Brain Splatter

I am watching "The Incredible Hulk". So far, pretty good flick.

The part I like the most is the old school Hulk references. Having Bill Bixby on the a TV when Bruce is in Rio. They used the Hulk TV theme, the sad one they always played at the end of the episode. Hell, Bruce was walking in the rain hitchhiking with a bag slung over his shoulder, just like in the TV show. Then, of course, there is the standard Stan "The Man" Lee cameo and also one by Lou Ferrigno, the one and only original Incredible Hulk.

I used to watch the show when I was a kid. I could watch it now online if I wanted to but I am not sure that I do. I don't want to lose the memory of how much I enjoyed it. I don't want to remember new cheesiness when I remember the old cheesiness. I like the old messages I remember. I don't need to learn that it was not quite as good as I remember. Not that I thought it was the best show ever. I just know that I used to like it. And I think that for know the memory is good enough.

Wow, the effects are kind of awesome. The way The Hulk looks is not bad at all. I did notice that in this version they are cutting out the Hulk leaping around to travel. They have hinted at it but they are not showing it. I bet that is because in the last movie people who saw it how may never have read a comic didn't realize that is how the Hulk gets around. He leaps great distances. Miles and miles at a jump. Damn near the speed of sound sometimes.

Hee hee hee. Two funny things. Betty gives Bruce a pair of purple pants because they are the stretchiest ones she could find and Bruce says no, he'll take his chances. And one of the kids at the college campus who filmed the fight with the Hulk was named Jack McGee. That was the name of the reporter in the TV show.

I guess there is a line between homages to a classic and beating a dead horse. I don't think that they have crossed the line yet but I guess that is a decision that everyone has to make for themselves. At least if you are a geek for movies like I am. Well, a geek to a certain point. I don't obsess about inconsistencies or mistakes and such. Look at the first Hulk movie. Some people jumped all over it. I thought it was better than the reviews said. The ending was muddled. The father/son stuff was a little over the top but overall I think it was a decent re-imagining of a tale. It wasn't the TV show. It wasn't quite the comic books. I was something different. And that is OK.

There was a line just now where Bruce said, "I don't want to control it, I want to get rid of it." With an Avengers movie on the horizon I wonder if we are maybe close to getting a movie with an intelligent Hulk? Where Bruce, even though he becomes the Hulk is still in control? That could be cool if done right. Maybe in another sequel? I think this one has done well enough at the box office to rate a sequel. Time will tell.

Just finished watching the film. Not bad at all. Nice little popcorn movie there. Appearance by Tony Stark at the end hinting towards that Avengers movie that I talked about earlier. I would give that movie a 7 out of 10. And that can be anything you want it to be, stars, thumbs up, asses; oh yeah, that could be my movie ratings! I rate movies on the Brazilian girl ass rating scale. The higher the asses the better. And I am talking nice tanned thong wearing asses. That does lead to a dilemma though. A movie may suck but even one Brazilian girl ass is a good thing. Shit. I think I need a new ratings device. But first I will go and Google some nice asses because that is what is on my mind right now. Boing!

Laterzzz...

// posted by Biff Manly @ 8:41 PM