Hulk re-do

For once I agree with Cal. While there were a lot of missteps in the Ang Lee movie, there were moments of sheer inspiration that outstripped parts of the best comic book movies like Batman Begins.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I dont even know if they could do one, given that they're opted to make a Hulk 2 that Eric Bana is contracted to be a part of.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by DATAGONK

I think it's a great thing for comic book movies and comics in general that this sort of attention is being paid to the source material.

Its a thin line to walk. Internet nerds who scream about continuity with books, video games and comics are amongst the least educated you can find.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by BigHairyFeet

Don't try and distance yourself from that group, I've seen you discussing the Star Wars canon before, you're lumped in with the rest of us.

Usually to chide Lucasfilm's idiotic "levels of canon" bullshit. Yes, I talk about it but only as far as that the films, movie novelizations and radio dramas are the only canon in existence. Everything else is just fapping for fanboys.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by DATAGONK

What. That makes no sense. The radio dramas? They are fantastic and all—in fact I have the scripts to them and recordings (on cassette though) sitting on the shelf next to me—but I don't see how they're in any way more cannon than anything else produced not by Lucas.

The radio dramas were personally sanctioned by Lucas when the movies first came out. They handed Brian Daily the original scripts for him to "translate" into radio dramas (forcing him to write both expanded scenes and exposition). Hence - they're completely canon.

EDIT: By Radio Dramas, I mean the ones based on the original trilogy, not the Jedi Knight/Dark Empire/etc series

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by DATAGONK

Right, I was talking about the Brian Daley ones. If you'll remember though the ROTJ Radio Drama didn't come out until 1996.

It's still from the original Lucas/Kasdan screenplay, though.

Originally Posted by DATAGONK

"Personally sanctioned by Lucas." What? How is that any different from the status of the original Timothy Zahn trilogy?

Excellent question.

Zahn's is simply an "offically licensed" product. He's able to write a Star Wars novel, sell it and make money from it without Lucasfilm suing his ass. Remember that dumb bitch that sold her Star Wars fanfiction on Amazon.com? Thats the difference.

As for the offically sanctioned question...

From the Star Wars Radio Drama Boxed Set - "The radio project offically began when Star Wars creator George Lucas donated the story rights to KUSC-FM, the National Public Radio affliliate of his alma-mater..." (He also sold KUSC the ability to use all the SFX and music from the Star Wars movies for a dollar)

It's been clairified a couple of other times by interviews with LucasLicensing - including one especially boring and detailed interview in Star Wars Galaxies - I think you can find a copy of that interview on the internet somewhere.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

We'll continue this in PM

FELIPE NO

I think the Hulk's size has changed with time - remember when Sentinels first came out in X-Men they were only 10 feet tall or so? Also - I think that the madder Hulk gets, the bigger he gets. Or something.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Simo

Apparently not given that Bana's contract was with Universal and since this "do-over" is one of the first Marvel in-house pictures his contract is void.

That means Eric Bana just made his salary for not making a movie.

Jam it back in, in the dark.