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Puny Banner! Hulk much stronger! Check out the poster!

Published at:  Apr 14, 2008 5:10:28 PM CDT

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Harry just sent me a link to the new poster for THE INCREDIBLE HULK, premiered by the good folks at IGN.

It's a bit like the Spider-Man No More/Amazing Spider-Man #50 cover, ain't it?

I have absolutely no idea what to expect from this movie. The trailer was both cool and uninspiring at the same time. I don't know how they can do that, but that's how it felt to me. I love Norton, though, and love him in this role. I hope the flick's fun. You?






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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:12:31 PM CDT

    Im getting a Bruce Bixby vibe from that poster..

    by alfred_packer

    I guess thats a good thing...

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:12:33 PM CDT

    Incredible

    by tomhooligan

    Kinda reminds me of the Spiderman no more!" vibe. I love it. Ed Norton's gonna be an excellent banner. I can hear the music from the Tv series when i look at this poster

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:12:48 PM CDT

    DAMMIT

    by ryman7

  • Apr 14, 2008 5:12:57 PM CDT

    HULK TOO GREEN!

    by pennsy

  • Apr 14, 2008 5:13:05 PM CDT

    DAMMIT

    by ryman7

    I forgot my password and missed my chance to be FIRST

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:13:59 PM CDT

    good line though

    by ryman7

    "cool and uninspiring". that's about how i feel about hulk and ironman, frankly. Bring on TDK

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:14:05 PM CDT

    Bill Bixby..

    by alfred_packer

    Damn those double B's.its Bruce Banner of course..

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:14:07 PM CDT

    Kewl!!!

    by queerbait

    Yeah it loks Betta than Bana!

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:14:33 PM CDT

    it reminded me of ASM #50 too

    by rupee88

    wonder if it was intentional

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:15:53 PM CDT

    The Incredible Stretching Denim

    by bruticus

    How are they going to explain this? Jeans don't stretch, they rip. It was silly in the first hulk movie.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:15:59 PM CDT

    Hulk...no more

    by sideshowbob

    Thought the same thing when I first saw it.

    I have a bad feeling about this movie, like they're going to overcompensate the other way from Lee's Hulk movie.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:16:17 PM CDT

    the terrible hulk

    by teddy_duchamp

    looks like a pile of shit to me.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:16:45 PM CDT

    It's a non-event

    by gozu

    I mean, we just saw a "Hulk" film less than a decade ago. It was too highbrow and pretentious and no one liked it. However, this is so simplistic and disposable that there really is no reason to get excited about it. The proof is in the pudding: nothing in the trailer actually makes me want to see it.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:17:37 PM CDT

    I cant wait for this.

    by tomhooligan

    I wonder if they'll be getting Ferrigno to do a cameo agian like in the last one? The Tv Series was so good. Sure it was cheesy, but it had the whole atmosphere right. When Bill Bixby turned green it used to really scare me. I hope they capture that in the film. Hopefully Roth will be on top form again as the Abomination. Great casting.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:17:39 PM CDT

    dark knight virals

    by teddy_duchamp

    http://tinyurl.com/6kzgaq

    why no talk back about these?

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:17:39 PM CDT

    How the heck do those pants fit?

    by pencil-man

    They must have been washed in gamma water. Gamma washed jeans, available at Hulk Gap.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:19:21 PM CDT

    The problem is...

    by cory849

    The problem is that superhero movies are mostly kinda done unless the director comes up with a really great twist. You've seen em all before. Every summer now for quite a while they've handed you superheroes. In the case of the Hulk it wasnt long ago that they handed you the Hulk. The formula for ironman and Hulk will be pretty similar and the pacing will feel very much the same, even if the stories themselves are quite different, and we might find ourselves thinking "Been there Done that". Hulk vs. Bigger Hulk, Ironman vs. Bigger Ironman. Climax with lots of explosions in the third act. yawn...Don't worry though. You might hate it but your 8 year old nephew is gonna love it. It's still new to him.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:20:48 PM CDT

    Hey Hulk...

    by digitalcos

    Ya got somethin' in your uh.. yer.. uh, no a little lower. There you got it. Oh, look it was a Banner.Hey everybody, Hulk had a Banner stuck between his ass cheeks. Isn't that funny.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:20:54 PM CDT

    I have a bad feeling about this

    by calvincoolidge

    That trailer just looked like total SHIT and that poster doesn't impress me

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:21:17 PM CDT

    if you look real close...

    by teddy_duchamp

    at the muscles on hulks back, just above ed's head and to the right you can see the jokers face, profile...no shit!

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:21:50 PM CDT

    Terrible

    by thunderbolt ross

    If I never heard of and didn't like the character, that poster is a great big stop sign. Looks like shit, looks cheesy. Why does the Hulk have to be so ridiculously veiny and muscle-y? The Ang Lee Hulk is more how I think of the character. This version looks like the Savage Hulk or one of those lame 70s iterations they had.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:21:51 PM CDT

    whoops to the left of ed.

    by teddy_duchamp

  • Apr 14, 2008 5:22:57 PM CDT

    "Hulk Gap"

    by thunderbolt ross

  • Apr 14, 2008 5:24:43 PM CDT

    zak penn and louis leterrier

    by kwisatzhaderach

    this movie will be terrible given the track record of these two. Cool poster though. Looks like Norton is portraying Banner a la Bill Bixby. Good move. I'm expecting banal dialogue scenes and clumsy CG action sequences though. Hope i'm proved wrong.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:25:09 PM CDT

    Torso's Too Skinny

    by rosebuddy

    From a critical p.o.v.. OTOH- 7 feet; 1000 lbs seems a bit much. It is a kewl poster, though.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:26:03 PM CDT

    MS Paint

    by alwaysthere

    LMAO, even Universal has given up on this movie already.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:27:06 PM CDT

    Don't blame zak

    by alwaysthere

    Ed Norton gets all the blame for strong arming the project and re-writing the script.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:27:10 PM CDT

    TomHooligan

    by kwisatzhaderach

    The TV show was terrific, the title sequence always gave me the chills. Happy days.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:28:52 PM CDT

    That is a really cool poster!

    by filmcritic3000

    I love it.

    I trust Norton, both as an actor and a writer, and am looking forward to this.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:28:55 PM CDT

    Lonely Man theme

    by kurutteru yatsu

    Almost certain I read on here awhile back they'd gotten the rights to the TV theme for the movie.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:31:50 PM CDT

    The TV Show Movie

    by playhouse

    Wow, this really is The Incredible Hulk (TV Show): The Movie. When they talked about bringing more of that in as inspiration, I didn't realize they were going to go practically the adaptation route.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:33:03 PM CDT

    TV Theme ("The Lonely Man") Music

    by playhouse

    Marvel did buy the rights to the song and judging by the music on the official site, it sounds like they will be using it in the movie.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:33:13 PM CDT

    Great poster

    by hallmitchell

    Shame about the crap trailer.

    What garbage. If this movie sucks, which I think it will. I'm going to be so gutted.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:34:10 PM CDT

    "Play that sad walking away music"

    by cenobite

    Duh da duh daaaaa.... duh da duh daaa daaaaaa... ok, you get the point. I don't know what all the grief you slobs are giving this film because of some badly edited trailer. I await the tomato meter...

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:40:03 PM CDT

    They're using the TV music???!!!!!!

    by kwisatzhaderach

    Cool, this movie just went up in my estimation.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:41:14 PM CDT

    Hey, Mr. Norton, what's with the Canadian tuxedo?

    by uppercanuck

    It's true...guys wear a lot of them up here in our small towns.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:42:46 PM CDT

    Gotta agree

    by dalbatron

    yup 'the lonley man' music played loud and proud in my head then...
    Watch denim stock rise....

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:43:28 PM CDT

    yeah...

    by datascream

    this movie still looks terrible. If the effects end up looking better then they did in that trailer a few weeks ago, it might be saved. The story and everything looks decent, but the Hulk looked like it was plugged into the Unreal Engine. Not exactly the best quality effects for a movie. The old Hulk movie looked better.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:45:26 PM CDT

    Gozu is too highbrow and pretentious and no one likes him

    by the wolf at the door

    Sorry, Gozu ... but I like Hulk, and if I were a betting man, I'd wager I'm not the only one. (Nothing personal - I'm sure there are people out there who like you. It just drives me nuts when TB'ers spout all this crap that amounts to, "I'd didn't like it, my circle of friends didn't like it, ergo NO ONE liked it." Lots, LOTS of people like Hulk, and some people LOVE it.)



    I'll give this one an open chance, if only because I generally dig Norton's stuff. That said, Lee's Hulk was a cult accomplishment on its own, and it could've been exciting to see THAT version carried on. But whatever ... comics by their nature lend themselves to multiple interpretations (organic web shooters, nipples on the batsuit, flying Superman vs. "leaping tall buildings," etc. etc. etc.)

