Hulk

[thegroggman]

Holey Moley...HOLEY FREAKING MOLEY!!! Ok...as the person says in this qoute you may want to take this with a grain of salt...and until I can confirm this I know I am...but apparently...test screenings of HULK have begun...well...read for yourself:

Now, like with anything these days when it comes to Rumors or Gossip, I normally take them with a grain of salt, i.e I have a friend within the industry type of news and he has a friend of a friend of a friend type of deal.. But this Morning, a caller called in on the Howard Stern show and stated that he and a friend were amongst one of the lucky one's to catch an audience test screening of the movie yesterday in, I believe it was LA.. Howard and Robyn were in Mid talk with someone on the phone about the weekends Box Office result and how the Matrix bottomed out as badly as it did.. Howard immediately hung up on this guy when his producer, Gary, informed him that someone was on the other line who's seen the movie.. He asked how it was and the caller replied that it was quote: "INFREAKINGCREDIBLE" was his exact words and get this: What we've been seeing in terms of trailers and the Newest trailer you've seen with X2 and Bruce Almighty?? It isn't the finished product.. In another words, Universal Studios Marketing already have the REAL finished product in the Can ready for Test Audience Screenings and are showing us the unfinished trailers on purpose, which is why you keep seeing the so called animated look in alot of the shots in the trailer..The Caller said that the HULK in the finished version he saw at the test screening looks nothing like what were seeing now, which is damn good in my opinion.. Howard then proceeded to ask him how good was the story and the caller replied that it's pretty faithful to the comic with a few changes, the Cast is Awesome and the guy who plays Bruce Banner is really good and Nick Nolte is outstanding as David Banner.. He then went on to say that it was quote: The Best Special FX He's ever seen and he thought Reloaded was good, but Ang Lee has taken and crafted a story and updated it for the times and still stayed true to the character and has blown us away with how real this character really looks and interacts in a Real Environment..

Like I said, with anything, you can take things with a grain of salt, Good or Bad news, but for sometime now, I've sort of had this theory, feeling if you will, that maybe, just MAYBE, Universal really does have this as good as you could possibly imagine and are just toying with people, sort of guaging a reaction to work in their favor.. All the hoo ha about how Cartoonish or fake the HULK looked and all the bad publicity or negative word is still in the end, Publicity and people are going to flock to this more than ever now after hearing this on his show.. In short, I can't wait for June 20th!!! This sounds Incredibly well worth the wait and patience will finally pay off..

Ok next up...heres an interview with the author of the novelized version of the HULK film, Peter David:

As I sit and type this, it's the 26th of May. A holiday for most Americans. No one is working, everyone wants to just kick back and relax. So, since I'm working on all this Hulk stuff for The Trades, I thought it would be the perfect day to call up and pester Peter David, former Hulk scribe and author of (among many other things) the novelization of the Hulk movie. I didn't even realize until after the conversation that today was Peter and Kathleen's second anniversary. But he spoke with me anyway, which just goes to show what kind of guy he is. Mazel Tov, Sir and Madame!


You were handed the reins of The Incredible Hulk at a time when nobody else wanted the property.

Well, pretty much.


Did YOU want the property?

Not especially. The Hulk is probably the last character I was interested in writing. However, it was an opportunity because nobody else was offering me any work. I'd been fired off of Spider-Man, and my attitude was, 'Well, maybe I can make it last for six issues or so, and we'll see what happens.'


After you found out it was yours, what were your immediate plans for the character?

Essentially, the concept of doing a storyline that would result in a merging of the personalities was something that I conceived of almost immediately. I really felt that the way that the Hulk's history--particularly his childhood growing up was depicted--was indicative of someone who was suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder. That would certainly have explained why it was that all the previous attempts to cure Bruce Banner of his affliction didn't succeed, because they were all aimed at the external problem of him transforming into a large green monster. None of them were aimed at the internal problem of what he was suffering.

So I knew at that point that, eventually, if I was on the book long enough, I would do a story that led to the combining of several different personalities via hypnosis, which is how they treat multiple personality disorder.


When did you know that people were beginning to sit up and take notice of your version of the big green guy?

When sales started going up. That was pretty much at the very, very, very tail end of the McFarlane run. Ironically, the issues that Jim Purvis drew sold more than the Todd McFarlane issues ever sold.


Did you get to do everything you planned to do with the Hulk before you were pulled off of it?

No. I had several years more worth of storylines planned, and what I essentially did was--in my last issue--I collapsed them down all into the one issue. I had Rick describing things that happened in the succeeding years, which essentially were all the storylines I was planning to do, just summarized or described.


Do you think you're done with Hulk?

I think it's extremely unlikely they would put me back on it. Marvel is all about moving forward. I think that they would perceive my coming on to Hulk as some sort of massive step backwards.


