I don't know if this has been mentioned yet or not, but I saw a clip of the Hulk vs. Thor animation. As I grew up with Marvel, I know that Thor and the Hulk were supposed to be equal in physical strength. Stan Lee in an interview once said that he thought Thor should be stronger. But in this animation I saw the Hulk pound Thor like he was a punching bag, and in the end Thor was lying unconscious and bloody in the dirt while the Hulk kept pounding away on him. Thor should have been dead after a beating like that.
All this to say that this isn't the Marvel Universe I knew from the comics - the writers/directors have re-created it to where the Hulk is the Supreme strength-character in the Marvel pantheon, and even a powerhouse like Thor is humiliated - all the more so as he was always the foil for the green one in times past. If anyone thinks that Thor is on par with the Hulk strength-wise, well, all he needs to do is watch this movie to get slapped with a sobering wake-up call. Or maybe read Hulk #5 where the "red" Hulk takes Thor's mightiest mjolnir hit to the face with a casual smile - then grabs mjolnier and jumps to the moon with it while dragging Thor in tow, where he gets unceremoniously dumped. Uh - excuse me, but Thor once dented pure adamantium with a full-force mjolnir hit (Avengers #66). You mean to tell me that this same kind of hit to the Hulk's face can't even make him break his smile?!
The Hulk has clearly become indestructible and unstoppable these days. He should be up on the stage with Galactus and Eternity, not down with the regular heroes.
All this to say that this isn't the Marvel Universe I knew from the comics - the writers/directors have re-created it to where the Hulk is the Supreme strength-character in the Marvel pantheon, and even a powerhouse like Thor is humiliated - all the more so as he was always the foil for the green one in times past. If anyone thinks that Thor is on par with the Hulk strength-wise, well, all he needs to do is watch this movie to get slapped with a sobering wake-up call. Or maybe read Hulk #5 where the "red" Hulk takes Thor's mightiest mjolnir hit to the face with a casual smile - then grabs mjolnier and jumps to the moon with it while dragging Thor in tow, where he gets unceremoniously dumped. Uh - excuse me, but Thor once dented pure adamantium with a full-force mjolnir hit (Avengers #66). You mean to tell me that this same kind of hit to the Hulk's face can't even make him break his smile?!
The Hulk has clearly become indestructible and unstoppable these days. He should be up on the stage with Galactus and Eternity, not down with the regular heroes.
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