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New HULK Trailer + review of HULK Movie Book Adaptation + comments on LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN Trailer!

hulk smash! by STHvenkmanWBA	May 2nd, 2003 05:15:02 AM
my friend will looks like the hulk. he ends all his emails 'will smash!' "hulk just want cake. that is all there is to it."
I think the sequel should be called Hulk Dog Soldiers with Hulk by Chaffro	May 2nd, 2003 05:15:04 AM
"Grraahhh graahh graa. Raaah rahh, grrr, brother."
Can't sleep...LXG looks like another Phantom by xannibal	May 2nd, 2003 05:15:45 AM
But I will go see the hulk
The Women of X2 by reni	May 2nd, 2003 05:17:43 AM
The League trailer didn't look good to me... It'd be shame if they've ruined it... But Hulk looks like it could be the better comic book film this summer. Also X2 - liked it but I was flabbergasted at how many beautiful women there were acting in it... I didn't who to shag first? At the moment I think I'm with Kelly Hu, but it was f*cking off-putting. I just couldn't decide.
anna paquin by STHvenkmanWBA	May 2nd, 2003 05:19:35 AM
STHvenkmanWBA want anna paquin. that is all there is to it. my friend will is not as fussy.
His delivery of the "Don't make me angry" line by xannibal	May 2nd, 2003 05:21:19 AM
Is corny. And where's the guy who chased him from the TV series?
"keithy's had himself a mischief!" by STHvenkmanWBA	May 2nd, 2003 05:31:53 AM
affleck does that 'don't make me angry' line in dogma, is it as bad? fave hulk reference is in the usual suspects, cop chasing keyser soze likened to mr mcghee. anybody seen 'chopper' starring eric bana? recommended! "nice to see ya bald patch has gone, keithy!"
Jar Jar On lots of Crack and after being turned away from the Pl by kicker_of_elves	May 2nd, 2003 05:37:44 AM
Looks Like a Fun Movie... Fuck "First!!" posters too by the way, you can all go shack up in a tool shack and die..
League Trailer - saw before x-men by Fergmeister_UK	May 2nd, 2003 06:07:04 AM
Went to see X-2 here in London last night and was blown away. Thankfully it also erradicated any memory of seeing the The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen trailer beforehand(or just The League as voiceover man was referring to it). It seems to be hijacked as a Sean Connery vehicle, probably by a marketing department who don't know how to sell it. Being a fan of the comic, I accepted that it would have to be made as more audience frienly type film but this just looks bad. Hopefully Ill be eating my words when it comes out.
I disagree, xannibal. . . by DarkHawke	May 2nd, 2003 06:41:10 AM
. . . 'cause while I was believing the negative press on Hulk after the Superbowl spot, the on-line trailer (well, that's where >I< saw it!) and this new one in front of X2 are really making this thing look fuckin' fantastic. For my cash, Bana nails the "angry" line. Good stuff and all but necessary, given how successful the TV show was. Yeah, the Hulk still looks almost self-consciously CGI, but how the hell else are ya gonna do him? Green painted body builders and/or rubber suits just won't cut it. And I did notice some nice lighting on Hulk's skin, so it may just work out, action-wise. Story-wise, still up in the air. I may not do a midnight show like for X2 (just got back; I'm a WAY happy geek!), but definitely opening weekend.
end of x-men 2 by chunkus	May 2nd, 2003 06:50:37 AM
so whats the thing in the water? is this supposed to mean sometyhing for x-men 3?
HulkPOODLE?!! by Muffin Man	May 2nd, 2003 07:09:41 AM
Has anyone noticed the Hulk POODLE yet? If you go through the latest trailer frame by frame during the dog attack sequence there is the rottweiler type dog in the tree but also a more 'femine' looking beastie attacking Betty in the car, coiffeured hair and all!
