I sorta get why Wolverine and Spiderman used to be big in the 2000's, but why Hulk? Why was The Hulk so popular during the 2000's?
>>154869576he's a big green guy who destroys stuff. also there was like 3 popular movies back to back.
funny big green guy who destroy
SPIDER-MANSPIDER HYPHEN MAN
Who do you think was the competition?But really, Hulk is a simple but easy character to see the appeal ofIt was decades prior but the TV show still lingered within the public conscious >>154869594Didn't the Ang Lee movie do so poorly that Robot Chicken poked fun at it?Also, the MCU debut film for the longest time was called the weakest Marvel movie and people even argued it wasn't canon
>>154869576Kids liked hulk.Kids love big guy goes green and smashes monsters or the military, it's an evergreen concept.Kids loved hulk hands too, it used to be one of the best selling toys at the time, fuck if you are old enough to post heater you probably played with hulk hands as a kid.
>>154869576>but why Hulk?Normies know his origin and get the basic idea. Before the MCU, they couldn't even guess at how Cap got his powers if they even knew he had powers.
>>154869576I can get why people like Hulk>does whatever he likes>gives no fucks about accountability>only cares about himself>everyone sucks his cock>has no idea what to do with his life
>>154870148>>154869576Even though Hulk only got that one movie, 70's nostalgia was big. There were a lot of times I mentioned comics to family members or older people and just seeing people like Kevin Smith, it became obvious why those 3 were the most popular. And yeah that show in the 70's was more popular than you think as it is the reason why people knew who the Hulk was.
>>154869760>>154870024>>154870148I think what helps is that Hulk is probably the most easily parodied character in pop cultureANYONE can "Hulk out" for comedy and it wouldn't stick out or dictate the entirety of the plot being a superhero parody as a wholeThe Hulk is an inherently funny concept
>>154869576Hulk had been big in pop culture since the 70's and he's just a really fun character, especially for kids. The Hulk hands might be the last really big toy to crossover in pop culture too.The 2003 movie didn't even do bad, it just kinda got locked up in the crossroads of 2000's movie production where superhero sequels weren't a given, and Marvel wanted the rights back for Marvel studios. Even the 08 movie didn't do that badly, it just did less than great
>>154869576Huge green rage monster taking revenge on a world that hates him. Speaks to the bubbling anger in every adolescent and man on earth. Just the raw ability to be angry and destroy shit is such a basic and iconic thing. Something that resonates with men no matter what race, society, or age you are in.But...Marvel comics and Disney are run by betas, fags, and women. So this basic understanding of how men work, how men think, and what normal women think eludes them. So now Ang Lee hulk and all of that "depth" aka faggotry and MCU Hulk who is a beta cuck are what we have to deal with now. >>154869733The hulk mcu movie was more impactful on the MCU as a whole and as impactful and comparable to ironman. The problem was the Ang Lee movie just poisoned the well for a full fucking generation. And now we have to have all of this desperate testicle devoide need for DEPTH. Which just ruins the character.
I think a movie where they go deep with the origin but did it well with exploring Bruce and his childhood could still be good. Use Devil Hulk this time as well as Joe, Prof, and Savage as the triad (pic rel) with them showing the conflicting feelings against his father and mother and the rage that slowly builds. A framing device of the whole movie being like Hulk: Gray where he's in a therapy office with Doc Samson would make it extra kino.
Kids love giant, super strong, muscle heads there’s a reason Ben liked Four Arms that much
>>154871292And Rath, you can't forget about Rath or Humongosaur.
>>154871486Humungosaur is his true number one
>>154871602The joy of the voice actor when Ben selects Humongosaur truly sells it.I can't believe they tried to pass the electric guy as the true favorite for plot reasons.
>>154869576>Why was The Hulk so popular during the 2000's?- "You won't like me when I'm angry"- Turns into a huge roidmonster with hands so big they can grab a grown man's torso- "Strongest one there is"- Bright green, complementary colored purple pants- Radiation aura
>>154871644Yeah, Dee Bradley Baker actually sounded like a grown man
>>154871893How is he, Crispin Freeman, Robin Atkin Downes, and other like jack of all trades voice actors doing these days? Who has retired or gone into only once in a while roles nowadays? It's kinda weird ti know guys like Maurice LaMarche, Joe DiMaggio, and others are either dead or just not being used at all now because cartoons just aren't made anymore. It's all only once in a blue moon roles or games.
>>154871732I'm still pissed they never use the purple pants anymore. What the fuck is their problem with it?
>>154872144Dunno, he voiced some fucks in Fionna & Came and he’s doing the animal sounds for the new Avatar show but other than that it’s blank state
>>154869576Hulk Hands.
>>154869576Nowadays I feel like the true Marvel "Trinity" would be like, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Wolverine.Except maybe Captain America instead of Wolverine, yes, that's how much I think Wolverine has fallen off.
>>154869576>Immortal Hulk is popular>Well known hero>Had a successful TV show back in the day>Simple concept for casuals to like>Hardcore readers dig his identity issues
>>154871732I played so much of this fucking game. Probably my favorite superhero game.
>>154872163Marvel people got offended over lighthearted jokes about how silly it is that they never tear, even though that's never been a genuine complaint. It's kinda like how Wolverine only wore his iconic yellow suit in the Deadpool teamup movie, because it was "too silly". I'm pretty sure there's a deleted scene calling that costume lame or something but I don't remember it entirely.
>>154869576Because he's cool.
>>154872429It's weird. 00's era dudebro/Kevin Smith Dorkly-tier observations still live rent-free in their minds.
>>154870946also rights issues with Universal still trying to keep movie rights
Hulk is BASED.
>>154873248Isn't he one of a few Marvel characters that still gets 25+ issue runs?
>>154869576the 70s show had a long impact culturally
>>154869733>It was decades prior but the TV show still lingered within the public consciousIt's this. For decades Spider-Man and the Hulk were the two Marvel characters normies knew, and for Hulk it was because of the show, and how long it existed in reruns, then got TV movies.Wolverine doesn't really reach the normie consciousness until 90s kids learn about him from the X-Men cartoon and games, then adult normies in the 2000s with the movies.>Didn't the Ang Lee movie do so poorly that Robot Chicken poked fun at it?IIRC it didn't do that much differently than the FF movies and the early X-Men ones, but the general level of public recognition of the Hulk meant there was an expectation it was going to do much better, closer to Spider-Man numbers, and it just didn't. The MCU Hulk movie did similar numbers, which again weren't terrible, but with Universal retaining distribution rights to Hulk movies for a long long time somehow, Disney never bothered with making another.
>>154872301based taste
>>154870177>>154870946>>154875067The 70s show is trippy as fuck. It's literally just The Fugitive, where Banner rolls into a random small town, deals with small-town thugs, corrupt officials or solves some personal dispute. Then at the end of the episode, he turns into the fucking Hulk, beats the shit out of the bad guy and leaves.
>>154871732Two words: "Puny god."
>>154872144IMDb exists for this reason, don’t expect other people to do research for you.That said you’re probably paying much attention to the few modern cartoons as much anyway l, and you have to account for how much video games make up the difference for a lack of animated productions. Pretty much all those actors are still regularly working, just not on stuff you’re watching or playing