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:48:39 PM CDT

    This poster just screams

    by vaudeville villain

    direct to Sci Fi. it's funny... marvel is bombarding us with all things Iron Man, yet is sneaking in bits of the Hulk... a lil' here, a piece there. wonder why that is... oh yea, maybe because this movie will blow.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:52:04 PM CDT

    For some reason, when I look at the poster...

    by bobo_vision

    ...I picture them both jumping up in unison, raising their heads, and singing a musical while showing their jazz hands. There's something very in-the-closet about that poster. His secret alter ego is a shirtless hulk in tight jeans...who likes to disco.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:54:20 PM CDT

    Puny Banner, Get Out of Hulk's Jeans !

    by gds

    This is fairly vulgar, but the visual imagery I'm seeing is that Banner is walking out of the Hulk's ass.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:55:33 PM CDT

    It's true, Vic

    by thunderbolt ross

    I can't go an hour without something Iron Man related popping up somewhere, yet the Hulk is nowhere to be found. Do they even have a proper trailer on the internets yet? Anyway yeah I have a feeling this movie is going to be really bad. Hope I'm wrong, but it's a wait-and-see for me, unlike Iron Man, Hellboy 2, The Dark Knight, etc etc.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:55:40 PM CDT

    Looks fake.

    by gilkuliehe

    I'm not saying is not the real deal, I'm saying it looks like the sort of thing you'd see on a movie, like a made up movie, you know. Yes, I'm aware all movies are made up, but this seems like the fake movie inside the movie, something that shouldn't exist, or can't exist. I can't explain it so fuck off.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:55:47 PM CDT

    ...oh, and when i look at this poster, i hear

    by vaudeville villain

    Silverchair's 'Straight Lines.' either that, or Right Said Fred's 'Too Sexy.'

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  • Apr 14, 2008 5:59:04 PM CDT

    For the millionth time, I didn't dislike Hulk because it was hig

    by industrykiller!

    And saying that's why is giving the film far too much credit. In fact it's the opposite. I didn't like it because it was just as silly as any of Mark Steven Johnsons Marvel movies. As false a sense of depth as I haveever seen a film. Not to mention Ang Lee seemed to feel the need to wink at the audience with some of his directorial and performance choice is just to constantly remind us that it was a comic book film.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:02:02 PM CDT

    Walking off into sunset, cue sentimental piano music...

    by prof. pop-cult

    Why was every ending of that show so intentionally melodramatic?

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:06:10 PM CDT

    is anyone interested in this film??

    by slappy jones

    i just don't know anyone who is really up for this.....seriously...who cares??

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:06:23 PM CDT

    Why We Haven't Seen as Much of the Hulk

    by playhouse

    How does Marvel market a movie that, despite everything about it, would be so closely associated to a movie that bombed in theaters only 5 years ago? I think they have a tough sell on their hands and they aren't quite that sure how to do it. Perhaps they are hoping the buzz and euphoria off of Iron Man will help them build TIH up. It's an odd strategy but maybe it will work.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:06:55 PM CDT

    I like the concept but...

    by mr.brownstone

    the execution is very DIrect To Video.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:08:27 PM CDT

    Was he just released from prison?

    by eggart

    Why denim?

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:10:48 PM CDT

    The Mummy 3?

    by thunderbolt ross

    I didn't even know it existed

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:15:07 PM CDT

    Poster looks goods.

    by themanwhojaped


    Wish it was a bit grittier though.

    Still, I think this movie will deliver. The rest of you are just haters.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:19:59 PM CDT

    is this the sequel to 25th Hour?

    by vaudeville villain

    with that denim outfit and sack, he looks like he just finished a 7 year bid in Otisville.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:23:18 PM CDT

    Bwahahahaha.

    by brute101

    This film will make Ang's 'Hulk' more appreciated after all is said and done.

    And Sam Elliot *is* Thunderbolt Ross. No way William Hurt is going to convince me otherwise.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:23:59 PM CDT

    Eh

    by leckomaniac

    The script is bad. The trailer was terrible. The poster is, meh. I have no faith in this film at all. But here is to hoping that June 13th brings a huge surprise.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:28:14 PM CDT

    Love is overrated

    by almega

    Read in Empire sometime last year I guess that Avi Arad said the film would be "a lot more of a love story between Bruce Banner and Betty Ross."

    Dammit... I want more internal struggle and less sappy love story bullshit! Haven't we had enough love cheese with the Spiderman flicks? God forbid they they put too much of it in Ironman also...

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:31:50 PM CDT

    The prob so far for me...

    by teddy artery

    ...is that they've given away the new Hulk reveal too early, and they've given away the look of the antagonist. I suppose they could be more squarely aiming this version at the WWF kids crowd. I'll rent it, but no theater for me.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:32:52 PM CDT

    nah, almega...

    by vaudeville villain

    tony stark is a pimp. pimps don't fall in love... they smack bitches.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:33:41 PM CDT

    Hulk sprung from cages on Highway 9....

    by subliminaljones

    Apparently, Hulk has the exact same posture as Bruce Springsteen.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:36:30 PM CDT

    how many changes of clothes . . .

    by aboriginal

    . . . in that puny gym bag?

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:39:45 PM CDT

    HOW ABOUT MAKING A POSTER THAT LOOKS LIKE A COMIC BOOK COVER?

    by bringingsexyback

    That might actually be a good fucking idea. I do like this though, it def harkens back to the TV show.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:40:42 PM CDT

    i trust norton

    by mr_x

    I'll watch this at least with the assurance its not the pile of shit that was Ang lees version. At least we have the origin out of the way, which hopefully translates into getting straight into it. Norton is a fantastic actor. he's perfect to play banner. i hope folks that were fucked off with the first one, will give this one a chance. thankfully the films not overly exposed. And you'd all better watch it. dont make he angry, cause you... well you know the rest

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:40:43 PM CDT

    Bitch bitch bitch

    by pk68

  • Apr 14, 2008 6:40:56 PM CDT

    Sweet !!! Looks like Bixby with denim and duffelbag

    by picardsucks

    You can hear the sad piano music as he hitchhikes his way to the next town !!! Very Bixby-ish!!!!

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:43:35 PM CDT

    PUNY BANNER! HULK HAVE MUCH NICER ASS!

    by dmann

    LOOK AT HULK BUTT! HULK LOVE HIS BUTT! LOOK AT HULK BUTT!!!!

    Why is Hulk standing like a male model from a Guess jeans ad circa 1989?

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:43:39 PM CDT

    you're bitching about a fucking pair of strechy jeans

    by mr_x

    and yet missing the point that a guy exposed to gamma radiation does not die and becomes a green fucking tank. suspension of belief you fuckwits

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:49:14 PM CDT

    Abercrombie & Fitch - Gamma Catalogue '08

    by vaudeville villain

    i'm guessing Hulk prefers the boot cut look...

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:50:01 PM CDT

    LOL Mr_X!!!

    by br1947

  • Apr 14, 2008 6:50:12 PM CDT

    rick jones - doosh bag

    by mr_x

    i actually read hulk on peter davids run, the pantheon stuff was brilliant. its pity fx arent realistic enough to give an intelligent hulk talking performance.. still there's always that opportunity in the avengers movie, whenver that comes out

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:50:58 PM CDT

    Shades of...

    by samuraisix

    Godzilla 98 poster, background-wise. Never Forget!

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:56:32 PM CDT

    me No like

    by filmfunk

    Hulk arms look stumpy weird, Norton looks like Dustin Hoffman!?thought they couldn't fail with Banna+Ang Lee and that was arse! hope this somehow works...

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  • Apr 14, 2008 6:58:24 PM CDT

    Bill Bixby could beat up Ghandi AND Norton.

    by det. john kimble

  • Apr 14, 2008 7:11:36 PM CDT

    gotham_night

    by chishu_ryu

    Marvel Super-Heroes are all about angst. It's what set them apart from DC super-heroes in the 60's. Super-heroes with real problems, whether it's love, rent, family dysfunction, etc...

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  • Apr 14, 2008 7:16:04 PM CDT

    why does it say written by edward harrison?

    by mmaddox3

    i know that norton did significant rewrites and all, but why use that name, is it a fake name for the guild or a spelling error on the poster? in which case it would make me think that it was fake.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 7:16:36 PM CDT

    whatever happened to that iron fist movie?

    by mr_x

    bueller? bueller? bueller?

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  • Apr 14, 2008 7:17:35 PM CDT

    John Rambo as Hulk!

    by uncapie

    Looks like him from the back. Hulk with the largest knife you ever saw goes on a rampage! I'd pay to see that!

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  • Apr 14, 2008 7:21:51 PM CDT

    Cool poster.

    by kid idioteque

    I like it.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 7:23:24 PM CDT

    Harry, you fucking idiot

    by autodidact

    It's more like about ten different hulk covers over the years. What the hell does it have to do with the Spider Man cover you simpleton? If you're gonna be a geek, be a fucking geek, you asshole!

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  • Apr 14, 2008 7:27:16 PM CDT

    Told you Edward Norton spends more time crying about being

    by thepilgrim

    The Hulk then he does geing the Hulk. It's all about him discovering why he needs to be the Hulk- Cause someone else wants to be one too, and nothing can stop it- Only the Hulk. Theres the whole movie. Enjoy the Man Tears and Emo'ish dialog

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  • Apr 14, 2008 7:30:51 PM CDT

    Lookit the size o' that thing!

    by vote fa stokes brutha

    Is it just me, or does it look like the choppers are spotlighting the Hulk's johnson?

    I have a feeling this will be a more... coherent film than Ang Lee's overthought version. But, I do think Marvel is kind of letting it go half-heartedly, preparing themselves for a satisfactory $87 million domestic take or something like that. Great cast, though. Same goes for Iron Man.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 7:38:37 PM CDT

    The CG is fucking awful

    by performingmonkey

    They've GOT to sort out the CG. If they do I think this is gonna be passable. Norton, Roth and Hurt will at least make it watchable. And I get to masturbate over Liv Tyler again, even though she looks like her fucking dad...