What is it with you guys and Hulk Hogan? by SimplyBritish	May 2nd, 2003 07:36:25 AM
Can someone explain to me the running gag with Hulk Hogan? He may have those 28inch Pythons and the founder of Hulkamania...but I know he is worth the odd gag or two. "what ya gona do!"
by darke2099	May 2nd, 2003 07:38:32 AM
to the person asking about what was in the water at the end of X2, it was a phoenix.... ah ha ha ha ha!! bwahahahahahaha!!! that is so fucking cool!!!! harry's review really does say it just right. this movie rocks. we got the league trailer here in OZ, still not convinced on that one, persoanlly think its looking like a bit too much of the later batman movies and not enough of the daredevil and x-men if you catch my drift. and yes, when did it become a sean connery vehicle? new hulk trailer (only seen online) looks very nice, still unsure as to the CGI, am reserving judgement on final cut, coz there were some shots that looked really really good. dear god when will somebody get their shit together and get DC back on track with their movies eh? marvel is kicking their ass five ways from sunday!!! the darkeness
Peter David Rules by holidill	May 2nd, 2003 07:51:40 AM
I'm happy he wrote the novelization to the Hulk Movie. I always loved his run on the Hulk, granted it's not the same thing, but to see him do the Hulk again is great!
HULK & LXG by Bobness	May 2nd, 2003 08:13:40 AM
I personally can't wait for HULK, cos although I'm not 100% on the story line (like many people give a damn), the action will sure be something. As for LXG...hmm...I'm not sure what to think...I'm getting mixed vibes from this. I want it to be good, but then again, a major comic-to-film conversion has still yet to suck(although Blade 2 wasn't the greatest).
You got the LOEG and HULK trailers in front of X-2!?! by Cash Bailey	May 2nd, 2003 08:21:14 AM
Spare a thought for me, you lucky bastards. I live in Australia and all I got was 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS, NATIONAL SECURITY (with that fat, talentless sambo Martin Lawrence) and that first MATRIX RELOADED teaser that came out about 18 months ago. Fuck that noise! I was SURE I'd get some bad-ass trailers to check out, but the sheer ball-tearing coolness of X-2 more than made up for it.
I think it looks fine by Silvio Dante	May 2nd, 2003 08:36:46 AM
I still rather see gamma bomb go off at the test site, though. This laboratory stuff looks a bit too much like Norman Osborn turning into Green Goblin in Spider-Man. And I like the "real" look as opposed to Gotham City or Dick Tracy or DareDevil look. A page out of Bryan Singer's book or homage to the TV show?
Hello Mr. Glass is half empty by nervous twitch	May 2nd, 2003 08:39:53 AM
jpx.An open mind is a terrible thing to waste. You da man. . . or woman even. Hey STH .
H2: Hulk Dogs United by jocutus	May 2nd, 2003 08:44:02 AM
They're already working on the script.
Hulk sequel by Blood T Cat	May 2nd, 2003 09:11:14 AM
I think he should go to a fishing tournament and face off against a hulk-bass.
"rarrgh! hulk want dvd player!" by STHvenkmanWBA	May 2nd, 2003 09:20:03 AM
i like the hulk from the mego theatre in wizard mag. he eats cake and hangs with a particularly sardonic spidey and well pissed iron man.
Daddy like... by Homer Jay	May 2nd, 2003 09:26:34 AM
The international trailer kicked my ass, but this one gave me goosebumps. I DID see the "Hulk Poodle" after I went thru it frame by frame and I did kinda cringe, but at least it looks like the Hulk makes quick work of him. Did anyone notice him hitching a ride a fighter jet?? Holy crap, that was cool!
Darkness warshed over the green dude... by Christopher3	May 2nd, 2003 09:28:35 AM
Darker'n a black steer's tuchus on a moonless night. I think Sam Eliot should have narrated this film. Oh, and Jennifer Connelly noooooooooooooooooooooodity is ALWAYS highly relevant, no matter what the film.
Nah.... by ELGordo	May 2nd, 2003 09:38:53 AM
The shark still looks fake.
JAWS 2 by Silvio Dante	May 2nd, 2003 09:46:53 AM
And of course, sharks's name is Bruce. And there's lots of sharkjumping in the trailer.
JAWS 2 by Silvio Dante	May 2nd, 2003 09:51:05 AM
And of course, sharks's name is Bruce. And there's lots of sharkjumping in the trailer.
