Prelude to a Discussion

1月18日

Prelude to a Discussion

Sometime this year, I will be joining forces with several of my buddies to post a coordinated discussion about comics....aka graphic novels. Leading up to that, is this odd set of sentences. Keep in mind, in the history of human communications, no discussion of comic book characters EVER assumes the tone that they are fictitious. EVER.

Tonight, as I watched a couple of my kids play an XBox game, I started thinking....The Hulk was a really cool super hero. He has some great comics....had a great TV show, some pretty cool video games, and had a strange, but occasionally entertaining movie. And how about those huge foam Hulk hands that make noise when they are smashed together??!!

The idea of a professor who is exposed to the blast of a gamma bomb...which unleashes his rage into a creature he transforms into is really cool. Add to that story line that, when he changes into the Hulk, everything about him (including skin color) changes drastically....except his waist size. Those Dockers stay put.

How cool was it in the late 70's/early 80's to have Bill Bixby ("Courtship of Eddie's Father", "The Magician") and Lou Ferrigno playing David Banner/Hulk??? TV doesn't get much better than that.

The movie (directed by Ang Lee) was interesting. It had some very cool parts. I sort of liked the occasional splitting of the screen into parts like a comic book page. I also liked the ending, "You wouldn't like me when I'm angry". Overall, not a Spiderman II or Superman II....but not a Howard The Duck, either.

So, as we prepare for our upcoming rountable discussion of comics, I will be lobbying heavily for the proper recognition to be given to my man, The Hulk.

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	CAROL发表: Bill Bixby Rest his soul did a great job being the character David Banner...but LOU ..now THAT WAS"the hulk" no kid around here missed that show..he was and is still known for that. I say right on..go for it..give him the just do he deserves he will always live in the hearts of kids everywhere. : ) 1 月 21 日
	Caffeinated Librarian发表: Mine will be all Marvel....maybe some Sandman in there too, but that's about it for other comics. Chris, Chris, Chris...do I really have to explain this to you? When Donald and Daffy are dry, their feathers cover their nether regions just fine, but when they are damp there's clumping and coverage issues and it could get ever so embarrassing. You'd wear a towel too, I have no doubt. 1 月 19 日
	Chris发表: What is it with cartoon/comic book characters and nether region coverage? Donald and Daffy also seem to have issues. No pants when they walk around in public, yet they wear towels when coming out of the shower. What's up with that? My post will feature people from the DC Universe - the real universe. We're the ones living in the one under Superman's thumbnail... 1 月 19 日
	AT LuckyDoritoDory发表: I loved watching Bill Bixby as the Hulk... it was one of my favorite shows growing up!! I always marveled at how his pants seemed to fit, even after he turned into the hulk. The seams of his shirt and pantlegs would burst apart, as he grew into the Hulk... and yet the part covering his .... ummmm.... midsection - somehow STILL FIT!! Come on... that was so unfair! ;o) Thanks for inducing that memory, I hadn't thought of that in YEARS!! weimie 1 月 19 日

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