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  • Apr 14, 2008 7:40:03 PM CDT

    regarding the edward harrison thing..

    by bouncy x

    maybe thats his real last name and norton is just a stage name, or a middle name or whatever.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 7:44:38 PM CDT

    Bill Bixby Hulk or Bruce Jones Hulk?

    by mistere

    You can't tell from the poster if this is like the TV show or like the crappy (IMO) Bruce Jones run of the comic series. I hope it's the former and not the latter.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 7:46:12 PM CDT

    "...as my reaction to the trailer."

    by saracen1

  • Apr 14, 2008 7:49:07 PM CDT

    If the Hulk was facing the other way.......

    by bobman46

    he'd look like the Hulks cock!

    This way, it just looks like he's growing out of his butt

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  • Apr 14, 2008 8:00:42 PM CDT

    Franchise building - that's key for me

    by the wolf at the door

    The things I really love about the first couple of Spider-Man films, the first couple of X-Men films, Batman Begins and (to a lesser extent, Superman Returns), is how they hint at a larger universe that pays off over several films.



    Singer was masterful in the first two X films in setting up the struggles of the next - Wolverine's past, "what if the government invaded your school?", the Phoenix. Raimi was great in the first two films, dropping hints about The Lizard. Batman Begins of course has The Joker allusion, but also the fact that the asylum had emptied of crazies and the whole "masked men" speech by Gordon at the end. SR, well hate on it all you want, but it has the kid set-up, plus Ma Kent's line about "the universe being a big place and who knows who's in it?"



    Compare that to franchise-killers like X3, Spidey 3, and (yes) Lee's Hulk, which I otherwise dig a lot. Each of these films gave no hint of a larger universe that lay in waiting for future films. These comics have a long, rich history with literally hundreds of characters each. Why not just lay out crumbs that can pay off down the line? That I think is key to a successful comic book adaptation. Otherwise, the films are small, puny little affairs of only passing interest.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 8:04:07 PM CDT

    rockstar

    by mr_x

    finally got it

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  • Apr 14, 2008 8:13:52 PM CDT

    OMG!!!!

    by varakor

    No purple pants!!? That is so NOT faithful to source!! Marvel is raping my childhood and I refuse to spend any money on this film for that soul reason!!! hehehehe sorry I just wanna sound like other TBers here. I'm gonna see this film. I mean its the hulk! Carry on, nothin to see here.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 8:24:25 PM CDT

    Nice Poster

    by super rabbi

    I like it better than that Iron Man one they released last month or so.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 8:29:32 PM CDT

    I CAN'T WAIT!!!

    by redrum1977

    I like the poster though the geek in me would love a recreation of the first issue cover done by Jack Kirby. I'm a hulk fanatic and I think it's going to be a fun film.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 8:31:31 PM CDT

    Hulk vs Ironman

    by dazzler69

    Boy am I there! Too bad Punisher got bumped to Christmas time. Looks like another Marvel year for me.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 8:34:54 PM CDT

    enough with name actors

    by prossor

    you'd think hollywood is made up of 10 actors.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 8:40:16 PM CDT

    Don't blame the doubters

    by silverglade

    Their feelings are justified. This film has been pushed less than any other film of 2008. And it's a summer release, no less!! "CGI not finished", be damned. Lack of promotion and what appears to fans as lack of confidence can only be a detractor. Hey, I am still going to be there on opening day.. but Jesus, not even a teaser trailer until 2 months before release? For all I know it will be a masterpiece, but they have not handled this well. It's the times we live in. Expectations.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 8:46:05 PM CDT

    NIPPLES ON CGI HULK-SUIT BAAAAD!

    by uss cygnus

    Hulk thinks it's the hockey team from hell!

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  • Apr 14, 2008 8:49:50 PM CDT

    Hulk = Die Hard of Comic movies...

    by -=shin=-

    ...in a forgiving and rocking world, in my opinion. The pathos of the Television series is great, and it seems like they're integrating that into this one a bit more, but I don't think the Hulk can work as a movie property unless it's more of a DH type of flick. An outlet for all of us movie goers to enjoy destruction set to 'Ode To Joy' without fear of harming anyone. Yes, I know the Hulk has his guilt complex and that's part of the story, but the awesomeness of the Hulk is how much he kicks ass and is given the permission to do so under the appropriate circumstances :D

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  • Apr 14, 2008 8:50:54 PM CDT

    Brunomac

    by the wolf at the door

    I think you're misinterpreting my point - let me put it another way. Comics tend to leave seeds of what's to come, the hook to get the kids coming back and buying the next issue. Nowadays, it tends to be the huge "events" that's hinted at across several series and that comes together a year or two down the line.



    Hence the examples I raised. Think about how Lil' Goblin Jr. gets built up over three movies. In the crappier comic book films, everything gets wrappe up nice and tidy at the end. The Burton-series of Batman films, for example, each have a self-contained storyline. The first two X-Men films, by contrast, don't really solve anything. They just address an immediate crisis but leave the big questions open for a later film. It keeps people coming back, it's the hook.



    It's why Batman Begins really REALLY rocks - the thought that Gotham City is now teaming with lunatics and Batman has to gather them back up. Compare that to the end of the first Burton Batman (which I still dig on its own terms, but I'd say it hasn't held up that well to time). Batman saves the day, Joker's dead. Woo-hoo. It's all fine and good, but it doesn't have that comic book "what happenes next!?!" hook that I love so much.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 8:55:41 PM CDT

    Eddie Norton just lost his puppy...

    by spicewonbruce

    Awwwwwww...overacting, pretentious fuck.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 8:55:49 PM CDT

    solid poster

    by palewook

    but Ironman, TDK, and Hellboy II are what i plan on seeing this summer.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 8:57:29 PM CDT

    Haters be damned...

    by premiere warlord bush

    ...Ang Lee's Hulk was the shit. Nick Nolte as Bruce's crazed, shape-shifting father was bloody inspired. I think the surreal aspects fit perfectly too... I mean, what could be more surreal than discovering you have the ability to transform into an unstoppable monster? Also, there's no denying the coolness of the Hulk vs. Helicopters-and-Tanks fight scene in the desert.

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  • This should be good. And Mr X? The correct term is "Suspension of disbelief".

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  • Apr 14, 2008 9:08:14 PM CDT

    Read Millar's Ultimates.

    by phool2056

    That's all I have to say to the haters. Millar's Ultimates is the only time I've really loved the Hulk, and based on what I've seen in the previews, that's the take this is closest to. I very nearly shat myself and the person sitting next to me when I saw Norton being dropped out of the helicopter. I am very excited.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 9:08:53 PM CDT

    That's pretty cool.

    by skidmarkedundies

    I might just get that one for my wall. And a really cool Iron Man one. Any suggestions?

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  • Apr 14, 2008 9:10:27 PM CDT

    They did fuck it up in Spidey 3

    by the wolf at the door

    No question, Brunomac. Fucked up royal.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 9:23:40 PM CDT

    Let's hope the movie is good.

    by violator90

    In a way I do like the poster, but in another way I don’t. Why not use a cover from a Hulk comic. That would have made more sense than the Spidey looking one. Don’t get me wrong, I like the crossover in movies but on visual things like the poster, a Hulk comic cover based poster would have been so much appealing. It would have been so fucking killer if they had the classic half Hulk face and half Banner face as a poster. THAT would have made the movie for me.

    And like most, I too get that Hulk TV show vibe. Damn, I do love that vibe but again, like most, the look of the Hulk is not right. Lee’s Hulk looked exactly as I thought he would be. Look at the comics. The Hulk is just that. . . a hulking beast. A pure muscle bound beast driven by rage. This Hulk looks something out of STREET FIGHER or MORTAL KOMBAT games. But the question on why the letters are not green really does stand out to me. It’s a give that the letting for the Hulk is always green and in this case its not. Like I said, the whole vibe of using the Hulk TV show essence is great but seeing the poster, it really makes me hope, REAL HARD, that this movie is not another disaster like FANTASTIC FUB, DREADDEVIL, CRAP RIDER, and the all time worse superhero movie: BATMAN and ROBIN. Though Spidey 3 is in a very close second.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 9:25:41 PM CDT

    Why even make a movie if you're going to cast Liv Tyler?

    by pottymouth3000

    is this person a draw? Is she a star? Has she ever been in anything that she didn't just walk through? This is not a charismatic person and certainly not the right person for Betty! Are there no other brunette actresses in all of America? She's not even that good looking. Man, when you make a fundamental screw-up like Liv Tyler how good can the rest of this thing be? Arrrgh. Hulk Smash!

