Script Rundown- Bigtime Spoilers

[Gianakin_]

Ross explains that Banner was part of an early experiment to create super soldier serum, but the funding was running out. In the eleventh hour of the project, Banner was so certain of his research that he tested it on himself – that’s when everything went to hell. Ross tells Blonsky that Banner is a scientist, not a soldier, and that he doesn’t understand that the power he holds belongs to the U.S. and should be used as a weapon.

This is the part I referred to. The official site doesn't contradict what this synopsis says, but the particular part, if taken literally does change his origin.

 

[TheSlag]

I'd be ok if he were lying, trying to lure Blonsky into taking the serum

I agree. I think it would be a better storyline, but regardless, if it is the real storyline, I can deal with it. It kinda gives him an almost Connors (Lizard) type origin, (with one big obvious big diff... arm), but that is one of the best origin storylines IMO, and could be done.

 

[ultimatefan]

Well, this is a first draft, and Í know not to be too judgemental at those. Some of it reads like Bruce Jones Hulk, which I know will infuriate some, but the notion of trying to use Bruce´s DNA to fabricate a "human weapon" is not inconsistent with canon. There has been constantly the idea that Hulk was the "perfect weapon" if you could control him.

Hulk in Brazil? Hey, drop by here in Florianópolis, dude! We have 42 beautiful beaches and gorgeous babes, hehe...

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Sounds good to me!

 

[Mauser9910]

I haven't read everything but the part on his blood drop poisonning a woman through soda is quite dumb. :S

 

[TheSlag]

I haven't read everything but the part on his blood drop poisonning a woman through soda is quite dumb. :S

Eh... it's a plot ploy that serves a purpose to the script, and I think, will have a foreshadowing effect on the outcome of the 3rd act (I REALLY HOPE SO IF it plays out as I expect)... so... no biggie to me. Kinda like it, actually

 

[Cracker Jack]

I like this one better
It's from an IESB article :

There is good news for fans of the Big Green Guy this time around, Edward Norton definitely gets it. His draft of The Incredible Hulk dated 5-13-07 is an incredible ride and will attract both fans and non-fans alike.

It’s two (make that 100) steps ahead of the 2003 edition. There’s no waiting around ‘til 40 minutes in to have the big green guy make an appearance, this time around we got him in the opening sequence and it’s harsh! The Hulk is the star of this film and makes quite a few appearances throughout.

SPOILERS BEGIN

Story details are as follows:

Character roll call: Bruce Banner, Blonsky (crazed soldier turned Abomination), General Ross, Betty Ross, Dr. Samson (Betty’s live-in boyfriend), Dr. Sterns (a cellular biologist trying to help Bruce) and Major Kathleen ‘Kat’ Sparr (Ross’s right-hand woman).

In the opening sequence, we find a man (unknown to the reader but it’s presumably Bruce Banner) walking in snow, surrounded by snow. He slouches to his knees, gun in his hand, attempting suicide. The trigger is pulled but a flash of green stops the bullet flat and it falls to the ground.

Fast forward 5 years. Banner is in Brazil working at a bottling plant staying under the radar in hiding. Living a quite, invisible, life Banner is searching for exotic flowers that he believes will help destroy the gamma radiation in his blood to end the struggle he’s lived with for the past 5 years. He tries desperately to always remain calm through the use of mediation and a pulse monitor.

Banner has a funny little run in with some Brazilian heavies who are harassing a lady co-worker. Due to Banner’s poor handle on the Portuguese language his threats aren’t threats at all, they are actually funny lines that cause the heavies to pull a WTF? Luckily Bruce stays calm enough to make it through.

While working, Bruce is cut and a drop of his blood falls into one of the bottles that gets shipped out for sale. A woman in Minnesota drinks the juice and almost dies. The gamma is detected in her blood and this alerts the military, General Ross in particular and Cabot. They organize a team, headed up by Blonsky, to find where the drink was bottled and to apprehend a white man in the area.

The team finds Banner in bed, but he is smarter and quicker than they think and he leads them on a chase around town. Coincidentally the same heavies who had a run-in with Banner earlier are out drinking and join in the chase to beat Banner’s ass. It doesn’t take long for the Hulk to rear his ugly greenish grey head and basically crush everything and everyone (literally) in his path. He escapes to smash another day. Banner heads back to the States to find help through Dr. Sterns, striving to put right what once went wrong, within himself and with Betty.

