Nolte and the giant jello monster thing) but it was an interesting film, and an unusual approach for a comic book film. Whereas Superman Returns was badly written, badly cast, badly directed, badly staged and just generally a cinematic abomination. The actors playing Superman and Lois (I can't even remember their names) were just bland moppets, whereas Reeve and Kidder brought real likeability and spark to their portrayals. Ultimately Returns was a film made by a fanboy paying homage that could not hope to hold a candle to the original.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 12:49 p.m. CST

    Engelhast

    by kwisatzhaderach

    Granted, the Hulk dog sequence was a bad idea, terribly realised.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 12:55 p.m. CST

    I certainly can't argue that....

    by just pillow talk

    Returns was definitely missing heart. Clearly the ending of Hulk and the Hulk canines did not work. I do think you have a valid point Engelhast, that a smaller ending would have worked well, especially with how the movie went up until the ending. Then Nolte became the absorbing man or something.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 1:17 p.m. CST

    It Reminds Me Of That "Futurama" Episode...

    by buster00

    in which a giant Zoidberg stomped the Apollo because he got booed at their open mic night. Come to think of it, they should just make a movie about Giant Zoidberg instead of a Hulk reboot.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 1:26 p.m. CST

    Giant Zoidberg movie...

    by Engelhast

    =Cloverfield.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 1:33 p.m. CST

    "You would think there would a ladder...."

    by 3 Bag Enema

    Doesn't anyone care?

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 1:34 p.m. CST

    The 'stupid lake stuff'

    by funwithwords

    Is actually the most comic book aspect to the entire movie!

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 1:38 p.m. CST

    Hell Up in Harlem

    by Cruel_Kingdom

    Who knew the Hulk had a beef with Harlem?

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 1:44 p.m. CST

    Bad... Hulk... hit bus... WITH STREET!

    by Stalin vs Predator

    There's a line for every occasion in that series, eh? (And it was only *after* ending the previous sentence with "eh" that I realized the movie was being filmed in Canada. Eh?)

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 2 p.m. CST

    "Green" sign is yellow

    by FranklinStreet

    If there's any green in there at all, it's just glare from the traffic light. Time to clean those glasses.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 2:07 p.m. CST

    HULK GET IT NOW. SOUL FOOD IS FOOD FOR SOUL

    by Pound Sand

  • Sept. 18, 2007, 2:12 p.m. CST

    Well, I live in Harlem...

    by Screamin822

    And that doesn't look anything like 125th street. Maybe if they digitally remove the tall buildings in the background and the huge ads. Maybe.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 2:33 p.m. CST

    lol this is gold ...

    by JeanLuc Dickhard

  • Sept. 18, 2007, 2:46 p.m. CST

    I Have Nothing Against Heath Ledger

    by kevinwillis.net

    But he was his own parody in Brokeback, compared to Jack Gyllenhall's much more believable, much less excruciating performance. I've never seen a movie where I though Ed Norton, for example, was excruciating, even if his range seems a little more limited to me than it once did. But, Ledger took a risk with his mumble-method acting, and I respect that.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 2:50 p.m. CST

    HULK PREFER 'GRADUATION' OVER 'CURTIS'

    by Pound Sand

    Hulk buy both albums, though. Hulk represent.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 2:56 p.m. CST

    HULK NO LIKE 'GRADUATION'

    by Cruel_Kingdom

    Hulk feel Kanye is too arrogant, new album not on par with two previous efforts. Having said that, Hulk not love 'Curtis' either. Hulk think both 50 and Kanye need to work a little harder on their rhymes. Hulk still represent, though.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 2:57 p.m. CST

    HULK OLD SCHOOL

    by Cruel_Kingdom

    Hulk love Run-DMC and EPMD. Hulk in the hizzouse.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 2:58 p.m. CST

    I have a friend who liked Ang Lee's Hulk...

    by turketron

    He also liked Van Helsing.... AND Superman Returns! <p><p> HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!! Now that I think about it, this guy's movie taste is pretty fucking bad.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 2:58 p.m. CST