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  • Apr 14, 2008 9:39:45 PM CDT

    Brunomac...

    by ccchhhrrriiisssm

    I read somewhere that a few voices in the TPTB want to introduce the Hobgoblin in Spiderman 5 (possibly as a cliffhanger at the end of Spidey 4). Everyone would think that it is Harry or Norman back from the dead -- when in fact it is someone else altogether. Yeah, I hope that this is a good movie -- but I won't hold my breath. The first film left such a terrible taste in my mouth! It had all of the makings for a great film...except a good story. It rewrote the Hulk origin and lost the Jeckyl/Hyde element. I've often wondered whether or not Ang Lee even read a Hulk comic or if he just tried to wing it? Somewhere along the line, I read that the alternate Hulk story would have played heavily on the Jeckyl/Hyde element -- with Dr. Bruce Banner unaware that he was actually the creature at first. It was supposed to play along as a mystery/suspense flick until Bruce discovers that his experiments had a terrible side effect. Alas -- they went with an entirely different story that didn't embrace Hulk canon. Dang.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 9:41:09 PM CDT

    I liked what Lee tried

    by larry of arabia

    It didn't quite work, but I really appreciated that he was willing to try something different.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 9:46:52 PM CDT

    Ang Lee's Hulk

    by mr gorilla

    Is really good. I'll be surprised if the new Hulk has as good an action sequence as when Hulk faces off in the desert. Lee's film is also blissfully unlike all those other superhero genesis stories (Spiderman, Daredevil etc) which are all depressingly similar.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 9:52:36 PM CDT

    Jeans might be a problem

    by samsquanch

    Track pants would be better, as long as they don't have the word 'Foxy' across the bum.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 9:53:26 PM CDT

    That poster is AWESOME!!!!!!

    by live.

    The trailer, however, is sucky!!!! Oh cruel comic book gods, why must a good Hulk adaptation be so hard?

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  • Apr 14, 2008 9:55:16 PM CDT

    Liv Tyler should've been JL Wonder Woman!

    by live.

    pottymouth3000, what crack are you smoking? Liv has an almost unearthly beauty.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 9:56:16 PM CDT

    Fanboys are f-ing retards...

    by sidius

    You want an explanation for how come his jeans stretch when he transforms...but no explanation for how he actually survives exposure to insane amounts of radiation and transforms to a creature the size of a house when angry?!?! Cause one of those things makes so much more sense than the other...

    IT'S A COMIC BOOK FILM!!!

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  • Apr 14, 2008 9:57:01 PM CDT

    Skidmark- I have a suggestion

    by samsquanch

    Don't put this poster on your wall, or an Iron Man one, or any nerd poster, unless you're married already (even then usually a bad idea) or you have absolutely no interest in girls. NO offense, man, tough love. Tough love.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 9:58:07 PM CDT

    Hey, I found it!

    by herb west

    Here is the ending theme to the Incredible Hulk TV show. http://tinyurl.com/6b2pd7 Now we can all look at the new poster and listen to the sad music at the same time!

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  • Apr 14, 2008 9:59:11 PM CDT

    INCREDIBLE...!

    by ceejaynightwing

    The Teaser trailer was incredibly effective and this poster is just the same. It already has enough familiarity with what the general public from the 70's defined as the Hulk from the Bixby TV show while at the same time staying true to the comic in its look of the Hulk that Ang Lee's got terribly wrong. This movie will surprise all those with little foresight for potential and definitely do some decent box office unlike its predecessor.

    By the way.. nobody gives a warm bucket of hamster vomit about the Mummy 3, the last film and the scorpion king spin off were bad enough. they should have left the original alone, we're all past giving a damn!

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  • Apr 14, 2008 9:59:37 PM CDT

    Sidius, I take it this is your Christian name?

    by samsquanch

    Obviously you're no fanboy...

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  • Apr 14, 2008 10:20:05 PM CDT

    Physician, scientist...

    by couchtrip105

    Dr. David Banner, Phtsician, scientist. Searching for a way to tap into the hidden stregth that all humans have. Then, an accidental over-dose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry. And now when David Banner grows angry or outraged a startling metemorphosis occurs.
    The creature is driven by rage and pursued by an investgative reporter.
    "Mr. Mcgee. Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."
    The creature is wanted for a murder he didn't commit.
    David Banner is believed to be dead and he must let the world think that he is dead until he can find a way to control the raging spirit that dwells within him.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 10:22:06 PM CDT

    What a great Levi's commercial... this movie will kick ass!

    by prajadhipok

    this will be a great summer movie

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  • Apr 14, 2008 10:22:46 PM CDT

    couchtrip105

    by herb west

    Sweet. You would have to be a certain age at a certain time to know or appreciate that.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 10:30:49 PM CDT

    IMDB says....

    by herb west

    Dr. Samson is a character in this movie too. Didn't he turn into a Hulk-like villain like Emil Blonsky's Abomination?

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  • Apr 14, 2008 10:35:44 PM CDT

    Samson turns into a HERO, not a villian.

    by theghostwholurks

    But even this poster looks crummy and weak, much like the trailer. And that Hulk looks AMAZINGLY cheap and Sci-Fi Channelesque!I say this film bombs, as well, despite the quality actors involved.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 10:39:04 PM CDT

    TheGhostWhoLurks

    by herb west

    I agree. I don't think audiences will accept this movie no matter what they do with it.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 10:41:51 PM CDT

    I think...

    by herb west

    the studios know it too- but now it's just too late to do anything about it. Maybe that's why they're not marketing it for shit.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 10:46:19 PM CDT

    Didn't Ed Norton do a script rewrite on this?

    by 433

    Why isn't his name in the writing credits?

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  • Apr 14, 2008 10:49:20 PM CDT

    Though I do find it funny......

    by herb west

    that even though most people talk trash about this movie, right now we're only about 15 posts less than the talkback for the dozen or so actual movie reviews for Iron Man. What does that tell you?

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  • Apr 14, 2008 10:55:03 PM CDT

    Poor emo Norton

    by johnnys2

    I don't have much hope for this one.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 11:02:00 PM CDT

    HULK JEANS

    by alice 13

    from the maker of mom jeans...

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  • theres no other explaination.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 11:45:57 PM CDT

    IRON MAN Cameo in the HULK?

    by electricdreams

    Yep it's been shot w/ Robert Downey Jr for this film and thats all I'm saying. -ED

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  • Apr 14, 2008 11:51:06 PM CDT

    retards

    by slkboxrman

    HULK didnt bomb....it had too many big words and things u didnt understand so u didnt like it. last i checked it made a ton of money...and really people did the jeans stretching ever make sense, even in the comics ? hint hint, its not real. i dont know where suspension of disbelief went , but i think they should start teaching it in school, all u kids are too worried about realism in a comic book movie.

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  • Apr 14, 2008 11:58:23 PM CDT

    Where are the Copters Lights Shining?

    by electricdreams

    Is it me or are they shining right on his crotch? Weird. And is he taking a big Gamma filled leak on the Police below? He's got quite the overspray if he is... -ED

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  • Apr 14, 2008 11:58:48 PM CDT

    Chancho...sometimes when you are a man...

    by zeke25:17

    you wear stretchy pants in your room. And turn green. It's for fun. And sad music or not, that's what the Hulk TV show was: fun, dammit! It's not about deeper inner longings and the Mr Hyde in the Dr Jekyll and the oh-so-meaningful subtext symbolic SHIT! Guy gets angry, gets big, turns green, smashes stuff up. THAT is what Hulk is all about; and if this movie delivers that, it will accomplish all one could expect from this particular Marvel anti-hero.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 12:02:10 AM CDT

    Could Ed Norton Be Wearing Any More DENIM?!?!?

    by electricdreams

    Pants, Jacket, Shirt, I'm betting even his bag is Denim. LEVI's is probably getting a pretty sweet product placement deal out of all this... -ED

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  • Apr 15, 2008 12:06:55 AM CDT

    so i guess he has to wear elastic pants

    by i kick tits

    cuz they would rip

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  • Apr 15, 2008 12:09:57 AM CDT

    Isn't the Hulk a tad big in this poster?

    by yamato

    Come on, the Hulk is not supposed to be 18 feet tall. The Hulk was always big, but not so big to prevent Banners clothes to still stay on him when the change occurs. Look at the poster. The Hulks waist is about 8 times the size of Banners

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  • Apr 15, 2008 12:15:01 AM CDT

    Green creatures in movies

    by keyser durden

    When was the last time a live action movie featuring a large, green CG character did well?

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  • Apr 15, 2008 12:47:59 AM CDT

    Hulk vs. Shrek, who would win?

    by samsquanch

    Would some cg animator please throw together a quick little video of the Hulk turning Shrek into green ogre paste, and then have Banner clean up the mess out of guilt using Donkey's corpse as a rag?

    What, too crass?

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  • Apr 15, 2008 12:59:03 AM CDT

    This movie will suck.

    by sakurai

    I am calling it now. Norton is a terrible choice for this role.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 1:30:14 AM CDT

    To all those complaining about Hulk's pants...

    by moondoggy2u

    Just what the hell do you want to see? Look, its a simple choice, really. Either you suspend your disbelief and enjoy our jolly green giant in action while he sports a pair of shredded levi underoos .......................Or you can spend two hours watching HULK JUNK swaying back and forth into parked cars, innocent pedestrians, and the occasional light pole.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 1:32:30 AM CDT

    Hmm...how did that go again??

    by moondoggy2u

    ........................I wonder if this is how it worked...

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  • Apr 15, 2008 1:48:06 AM CDT

    Edward Harrison

    by alwaysthere

    Good job of noticing that Adam Tierney.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 1:50:48 AM CDT

    Meh.

    by motoko kusanagi

    And lame. Like the flick. I like Norton but I don't have high (if any) hopes for this.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 2:03:47 AM CDT

    That poster is.....

    by d o o d

    really weak. I think the marketting for Ang Lee's Hulk was much better but I think this film could be better. Can't be any worse right..?!!!!

