list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The Incredible Hulk on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_Incredible_Hulk/287696/default.aspx Title: The Incredible Hulk
Year: 2008
Director: Louis Leterrier
Plot: Mild mannered scientist Bruce Banner has been traveling the globe in search of the antidote that will allow him to break free from his primal alter ego, but both the warmongers who long to exploit him for their own gain and a horrific creature known as The Abomination are determined to stop him from achieving his noble goal in The Transporter director Louis Leterrier's take on the classic Marvel Comics superhero tale. For years Bruce (Edward Norton) has been living in the shadows, pursued by the military and haunted by the rage within. But traveling the world in secrecy isn't easy, and as hard as he tries Bruce can't get Betty Ross (Liv Tyler) off of his mind. The daughter of Bruce's nemesis George Thunderbold Ross ({William Hurt), Betty represents everything that is beautiful in the world to man who lives his life on the run. Eventually, Bruce returns to civilization and faces the wrath of The Abomination. While the Hulk may be a formidable force of nature, The Abomination is decidedly more powerful, and determined to destroy Bruce Banner. Created when KGB agent Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth) exposed himself to a higher dose of the same radiation that transformed Bruce into The Hulk, The Abomination is unable to change back into human form and holds Bruce accountable for his frightful condition. With time fast running out for both Bruce and The Hulk, New York City is about to become the ultimate urban battlezone as two of the most powerful creatures ever to walk the earth clash in a massive, no-holds-barred fight to the finish. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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]]>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:09:10 GMTThe Incredible Hulk2008Louis LeterrierMild mannered scientist Bruce Banner has been traveling the globe in search of the antidote that will allow him to break free from his primal alter ego, but both the warmongers who long to exploit him for their own gain and a horrific creature known as The Abomination are determined to stop him from achieving his noble goal in <a href="http://www.spout.com/films/210080/detail.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>The Transporter</a> director <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___322749/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Louis Leterrier</a>'s take on the classic Marvel Comics superhero tale. For years Bruce (<a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___215904/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Edward Norton</a>) has been living in the shadows, pursued by the military and haunted by the rage within. But traveling the world in secrecy isn't easy, and as hard as he tries Bruce can't get Betty Ross (<a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___198152/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Liv Tyler</a>) off of his mind. The daughter of Bruce's nemesis George Thunderbold Ross ({<a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P____34104/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>William Hurt</a>), Betty represents everything that is beautiful in the world to man who lives his life on the run. Eventually, Bruce returns to civilization and faces the wrath of The Abomination. While the Hulk may be a formidable force of nature, The Abomination is decidedly more powerful, and determined to destroy Bruce Banner. Created when KGB agent Emil Blonsky (<a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P____61768/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Tim Roth</a>) exposed himself to a higher dose of the same radiation that transformed Bruce into The Hulk, The Abomination is unable to change back into human form and holds Bruce accountable for his frightful condition. With time fast running out for both Bruce and The Hulk, New York City is about to become the ultimate urban battlezone as two of the most powerful creatures ever to walk the earth clash in a massive, no-holds-barred fight to the finish. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide14Tag Target (>10)273273http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s287696.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Incredible_Hulk/287696/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Comic_Book_Movies/The_Hulk_VS_The_Incredible_Hulk/211/37435/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: rjsprague
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Post Date: 11/19/2008 10:49:12 AM
Body: My comic-book loving nerdy gamer friends keep telling me that Ang Lee's The Hulk (trailer) sucked, and that Louis Leterrier's The Incredible Hulk (trailer) was waaaayyy better. Personally, I think their taste in movies is just sad, and I really liked Lee's The Hulk. So what does everyone else think? I want to compile a definitive vote on the matter.