    HULK LOOKS LIKE THIS

    by FILMFUNK

    http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1010/1397126640_43cb0b0927_b.jpg <P>Remove spaces

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 2:59 p.m. CST

    HULK TAKE MASSIVE COSMIC DUMP ON YOUR BUS

    by turketron

    HULK EAT ONE TOO MANY GRILLED STUFFED BURRITOS AT TACO HELL.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 3:06 p.m. CST

    Hulk like chicken and waffles

    by Cruel_Kingdom

  • Sept. 18, 2007, 3:21 p.m. CST

    I always knew Hulk had some black in him.

    by theonecalledshoe

    'cause he so badass, this confirms it.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 3:22 p.m. CST

    cue the Shaft theme...

    by theonecalledshoe

    sorry about double.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 3:35 p.m. CST

    "Say, Hulk, Thassa BAAAD OutFIT!!"

    by buster00

    Make sure that dude's in the picture.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 3:43 p.m. CST

    I Wanted to Like Van Helsing

    by kevinwillis.net

    I didn't. But I wanted to. I wanted to like Ang Lee's Hulk. I didn't. But I wanted to.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 3:54 p.m. CST

    Smash Ang!!!!!

    by LuckyYoga

    Hulk like Louis Letterier. Louis Letterier make Hulk fun. Ang make Hulk boring. Hulk smash puny asian man!

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 3:56 p.m. CST

    I still like the Hulk archtype as Satanic

    by DOGSOUP

    Hulk fuck Betty in the name of Pzuzu.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 4:25 p.m. CST

    Hulk in strip club shocker

    by meistro

    Correct me if I'm wrong but is the 'Apollo theatre' actually the Zanzibar strip club on Yonge Street. *ahem, not that I would know these sort of things*

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 4:26 p.m. CST

    HULK PREFER CURTIS MAYFIELD

    by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World

    MOVE ON UP

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 4:30 p.m. CST

    Ang Lee's Hulk defenders, For your consideration:

    by Cory849

    The problem with making the Hulk into a deep movie is...what do you need the Hulk for? If you want to explore father son abuse dynamics there is no green monster necessary. If you are GOING to add a big green monster, please try to remember WHY you are doing it in the first place. Try to incorporate the elements that made the character popular in the first place and give the audience the popcorn escapism they want. We aren't stupid because we want popcorn escapism. We just are pissed at not getting what we ordered. In the Hulk case I remember the publicity. It all said the same thing. The Hulk sucks but we managed to polish that turd property into a real movie for grown ups. Honestly, if you think your job is to put lipstick on a pig, you probably aren't the right director for the project. All the action scenes seemed obligatory. "OK lets get the 14 year olds some jump around in the desert time so we can get back to the interesting movie we are trying to make. yawn." ......(can someone tell me the codes for paragraph breaks in AICN)............ Second, the climax of Ang Lee's Hulk was unwatchable. I couldn't SEE it. The screen went completely black. Every once in a while I saw a flash of Hulk head. That climax was just completely incompetent.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 4:32 p.m. CST

    Mulligan

    by Cory849

    I propose that from now on we refer to the new hulk movie as "the Mulligan Hulk" after the golf term for a do over. Fitting eh?

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 4:38 p.m. CST

    HULK MAD AT AL SHARPTON .. AL NO STAND UP FOR GREEN

    by BringingSexyBack

    NAPPY HEADS.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 4:41 p.m. CST

    The bruthas were teaching Hulk how to Stomp

    by BringingSexyBack

    Big mistake.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 4:44 p.m. CST

    NOW HULK HAVE DONK. HULK RIDE IN 1973 IMPALA

    by Pound Sand

    Hulk like 305 small block with mild cam 350 tranny. Hulk drive at low speed to look at She-Hulks.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 4:57 p.m. CST

    Haha...

    by DanielKurland

    I literally walked by there yesterday, and was like "When the fuck did this Apollo theatre pop up, and why is it a hair dresser inside?" Guess I know now.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 5:03 p.m. CST