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  • Apr 15, 2008 2:05:48 AM CDT

    HULK will be smashed by IRON-MAN

    by revolution_now

  • Apr 15, 2008 2:07:27 AM CDT

    Ang Lee gave us The Hulk...

    by jasper stillwell

    ...and people are genuinely excited that Marvel are settling for a retread of a watered down 70s version of one of their key characters? Its a bit like admitting that the Adam West version of Batman can be the only viable take on a character as it was a part of our childhood. And for all its faults, (of which maybe pacing was one of them) if Ang Lee's Hulk was too 'prententious' and 'highbrow' for you then, really, that's a major concern.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 2:15:41 AM CDT

    It just seems like a really BAD SIGN...

    by big dumb ape

    ...When someone makes a movie called THE INCREDIBLE HULK, and yet on the actual movie poster THAT'S the character they decided to have facing AWAY from you. As if to say "Yeah, we had to do that because the so-called life-like CGI effects that we promised you the last time around STILL aren't there...wait for Cameron's AVATAR to give you that...so when you see our movie, just expect to see a green, rubbery thing that looks like it came straight out of an X-Box game."But does it look like the moody and emotional SPIDER-MAN #50 cover? Sure it does. Is that what I want to see on a HULK poster however? Especially for a so-called reboot that promised to deliver a helluva lot more action, to rectify the problems of the first movie which was boring as shit? In that case a moody, emotional poster...which follows a less than stellar trailer...is really not making me give a shit about this movie. As far as I'm concerned, I'm already on the fence about seeing it versus simply waiting for it to come out on DVD for a rental...

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  • Apr 15, 2008 2:28:04 AM CDT

    purple jeans.

    by timmighty

    He should wear stretchy purple jeans..ha ha...the jeans looking weird.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 2:30:30 AM CDT

    Hulk Junk vs. Viggo's Balls

    by bswise

    Seriously, the first thing I thought was "Midnight Hulkboy" starring Ed Norton as "Ratso" Banner. "Hulk like MILF!" "Hulk go New York, be cowboy man-whore!!"

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  • Apr 15, 2008 2:34:14 AM CDT

    Norton should've been DAREDEVIL...

    by george newman

    Not the same movie, cuz it had a horrible patchwork quilt of a script. But I think that he would be an incredible Matt Murdock.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 2:36:46 AM CDT

    Nothing gets between me and my Hulk jeans

    by bswise

    I like how just the belt loops are busted. Must be those middle-aged Hulk love handles.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 2:54:49 AM CDT

    Nice idea. Shame the Hulk looks 15ft tall again

    by steve rogers

    ...as that was something they appear to have gotten right in the actual movie.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 2:57:24 AM CDT

    The Choppers

    by gds

    The poster above is right... the helicopters *do* appear to all be shining the spotlights at Hulk's "package"... the tanks too.

    Now that you pointed that out to me, I can't take this poster even REMOTELY serious. It makes Norton's somber attitude, walking away from the Hulk, seem like a sad scene from a gay indie movie.

    Here's hoping the movie is really just about two gamma-radiated monsters eating pudding !

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  • Apr 15, 2008 3:41:05 AM CDT

    So the Hulk is sexy now.

    by david cloverfield

  • Apr 15, 2008 3:56:15 AM CDT

    GED DO DA PUNY CHOPPAH

    by samsquanch

    my apologies to your wives and children. i simply could not resist.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 3:58:24 AM CDT

    Actually, I second the Norton-as-Daredevil idea

    by samsquanch

    I have a feeling that as an actor, Norton has the chops to know that if a role requires that you play a blind man, you refrain from looking directly into your co-stars eyes in every scene.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 4:05:46 AM CDT

    Yawn...

    by i am rocko

    ...they could have done some beautiful things with that poster. The concept of the Hulk is so interesting, most superheroes choose to have different guises, but not Bruce Banner. This poster looks like it is for a straight to video (or should that be DVD) movie. Trailer was not impressive either. If you thought Lee's movie was a strange mixture, fair enough but I thought it was interesting but has some flaws.

    But the idea of seeing a film written by and starring Edward Norton, directed by the chap who made The Transporter and from a studio trying to reboot a character in only six years does not sound good to me.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 4:22:56 AM CDT

    This will suck. (just my prediction)

    by stalkeye

    Ang Lee will have the last laugh.
    (So will Abe Vigoda.)

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  • Apr 15, 2008 4:44:08 AM CDT

    Yay!

    by lost jarv

    I love Hulk Arguments- and still think Ang Lee's was dreadful.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 5:47:10 AM CDT

    I would've preferred a Eric Bana starring sequel...

    by banallfirstposters

    Norton is a douchebag.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 6:08:21 AM CDT

    It'd Be Great If HULK Was Naked

    by laserpants

    When he transforms, he should be buck naked. That would hilarious. Imagine all the hilarity you could have -- like a scene of women's jaws dropping at the HULKs massive green member, finishing with some raging stereotype queen guy fainting. COMEDY GOLD!!! YEAAH!!! GED DOO DAH CHAHPPAH!!! DOO EED NOW BEFORE HULK RAPE THING POOP HOLE WITH BIG GREEN DONGLE!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!! No, but seriously, anyways, I think this movie is going to be 'meh'. Norton has WAAAAY too high an opinion of himself.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 6:11:38 AM CDT

    Norton as Hulk is just a great chance to Hulkify

    by lost jarv

    Fight Club dialogue: HULK WANT SMASH EVERY PUNY PANDA THAT TOO STUPID TO FUCK TO SAVE SPECIES HULK WANT TO KNOW WHAT SWEDISH FURNITURE DEFINE HULK AS PERSONPUNY BANNER ALL SINGING ALL DANCING CRAP OF THE UNIVERSEYou get the idea

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  • Apr 15, 2008 6:12:09 AM CDT

    and I'm glad Hulk has magic stretchy pants

    by lost jarv

    I do not want to see a giant green cock on screen, thanks.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 6:26:29 AM CDT

    If Norton was the Hulk in the Italian Job

    by just pillow talk

    There's no way he would have been fucked over there at the end.Who knows how this movie will turn out.And Hulk would turn kung fu pandas into panda soup.

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  • So, maybe this movie will be fun after all.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 6:34:50 AM CDT

    I'd rather not...

    by just pillow talk

    That thing could choke a blue whale.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 6:38:30 AM CDT

    Hey Pillow Talk

    by kingralphuk

    Blue Whale's can only swallow items that are up to the size of a grapefruit before they would choke. I'm not saying that my schlong is the size of a grapefruit or anything but surely Hulk is packing more serious meat than that. I'd expect each testicle to be at least grapefruit size, seeing as you're asking.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 6:40:21 AM CDT

    kingralphuk

    by just pillow talk

    Would you prefer a hippo then? A sperm (appropriate) whale?

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  • Apr 15, 2008 6:45:21 AM CDT

    yup, they're maintaining their consistency

    by just pillow talk

    at screwing up games. They've got no pizazz, it seems like no one gives a shit. I really wish they were able to dump Carlos Delgado.The only saving grace is that they are in a shitty division. At this rate Shea will only be half full all the time, which will make parking easier I guess. Yay Mets.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 6:59:45 AM CDT

    so denim jackets rip... but denim

    by seph_j

    jeans just stretch. Really?
    And Craig Armstrong is doing the score? Not familiar with his music.... anyone know if thats a good or bad thing?

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  • Apr 15, 2008 7:01:04 AM CDT

    yes, but they don't have the Mets' payroll

    by just pillow talk

    and signed one of the best, if not the best, pitcher during the off season. Grrrrrrr...

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  • Apr 15, 2008 7:02:47 AM CDT

    Hulk should do a Jeans ad

    by dazzler69

    They stretch as your fat ass gets bigger!

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  • Just hope they can refine those effects, jurys still out for me, Norton and Roth are the saving grace (but then Ang Lee's line-up was great on paper). I'm hoping it's going to deliver the goods.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 7:30:41 AM CDT

    Too silver

    by abominable snowcone

    I see venom in the shadows of Hulk's back. Don't you? I can't believe you don't see it.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 7:33:36 AM CDT

    Levis doesn't make jeans that large

    by abominable snowcone

    It's the one thing no filmmaker has been able to solve yet--how to keep Hulk's privates covered once Banner transforms and the jeans rip. Although Lee's Hulk did okay with the stretch shorts in the dunk tank.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 7:34:21 AM CDT

    If you think Hulk looks cool

    by abominable snowcone

    I heard the parasites that fall off him are even cooler

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  • Apr 15, 2008 7:50:25 AM CDT

    If you look in the white-ish areas

    by abominable snowcone

    behind Hulk, you can faintly detect the visage of a monster poodle

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  • Apr 15, 2008 7:56:45 AM CDT

    This is gonna have to be pretty fuckin good to replace

    by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks

    Lees Hulk. For me it sits just below Superman and Batman Begins as my favorite comic book flick. I watch it at least once every 2 months. Projected at 1.8m X 3m it is visual bliss and an amazing experience.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 7:59:47 AM CDT

    Why French Guy...

    by kid z

    ...make Hulk's fingers look like kielbassa sausages? Mmmm... Hulk like kielbasa sausages... YUM!... but not have fingers that look like 'em! Stupid French guy! Also, Hulk not smart but even Hulk know can't flip car 180 degrees to get hook on crane to snag bomb off bottom of car!

