The Official 'I Still Love The Hulk TV Show' Thread

[Obi-Ron]

Well this is definitely an influence on the new movie, and guess what? Not everyone on the Hype hates this show.

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[Kirmit]

I did like the show, bixby was an amazing actor , really making you feel for banner, it along with the cartoons is what got me onto the comics. I always hated the hulk though, not his actions just his look, think it was the hair that put me off .

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Thought the title of my thread had been changed for a minute then, lol!

[Obi-Ron]

I'm crafty like that.

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Ha ha, i dont believe that for a second O-B

[Bubonic]

It was great, the acting was on key, and with what they had, they did wonders.
It just doesn't hold up to what I want from a Hulk live action experience nowadays.

[Golgo-13]

Great thread. Long overdue.

The only reason so many ppl on the Hype don't like this show, is because most are too young to have grown up with it. Those of us in our 30's who absolutely worshipped this thing back when it originally aired, appreciate how risky it was for tv to air a show about a giant green man, and have a caliber actor like Bixby become part of what made it great. Sure Ferrigno running around in slippers is kinda corny ( i admit, i didn't notice those as a kid), but there's no denying the stories, music and acting that this tv is famous for.

[Obi-Ron]

Originally Posted by Golgo-13

The only reason so many ppl on the Hype don't like this show, is because most are too young to have grown up with it.

Damn kids! (waves fist) Get off my lawn!

The Incredible Hulk was so popular even Mr. Rogers visited the set on an episode of his show.

[wobbly]

I will always hold a fondness for the show, being a kid when it first came out...but it was very much a product of it's time. As dated now as something like the George Reeves Superman was when the Donner movie rolled round.

Bixby remains a great Banner though, however utterly lame Ferrigno's Hulk is to our eyes now.

Oh, and my dad hated the show, which he saw as being a rather obvious rip off on "the Fugitive", just with a big green plot device showing up twice an episode.

[FrostBite]

I am too young (18) to remember growing up on it... my memories were always of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," (my first word was even 'Cowabunga' I kid you not.) "The Amazing Spider-man," "Batman Animated Series" and "X-men" cartoons of the 90's.

But... I do occasionally watch the show whenever it hits the Sci-Fi channel. Though Lou will always be a lame Hulk in my eyes... the show is still great. I love Bixby as Banner.

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Originally Posted by Golgo-13

Great thread. Long overdue.

The only reason so many ppl on the Hype don't like this show, is because most are too young to have grown up with it. Those of us in our 30's who absolutely worshipped this thing back when it originally aired, appreciate how risky it was for tv to air a show about a giant green man, and have a caliber actor like Bixby become part of what made it great. Sure Ferrigno running around in slippers is kinda corny ( i admit, i didn't notice those as a kid), but there's no denying the stories, music and acting that this tv is famous for.

Though i am 25, i actually DID grow up with it, it was the first thing that got me into the Hulk, but now, i find it unwatchable.

[Golgo-13]

Originally Posted by AVEITWITHJAMON

Though i am 25, i actually DID grow up with it, it was the first thing that got me into the Hulk, but now, i find it unwatchable.

I feel the same way about the 80's 'Knight Rider' show.

[ArtTeacher]

Originally Posted by Shivsguy616

I agree with gamma ray. The source material are the comics. The tv series was just a badly made interpretation of them. Come on! The Hulk wan't even incredible, scary, big, or extremely powerful. Seriously, what is the stongest thing he did in the series? The most I remember is lifting a car.

Heh. I'd love to see Shivsguy walk up to Lou Ferrigno, look up and say that the TV Hulk wasn't that big.

Originally Posted by Dirty Harry

By today's standards Lou physical presence might not be as impressive, considering the seemingly endless parade of 'roided-out body builders and WWF-type personalities that grace the small (and big) screen.

You know, I dated a WWE wrestler for almost 5 years. During that time, I got to meet her co-workers (circa Wrestlemania XX). And while, yes, Undertaker, Big Show, Brock Lesnar, and Batista are absolutely enormous, so is Lou. I met Lou around that same time. And, yes, even pushing 50, he was positively gigantic, even when being around WWE wrestlers had become semi-routine. I've also stood beside Ronnie Coleman (when he was Mr. Olympia), and while his mass is very impressive, his lack of height lessened the sense of awe that a Lou or even a Batista gives you.
So, Dirty Harry's right...if, even today, Lou is pretty impressive in person, back THEN when that type of thing was very rare, Lou was an absolute spectacle.

[Showtime]

Originally Posted by ArtTeacher

Do you go to the funerals of people you hate and say, "I know we're all paying respect to this man, but I just have to chime in; he was an absolutely awful person."?

Do you walk into NAACP meetings and chant, "The KKK rules!", too?

Just teasing.

Probably.

Wow. I am giving you an oscar.

Originally Posted by ArtTeacher

Heh. I'd love to see Shivsguy walk up to Lou Ferrigno, look up and say that the TV Hulk wasn't that big.