    Lee Hulk not a total loss

    by nicegoogly

    Just misguided. Watchable when only really, really awake. To the canadian that referenced the racial demographics of Canada to Neopolitan Ice Cream, sound much like separate but equal. Sounds like Canada stole segregation from us.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 5:21 p.m. CST

    Why the Hulk hate? (Ang Lee's version)

    by Stalkeye

    Sure it was far from perfect,but atleast it had an interesting subplot and a good bit of action. Can't say the same for Superman returns in which the best part of the movie was the plane rescue. And speaking of Supes thumbs up on the Sperman Doomsday DVD (with the exception of voiceovers and Superman overdrawn face.)Had Singer filmed the movie based on the Death of Superman, it would have been the number 1 movie last year. Too little,too fucking late.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 5:28 p.m. CST

    Fiester

    by funwithwords

    1. The Incredible Hulk isn't really a super hero. 2. I know a lot of people who loved the Hulk, and I don't know anybody who even liked Superman Returns. Ang Lee's Hulk is much more connected to the original Donner picture (in structure) than it is Singer's. It's even more connected to the Donner picture than Singer's was.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 5:43 p.m. CST

    Superman Returns was awful...

    by Cory849

    ...but that doesn't redeem Ang Lee's Hulk. They can both blow. It's ok. There's no quota.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 6:30 p.m. CST

    Excellent points, cory...

    by Darkman

    And paragraph breaks can be accomplished by typing < br > twice (without the spaces, of course).

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 7:16 p.m. CST

    Wher the hell is that Indy spoilery article?

    by wadi77

    Guess Paramount sent their squad over huh?

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 7:19 p.m. CST

    Damn, why did I read that...

    by Carl XVI Gustaf

    ...Indy spoiler? I made it go away!

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 7:46 p.m. CST

    Thats what thats for

    by PlayerHater_of_the_year

    Was just walking down Yonge Street and was wondering why there was smashed up cars and NY city yellowcabs everywhere.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 7:49 p.m. CST

    WHERE IS THE INDY ARTICLE?????

    by wackybantha

    AICN, SPEAK!!!!! Please? :)

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 7:51 p.m. CST

    Indy talkback rightfully taken down

    by Bobo_Vision

    Some argue that the point of this site is to give spoilers to all the upcoming anticipated movies...but I think its possible to give news about upcoming projects without entirely spoiling the experience. I don't want to hear about script reviews or leaked info from people who signed secrecy contracts...and yeah, I could simply not click on articles that read 'spoiler alert', but if such articles were to become the main purpose of this site, I'd probably stop coming here.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 7:57 p.m. CST

    Well, this link still has the story - BEWARE - SPOILERS

    by wackybantha

    http://www.cinecon.com/

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 8:01 p.m. CST

    HULK SMASH LEAVES OF GRASS

    by DOGSOUP

    RIGHT AFTER HULK SMASH THE BELL JAR!!!!

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 8:06 p.m. CST

    'Hulk' Sucked So Hard....

    by skoobyx

    <ul> <li>I Had To Pull The Theater Seat Out Of My Ass Afterwards</li> <li>There Were Vietnam Vets In The Audience Saying 'This Is The Worst Thing I've Ever Seen'</li> <li>Al Qaeda Tried To Claim Credit For It</li><li>Ang Lee Looked Into Officially Changing His Name To 'Uwe Boll' To Reduce The Amount Criticism Directed At Him</li><li>It Gave My Mom Cancer, And She Didn't Even See It</li><li>The Doctors Had A Secret Experimental Formula Which Would Instantly Cure Her Cancer And Offered To Give It To Her If I Would Watch Just The Opening Credit Sequence Of 'Hulk' Again And I Said 'Hey Thanks For The Cookies Mom Nice Knowing You' And To This Day I Still Feel I Made The Right Choice</li> </ul>

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 8:59 p.m. CST

    Ang's Hulk was brilliant

    by reflecto

    I WILL ACCEPT NO REBUTTAL. I HAVE TO GO NOW. MY HOME PLANET NEEDS ME!