]]>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:49:12 GMTrjspragueComic Book Movies11/19/2008 10:49:12 AMMy comic-book loving nerdy gamer friends keep telling me that Ang Lee's The Hulk (trailer) sucked, and that Louis Leterrier's The Incredible Hulk (trailer) was waaaayyy better. Personally, I think their taste in movies is just sad, and I really liked Lee's The Hulk. So what does everyone else think? I want to compile a definitive vote on the matter. http://www.spout.com/blogs/christhilk/archive/2008/11/7/37100.aspx Post By: ChrisThilk
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Post Date: 11/7/2008 11:01:33 PM
Body: As a longtime fan of Marvel Comics characters I’m having a blast with all the movies that have been coming out in the last eight years or so, going back to 2000’s X-Men. But while they’ve been alternately fun or exciting it’s just now that it’s getting interesting, with Marvel now tying all their movies together in anticipation of 2011’s The Avengers. The Incredible Hulk is quite good, and this is coming from someone who actually more or less enjoys 2003’s Ang Lee-directed Hulk. Edward Norton does a good job as Bruce Banner and everyone else, including Liv Tyler, is enjoyable as his love interest Betty Ross. What The Incredible Hulk manages to do is both be more serious and be more of a comic book movie. It’s fast-paced and exciting. Plus there’s a lot of inside Marvel stuff going on, including a lot of stuff about the Super Soldier serum that’s likely to tie into the upcoming Captain America movie.        Originally posted on:Chris Thilk
]]>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:01:33 GMTChrisThilkChrisThilk Blog11/7/2008 11:01:33 PMAs a longtime fan of Marvel Comics characters I’m having a blast with all the movies that have been coming out in the last eight years or so, going back to 2000’s X-Men. But while they’ve been alternately fun or exciting it’s just now that it’s getting interesting, with Marvel now tying all their movies together in anticipation of 2011’s The Avengers. The Incredible Hulk is quite good, and this is coming from someone who actually more or less enjoys 2003’s Ang Lee-directed Hulk. Edward Norton does a good job as Bruce Banner and everyone else, including Liv Tyler, is enjoyable as his love interest Betty Ross. What The Incredible Hulk manages to do is both be more serious and be more of a comic book movie. It’s fast-paced and exciting. Plus there’s a lot of inside Marvel stuff going on, including a lot of stuff about the Super Soldier serum that’s likely to tie into the upcoming Captain America movie.        Originally posted on:Chris Thilk http://www.spout.com/blogs/edwa8698/archive/2008/11/1/36865.aspx Post By: edwa8698
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Post Date: 11/1/2008 3:28:26 AM
Body: I am a big comic book reader and a devoted fan to most of the film adaptations that have come along, and this past summer was particularly filled with them. With films like Iron Man and The Dark Knight dominating the box office it seems that the Hulk got left in the dust (for the second time). Ang Lee's version was a disaster and the question I was asking through the entire movie was why we even needed another Hulk movie. It isn't a sequel to the Lee version and it basically just retells the origin story. Ang's version didn't have enough action and this one had to much, and talk about bad CGI the hulk looked like a man in a suit. The only redeeming thing about the film was the first half hour or so which was by far the most interesting thing in the film. The performances are wasted because of the material, I have learned because of The Dark Knight that just because it is a superhero movie doesn't mean the acting has to be bad. All I can really say is that if you are looking for an awesome superhero flick skip the hulk and rent Iron Man, or wait for The Dark Knight to come to DVD. Oh and P.S. I was disapointed in Ed's performance.
]]>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 07:28:26 GMTedwa8698edwa8698 Blog11/1/2008 3:28:26 AMI am a big comic book reader and a devoted fan to most of the film adaptations that have come along, and this past summer was particularly filled with them. With films like Iron Man and The Dark Knight dominating the box office it seems that the Hulk got left in the dust (for the second time). Ang Lee's version was a disaster and the question I was asking through the entire movie was why we even needed another Hulk movie. It isn't a sequel to the Lee version and it basically just retells the origin story. Ang's version didn't have enough action and this one had to much, and talk about bad CGI the hulk looked like a man in a suit. The only redeeming thing about the film was the first half hour or so which was by far the most interesting thing in the film. The performances are wasted because of the material, I have learned because of The Dark Knight that just because it is a superhero movie doesn't mean the acting has to be bad. All I can really say is that if you are looking for an awesome superhero flick skip the hulk and rent Iron Man, or wait for The Dark Knight to come to DVD. Oh and P.S. I was disapointed in Ed's performance. http://www.spout.com/blogs/joem18b/archive/2008/10/27/36710.aspx Post By: joem18b
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Post Date: 10/27/2008 7:01:58 PM
Body: I always pictured Mongols as small and tough, riding across the steppes of Asia on their hardy little war ponies, each man keeping a vein open and clamped in his horse's neck so that he could drink its blood while in the saddle. These Mongol horsemen were all bowlegged and handled their innovative recurved composite bows with deadly accuracy. However, my son had a friend throughout grammar school whose father was a Mongol. Far from being small and bowlegged, this dude was built like a Tongan. He did have the Mongolian attitude that I imagined, though. When his wife told him that she was leaving him and taking the kids with her, he told her that she was free to go but that if she tried to take the children, he'd kill them all. She believed him. So he raised the kids. We took the boy on a camping trip once. His father gave him some money to help out with supplies. At our first stop - a general store down the road from the Rouge Y Noir Cheese Factory, he spent the whole wad on candy, which he stored away in his backpack and worked on throughout the trip. Anyway, along came The Story of the Weeping Camel and Mongolian Ping Pong and my image of the Mongolian male transmogrified in the direction of, say, the Inuits. But now, with Mongol, I'm back to the image of my son's friend's father, even though the star of the movie, playing Genghis Khan, is Japanese. And by the way, what is it with Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia? I was all scheduled for my Asian Adventure when I noticed that I was only ticketed to Inner Mongolia. No way! I told them. I don't want to be stuck in Inner Mongolia; I want to sleep out under the stars in Outer Mongolia.For whatever reason, I haven't watch any of those doctor and lawyer shows that deal with a current social issue or two every week. Until Eli Stone, that is. I just watched the first season on DVD. Each episode, a new issue. My question is, given the fact that no one has ever learned anything in their high-school civics or social studies class, why not just show an episode from one of these shows every day in class? It couldn't hurt. The Hulk movies are entertaining except for the Hulk himself. It would make all the difference if The Hulk, when called into existence, was moved to do something other than rage and break things. Perhaps the big transformation could be triggered by Bruce Banner's extreme hunger, and he would binge on sushi, or get set off by Bruce Banner's powerful thirst, with Hulk do Jello shots to an insane degree. Or, of course, Bruce could get a powerful itch down there.