Hulk will bomb... by I'm a banned man	May 2nd, 2003 09:52:38 AM
because jpx and his friends won't go see it on opening weekend. Everyone knows that their influence cannot be denied. And that CGI looks too computer generated. UGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! To quote the immortal Dee Snider, You're all worthless and weak.
HULK WILL SMASH! by IAmMovieMaster	May 2nd, 2003 09:58:13 AM
Hulk will smash box office records galore and all you nay-sayers will be apologizing to the rest of us!! You just wait and see! You know I'm right!!
Cash Bailey by shyster	May 2nd, 2003 11:48:57 AM
Couldn't you just say that "National Security" sucked without referring to Martin Lawrence as a "fat Sambo", you racist asshole? Cretins like you give morons a bad name!
enough comic-to-film Hulk will crash bigtime by olm	May 2nd, 2003 12:05:09 PM
Sorry folks, but I had all the comic to film projects I could possible want take in last months. Hulk looks artificial as hell, he moves completely unrealistic and my whole feeling was that he did not correspond with the rest of pictures. After seeing the poor story of Daredevil and the great X2 I believe that Hulk will not be successful here in Europe, where the whole Mavel-Heroes are not as big as they are in the US. Even my favorite girl Ms. Conelly will not be able to save that one for me.
When I was six I was afraid Bill Bixby would turn into the Hulk by Benedicto	May 2nd, 2003 01:32:21 PM
The old Incredible Hulk TV show scared the hell out of me when I was little. Everytime someone would pick a fight with "David" Banner, I would run out of the room because I knew his eyes would turn bright green, he'd bulge out of his clothes and suddenly he's Lou Ferrigno in body paint. The CGI Hulk looks pretty scary too. Anybody still complaining about how fake it looks should realize that anybody with those impossible body proportions would not seem real. But that's what the comic book Hulk looks like. His proportions are totally unrealistic but look cool in drawings.
Halle Berry is NOT catwoman by sofalord	May 2nd, 2003 01:38:52 PM
I just read that Warners is planning to pick up on the long-put off Catwoman movie but with Halle Berry replacing Michelle Pfeiffer. I mean I guess the Batman universe is totally color-blind (Two Face flipped completely from Billy Dee Williams in the first film over to Tommy Lee Jones by the third) so I guess anything is possible. Personally I'm glad she won't be back for X-Men 3 cause I never thought they got the hair right (always looked like a bad wig) for her plus Storm should have been played by a much taller and more willowy actress.
New clips obviously different from Super Bowl. by UncleSam	May 2nd, 2003 01:50:50 PM
The clips from the trailer during the Super Bowl had to have been preliminary CGI effects. What I remembered from that trailer was that the Hulk looked horrible. The clips from the new trailer are a vast improvement from the Super Bowl.
GODAMNIT!!! I fucking reported this "new" LXG trailer almost 2 m by LargoJr	May 2nd, 2003 02:02:17 PM
Are you fucking shitting me? hes only NOW talking about it? GEEZUS!! Fine.. if this is the speed at which the "NEWS is posted, then I wont even bother sending in my review OF the movie. I got to see it a few days ago.. and Harry can kiss my dimpled ass if he thinks im going to tell him anything. I sent in reviews of Hypercube, and X-2.. LONG before anyone else.. [shrug]
Question about adaptation of his origin by Zartan	May 2nd, 2003 02:32:02 PM
Are they still going with the idea that his dad experimented on him as a kid and that the Gamma radiation triggered the dormant crap from those experiments. Until this trailer, I thought they lost that crap, and even now the dialogue could have been explained away as metaphorical, but I think I caught a glimpse of a hypodermic needle and Bruce in a crib. Anyone know what's up? Thanks.
You negative bastards... by Blue_In_The_Face	May 2nd, 2003 03:14:27 PM
In no way this movie would have worked with a person painted green! There is NO seven foot tall human being that weights approximately 1,000 of pure muscle that could have done the role! Yeah, a rubber suit could have been great! SUUUUUURE! Guess what, CGI is going to look CGI regardless. Deal with it. On my part, I am going to see this movie on opening weekend!
