HULK SMASH

Yesterday the new Marvel Comics movie, The Incredible Hulk opened. It is supposed to be better then the 2003 Hulk, which was considered a box office failure. I liked it but it's not one of my favorite Marvel Comic adaptations. This is generally what happens with origin stories (Spider-Man 1 is an exception).

The 2008 Hulk movie picks up where the previous on left off, with one noticeable difference...a new cast. Ed Norton plays Bruce Banner/Hulk, William Hurt as General Ross, and Liv Tyler as Betsy Ross, Bruce Banner/Hulk's love interest. New to the series is Tim Roth who plays a Special Forces soldier who turns into Hulk's arch-nemesis, Abomination.

Hulk was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and made his first appearance in May 1962. The character has appeared in a television series, with spin-off television movies, starring Bill Bixby as Dr. Banner and Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk; in animated series in 1966, 1982 and 1996.

In the first issue, the Hulk was gray. Writer and Marvel editor-in-chief Lee had wanted a color that did not suggest any particular ethnic group. Colorist, Stan Goldberg however, had problems with the gray coloring, resulting in different shades of gray, and even green, in the issue. Stan Lee picked the uncommon color, green. From issue #2 (July 1962) on, Goldberg colored the big brute's skin green.

Should be a good SCI-FI action flick.

"You're making me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."