]]>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:01:58 GMTjoem18bjoem18b Blog10/27/2008 7:01:58 PMI always pictured Mongols as small and tough, riding across the steppes of Asia on their hardy little war ponies, each man keeping a vein open and clamped in his horse's neck so that he could drink its blood while in the saddle. These Mongol horsemen were all bowlegged and handled their innovative recurved composite bows with deadly accuracy. However, my son had a friend throughout grammar school whose father was a Mongol. Far from being small and bowlegged, this dude was built like a Tongan. He did have the Mongolian attitude that I imagined, though. When his wife told him that she was leaving him and taking the kids with her, he told her that she was free to go but that if she tried to take the children, he'd kill them all. She believed him. So he raised the kids. We took the boy on a camping trip once. His father gave him some money to help out with supplies. At our first stop - a general store down the road from the Rouge Y Noir Cheese Factory, he spent the whole wad on candy, which he stored away in his backpack and worked on throughout the trip. Anyway, along came The Story of the Weeping Camel and Mongolian Ping Pong and my image of the Mongolian male transmogrified in the direction of, say, the Inuits. But now, with Mongol, I'm back to the image of my son's friend's father, even though the star of the movie, playing Genghis Khan, is Japanese. And by the way, what is it with Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia? I was all scheduled for my Asian Adventure when I noticed that I was only ticketed to Inner Mongolia. No way! I told them. I don't want to be stuck in Inner Mongolia; I want to sleep out under the stars in Outer Mongolia.For whatever reason, I haven't watch any of those doctor and lawyer shows that deal with a current social issue or two every week. Until Eli Stone, that is. I just watched the first season on DVD. Each episode, a new issue. My question is, given the fact that no one has ever learned anything in their high-school civics or social studies class, why not just show an episode from one of these shows every day in class? It couldn't hurt. The Hulk movies are entertaining except for the Hulk himself. It would make all the difference if The Hulk, when called into existence, was moved to do something other than rage and break things. Perhaps the big transformation could be triggered by Bruce Banner's extreme hunger, and he would binge on sushi, or get set off by Bruce Banner's powerful thirst, with Hulk do Jello shots to an insane degree. Or, of course, Bruce could get a powerful itch down there. http://www.spout.com/blogs/msmaxwell/archive/2008/9/14/35131.aspx Post By: MsMaxwell
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Post Date: 9/14/2008 7:37:45 PM
Body: I've always liked the Incredible Hulk, but the CGI in this movie was just too much and I got really bored. (I saw it in the theatre, too.) Sometimes, I find the old-fashioned use of makeup and cinematic skill a better way to tell a story than to drug it up with CGI. it looks like cheating. But if you do like the Hulk, watch this movie. The ending is great.
]]>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:37:45 GMTMsMaxwellMsMaxwells Blog9/14/2008 7:37:45 PMI've always liked the Incredible Hulk, but the CGI in this movie was just too much and I got really bored. (I saw it in the theatre, too.) Sometimes, I find the old-fashioned use of makeup and cinematic skill a better way to tell a story than to drug it up with CGI. it looks like cheating. But if you do like the Hulk, watch this movie. The ending is great. http://www.spout.com/blogs/robvs/archive/2008/7/14/32560.aspx Post By: robvs
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Post Date: 7/14/2008 11:12:41 PM
Body: I really enjoyed watching The Incredible Hulk - good story, character development, humor and action. It's no Iron Man, but it still holds up as a tasty piece of the Avengers pie. I think that it is incredible that a movie studio is taking a long-term view with the Avengers series. Sure, they could screw it all up with one bad movie, but so far, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk illustrate some "integrity" and dedication to doing it right. I also have to add [cameo spoiler alert]....that I really loved it that they gave Lou Ferrigno a cameo roll. I just about lost it in the theater when I saw him. And in another reference to the TV series, it was great how they put a spin on Bill Bixby's well known line, "Please don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."