Upon arriving in the States, Banner heads to his old stomping grounds, back to where it all began, to get his data and find Dr. Sterns. Instead, he finds Betty. He quickly leaves out the back door of a restaurant when she sees him, but she chases after him until he agrees to come over to her house to talk.

After talking with Betty and her live-in boyfriend Samson, Betty is driving Bruce to the bus station, on the way he wants to stop back at the university. Big mistake, the military and General Ross finds him and a big battle ensues. Betty is injured (Hulk saves her) and they finds themselves on the run together.

In the meantime, Blonsky was crushed by Hulk, but due to the super soldier wacky sauce he’s been shooting up he heals and is stronger than ever. Ross shoots him up a little more to make sure he’s strong enough for another round with Hulk.

They head to New York to find Dr. Sterns. He has developed an “anti-dote” of sorts for Bruce that works to bring him back to normal during a “flare up.” Unfortunately, Ross and his men catch up with them and Bruce and Betty are taken into custody. Blonsky has his own ulterior motives and makes Sterns shoot him up with the super gamma serum he’s developed from Bruce’s blood. This turns him into Abomination and he begins to destroy the city.

The only one who can stop him is Bruce…Ross agrees. Monster on Monster action ensues!

It's much better than Bruce injecting himself or the Super Serum being any part of The Hulks makeup.

 

[TheSlag]

Some other interesting aspects I really like:

"Bruce says he hurt Betty and can never forgive himself for what happened, even though he would never let it happen again. Samson is still suspicious."

*adds to the feeling of despair to me... He hurts, or has hurt, or could hurt the one he loves the most. Potential for greatness especially with Liv Tyler.


"Bruce and Betty travel to see Dr. Blue, laying low in cheap motels and rekindling their love. Betty pawns her mother’s necklace for cash – Bruce feels bad but Betty says they’ll get it back someday."

*again... like any good story... it's all about a girl. OK.. bad example thinking of Kirsten as MJ in SPider-Man but... I like that it shows that hopefully, this film will have heart. Hoping that Norton and Tyler have chemistry together... Think they will.

 

[Gianakin_]

I like this one better
It's from an IESB article :

It's much better than Bruce injecting himself or the Super Serum being any part of The Hulks makeup.

It just omits the origin that Ross narrates to Blonsky. But if the LR article had it, then something like that must exist. That IESB left it out (or never got it) doesn't mean anything, yet.

 

[Golgo-13]

This is Zak Penn's script modified by Ed Norton and I seriously doubt he structually changed a thing because the same storyline seems to be intact. I think Marvel was afraid of the negativity associated w/Zak so they had Norton kind of seemingly dilute it by adding his name to it. As much as some of you don't like Zak...it's pretty obvious he did write a great script.

I think you mean his outline was great; Norton, to my understanding, did the screenplay.

This is the part I referred to. The official site doesn't contradict what this synopsis says, but the particular part, if taken literally does change his origin.

I'm concerned about this. It would mean no gamma bomb.

 

[FrostBite]

First of all, I thought it was FANTASTIC. Second of all, if no one has noticed... everyone who hated Ang's version is going to love this, anyone who loved Ang's version will hate it end of story. I think we all should have seen that coming.

Now as for the testing part that a few of you are freaking out over.

"Ross explains that Banner was part of an early experiment to create super soldier serum, but the funding was running out. In the eleventh hour of the project, Banner was so certain of his research that he tested it on himself – that’s when everything went to hell."

It personally seems to me as he is talking about Bruce's father. Think about it, he was working for the military in Ang's, they wouldn't let him test on anyone, time was running out, he was running out of funds, so he injected himself with it. Not to mention it was most definately something to create a super-soldier, as it had to do with regeneration, and strength. They may have just added the term "Super-soldier" as a term to tie it with Captain America, which I remember hearing rumors something would relate to him in this movie anyway. To me it's much better than him just showing up out of no where or seeing him on the news in some dopey weird cameo.

Plus we already know they plan to use Hulk in the Avengers movie.