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  • Apr 15, 2008 8:01:43 AM CDT

    Xi

    by just pillow talk

    Blah-blah-blah. Who needs homegrown talent when you can pick up Nelson Figueroa, a reject from your team? Sigh...

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  • Apr 15, 2008 8:03:46 AM CDT

    Abom

    by just pillow talk

    Only ONE monster poodle though, which makes it okay.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 8:06:14 AM CDT

    I have NO expectations for this...

    by zoefan

    However I'm also 1 of about 20 people in the entire world that really liked the Ang Lee version.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 8:13:56 AM CDT

    I read that Abomination doesn't talk.

    by rev_skarekroe

    Part of the point of the character was that he retained his human intelligence. Lame.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 8:20:59 AM CDT

    The first was underrated

    by dr sauch

    Ang Lee's was a masterpiece. Anyonw who disagrees is simply unintelligent. The first Hulk was the best, absolute best, superhero/comic book adaptation yet.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 8:21:15 AM CDT

    i'd nut in the that busted tees chicks mouth! Thank you

    by donwillymo

  • Apr 15, 2008 8:21:18 AM CDT

    Abom and Pillow....

    by braffed

    smell pickles

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  • Apr 15, 2008 8:21:51 AM CDT

    Pillow and Abom

    by braffed

    smell pickles

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  • Apr 15, 2008 8:22:42 AM CDT

    Abom and Pillow...

    by braffed

    explore each other's chocolate dungeons...

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  • Apr 15, 2008 8:35:00 AM CDT

    Nice Canadian Tuxedo

    by arcadiands

    he's dressed for a wedding, eh?

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  • Apr 15, 2008 8:37:56 AM CDT

    dr sauch

    by just pillow talk

    Your narrow minded point of view does little to persuade me that Lee's movie was just okay, nothing more.Drippy little whore, did you relate to Bruce Banner in Lee's Hulk with all of his daddy issues?

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  • Apr 15, 2008 8:44:00 AM CDT

    Despite the talent involved on this...

    by the bandit

    I have to say I'm less and less excited over the new Hulk. The summary of the trailer was dead on. I can see this sadly putting the nail in Hulk's coffin. Lee's Hulk will be accepted all of a sudden after this one I bet. I liked Bana as Banner, but I'm liking Norton more. Lee's Hulk movie had its bad shit dont get me wrong. Giant Hulk-ified poodles anyone? But I still think it was working more than it wasnt, and I'm a fan. People wanted Hulk smash and thats what they're getting it would seem. And yeah I agree to a point, I mean, its the fucking Hulk. Hulk smash. But this just looks bad. I'm also in the minority that thinks the Hulk CG was pretty damn decent in the last movie. What I've seen CG-wise so far on the new one looks, as somebody put it, very Sci-fi channel. My hopes are low, yet Roth and Norton both rock and it could be great, so the jury's out till it bows. Also the Hulk should be nude, we all know it, but we also know they're not gonna have Hulk's giant green dork flopping around for and hour and change. So lets all accept that hes got magical pants.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 8:48:38 AM CDT

    "The Hulk should be nude"

    by thunderbolt ross

    "giant green dork" "magical pants" ... Where's YOUR head at, bro? ; )

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  • Apr 15, 2008 9:03:15 AM CDT

    At least they aren't facing each other.

    by jdanielp

    Nobody wants to be the Hulk's bunkmate.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 9:05:38 AM CDT

    Hulk Poodles ...

    by the wolf at the door

    Does that not strike anyone else here as a VERY "comic book" story element? I haven't read all that many Hulk comics in particular, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if Hulk Poodles actually showed up in the comis just as they appear on screen at some point.



    I realize there are many eras and styles under the "comic book" umbrella, I just think it's funny when comic book films get a beat down from (I assume) comic book fans over story elements that look like they were pulled straight from a comic book-style of thinking.



    I can't even imagine what would happen if they made the next Superman film in "keeping" with the classic Superman storylines, i.e. Lois Lane becomes some kind of purple alien, Jimmy Olsen grows fifty-feet tall, and there's some kind of talking gorilla in a boxing match with Superman (and for good measure, we'll have Mr. Mxypxlxpxl (whatever) in the background turning people into pastries until Superman can make him same his name backwards. Now THAT would be a "true" Superman comic book adaptation.)



    I guess maybe the next Hulk film could have the guy turn gray, think and talk in complete sentences and become a bouncer for a club or a mob enforcer or something. (Correct me if I'm wrong, but this DID happen at some point in the comics, didn't it?) Holy moly, the fans would never shut up about it - it'd be Spidey disco-dancing all over again.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 9:12:19 AM CDT

    Edward Norton .....

    by jackgraham

    is a smart guy. he's a terrific actor. i like him. ok, ive gotten that outta the way. thus far i have seen nothing that has excited me abt this movie. the trailer was indeed somewhat uninspiring, and this poster seems erm uninspiring. regardless of how good or not good the movie will be, the marketing campaign for this movie seems a tad erm, uninspiring. i hope the movie is good and i will reserve judgement until i have seen it, but its all pointing towards being .... uninspired. i hope im wrong.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 9:12:39 AM CDT

    Actually, to have them in scale with each other....

    by jdanielp

    ...to show the real size comparison (for those whom aren't as familiar with the character and/or this movie interpretation) would have been a better (and less exaggerated) choice. Seeing this poster, the haters of the previous HULK flick will think this is a continuation of the previous HULK, with the continued growing with expandable pants. THINK before you posterize!

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  • Apr 15, 2008 9:13:37 AM CDT

    The Same

    by sirmausalot

    The most common criticism of the movie will be (I predict) not that much different than the first one.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 9:20:44 AM CDT

    The Wolf at the Door

    by just pillow talk

    What you say is true, but that doesn't mean those types of "stories" should be chosen for a movie. If you are going to turn some dogs into very angry hulked out ones, why choose a poodle? It just looks awful. Here's what will happen: this Hulk will disappoint, but for different reasons than Lee's. This one could lean more towards the FF type of superhero movie (with whose involved, you would hope that it would not), but with perhaps more action than Lee's. Once again, a happy medium between story and action will fail to materialize for the hulkster.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 10:02:36 AM CDT

    You know...

    by beyondstatic

    I may get ripped apart for this... and, don't get me wrong, I love Mr. Norton all the time (dude deserves an Oscar a million times over), and can't wait to see this... but I though Eric Bana (in his starring debut) was a pretty darn good choice the first time around. No one went in with any expectations from the lead, no one went to see a "Eric Bana" film. It was a good move to cast an unknown, and bana was, and still is, a pretty good choice for the part. Unfortunately the rest of that movie was... well, all we know what the rest of that movie was.

    This one looks cool. Love the poster. Can't wait to see the flick.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 10:08:21 AM CDT

    How I'd settle the "magic pants" controversy...

    by kid z

    ...Just have a scene where down-and-out Bruce Banner raids a dumpster and pulls out a pair of beat-up, but still decent pants. He ducks further in the alley and hey!... they fit great. As he walks away we pan over to the entry of the building to which the dumpster belonged, the sign boldly states, "The Baxter Building". Most people won't get it, but for the geeks who actually care about the Hulk's pants and their apparent non-rip-ability, it'll be both an explanation and a nice inside joke.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 10:25:29 AM CDT

    Too bad Sam L Jackson screwed up...

    by bill clay

    ...his Nick Fury cameo. He had a 1 minute cameo as Nick Fury in Iron Man, but kept improvising and shouting "Mother Fucker!" during his take. So the whole scene was cut to keep the PG13 rating. Too bad, I like how all these new Marvel movies are interconnecting with cameos from the different franchises.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 11:11:04 AM CDT

    the pants are made of unstable molocules in the comics

    by ironic_name

    hes been wearing the same pants since the 60s, must be smelly.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 11:14:27 AM CDT

    chopper was the first starring bana role

    by ironic_name

    geek cred gone!

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  • Apr 15, 2008 11:14:58 AM CDT

    that denim jacket and those jeans appear to be a set

    by vaudeville villain

    ...so shouldn't the Hulk be wearing an oversized jacket in that pic, too? what, magic denin jackets can't get love?