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:01 p.m. CST

    PS

    by reflecto

    I thought Superman Returns was merely mediocre. As with all Bryan Singer's films.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:28 p.m. CST

    reflecto

    by Cruel_Kingdom

    The Usual Suspects is mediocre? Bullshit.

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 9:30 p.m. CST

    Toronto mostly looks like

    by Cruel_Kingdom

  • Sept. 18, 2007, 10:17 p.m. CST

    IT'S SMASHTIME AT THE APOLLO!!!

    by MrMysteryGuest

    Can't you feel the pain?

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 10:25 p.m. CST

    Hulk lost at Amateur Night at Apollo, Hulk now SMASH!

    by MrMysteryGuest

    Hulk smash booing audience--throw dancing fool-man through roof!

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 10:30 p.m. CST

    Hulk want to fuck Rose McGowan

    by Cruel_Kingdom

  • Sept. 18, 2007, 11:22 p.m. CST

    They should make Hulk porn...

    by Cruel_Kingdom

    Really, think of all the dialogue possibilities...

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  • Sept. 18, 2007, 11:56 p.m. CST

    TIFF!!! When will we see the Hulk?

    by J-Dizzle

    Have they even started animating him yet?

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 12:26 a.m. CST

    HULK SMASH JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT'S G-SPOT!!!

    by DOGSOUP

    Now Hulk wants a cuddle...

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 1:32 a.m. CST

    Ang's Hulk was an indulgent experiment..

    by quantize

    and just ok. Let's hope this time they forget the auteur wank and just make a solid movie.

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 1:41 a.m. CST

    Hulk or Halo? People are playing Halo 3 already!

    by LittleDudes

    And I'm not one of them! Lucky cunts... http://tinyurl.com/ytkeeg

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 2:40 a.m. CST

    Flames and nipples!!!

    by Motoko Kusanagi

    Nowhere to be seen? Disappointing I say...

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 3:09 a.m. CST

    What about Hulk dogs?

    by Pops Freshemeyer

    Are they in the sequel?

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 3:27 a.m. CST

    all the superhero flicks of this decade suck shit

    by Prossor

    out of anuses. the xmen series with the homo-y undertones, gimp suits aplenty, wolverine is surrounded by a background supporting cast, the spiderman series is an off shoot of some emo WB show, shit actors, raimi needs to get back in his cabin. batman begins aside from its phenomenal cast and origin, the rest was bland and dull. the fantastic four movies are DTV for the theaters. daredevil obviously. then there's singerman returns, superman peeps, or superman lifts whatever you want to call it. the only one that has a chance at being a real classic is the upcoming iron man.

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 3:51 a.m. CST

    all the superhero flicks of this decade suck shit

    by CuervoJones

    Sure, 70´s Spiderman movies were better. Superman IV kicked ass! Batman and Robin is great!

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 5:39 a.m. CST

    Hulk smashed ex-Indy actor / future gogo dancer Tyler.

    by JackPumpkinhead

    All that's left of Tyler is stored e.g. here: http://raven.theraider.net/showthread.php?t=11392

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 5:55 a.m. CST

    Skoobyx

    by Rei-Ginsei

    "There Were Vietnam Vets In The Audience Saying 'This Is The Worst Thing I've Ever Seen' " <--- I LOLed at that one

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 5:56 a.m. CST

    Dang

    by Rei-Ginsei

    ^ I LOLed at that one (don't know why it cut off my above post...)

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 7:42 a.m. CST

    It really is too bad about Ang's Hulk

    by Abominable Snowcone

    if your brain can wipe out the poodle, the dog fight really wasn't so bad. It's just that...well, poodles are gay. And Glenn Talbot was a little over the top. And the end when he transforms back to Bruce at Betty's feet in San Fran, that looked kinda dumb. It shouldn't happen quite that fast.

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 7:45 a.m. CST

    Anybody notice anything about those photos?

    by Abominable Snowcone

    All the people running from the Hulk bus smash are very young and decidedly non-white. I wonder who was playing at the 'Apollo' that night. And I guess this Hulk world is a Logan's Run-esque world where no one lives over 30.

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 7:46 a.m. CST

    You know what would be great?

    by Knuckleduster

    Seeing anything other than damaged cars and shit. Ed Norton as Banner would be nice.