Sounds to me as if its a vague sequal to the last. I mean, come on, Brazil? His father testing it on himself? Very reminisent. Although I could be wrong and it is just Banner testing on himself then so be it.

 

[Cracker Jack]

It just omits the origin that Ross narrates to Blonsky. But if the LR article had it, then something like that must exist. That IESB left it out (or never got it) doesn't mean anything, yet.

Yes I know this. That leaves hope that Banner injecting himself ith super serum never happers. Besides, wouldn't be better if the Army developed a super serum to fight the Hulk? It says "Blonsky was crushed by Hulk, but due to the super soldier wacky sauce he’s been shooting up." He is a soldier under Ross. One of the Hulk busters. It would make sense if the Army developed something like this to combat the Hulk.

 

[Cracker Jack]

everyone who hated Ang's version is going to love this, anyone who loved Ang's version will hate it end of story. I think we all should have seen that coming.

Ah, I'm not particularly fond of Angs movie.

 

[Golgo-13]

Anyone notice that Abomination doesn't show up until THE END of the movie..?

 

[FrostBite]

Ah, I'm not particularly fond of Angs movie.

I know I was thinking about you as I wrote it even Cracker Jack (Don't you feel special now!?)

But I just meant it as a generalization. Not something that everyone was going to fall under. There are of course people who won't be fond of either or, contrastly will love both.

 

[Hugebear]

I like most of it. This movie could have easily been a sequel to Ang Lee's Hulk with minor changes. Just read it like a sequel.

Fast forward 5 years. Banner is in Brazil working at a bottling plant staying under the radar in hiding. Living a quite, invisible, life Banner is searching for exotic flowers that he believes will help destroy the gamma radiation in his blood to end the struggle he’s lived with for the past 5 years. He tries desperately to always remain calm through the use of mediation and a pulse monitor.

Banner has a funny little run in with some Brazilian heavies who are harassing a lady co-worker. Due to Banner’s poor handle on the Portuguese language his threats aren’t threats at all, they are actually funny lines that cause the heavies to pull a WTF? Luckily Bruce stays calm enough to make it through.

While working, Bruce is cut and a drop of his blood falls into one of the bottles that gets shipped out for sale. A woman in Minnesota drinks the juice and almost dies. The gamma is detected in her blood and this alerts the military, General Ross in particular and Cabot. They organize a team, headed up by Blonsky, to find where the drink was bottled and to apprehend a white man in the area.

The team finds Banner in bed, but he is smarter and quicker than they think and he leads them on a chase around town. Coincidentally the same heavies who had a run-in with Banner earlier are out drinking and join in the chase to beat Banner’s ass. It doesn’t take long for the Hulk to rear his ugly greenish grey head and basically crush everything and everyone (literally) in his path. He escapes to smash another day. Banner heads back to the States to find help through Dr. Sterns, striving to put right what once went wrong, within himself and with Betty.

Upon arriving in the States, Banner heads to his old stomping grounds, back to where it all began, to get his data and find Dr. Sterns. Instead, he finds Betty. He quickly leaves out the back door of a restaurant when she sees him, but she chases after him until he agrees to come over to her house to talk.

After talking with Betty and her live-in boyfriend Samson, Betty is driving Bruce to the bus station, on the way he wants to stop back at the university. Big mistake, the military and General Ross finds him and a big battle ensues. Betty is injured (Hulk saves her) and they finds themselves on the run together.

In the meantime, Blonsky was crushed by Hulk, but due to the super soldier wacky sauce he’s been shooting up he heals and is stronger than ever. Ross shoots him up a little more to make sure he’s strong enough for another round with Hulk.

They head to New York to find Dr. Sterns. He has developed an “anti-dote” of sorts for Bruce that works to bring him back to normal during a “flare up.” Unfortunately, Ross and his men catch up with them and Bruce and Betty are taken into custody. Blonsky has his own ulterior motives and makes Sterns shoot him up with the super gamma serum he’s developed from Bruce’s blood. This turns him into Abomination and he begins to destroy the city.

The only one who can stop him is Bruce…Ross agrees. Monster on Monster action ensues!

 

[FrostBite]

Anyone notice that Abomination doesn't show up until THE END of the movie..?

Yes but I am quite fond of the build up. A steroid enduced Blonsky slowly turning power hungry.