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  • Apr 15, 2008 11:46:50 AM CDT

    Damn, The Incredible Hulk would crush

    by grammaton cleric binks

    Ang's Lee's Hulk.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 12:04:07 PM CDT

    I really wanted

    by thenothing

    to love the trailer, but for some reason it provoked no emotion in me whatsoever. The poster is the same. Something seems a little off with it. I guess one thing that bothers me is it seems to be lacking a real cinematic style. I hear the TV-movie comparison a lot, and that's how it felt to me as well. Ang Lee's film had some major problems, but one thing it did have was scope. The big scenes felt big, and this trailer feels like it was filmed through an apartment door's peephole. Hulk is such a big character, and so far this feels really small. Not sure how else to explain it. I am NOT, however, passing judgment or saying it will suck. I just don't feel a wave of anticipation or excitement. Actually, the only thing I felt a little excited about was the possibility of hearing the "Lonely Man" music that I grew up hearing. Ed Norton's an awesome actor, as are Tim Roth and William Hurt. So hopefully this will be this summer's dark horse and surprise us all.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 12:23:22 PM CDT

    Does it speak to you...?

    by darth macchio

    I think this is the best summation for why people like movies like Ang Lee's 'Hulk' or maybe even Darabont's "The Mist" and many don't. The dream sequence in Hulk where it shows Betty Ross as a little girl being left with the clerk at the diner when her father had to run off to the base for an emergency and her sitting there crying with the little hat and the teddy bear...and then Bana's character picking her up as both a caring 'father' figure and a potentially harmful one with metaphors sliding around her father, her boyfriend, etc...that's a profound moment for me and one of the reasons why I love Ang Lee's 'Hulk'. I don't care if I'm the only one either...the world's opinion takes nothing away from me enjoying Lee's film. Of course the mutant poodle is stupid...but that segment doesn't take away from the power of the other scenes (even if it does seem out of place). Same for "The Mist". The ending of that movie is a 'make or break' kind of thing...love it or hate it...and it can easily color your perspective on the rest of the film. Admittedly, I find myself analyzing and questioning 'The Mist' but in a constructive or productive manner ("If the characters had only done this..." instead of "Darabont should have done this...", etc). Certainly there's no accounting for taste but much like anything else....your opinion not only can preclude acknowledgment of other opinions but also can make you think that you (and those of the same opinion) are the only one/s who went through the analytical and critical process to come to some conclusion on the merit of a film. The whole 'I liked it so if you don't you obviously didn't pay attention...didn't understand it....expecting "Citizen Kane" blah blah' and so on. I for one am kinda stunned that we're actually getting another dumbass Austin Powers movie...I thought Myers was well past minute 20 and no longer the comedy angel of old....but all too often I am the lone voice of dissent in condemning that stupidity. So let's agree on this much...you don't see how someone can enjoy Lee's Hulk...meanwhile we can't understand how movies like "Austin Powers 4" or "American Pie: Band Camp" or "Date Movie" are remotely funny much less keep being made.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 12:35:47 PM CDT

    I need to ask

    by emeraldboy

    What sort of hulk film are some of you looking for. It seems to me that it doesnt matter who stars in this or directs it or write its. It was always going to be hated.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 2:04:11 PM CDT

    Hulk still looks too "CGI"ish

    by finky089

    But with Norton behind this one, I'm sure it will have redeeming qualities.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 2:05:54 PM CDT

    it's the new skin lotion he's using

    by just pillow talk

    Makes him too greenish.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 2:06:09 PM CDT

    Am I the only one patiently waiting for a Thor movie????

    by moondoggy2u

    Yeah, yeah, yeah. I realize The Mighty Thor isn't exactly a top tier superhero, but he was the first comic character I encountered when I was a wee moonpuppy and I've always liked the big guy since. Ah well...

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  • Apr 15, 2008 2:20:41 PM CDT

    moondoggy2u

    by just pillow talk

    I don't know that I wouldn't call him a top tier superhero per se, since he was an original member of the Avengers. They would really need to go all out for a Thor movie, with Loki as his most devious self.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 2:25:24 PM CDT

    will they have an anal sex scene?

    by prossor

    I imagine Banner getting convulsions of some sort like he's aobut to turn into hulk, only everything is drowned away in murkyness while a green shadow ebbs away from him and forms into Hulk separately, then flings his massive cow cock out and Ed Norton quickly scurries his jeans down and bends over while the green veiny anaconda nuzzles insde his sphincter slowly because otherwise it would tear it, and they slowly move in and out.... i dunno whattya think?? i'll go have a coke.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 2:27:17 PM CDT

    Darth

    by oisin5199

    I totally agree. The success of a film, in my opinion, is exactly that - how well the film speaks to me. Why I loved Hulk and Superman Returns, 2 of AICN talkbacker's whipping boys (along with M. Night films). In Lee's Hulk, the notion of repressed anger (especially from childhood) did it for me - I especially loved that first trailer when Bana/Banner says that sometimes when he lets go, he kinda likes it and that's the scary thing (kind of why I loved History of Violence, though those 2 films couldn't be further apart tonally). I loved the Hulk show as a kid, but it was pretty one note. I think any good Hulk story will leave room for the smashing AND the psychological. Which is why World War Hulk pretty much sucked, while the David, Jenkins and Jones stories were more interesting.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 2:58:07 PM CDT

    Darth Macchio

    by toadkillerdog

    Very well summed up. A very mature (rare around these parts) summation of why someone can enjoy a movie, such as Hulk, on many different levels. I enjoyed Hulk - up to a point. I have no problem with exploring the psychological underpinings of the character.


    No problem with taking time to develop the characters either.

    But, and I must digress, I remember reading an FF in the mid 70's, that had as a plot a movie about the FF being made by an 'artsy' Italian director. And the dialogue (with faux Italian accent) went something like this with regards to the Thing:'My'a theeng, he'a gonna make'a you'a cry.' It is a superhero movie. Action/adventure. It is not supposed to be a deep exploration of the Human condition. That is not to say, it cannot have elements of said human condition, but the prime factor for making a superhero action adventure movie is: Action and adventure. Hulk failed to live up to that Action part, just as it was stupefying to have Superman Returns waste himself - and thus kill a movie, on Lex Luthor and a real estate scheme. Super heroic movies, demand a super heroic plot, and action. That, I think is why most do not enjoy a super hero movie that does not deliver the action goods. It does not make it a bad movie per se, but is does disappoint.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 3:07:37 PM CDT

    Is it too much to ask...

    by robb

    For "Hulk Smash!" Hulk? Why does every asshat who gets ahold of this property feel the need to follow in that shitty TV series' footsteps? Just because Lou F was too shitty a speaker shouldn't shackle the current jerks into bestial hulk. Hell, read a fucking Comic book or two!

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  • Apr 15, 2008 3:27:05 PM CDT

    toadkillerdog

    by thenothing

    Couldn't have said it better myself. I enjoy quiet, nuanced character studies as much the next movie geek, and they surely have their place. But would it have killed Superman to punch someone in the face JUST ONCE?

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  • Apr 15, 2008 3:39:03 PM CDT

    TheNothing

    by toadkillerdog

    Just one punch! LOL I totally agree!

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  • Apr 15, 2008 4:13:24 PM CDT

    TOO LATE!!!

    by spencertrilby

    those Universal idiots waited too long to put together nifty posters and teasers... just look at Iron Man and its 25 trailers (ok, now it's getting boring and counter-productive, but still...)

    They were afraid of repeating the 2003 Superbowl ad mistake, and went completely in the opposite direction. Which is stupid since I know people (well, three of them) who still don't know there is a new Hulk movie, but know about the next M. Night Shyamalan flick... For shame.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 4:18:16 PM CDT

    FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    by prossor

    YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUu

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  • Apr 15, 2008 4:32:30 PM CDT

    my favorite scene in the 1st film

    by moondoggy2u

    was the father/son reunion at the end of the film, where nolte and bana are just sitting around and acting their behinds off. Yeah, its melodramatic and over-the-top, but I sure liked it.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 5:31:11 PM CDT

    moondoggy2u

    by jasper stillwell

    I loved it too - I thought it was an excellent scene, for those very same reasons. The sequence where the Hulk hits the desert and gets bombed by the air force after breaking out of the Hulkbuster base too was, in its execution, verging on poetic. That felt more 'Hulk'-like to me for some reason than a whole raft of computer game-style smash-em-ups.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 5:33:16 PM CDT

    Same here Darth Maccio

    by spencertrilby

    glad someone took the time I always refused to waste (out of laziness - or just annoyed by some of the Ang Lee haters) to praise the 2003 flick with the grain of salt it needs (poodle scene, blah blah blah). Many kudos to you.

    Now let's see how the cinematic genius Leterrier will transsubstantiate the shitty script Ed "boy wonder" Norton hatched, and discuss the compared merits of both films come June 13th. And YES, that was a knee jerk reaction, but enough is enough. Just reboot the Marvel flicks altogether once Marvel Studios goes tits up by late summer.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 5:56:17 PM CDT

    Fuck the people hating on this thing...

    by poeticwarriorii

    fuck the people that loved Ang Lee's Hulk, fuck the dumb ass pissing about how striated the Hulk is in the poster, and fuck the Tomato Meter. After the wretched shit that was BB this can't be any worse.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 6:06:39 PM CDT

    Can't really understand the negative reaction to Lee's Hulk.

    by stalkeye

    yeah poodles and giant jellyfish aside, I thought the story was very good especially the psycological backdrop which is part of the Comic's canon.The CGI,Bana as Banner, Elliot made for an convincing Thunderbolt Ross and of course Jenniferr! Yummy! Oh and Elfman's theme was way better than the TV series' "Lonely man".The jury is out on this "remake" and Norton does not look like BB. I'll give Ironman the nod by default as it will be one of the best Marvel films so far.(uh, according to all the positive advance reviews from the other thread.)

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  • Apr 15, 2008 6:07:39 PM CDT

    The impression I seem to be getting here...

    by devil'sown

    ... is a swarm of haters condemning a movie they haven't seen, based on the box office/ critical reception (by people who articulated it far better than they ever could) of a previous version. C'mon. That's really what we're talkin' 'bout here. That movie undeniably had some flaws, but the issue appears to be that many, Hulk-dogs notwithstanding, found it too cerebral. Huh. Even though Universal should have learned from it's mistakes, there's an high-octane action director behinind the camera, and Ed Norton is a complex, gifted actor, I'm sure a whole other contingent will sound off when this puppy comes out.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 7:00:32 PM CDT

    Man, CG artists sucks balls!

    by alienindisguise

    Then again, they couldn't even get Yoda looking remotely right so I didn't expect them to do it with this one but still, hiding your debacle in the dark..gimme a fucking break!