"George you suck, let someone else direct Episode 3" yeah, that by Tall_Boy	May 2nd, 2003 03:30:51 PM
do the human gene pool a favour and stick your head into an oven and die.
WHAT!!??!! by JaxVirtuous	May 2nd, 2003 04:17:56 PM
Absolutely awful that you fucknuts don't know that's the Phoenix in Jean at the end of the movie. I thought it was a great cliffhanger ending to the movie. Hell, they hinted on the Phoenix Saga throughout the damn movie. As for LOXG, looks like it could be Tomb Raider awful, or totally badass. Invisible man, Jekyll/Hyde, and the rest all looked pretty cool.
What a fucking year for comic films by TriMister	May 2nd, 2003 05:01:52 PM
awesome beyond anthing. fucking hulk he kicks ass like crazy. wow. wow. wow. and I just saw X2. wow.
Harrible by pdiddy	May 2nd, 2003 09:49:41 PM
The Hulk trailer looks great...assuming that it's for a cartoon! The Hulk couldn't look any more fake if he was pitching breakfast cereal. Freaking awful.
Hulk looks like crap period by Crap_G_I	May 3rd, 2003 01:49:38 AM
what is wrong with some of these hulk fanatics? Are they shiites? Any nomral person can see that the Hulk CGI looks like shit. Infact in several scenes his facial epressions look exactly like he is taking a shit in his tighty shorts. This is the worst piece of cgi crap i have seen ever. ILM should be ashamed of themselves for putting out such subpar CGI. Somebody needs to slap them hard for such shoddy workmanship, and come june, mark my words, the public is going to slap them hard.
The HULK trailer was good except for that voice-over narration t by Ribbons	May 3rd, 2003 01:55:48 AM
"Don't be a pussy; get mad, beat stuff up and unleash the inner hero inside. Then you can get chicks like Jennifer Connelly and beat up dogs."
Wow--CGI looks really bad in this trailer by MyNameDoesn'tFit	May 3rd, 2003 02:55:44 AM
I thought it was passable in the others, but aside from a couple of shots, it looked pretty cartoony in this one. Hopefully it'll look better on the big screen.
Sighs deeply Let me explain myself... by Cash Bailey	May 3rd, 2003 03:54:44 AM
I was out of line calling Martin Lawrence a 'sambo', but my intention with the comment was honestly intended, if ambiguously delivered. We all hate Martin Lawrence, for whatever reason. For a lot of people it isn't just becasue he isn't funny, but the fact that with every single movie he shits into existence he sets the representation of the black race in cinema back about thirty years. Martin Lawrence IS a sambo by the very definition of ther word in that he makes his fortune reverting back to every single black stereotype that black performers have been trying to escape for the past fifty years. Watch BAMBOOZLED and you'll see that Spike Lee put the idea forward first that gangsta rap and today's black comedians are the modern minstral show. It's hardly a new opinion, but for me Martin Lawrence typifies that reversion back to black performers playing up the old stereotypes for the white man's dollar. In particular, while I was watching the trailer for NATIONAL SECURITY, after watching the tenth shot of something blowing up for no apparent reason, everytime Martin Lawrence turns to the camera and gives a look straight out of a Mantan Moreland short. I'm sure if they held the shot he'd put his hand on his nouth and say something like "Sorry, Bawss, did I's bad?" That's his shtick. Who is this guy's audience? I can only figure it must be racist whites who, like Spike said in BAMBOOZLED, feel reassured to see black people supplicate themselves for the white man's entertainment. God knows, that's how %80 of rap music is sold. I sincerely hope it's not black people who are keeping this guy in work. I'm Australian, and we're legendary for out 'cultural cringe'. That is to say that we despise seeing stereotypes about us being perpetuated, especially by one of our own. Surely the black community (outside of Spike Lee) feel the same way. So I sincerely apologise if my comment caused offense. I realise it was out of line, out of context and I should have explained myself at the time.
Groan... by Tenebre	May 3rd, 2003 05:12:53 AM
The Link for the Hulk trailer didn't work for me. If anyone else is having the same trouble, try this link: http://www.apple.com/trailers/ universal/the_hulk/internation al/ Its probably not worth your time though. Personally I think the CGI sucks. Everything else looked good, I just couldn't buy it. Too fake. Hopefully the story and other production values are good enough that I can sit back and just enjoy it like an expensive cartoon. I can live with that.