Plus we all knew the actor was going to want screen time as stupid as it may be, but this is definately better than him changing back and fourth.

 

[Cracker Jack]

I know I was thinking about you as I wrote it even Cracker Jack (Don't you feel special now!?)

No more than I did 5 minutes ago t:

 

[He-Man]

Anyone notice that Abomination doesn't show up until THE END of the movie..?

Not really suprised by this. Didn't figure they would hire Roth just to show up for a scene or 2 and then have a CGI Abomiation the rest of the movie.

 

[SpaghettiHULK]

First of all, I thought it was FANTASTIC. Second of all, if no one has noticed... everyone who hated Ang's version is going to love this, anyone who loved Ang's version will hate it end of story. I think we all should have seen that coming.

Now as for the testing part that a few of you are freaking out over.

"Ross explains that Banner was part of an early experiment to create super soldier serum, but the funding was running out. In the eleventh hour of the project, Banner was so certain of his research that he tested it on himself – that’s when everything went to hell."

It personally seems to me as he is talking about Bruce's father. Think about it, he was working for the military in Ang's, they wouldn't let him test on anyone, time was running out, he was running out of funds, so he injected himself with it. Not to mention it was most definately something to create a super-soldier, as it had to do with regeneration, and strength. They may have just added the term "Super-soldier" as a term to tie it with Captain America, which I remember hearing rumors something would relate to him in this movie anyway. To me it's much better than him just showing up out of no where or seeing him on the news in some dopey weird cameo.

Plus we already know they plan to use Hulk in the Avengers movie.

Sounds to me as if its a vague sequal to the last. I mean, come on, Brazil? His father testing it on himself? Very reminisent. Although I could be wrong and it is just Banner testing on himself then so be it.

I really Hope you're right!

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

First of all, I thought it was FANTASTIC. Second of all, if no one has noticed... everyone who hated Ang's version is going to love this, anyone who loved Ang's version will hate it end of story. I think we all should have seen that coming.

Now as for the testing part that a few of you are freaking out over.

"Ross explains that Banner was part of an early experiment to create super soldier serum, but the funding was running out. In the eleventh hour of the project, Banner was so certain of his research that he tested it on himself – that’s when everything went to hell."

It personally seems to me as he is talking about Bruce's father. Think about it, he was working for the military in Ang's, they wouldn't let him test on anyone, time was running out, he was running out of funds, so he injected himself with it. Not to mention it was most definately something to create a super-soldier, as it had to do with regeneration, and strength. They may have just added the term "Super-soldier" as a term to tie it with Captain America, which I remember hearing rumors something would relate to him in this movie anyway. To me it's much better than him just showing up out of no where or seeing him on the news in some dopey weird cameo.

Plus we already know they plan to use Hulk in the Avengers movie.

Sounds to me as if its a vague sequal to the last. I mean, come on, Brazil? His father testing it on himself? Very reminisent. Although I could be wrong and it is just Banner testing on himself then so be it.

NO, David Banner's syrum at the start of Hulk ONLY had to do with regeneration, he mentions nothing of strength.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Anyone notice that Abomination doesn't show up until THE END of the movie..?

I know, i'm not surprised, but am dissapointed at the same time, another thing that dissapointed me about these spoilers.

 

[Figs]

The synopsis on the official site says:


Quote:
"...hunting down the cure to the gamma radiation that poisoned his cells and unleashes the unbridled rage within him..."


From what AD posted I don't think you have to worry about no gamma bomb.

 

[FrostBite]

NO, David Banner's syrum at the start of Hulk ONLY had to do with regeneration, he mentions nothing of strength.

Okay! Yeesh! No need to pull the caps on me! I infered that from his lust for the Hulk strength, let alone the "child of my mind" comment.

Ah well, I guess I was wrong on that count, it was just a little infering on my part.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Okay! Yeesh! No need to pull the caps on me! I infered that from his lust for the Hulk strength, let alone the "child of my mind" comment.

Ah well, I guess I was wrong on that count, it was just a little infering on my part.

Ha ha, NO once again . David only wanted Hulk's strength once he saw it for himself, as he wanted to be able to control the people who had thought he was wrong.

But in the actual opening of the movie, David only talks about soldiers who can regenerate once injured, but are normal otherwise.