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 8:16 a.m. CST

    Hulk quote Ice Cube:

    by Cruel_Kingdom

    "Life ain't nuthin' but bitches and money." Hulk know what's up.

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 8:25 a.m. CST

    Hulk no like Bad Boy

    by Cruel_Kingdom

  • Sept. 19, 2007, 8:26 a.m. CST

    Hulk quote Snoop Dogg:

    by Cruel_Kingdom

    "Rollin' down the street, smokin' indo, sippin' on gin and juice." You know why? Cause Hulk got his mind on his money and his money on his mind.

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 9:45 a.m. CST

    Telling my friend about the shoot on Yonge Street:

    by Cory849

    "they turned it into Harlem first. so what the hulk does to it is almost gentrification. Sort of a Hurricane Katrina with legs.<br><br>'Hulk create preconditions for urban renewal!' " <br><br> Incidentally, Lost Jarv, Ive been getting tired of the Hulk jokes but your ikea one just made me spit up my tim horton's ice cappuccino. thanks. :)

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 9:47 a.m. CST

    Ang Lee Raped My Childhood....

    by micturatingbenjamin

    Seriously, though, his Hulk was like a perfect origami version of the Hulk, multifaceted and beautifully crafted. But a scribbly Todd McFarlane drawing or even a blocky old-school Jack Kirby masterpiece would have sufficed, actually, was expected, even.<p> I Hulk's Overactive Pituitary Gland...I Make Hulk...FIGHT CLUB TOO HARD UNDERSTAND!! HULK SMASH!

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 9:50 a.m. CST

    What happens when you move Harlem to Toronto?

    by micturatingbenjamin

    I honestly have a picture of the Rat Man from The Stand (RIP) going WHAT THE FUCK?! Man, motherfuckers is speakin' Franch! FUCK! Motherfuckin' Francophiles!

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 11:07 a.m. CST

    NO!!1 HULK WANTED TO HOST OSCARS!!!

    by Deak the Geek

    me do better job than jon stewart...

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 1:20 p.m. CST

    "Hulk create preconditions for urban renewal"

    by Cruel_Kingdom

    classic! :)

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 2:46 p.m. CST

    Hulk 80's Cartoon Theme

    by MRJONZ72

    I used to and still love the theme music to the show, alwasy thought that it could be slightly updated and i mean slightly and could be used as the main theme for a movie or HULK movie

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 3:02 p.m. CST

    Hulk unsure.

    by Spartacus Hughs

    Hulk not know at what distance naked lady picture too blurry to enjoy.

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  • Sept. 19, 2007, 11:40 p.m. CST

    Rei-Ginsei.....

    by skoobyx

    That was supposed to be in a bullet list... <p> Can you do that using "<ul>" and "</ul>?" Anyone? I saw it done before in a post. Took me forever just to realize you could add "<p>" and make a new paragraph.

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  • Sept. 20, 2007, 1:48 a.m. CST

    Merrick

    by mr.brownstone

    The Jon Stewart sign is not an in joke since it features the Comedy Network logo, which is one of the channels that airs Daily Show in Canada.

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  • Sept. 20, 2007, 8:15 a.m. CST

    Hulk sad because thread is dead

    by Cruel_Kingdom

  • Sept. 20, 2007, 1:53 p.m. CST

    Hulk march for Jena six

    by Cruel_Kingdom

    Hulk hate police brutality.

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  • Sept. 21, 2007, 12:33 a.m. CST

    Well If Anyone CAN Make A Bullet List On Here...

    by skoobyx

    Could you tell us how? It blanks out < ul> and < /ul > like its doing something but it won't make the list. I saw on on here before so I know it can be done.

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  • Sept. 21, 2007, 1:01 a.m. CST

    Hulk Dog scene...

    by Veni Vidi Vici

    when Hulk breaks the dogs jawbone with his trap muscle, that's a win in my book. sure it was ridiculous, but who cares, it was great to see a bunch of hulk dogs get the shit kicked out of them. especially the poodle.

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