LXG cast by Layeth	May 3rd, 2003 07:02:20 AM
I am worried about 'LXG' (which in itself is a little concerning as a name - wonder why they wanted the 'X' there? :/) THe addition of the all american new super spy and Tom Sawyer???? And revealing Mina's identity as a vamp, on the website - isn't that supposed to be something you figure out, and therefore be a bit of a suprise? I appreciate that it needs to be audience friendly, but this seems to be dumbed down as much as a cartoon Dumb and Dumber might be. Oh they've done that already haven't they shrug
Ugh - re: trailers, y'all are lucky by burningbabyfish	May 3rd, 2003 07:07:52 AM
We did get LXG in front of X2, but the other was some absolute CRAP movie with Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear playing Siamese twins, I shit you not. "Stuck on You," I think was the title? And I winced, because Matt can be OK, but with the exception of some nice moments in Dogma, he's not the most inspired comedic worker. Ugh. shivers, thinking about it
Shut up with the Hulk Hogan lines. They're getting old. by screenplaywriter	May 3rd, 2003 09:57:06 AM
Everytime there's a post you got a come on here and do like that Kurt Angle-loving-ass-kissing-fan boy did and quote his lines. It's getting old, think of another wrestler to do, or just be yourself.
Glaring mistake in the trailer by HarrisonsDad	May 3rd, 2003 09:57:40 AM
Not to nitpick . . . well yeah, okay so it's a nitpick. Watch the trailer again. Right after they dispatch the jets to get him, a house blows up and Hulk goes flying. Later on, they blow up the same house again. This time, no hulk in the foreground. Same scene twice. Once with CG Hulk. Once without. And oh yeah, the one with CG Hulk, thr Hulk has a very long shadow and the tree next to him does not. Hell, even the house doesn't cast a shadow. You'd think the creative people would take care of this before the trailer is released. Sure you have to examine it frame by frame to see it, but it's there . . . or in the case of some shadows, I should say it's not there. Oh well, enough with the nitpicking.
HarrisonsDad by Ribbons	May 3rd, 2003 03:17:27 PM
There's gotta be a reasonable explanation for the house thing. Just because you're looking for mistakes (CG shadows? Pfft) doesn't mean that the filmmakers are so incompetent they don't even realize they're blowing up the same house twice. Maybe one is a dream sequence or something.
Fair enough, NewYorkKid by Cash Bailey	May 3rd, 2003 05:52:08 PM
Let's just move on.
Ribbons re:Lewis Black by Ribbons	May 4th, 2003 12:12:39 AM
Agreed as far as LXG goes. I'm willing to give it a shot because of Norrington, but I don't really have high hopes for it or even think that I'll enjoy it that much. And I'm glad I'm not the only one who was put off by how fake Nemo's ship looked, especially when it was resurfacing, not to mention Hyde and the swirling mass of bats that formed Mina Harker. This is supposed to be an $80 million movie? Where did all the money go? Did it get washed away in Prague? I'd still be up to see it regardless of dodgy effects if I didn't fear that it may need style to save itself. We'll find out soon enough, I suppose. And the Hulk looks amazing. I've had no problem accepting the CGI in the trailers; it doesn't always look utterly jaw-dropping (how jaded we all are), but this is some of the best effects work ever done. Plus the Hulk emotes like a true thespian, which is cool.
Hulk CGI realism - REALITY CHECK by Rupee88	May 4th, 2003 06:31:13 AM
You CGI Hulk critical people are living in a dream world. Let me state a fact: It is IMPOSSIBLE to create TOTALLY REALISTIC human type characters with CGI. It has never been done and it never will be done unless AI advances to where computers can do it on their own, and that is a whole new world. The best huamn characters so far have been in Final Fantasy and the Animatrix feature that played before Dreamcatcher. Sure, you may be able to fool the human eye and mind with one frame of a CGI human, but once he begins moving around, it will always look CGI. Even Spider-Man in his costume always looked "fake", but still very cool. The Hulk looks off the chart cool fromw what I've seen. Of course he isn't going to look totally "real"....this ain't happening in our lifetime or in our children's lifetime, so DEAL WITH IT. They will continue to get closer and closer and cooler and cooler with CGI, but it is NEVER going to look REAL!!!