You know, I dated a WWE wrestler for almost 5 years. During that time, I got to meet her co-workers (circa Wrestlemania XX). And while, yes, Undertaker, Big Show, Brock Lesnar, and Batista are absolutely enormous, so is Lou. I met Lou around that same time. And, yes, even pushing 50, he was positively gigantic, even when being around WWE wrestlers had become semi-routine. I've also stood beside Ronnie Coleman (when he was Mr. Olympia), and while his mass is very impressive, his lack of height lessened the sense of awe that a Lou or even a Batista gives you.
So, Dirty Harry's right...if, even today, Lou is pretty impressive in person, back THEN when that type of thing was very rare, Lou was an absolute spectacle.

Lou was great on King of Queens as himself, and certainly was/is a monster, no pun intended.

Did you choke slam Big Show?

[ArtTeacher]

Originally Posted by Showtime

Wow. I am giving you an oscar.

Did you choke slam Big Show?

Nah.

I hit him with my Oscar.

[Shivsguy616]

Originally Posted by ArtTeacher

Heh. I'd love to see Shivsguy walk up to Lou Ferrigno, look up and say that the TV Hulk wasn't that big.

Lou is not Hulk big.

[co2]

Originally Posted by Shivsguy616

Lou is not Hulk big.

Who is?!

[Dirty Harry]

Originally Posted by Shivsguy616

Lou is not Hulk big.

I'd be willing to bet he's big enough to pick you up and snap your spine like a stick - were he so inclined.

But seriously, how big the Hulk is in the comics all depends on who 's pushing the pencil. I've seen him drawn as being only slightly taller than a "normal" tall person, to appearing gigantic; in an issue of The Rampaging Hulk Magazine for instance, Gene Colon drew the Hulk at different scales in the same story! In one particular panel, the Hulk was bigger than a four door sedan! Same deal with the definition and exaggeration of the muscularity. Heavily-muscled beefy guy (Kirby) to uber-'roided inhuman behemoth (Keown).

For all those griping because they want to see a Hulk more in tone with Jack Kirby's original concepts... ummm... Lou's Hulk was spot-on "Kirby" over 30 years ago:

[The Dutch Hulk]

I grow up with the series and when Banner turned green, most of the time i screamed at the tv and wanted to lift the tv up lol.....it even got me angry but i wouldn't turn green DAMNED

[Slimy Wall Crawler]

Originally Posted by Golgo-13

Great thread. Long overdue.

The only reason so many ppl on the Hype don't like this show, is because most are too young to have grown up with it. Those of us in our 30's who absolutely worshipped this thing back when it originally aired, appreciate how risky it was for tv to air a show about a giant green man, and have a caliber actor like Bixby become part of what made it great. Sure Ferrigno running around in slippers is kinda corny ( i admit, i didn't notice those as a kid), but there's no denying the stories, music and acting that this tv is famous for.

This is EXACTLY what I have long believed about the anti-Bill Bixby Incredible Hulk TV series. This place is loaded up with people that were too young to appreciate the show when it came on, or reruns some years after it went off the air. This is the only place where that show is so hated, everywhere else it's adored. Thus why the filmmakers went back to Bixby series for the new movie.

[Dr. DavidBanner]

Originally Posted by Slimy Wall Crawler

This is EXACTLY what I have long believed about the anti-Bill Bixby Incredible Hulk TV series. This place is loaded up with people that were too young to appreciate the show when it came on, or reruns some years after it went off the air. This is the only place where that show is so hated, everywhere else it's adored. Thus why the filmmakers went back to Bixby series for the new movie.

I agree sooo much. This place is loaded up with not only young people who dont remember the series but will bash it without ever watching it, but also stuck up bandwagon fans.

This is the reason why I left this board way back at the end of its Spider-man Hype days and early Superhero Hype days. I remember one arguement with some kid probably in his late teens (He might even still be on the boards) bashing this TV series. Now normally I dont argue much, its his opinion, but he kept running his mouth about how huge of a Hulk fan he was and how he knew everything about the comics and TV show. Funny thing was he didnt even know the actor who played David. (On a sidenote...can anyone tell me has this place changed any or is it still loaded up with bandwagon fans?)

But as you can see from my handle I am a huge fan of this TV series and even though it does show its time and age it still is quite enjoyable.

[Bubonic]

I'm young to have seen it, 23, but I was lucky enough to be introduced to it when I was a preteen, so it still had an awe factor.
But if I'd of gotten to grow up with it, wow, it sure beats the hell out of that superman soap opera they have nowadays.

[Bubonic]

I remember people being upset that they weren't making the Ang film using the same concept of bodybuilder painted green.

[Gamma Ra]

I'll always love the television show for many reasons. To me the show has the best portrayal of Banner. I don't feel that Banner has to be the geeky introvert that he was portrayed early in the comics. Seeing the first commercial for the pilot is what got me seriously into reading comics, so I could never knock the show. I loved that the show was a serious take on the character as well as all the serious issues that Banner came across on his lonely travel and dealt with. The shows surreal psychedelic music scoring was excellent. I still watch the shows today and get a kick out of them especially the way Bixby would seriously beg someone to stop kicking his a$$ because he knew what was coming.

[namtaB]

I thought the show was 100% better than Hulk 2003. I hope this film emulates the show.