Did you work at all with the scriptwriters for the movie? Were you more "contributed from" than "contributing to?"

No. I don't know that the plot owes anything to me. The plot very much focuses on psychological underpinnings of the Hulk, but I can hardly lay claim to being the first person to explore that territory.

There's nothing in the Hulk movie that we can point to on a one-to-one basis and say, 'Oh, that came from a Peter David story' the way that we can point to Spider-Man and say, 'Oh, well this came from Amazing Spider-Man #121 or #122' or we can point to the Daredevil movie and say 'Oh, well this is obviously inspired by the Frank Miller work right down to the fact that they took dialogue.' The Hulk movie is more of a going back to the source material and doing their own take on it.


Have you seen the movie yet?

No.


Any opinions on the screenplay that you adapted?

When I read the screenplay for Spider-Man, I thought, 'This can make a great Spider-Man movie.' With all deference to Sam Raimi--who, I thought, did a terrific job--I think a number of people might have been able to pull it off with equal facility.

When I read the screenplay for Hulk, my attitude was, 'This could make a great Ang Lee movie.' It's really tailored towards Ang Lee's sensibilities; the occasionally, almost ephemeral attitudes; the almost dream-like quality of a number of aspects of it that were evident in such films as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I don't know that anyone but Ang Lee could really pull this off.

Speaking of the book, I got around to reading it last night...and all I can say is...well...if the movie follows the book (which it should...since the book is based on the working screenplay) ...then this movie is going to be much more than any of us have seen in the trailers. And yes...there is a supervilllian...watch the trailers again...and it shouldnt be too hard for you to figure out. Oh and for those complaining about the HULK's size...when the Bad guy finally comes around...that too will be explained...ok webheads...Im going to find out more about that caller into the Howard Stern show...and see if there really are screenings going on...until later...Excelsior!

Edit: Just thought I would also throw this in:



Im going down to Borders to check if they have a copy in...tons of never before seen pics are included...I suggest you do the same...


Jeez...I cant even go pick up the mag yet...cuz this was released...

Its a pic of the original HULK...Lou Ferrigno, in his guest spot on th HULK film...Im glad they gave him a spot...cuz although the original show was goofy to watch...its still a classic...ok...now im off

[crazy_billy_bats]

OK thanks grogg watched the trailer. same one as i saw at the matrix apart from a few scenes i think.
a little bit more impressed. i want a rip of that quality before it hits the screens !!
will watch again!!
although im sorry, i still remain unconvinced as to how convincing his transformation will be. You only get to see a bit of it, and you have to admit it looks slightly dodgy....


although there is that cereal....

[DarkBdyle]

thegroggman where do you get your hulk pics at??

[thegroggman]

Hey Dark...well what pics you talking about? The ones I use in my sig? Cuz those I just rip from the trailers. Now the ones I post in the forum..those I have lots of sources...but mainly http://www.aintitcoolnews.com, http://www.comingsoon.net, http://www.countingdown.com, and http://www.superherohype.com . Cheers

[NewBie40]

i hope they make a PC game...........

[thegroggman]

Well there is a game coming out for all the platform systems...Im sure that they will be releasing it to PC also...they want to get as much attention for this film as possible.

[Pitbul]

yeah its gonna be everywhere well the game is. it will be on PC (duh the first demo of the game was on PC that waskinda of a stupid question.) and also all of the consoles. i played the demo its not really n e thing specially the graphics i are pretty good but its easy. kinda like X-Men 2 Wolverines Revenge except ur the hulk. i really likes Woverines Reveneg cuz i never really get tired of playing it so i duno it mihg tbe the same with the hulk game.

[Jibbler]

Groggman, I love the new pic in your sig tonight. However, in this one, the Hulk doesn't look nearly as big as in other pictures. This is what I feared about having a CGI Hulk. It can be very easy for things to fall "out of perspective". Hopefully Ang Lee will keep shit in check.

Another note regarding the cereal. I still have my collectors edition Spiderman cereal box, and a very special Episode II cereal. Guess I'll be adding this to my collection.

[thegroggman]

hey Jubb...about the HULK's size...well him being smaller in that pic, well thats done on purpose, theres one part in the trailer...after he finds out the dogs are attacking Betty they show him growing larger. Theres even one shot where you see a HULK that is almost human size (about 7 ft)...it just all depends on how angry he is. Oh and about the cereal...yeah...I have both the Spider-Man and Ep. II boxes also...I just think movie based cereal is an awesome idea. But still...my favorite licensed HULK product...are the HULK hands...they are just too cool.

[Jibbler]

Originally posted by thegroggman@27 May 2003 - 20:57
But still...my favorite licensed HULK product...are the HULK hands...they are just too cool.

Hulk hands? I'm still playing with my Spiderman web shooters. Silly string is everywhere! B)