Gollum vs Hulk etc by Rupee88	May 4th, 2003 06:38:18 AM
And don't try to say that Gollum looked totally real..he didn't, and he was a fictionaly cartoony creature, not human. Once you try to do a regular human, it makes it 100x more difficult. And the Hulk is essentially a very large human with a human face. I think ILM has done a damn good job from what I've seen...I would have liked to see what Square could have done, as they raised the bar with the Animatrix short that played before Dreamcatcher. If you haven't seen it yet, you will love it when the DVD is released in June. But the Hulk looks damn good...we really are getting jaded as others have pointed out.
LXG by superzario	May 4th, 2003 08:23:17 AM
I saw the lxg trailer, and any one that complains about CG need to complain about this before they complain about the hulk. One of the "monsters" looked faker than the scorpion king from the mummy returns.
LXG looks mint by Squirrel Boy	May 4th, 2003 12:32:48 PM
i went to see X2 on its release and i just wanna say that the LXG trailer looked fantastic, i mean Sean Connery kicks ass, although his wig is kinda stupid and i'm sorry any hulk fans but it looked a bit pooh, although Jenny Connely looked very nice.
LXGTRAILER! by demonmask	May 4th, 2003 04:12:47 PM
the new lxg trailer gives me hope that we'll finally see something other than super-guys in plastic costumes forever the hulk...unfortunately is mighty joe young, but green and angrier
HULK design by Almost Sexy	May 5th, 2003 04:05:33 AM
I was "lucky" enough to get to see both the new trailer for the Hulk and LXG in front of X2, and I was quite surprised to see that LXG looked a great deal better than I thought possible. From what I'd heard it seemed that the film-maker's intent was to jettison as much of Moore's personality and quirky originality as possible (i.e., favoring Quatermain over Ms. Murray as the leader, making her a vampire) and I'm sure a lot of the great woman-bashing lines have been removed for political reasons, but it at least looked mildly (if mindlessly) entertaining. As for the Hulk design, I think he looks somewhat cartoony, but that's not what really bothers me. When it's just his upper body in the frame, I think he looks just fine. But he's so immensely wide in proportion to his height that he just ends up looking like a spiky-haired midget covered in green paint. The scene where he's making those huge leaps across the desert (and the screen, natch), dodging 20mm cannon fire? I actually started laughing in the theatre--not cause I'm especially mean-spirited or cynical, but just cause he looked like a midget long-jump record holder. He's just too wide for his height. But Nick Nolte is just doing great work, and I can't wait to see him on the screen. The Good Thief was so awesome, everything Ocean's 11 should have been, but fell woefully short of. Nolte just seemed so relaxed in the role, but also very energized. He was just so much fun to watch. Happy Mother's Day. (Smiley face).
LXG No More, You Know by Jervis Tetch	May 6th, 2003 01:00:42 AM
Per the trailer and 20th Century Fox, it ain't called "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" no more. Just "The League" now. But that's so lame. YOU know they're the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I know they're the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. THEY know they're the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. OK, so there's one hot gentlewoman on the crew (Mina). Did 20th think people wouldn't know that? Too many words to fit on a marquee? "The League" sounds like a baseball movie. Or a football movie. Or a TV show. So now is 20th going to lose the "LXG" logo? How cool can "L" be ? Jeez. From the people who gave you "X-2: X-Men United," two weeks before showtime, 20th Century "we can't make up our minds" Fox presents "The League." (P.S. We figured out the X-Men have X-Women, so what's with this League horseshit? Inquiring minds want to know.)
Cash Bailey by shyster	May 7th, 2003 04:19:56 PM
Since I am the one who first called you racist for your "Sambo" comment, let me say I'm glad you explained yourself. I am Black, and I agree with much of what you said about Martin Lawrence and the perpetuation of racist stereotypes. It didn't come across in your initial comment, but now I think I understand where you are coming from. Moving on!

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