]]>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:12:41 GMTrobvsrobvs Blog7/14/2008 11:12:41 PMI really enjoyed watching The Incredible Hulk - good story, character development, humor and action. It's no Iron Man, but it still holds up as a tasty piece of the Avengers pie. I think that it is incredible that a movie studio is taking a long-term view with the Avengers series. Sure, they could screw it all up with one bad movie, but so far, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk illustrate some "integrity" and dedication to doing it right. I also have to add [cameo spoiler alert]....that I really loved it that they gave Lou Ferrigno a cameo roll. I just about lost it in the theater when I saw him. And in another reference to the TV series, it was great how they put a spin on Bill Bixby's well known line, "Please don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." http://www.spout.com/blogs/cinemarian/archive/2008/7/13/32478.aspx Post By: CinemaRian
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Post Date: 7/13/2008 1:09:04 AM
Body: After complaining several times that a lot of commercial movies are stupid and ridiculous, here I find one that has both of those traits, but like if for those reasons. It's hard- scratch that, it's impossible to defend on and intellectual level, but easy to like if you big explosions and fight scenes. The film is both a sequel to and reboot of the awful 2003 film Hulk by Ang Lee, who is a better director than Louis Leterrier but not for comic book adaptations. It begins where the first film left of, with Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) in South America, but the recap at the beginning reveals a slightly different origin for the Hulk than the original (and all the returning characters are recast). Banner is working at a soda bottling plant in Brazil and is working on anger management for obvious reasons. A mishap at the plant sends signals to the Pentagon where General Ross (William Hurt), who want to use the Hulk for to create a super breed of soldiers. He orders a military officer named Blonsky (Tim Roth) to take the Hulk alive. Blonsky looses the fight, but is so impressed that he wants to be a Hulk himself. He's that kind of guy. Anyway, Banner ends up in back in the USA, where he meets his old girlfriend Betty (Liv Tyler) who can help him cure himself and just happens to be the general's daughter. You don't think there's going to be some circumstance that's going to get him miffed again, do you? So The Incredible Hulk is essentially a movie that appeals to the basic level of filmmaking- there a lot of special effects (much better than the original), fight scenes and of course, the Hulk's shirt ripping. The dialogue scenes avoid the overly seriousness tone of the first picture, although unfortunately I didn't get to find out whether Hulk-ness is transmitted through bodily fluids. There is also the best Stan Lee cameo of any of the Marvel adaptation, which is probably the most clever thing in the picture. The first movie failed because it tried to take an essentially ridiculous subject and play for it real drama. Almost every superhero movies faces the same problem, and this is why there is only of those films that can be called truly great: Richard Donner's Superman, which elevates the material to the level of myth. All of the others must be fun (which the X-Men movie's weren't), as we don't really care about the characters beyond a superficial level. They also have to avoid falling into the trap of being self-referential camp, as the third Superman and third and fourth Batman films were. The movies is stupid, melodramatic and kind of trashy, but it is fun and it flies by. It seems a half hour shorter than it is, and you don't know how many other movies I wish were like that.
]]>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:09:04 GMTCinemaRianCinemaRian Blog7/13/2008 1:09:04 AM After complaining several times that a lot of commercial movies are stupid and ridiculous, here I find one that has both of those traits, but like if for those reasons. It's hard- scratch that, it's impossible to defend on and intellectual level, but easy to like if you big explosions and fight scenes. The film is both a sequel to and reboot of the awful 2003 film Hulk by Ang Lee, who is a better director than Louis Leterrier but not for comic book adaptations. It begins where the first film left of, with Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) in South America, but the recap at the beginning reveals a slightly different origin for the Hulk than the original (and all the returning characters are recast). Banner is working at a soda bottling plant in Brazil and is working on anger management for obvious reasons. A mishap at the plant sends signals to the Pentagon where General Ross (William Hurt), who want to use the Hulk for to create a super breed of soldiers. He orders a military officer named Blonsky (Tim Roth) to take the Hulk alive. Blonsky looses the fight, but is so impressed that he wants to be a Hulk himself. He's that kind of guy. Anyway, Banner ends up in back in the USA, where he meets his old girlfriend Betty (Liv Tyler) who can help him cure himself and just happens to be the general's daughter. You don't think there's going to be some circumstance that's going to get him miffed again, do you? So The Incredible Hulk is essentially a movie that appeals to the basic level of filmmaking- there a lot of special effects (much better than the original), fight scenes and of course, the Hulk's shirt ripping. The dialogue scenes avoid the overly seriousness tone of the first picture, although unfortunately I didn't get to find out whether Hulk-ness is transmitted through bodily fluids. There is also the best Stan Lee cameo of any of the Marvel adaptation, which is probably the most clever thing in the picture. The first movie failed because it tried to take an essentially ridiculous subject and play for it real drama. Almost every superhero movies faces the same problem, and this is why there is only of those films that can be called truly great: Richard Donner's Superman, which elevates the material to the level of myth. All of the others must be fun (which the X-Men movie's weren't), as we don't really care about the characters beyond a superficial level. They also have to avoid falling into the trap of being self-referential camp, as the third Superman and third and fourth Batman films were. The movies is stupid, melodramatic and kind of trashy, but it is fun and it flies by. It seems a half hour shorter than it is, and you don't know how many other movies I wish were like that. http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/7/11/32432.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 7/11/2008 12:01:07 PM