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  • Apr 15, 2008 7:51:33 PM CDT

    Favorite scenes from Ang Lee's HULK...

    by chishu_ryu

    1. The sequence of Hulk jumping through the desert after he has busted free from the desert compound, w/soundtrack of North African-style vocals by Natacha Atlas. This scene, to me, exemplifies what the Hulk is really about, not smashing and growling, but being left alone and free. A reason why the desert is so important to Hulk, what other environment is more lonely and free?
    2. When the fighter pilot takes Hulk up past the stratosphere into near space. This scene symbolized what Ang Lee was doing with the film, the idea of breaking our human-bound/Earth-bound limits. It also reminded me of those old Stan Lee/Herbe Trimpe stories when Hulk was always in outer space.
    3. When David Banner (Nick Nolte) admits to Betsy Ross that he killed his wife. I do think Mr. Nolte should have been at least nominated for Best Supporting Actor for that role. But then, what does the Academy know about acting. They've given the gold twice to that hack Kevin Spacey...
    4. When Electric-Dad swoops up Hulk and they fly through the clouds and land in the desert lake, and duke it out. Some crazy metaphysical shit going on there. More like a sequence of scenes.
    5. When Hulk lands in front of Double Arch in Arches National Park, sits down, and simply stares at the desert lichens. Again, that scene totally exemplifies what Hulk really wants, to be left alone in peace. There was kind of a Zen aspect to that shot, too...

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  • Apr 15, 2008 9:39:24 PM CDT

    Banner to Hulk

    by welsh12uk

    "I wish I could quit you" . I suspect after this movie all Hulk fans will have that exact same sentiment. Hulk Smash!!!

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  • Apr 15, 2008 11:14:29 PM CDT

    Thoughts on the "new" and "old" Hulk.

    by sithtastic

    The problem we're running up against here is the dichotomy of the Hulk character and why we (I think it's safely agreed.) all love the Hulk, but at times think the wimpy and at times uninteresting Banner shouldn't be the focus of a summer film. I thought of the Lee film as having severe pacing flaws, but I was not opposed to it having a fully developed Banner or for that matter Betsy Ross (played well by Jennifer Connaly). I am interested to see the new actors (particularly Edward Norton) in their respective roles, but the fact remains, pacing is everything here and that's where the Lee film breaks down for me. Hope springs eternal though and I want to have a fully realized, potentially psychotic, Avengers-based Hulk to reboot this franchise...and while I'm asking, I'd like a pony please.

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  • Apr 15, 2008 11:42:52 PM CDT

    Reminds me of Brokeback Mountain poster

    by joesixpack

    It just does.

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  • Apr 16, 2008 2:22:18 AM CDT

    actually he's from Taiwan

    by oisin5199

    racist much?

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  • Apr 16, 2008 3:09:04 AM CDT

    this can't be worse then lee's cuz hulk is the worst movie ever

    by angrykirby.tk

    anyone who has fond memories of 'hulk' did you forget that he kills big mutant poodles and his dad turns into the fucking ocean at the end, and somehow hulk won a fight against the ocean? worst movie ever.

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  • Apr 16, 2008 4:23:10 AM CDT

    Hahahahah what the fuck

    by burgerking

    that's the worst poster I've ever seen. It's dark, emotional and sensitive. wtf, Hulk doesn't take that sissy shit, what is this?

    Poster looks more appropriate for a straight-to-DVD box cover.

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  • Apr 16, 2008 4:40:39 AM CDT

    There was lots to hate about Ang Lee's hulk

    by lost jarv

    but at least it was an attempt at something different. And Sam Neill was excellent as Ross. But really, people, mutant poodles? that is truly one of the shittiest things ever conceived, and the fact that only 1 of them was a poodle is no excuse. One is one too many.

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  • Apr 16, 2008 6:39:44 AM CDT

    Sam Elliot Jarv

    by just pillow talk

    And he was excellent.

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  • Apr 16, 2008 6:51:22 AM CDT

    Hulk Poodle

    by chishu_ryu

    Really, can't anyone appreciate the absolute absurdity, brilliance, and irony of turning a Poodle into a Hulk Poodle? Officially, the two other dogs were a Pit Bull and a Mastiff. I guess David Banner should have stopped by the dawg pound and traded in the poodle for a Rottweiler? Maybe Mike Vick had one to spare? Or maybe even a Hulk Beagle would have been more appropriate? 'Cuz it's all about being appropriate, right? At least the third dog wasn't a Hulk Chihuaha. So the third dog was a Hulk Poodle. Not badass and cool enough for you? In reality, a poodle is really just another dog but usually sporting a really bad hairdo. It's more the cultural identity of poodles that people maybe have a problem with, being poodles as gay. But doesn't that fit in with the idea of puny human becoming a Hulk, a puny poodle becoming a Hulk Poodle? And imo, if all three dogs were of the fighting breed variety, i.e. pit bull, mastiff, rottweiler, etc. I think it would've been a little boring visually. An Akita probably wasn't available as they're an expensive breed. No, all David had for the third dog was a fucking poodle, but in the end, a dog is a dog is a dog. For me, the choice of a poodle was brilliant. Any other schmuck going with the Hulk Dogs idea would've played it safe and made them all Pit Bulls. How fucking boring! Hulk poodle. How different. Just like Ang Lee's film itself.

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  • Apr 16, 2008 6:54:55 AM CDT

    Heh, Hulk Chihuaha...

    by chishu_ryu

    Here, Hulkie, Hulkie! ... Yo Quiero, Hulk! :)

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  • Apr 16, 2008 7:41:16 AM CDT

    Well I liked Ang Lee's Hulk...

    by biggusdickus

    ...For me, it had it all - Drama, Jennifer Connelly, pathos, action, Jennifer Connelly, intelligence, Jennifer Connelly, big scary poodles and Jennifer Connelly.Oh, and it had Jennifer Connelly in it, too.

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  • Apr 16, 2008 8:03:44 AM CDT

    shit, slip of the keyboard

    by lost jarv

    damn it. I knew what I meant.

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  • Apr 16, 2008 8:30:24 AM CDT

    Connelly's ok Biggus...

    by billy the fish

    ...but Liv Tyler is hotter!

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  • Apr 16, 2008 8:36:19 AM CDT

    quota time

    by just pillow talk

    You really need to throw some baby elephants around in the name of Sam Elliot.

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  • Apr 16, 2008 8:38:41 AM CDT

    Billy, my man...

    by biggusdickus

    You sir, need your eyes testing.

    http://tinyurl.com/6zsuc2

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  • Apr 16, 2008 9:05:59 AM CDT

    Connelly is well-stacked, sure...

    by billy the fish

    But Liv has lips that could suck-start a Harley! No contest, bro!

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  • Apr 16, 2008 9:23:11 AM CDT

    Billy...Exhibit B

    by biggusdickus

    (Nudity warning!)
    http://tinyurl.com/3ka22rThe prosecution rests, dear boy...

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  • Apr 16, 2008 10:00:29 AM CDT

    Are those real?

    by benbraddock

    Woah!! This was the pre-Hollywood-anorexia-trend Jen then..?

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  • Apr 16, 2008 10:57:26 AM CDT

    Yup,

    by lost jarv

    What's worse is that if I want to order supplies for the office the filter kicks in under "shopping" so I have to use my own time for company business,I hate it.

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  • Apr 16, 2008 11:01:05 AM CDT

    you should use someone else's computer for that

    by just pillow talk

    The "man" really needs a pencil in the mouth.

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  • Apr 16, 2008 11:37:38 AM CDT

    jarv, what kind of bullshit operation are they running?

    by finky089

    Do you even get a break to eat? Making a man use his personal time to procure WORK OFFICE SUPPLIES? ...And I thought my company had some serious bullshite problems.

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  • Apr 16, 2008 11:38:29 AM CDT

    by the way

    by finky089

    nice job ignoring the "pickle" up there. I think it's going to be the best way to handle it from now on.

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  • Apr 16, 2008 12:18:42 PM CDT

    warciples...

    by just pillow talk

    We have a new champion for the Church of Chang...I present...
    Queefer Bukkake

    from the Two Minutes of IRON MAN thread...

    Dude, you're absolutely right. I hope these assholes who can't deal with this movie don't go to it. I just know I'm going to have one of their whiney asses behind me in the theater and I'm going to be thrown out yet again for slugging another annoying fucking fanboy. Goddamn these pathetic basement dwellers piss me off! You fuckers better hope you're not in the same theater I'm in, or you're going to taste your nut sacks.

    and from the DC Direct Gives Us A Good Look at THE SPIRIT….
    I wasn't saying it was good to be a geek. I was saying somebody wasn't even reaching that level. Personally, I'm not a geek. I'm the motherfucker that's gonna rape your face and then grind it off on a brick wall.He's the apprentice to the master 2for2true...Sith type relationship.

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  • Apr 16, 2008 5:52:05 PM CDT

    new Hulk will -

    by finky089

    "rape your face and then grind it off"

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  • Apr 17, 2008 2:34:55 AM CDT

    Ye gods!

    by lost jarv

    and 2True said unto Queefer: My son, verily thou hast serious emotional problems, truly thou ist my successor on earth. Go forth to rape the faces of the shitheels that doubt the way, oh yes verily the pencil is mightier than the sword.

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