Body: Corey Mburu Wainaina is 14 year old aspiring video game designer, honor student and one of the world’s greatest players of Super Smash Brothers. I could think of no better commentator with whom to discuss either the state of the nation or the state of summer movies. But, um, luckily we veered off on a far less boring Hancock tangent. STEVEN BOONE: You have an interesting background. Your father is from Kenya and your mother is an American. Another African-American with heritage in Kenya is now famous around the world. What’s his name? COREY WAINAINA: Barack Obama. SB: What do you think about his candidacy? CW: I think it’s nice, but (whispers) it doesn’t matter because it’s lies. SB: What do you mean by that? CW: The government. Killing dudes and joint. SB: “Killing dudes and joint”? What does that mean? CW: The corporations… SB: Are you just repeating back to me things you’ve heard me say or– CW: No, I’m smart. SB: Where did you come by this information? CW: The news. SB: The news tells you about corporations killing people? CW: Some black guy called in and was saying– SB: What was this, C-SPAN? CW: Yeah, and they were laughing at him. They said, “No, no, we don’t condone this kind of…” SB: Who was laughing? CW: Some white guys. The guy hosting the show, and some other guy who was there answering questions. SB: What was it about what the black guy had to say that you found convincing? CW: Said something like companies and corporations rule stuff. SB: So they rule stuff. That doesn’t mean they kill people. CW: Yeah, they tell the government to go kill people. SB: So you think the corporations are more powerful than the government at this point? CW: Yeah. SB: Alright! Summer movies! I love summer movies. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve looked forward to the summer movie season. And here we are, summer movies, 2008. What are some of the movies you were looking forward to seeing this summer? CW: Hulk. SB: Let’s compare notes. What have you seen so far? Right now we’re about midpoint. This is mid-July. CW: Hancock and Hulk. SB: Okay, what’s your review of The Incredible Hulk? CW: Eh, it was nice. 3 out of 5. SB: Why? CW: It was good. Wasn’t the best, though. SB: What was it lacking? CW: Joint. SB: Joints? The Incredible Hulk should have been smoking joints? CW: No, it was lacking some joint. Like Star Wars wasn’t lacking a lotta joint but The Hulk was lacking some joint. SB: But what kinda joint was it lacking? CW: Uhh, I don’t know! SB: I think you do know! CW: This is harassment. SB: Okay, what did you like about The Incredible Hulk? CW: Action. SB: What kind of action? CW: Uhhh, what do you mean what kind? SB: What did the Hulk do? Was he doing martial arts? Was he throwing ninja stars– CW: I like the part when Blonsky was attacking the Hulk when he was a human. Blonsky, that is. SB: When they were fighting in Harlem? CW: No, this was before he turned into Abomination. SB: Oh, in the field. CW: Yeah. SB: When he bust out with that crazy gun. CW: Oh, you saw that joint? SB: Yeah. I saw the bootleg. CW: That was my favorite part. SB: Mine too. When he was tossing tanks. CW: Nah, he was tossing some metal parts or something. But he did toss a tank before. SB: How would rank it amongst superhero movies. CW: Definitely not the best ever. SB: What about versus the first Hulk? CW: About the same. SB: About the same? I thought this Hulk was kinda nasty-looking. He looked weird. CW: I think the other Hulk looked more like the comic book. SB: Yeah, this new Hulk looked like Don Imus. CW: He was mad skinny. SB: No, you’re talking about Bruce Banner. CW: Nooo, the Hulk. SB: You’re saying that this steroid-looking Hulk was skinny? CW: Compared to the comic books, yes. SB: Uhh, okay. I thought he looked bigger but was just ugly in the face. CW: No, Ang Lee’s Hulk looked way bigger, more wide. This one looked like the TV show, almost. SB: And Ang Lee’s looked a healthier shade of green. CW: Yeah, like he’s supposed to look. And in this movie the Hulk didn’t heal as fast, like he’s supposed to. This movie was more like the TV show. SB: Yeah, it looked like they might be reflecting back to the old TV show with Bill Bixby. CW: Yeah, and that dude was in there. Lou Ferrigno. Security guard at the hospital. And he was the voice of the Hulk. SB: Oh yeah? Cool. Okay, Lou getting a check after all these years. They should have had it where he busts out of his uniform and turns into a Hulk, too. CW: Stan Lee turns into a Hulk. SB: What are you smoking now? CW: No, he drank that drink, in that cameo and he changed– SB: I must have missed that part, been in the bathroom. CW: It was in the beginning. And, um, Tony Stark shows up at the end. SB: Now, let’s face it. These are white superheroes. CW: Uh huh. SB: Now, Hancock is a black superhero. Am I correct? CW: Comedy. SB: You don’t consider it a real superhero movie? CW: It is, but it’s not serious. SB: Well, neither was Iron Man. CW: No, Iron Man was serious. SB: What do you give Hancock? CW: Two and a half. SB: That’s low! Why? CW: Fine, three. SB: Your opinion is your opinion. Two and a half. But why, though? CW: ’cause it was just a regular movie. SB: Not enough action? Two much love stuff? CW: Yeah, and a lot of blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah. SB: What were you expecting of this film? Isn’t it inspiring for you as a young black man to see a black man standing up, flying around, fighting crime, saving people’s lives? CW: Nah, he was drunk and joint. SB: Was it a letdown when he was laying there in the gutter amongst empty liquor bottles? CW: Yeah. SB: What do you think that’s telling the kids? CW: “Black people are retarded.” SB: Did you expect that of Will Smith? CW: No. SB: What did you expect of Will Smith? CW: I Am Legend. SB: I Am Legend was a good movie, right? CW: Yeah. SB: I guess we’re saying we expect Will to be inspiring. What about the whole Obama thing? Is Obama inspiring to you? CW: Yea. Well, kinda. I don’t want to be a politician. SB: Right, but it’s about leadership, right? CW: It’s kind of cool, but I don’t know if that’s gonna happen. SB: Okay, what could have made Hancock better? CW: Martial arts. SB: Do you think it’s significant, the fact that Hancock’s an African-American superhero? CW: Yeah. SB: In what way? CW: That he, you know, he… He… Ehh, it wasn’t significant. SB: Wait, I think you think it is significant. CW: Uhh, nah. It wasn’t. It was significant for him but not for black people. SB: Why wouldn’t it be significant for black people? They never had a superhero up on the big screen before. CW: Yeah, they have. SB: Such as? CW: I don’t know… Mr. T. SB: He wasn’t a superhero. He couldn’t do anything but bust down doors. CW: Men in Black. SB: That wasn’t a superhero. He just had powerful, you know, FBI weapons. CW: Ah, fine, whatever. SB: But you did mention another black superhero before we rolled. Who were you talking about? CW: Static Shock. SB: Who the hell is that? CW: (laughs) SB: I never heard of that. CW: A TV show that kids from Generation Y would know. Since you’re doing this for people who aren’t from Generation Y, they won’t care about that. SB: I care. When did Static Shock come out? CW: Uh, early 2000’s. SB: And what does Static Shock do? CW: He has static powers and he rides on this, like, garbage can joint– SB: Hold on hold on hold on. He rides on a what? CW: He rides on the lid of a garbage can. SB I’ve heard enough! CW: No, but later he gets a cooler suit, and he gets, like, some gadgets. SB: So, like Hancock, he starts out in the gutter– CW: No, he’s a regular kid and then there’s like a gang war and this explosion happens and then they all get super powers and then they’re called Bang Babies. SB: It’s not sounding any better. Bang Babies. That sounds like some Bloods and Crips type stuff. CW: That’s what they called them, I don’t know. The white people. SB: White people created this show? Are you sure? CW: No, no. The people in the show that were white. SB: So that’s what they referred to them as in the show, Bang Babies? Like Crack Babies? Welfare Babies? CW: Yeah, whatever. SB: Wait, you sound defensive of the show. You liked the show? Was it a good show? CW: Yeah. Good action. SB: I don’t mean to beat a dead horse here, but what’s this lid-of-a-garbage-can business? CW: He was at a dump and he was trying out– SB: What was he doing at a dump? CW: He wanted to try out his new powers. And then he started riding on these old cars. SB: Wait, so he gets super powers and the first thing he thinks to do is go to a garbage dump? CW: No, he just said, “Meet me at the dump”– ’cause he has a white friend. And his friend was like, “Alright.” And his white friend gets superpowers later on. SB: Okay, where’s his white friend from and where’s he from? CW: The same place. SB: Is it a ‘hood? CW: Hmm, nah, not really. SB: So they’re middle class kids? CW: Yeah. SB: So it’s a middle class kid and his white middle class friend, and they get superpowers, but when the black kid gets superpowers his first thought is to go to a landfill? CW: (laughs) No! He just went there to meet him, just to try out his powers ’cause they couldn’t go anyplace else. People would see them. SB: Oh, it’s like when you go to learn how to drive, you go out to a big, empty lot. CW: Yeah. He wasn’t really thinking. He just said, “Meet me there.” SB: Okay. I don’t want to stir undue controversy. Well, do you think it’s a show people other than Generation Y should watch? CW: Eh, I don’t think so. SB: What is Generation Y? CW: 1985 to 1995…? SB: And what defines Generation Y? CW: Umm… SB: As opposed to Generation X or… CW: Better television. SB: You think that you have better television than my generation had? CW: Than any other generation. SB: That sounds like crazy talk. I’ll have to look into this. You never know… Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:01:07 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com7/11/2008 12:01:07 PM Corey Mburu Wainaina is 14 year old aspiring video game designer, honor student and one of the world’s greatest players of Super Smash Brothers. I could think of no better commentator with whom to discuss either the state of the nation or the state of summer movies. But, um, luckily we veered off on a far less boring Hancock tangent. STEVEN BOONE: You have an interesting background. Your father is from Kenya and your mother is an American. Another African-American with heritage in Kenya is now famous around the world. What’s his name? COREY WAINAINA: Barack Obama. SB: What do you think about his candidacy? CW: I think it’s nice, but (whispers) it doesn’t matter because it’s lies. SB: What do you mean by that? CW: The government. Killing dudes and joint. SB: “Killing dudes and joint”? What does that mean? CW: The corporations… SB: Are you just repeating back to me things you’ve heard me say or– CW: No, I’m smart. SB: Where did you come by this information? CW: The news. SB: The news tells you about corporations killing people? CW: Some black guy called in and was saying– SB: What was this, C-SPAN? CW: Yeah, and they were laughing at him. They said, “No, no, we don’t condone this kind of…” SB: Who was laughing? CW: Some white guys. The guy hosting the show, and some other guy who was there answering questions. SB: What was it about what the black guy had to say that you found convincing? CW: Said something like companies and corporations rule stuff. SB: So they rule stuff. That doesn’t mean they kill people. CW: Yeah, they tell the government to go kill people. SB: So you think the corporations are more powerful than the government at this point? CW: Yeah. SB: Alright! Summer movies! I love summer movies. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve looked forward to the summer movie season. And here we are, summer movies, 2008. What are some of the movies you were looking forward to seeing this summer? CW: Hulk. SB: Let’s compare notes. What have you seen so far? Right now we’re about midpoint. This is mid-July. CW: Hancock and Hulk. SB: Okay, what’s your review of The Incredible Hulk? CW: Eh, it was nice. 3 out of 5. SB: Why? CW: It was good. Wasn’t the best, though. SB: What was it lacking? CW: Joint. SB: Joints? The Incredible Hulk should have been smoking joints? CW: No, it was lacking some joint. Like Star Wars wasn’t lacking a lotta joint but The Hulk was lacking some joint. SB: But what kinda joint was it lacking? CW: Uhh, I don’t know! SB: I think you do know! CW: This is harassment. SB: Okay, what did you like about The Incredible Hulk? CW: Action. SB: What kind of action? CW: Uhhh, what do you mean what kind? SB: What did the Hulk do? Was he doing martial arts? Was he throwing ninja stars– CW: I like the part when Blonsky was attacking the Hulk when he was a human. Blonsky, that is. SB: When they were fighting in Harlem? CW: No, this was before he turned into Abomination. SB: Oh, in the field. CW: Yeah. SB: When he bust out with that crazy gun. CW: Oh, you saw that joint? SB: Yeah. I saw the bootleg. CW: That was my favorite part. SB: Mine too. When he was tossing tanks. CW: Nah, he was tossing some metal parts or something. But he did toss a tank before. SB: How would rank it amongst superhero movies. CW: Definitely not the best ever. SB: What about versus the first Hulk? CW: About the same. SB: About the same? I thought this Hulk was kinda nasty-looking. He looked weird. CW: I think the other Hulk looked more like the comic book. SB: Yeah, this new Hulk looked like Don Imus. CW: He was mad skinny. SB: No, you’re talking about Bruce Banner. CW: Nooo, the Hulk. SB: You’re saying that this steroid-looking Hulk was skinny? CW: Compared to the comic books, yes. SB: Uhh, okay. I thought he looked bigger but was just ugly in the face. CW: No, Ang Lee’s Hulk looked way bigger, more wide. This one looked like the TV show, almost. SB: And Ang Lee’s looked a healthier shade of green. CW: Yeah, like he’s supposed to look. And in this movie the Hulk didn’t heal as fast, like he’s supposed to. This movie was more like the TV show. SB: Yeah, it looked like they might be reflecting back to the old TV show with Bill Bixby. CW: Yeah, and that dude was in there. Lou Ferrigno. Security guard at the hospital. And he was the voice of the Hulk. SB: Oh yeah? Cool. Okay, Lou getting a check after all these years. They should have had it where he busts out of his uniform and turns into a Hulk, too. CW: Stan Lee turns into a Hulk. SB: What are you smoking now? CW: No, he drank that drink, in that cameo and he changed– SB: I must have missed that part, been in the bathroom. CW: It was in the beginning. And, um, Tony Stark shows up at the end. SB: Now, let’s face it. These are white superheroes. CW: Uh huh. SB: Now, Hancock is a black superhero. Am I correct? CW: Comedy. SB: You don’t consider it a real superhero movie? CW: It is, but it’s not serious. SB: Well, neither was Iron Man. CW: No, Iron Man was serious. SB: What do you give Hancock? CW: Two and a half. SB: That’s low! Why? CW: Fine, three. SB: Your opinion is your opinion. Two and a half. But why, though? CW: ’cause it was just a regular movie. SB: Not enough action? Two much love stuff? CW: Yeah, and a lot of blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah. SB: What were you expecting of this film? Isn’t it inspiring for you as a young black man to see a black man standing up, flying around, fighting crime, saving people’s lives? CW: Nah, he was drunk and joint. SB: Was it a letdown when he was laying there in the gutter amongst empty liquor bottles? CW: Yeah. SB: What do you think that’s telling the kids? CW: “Black people are retarded.” SB: Did you expect that of Will Smith? CW: No. SB: What did you expect of Will Smith? CW: I Am Legend. SB: I Am Legend was a good movie, right? CW: Yeah. SB: I guess we’re saying we expect Will to be inspiring. What about the whole Obama thing? Is Obama inspiring to you? CW: Yea. Well, kinda. I don’t want to be a politician. SB: Right, but it’s about leadership, right? CW: It’s kind of cool, but I don’t know if that’s gonna happen. SB: Okay, what could have made Hancock better? CW: Martial arts. SB: Do you think it’s significant, the fact that Hancock’s an African-American superhero? CW: Yeah. SB: In what way? CW: That he, you know, he… He… Ehh, it wasn’t significant. SB: Wait, I think you think it is significant. CW: Uhh, nah. It wasn’t. It was significant for him but not for black people. SB: Why wouldn’t it be significant for black people? They never had a superhero up on the big screen before. CW: Yeah, they have. SB: Such as? CW: I don’t know… Mr. T. SB: He wasn’t a superhero. He couldn’t do anything but bust down doors. CW: Men in Black. SB: That wasn’t a superhero. He just had powerful, you know, FBI weapons. CW: Ah, fine, whatever. SB: But you did mention another black superhero before we rolled. Who were you talking about? CW: Static Shock. SB: Who the hell is that? CW: (laughs) SB: I never heard of that. CW: A TV show that kids from Generation Y would know. Since you’re doing this for people who aren’t from Generation Y, they won’t care about that. SB: I care. When did Static Shock come out? CW: Uh, early 2000’s. SB: And what does Static Shock do? CW: He has static powers and he rides on this, like, garbage can joint– SB: Hold on hold on hold on. He rides on a what? CW: He rides on the lid of a garbage can. SB I’ve heard enough! CW: No, but later he gets a cooler suit, and he gets, like, some gadgets. SB: So, like Hancock, he starts out in the gutter– CW: No, he’s a regular kid and then there’s like a gang war and this explosion happens and then they all get super powers and then they’re called Bang Babies. SB: It’s not sounding any better. Bang Babies. That sounds like some Bloods and Crips type stuff. CW: That’s what they called them, I don’t know. The white people. SB: White people created this show? Are you sure? CW: No, no. The people in the show that were white. SB: So that’s what they referred to them as in the show, Bang Babies? Like Crack Babies? Welfare Babies? CW: Yeah, whatever. SB: Wait, you sound defensive of the show. You liked the show? Was it a good show? CW: Yeah. Good action. SB: I don’t mean to beat a dead horse here, but what’s this lid-of-a-garbage-can business? CW: He was at a dump and he was trying out– SB: What was he doing at a dump? CW: He wanted to try out his new powers. And then he started riding on these old cars. SB: Wait, so he gets super powers and the first thing he thinks to do is go to a garbage dump? CW: No, he just said, “Meet me at the dump”– ’cause he has a white friend. And his friend was like, “Alright.” And his white friend gets superpowers later on. SB: Okay, where’s his white friend from and where’s he from? CW: The same place. SB: Is it a ‘hood? CW: Hmm, nah, not really. SB: So they’re middle class kids? CW: Yeah. SB: So it’s a middle class kid and his white middle class friend, and they get superpowers, but when the black kid gets superpowers his first thought is to go to a landfill? CW: (laughs) No! He just went there to meet him, just to try out his powers ’cause they couldn’t go anyplace else. People would see them. SB: Oh, it’s like when you go to learn how to drive, you go out to a big, empty lot. CW: Yeah. He wasn’t really thinking. He just said, “Meet me there.” SB: Okay. I don’t want to stir undue controversy. Well, do you think it’s a show people other than Generation Y should watch? CW: Eh, I don’t think so. SB: What is Generation Y? CW: 1985 to 1995…? SB: And what defines Generation Y? CW: Umm… SB: As opposed to Generation X or… CW: Better television. SB: You think that you have better television than my generation had? CW: Than any other generation. SB: That sounds like crazy talk. I’ll have to look into this. You never know… Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/6/24/31612.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: Last night, the trailer for Disaster Movie premiered on MySpace. You can watch it after the jump. But considering it’s completely lacking in disaster spoofage, I’ve instead reserved the top spot for Disaster! (aka Disaster the Movie!), a claymation feature from a few years back that appears to have done much better with the disaster genre parody. Plus, it co-stars Motley Crue (in clay form, that is). What does this Disaster Movie have? Apparently parodies of all this summer’s blockbusters (maybe Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer should have titled this one “Summer 2008 Movie” instead?). There are jokes on Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk and Hancock (maybe Friedberg and Seltzer are upset that someone else made Superhero Movie?) as well as Sex and the City meets You Don’t Mess With the Zohan (via Juno). Oh and there are some lame Hannah Montana and Enchanted references thrown in, too. Where are the disaster movies? Who knows? Maybe the title actually refers to the fact that this movie is a disaster. Disaster Movie in HD Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:02:23 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com6/24/2008 2:02:23 PM Last night, the trailer for Disaster Movie premiered on MySpace. You can watch it after the jump. But considering it’s completely lacking in disaster spoofage, I’ve instead reserved the top spot for Disaster! (aka Disaster the Movie!), a claymation feature from a few years back that appears to have done much better with the disaster genre parody. Plus, it co-stars Motley Crue (in clay form, that is). What does this Disaster Movie have? Apparently parodies of all this summer’s blockbusters (maybe Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer should have titled this one “Summer 2008 Movie” instead?). There are jokes on Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk and Hancock (maybe Friedberg and Seltzer are upset that someone else made Superhero Movie?) as well as Sex and the City meets You Don’t Mess With the Zohan (via Juno). Oh and there are some lame Hannah Montana and Enchanted references thrown in, too. Where are the disaster movies? Who knows? Maybe the title actually refers to the fact that this movie is a disaster. Disaster Movie in HD Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/kizmar/archive/2008/6/20/31477.aspx Post By: kizmar
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Body: Overall, the movie was great. The action scenes were exciting and the story line was good. There were a few scenes that were a little iffy as far as the CGI (special effects). This wasn't enough to ruin the movie though. I would go so far as to say I'd watch it a second time in theaters. I will most likely own this. It by no means is as good as Iron Man (2008), but that's to be expected. :)
]]>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:29:54 GMTkizmariBlog6/20/2008 8:29:54 PMOverall, the movie was great. The action scenes were exciting and the story line was good. There were a few scenes that were a little iffy as far as the CGI (special effects). This wasn't enough to ruin the movie though. I would go so far as to say I'd watch it a second time in theaters. I will most likely own this. It by no means is as good as Iron Man (2008), but that's to be expected. :) http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/action/MemberTagFilms.aspxaction
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