Should Hulk Get Another Solo? What would it be about?

[Dasher10]

Ehhh not feeling an idea like that at all. Not for an entire hulk movie. Garrish behavior like that is pretty off putting imo.

What if Joe were made into less of a sociopathic bully and more just a jerk/ruthless anti-hero who might punch an old lady in the face to collect a gambling debt, then loot her purse? General plot would still stand?

 

[Pecola1]

An excellent article which I agree with.
*WARNING AOU SPOILERS*

On another note, I hope Ruffalo, the best actor for Hulk since Bill Bixby, is not rubbed off the screen before he gets his own solo, AT LEAST. I would love a trilogy. We can't have all these plot holes and character dev failures coming up with THE BEST actor for Hulk in so long, can we? Yet alone for one of the MAIN FOUNDING AVENGERS?!
I am certain we will get a Hulk solo at the LATEST phase 4. I think we could very easily see an announced phase 3 film. they have big plans for the Hulk, why can't that be an already planned film? Spidey was slid into the universe, why can't they have made plans for if they were able to put together a hulk solo?

 

[Pecola1]

A great article that explains why we need a hulk solo in the MCU.
*WARNING AoU SPOILERS!*

As for Ruffalo, I would hate for the best Banner actor since Bill Bixby to be rubbed off the screen before getting his first solo. We can't let such a great actor stand in a puddle of failed character dev and plot holes until he ages out! Yet alone one of the MAIN FOUNDING AVENGERS not getting a solo?! I am confident we will get a solo at the earliest Phase 4, but I personally think it is VERY likley we will get one in phase 3. Why? 1. We need one. 2. They have 'big plans' for Hulk. 3. They need to: erase past films which don't fit perfectly and highlight what amount of TIH is truly cannon. (The article shows a couple of the main contradictions that shows not all of TIH could really be in the same universe) 4. To fill plot holes and to reinforce character development. 5. To show that we can have an excellent Hulk movie if done right. 6. Because they can. (More of a reason why some brush the idea of a Hulk solo off) They have already slid a brand new characters Solo film(s?) into Phase 3, and we know they had alternate scripts just in case the deal didn't go down well, why couldn't they have done that with an already existing character?

 

[Dasher10]

An excellent article which I agree with.
*WARNING AOU SPOILERS*

On another note, I hope Ruffalo, the best actor for Hulk since Bill Bixby, is not rubbed off the screen before he gets his own solo, AT LEAST. I would love a trilogy. We can't have all these plot holes and character dev failures coming up with THE BEST actor for Hulk in so long, can we? Yet alone for one of the MAIN FOUNDING AVENGERS?!
I am certain we will get a Hulk solo at the LATEST phase 4. I think we could very easily see an announced phase 3 film. they have big plans for the Hulk, why can't that be an already planned film? Spidey was slid into the universe, why can't they have made plans for if they were able to put together a hulk solo?

Because after Marvel were cool enough to extend Universal's rights to the character, Universal didn't sell the rights back when they were given a very generous offer and as a result, will hold on to them until 2018. Marvel also decided to give Universal Namor when TIH was made who will also revert at around the same time.

That's why. This is also why we're only seen the Savage Hulk persona when Joe Fixit, The Professor/Doc Green and Worldbreaker have yet to surface. Marvel aren't going to introduce new Hulk personas in an ensemble.

Keep in mind that if Fox sells the rights back to Star Wars: Episode 4 while giving Marvel 100% of the profits on X-Men and Fantastic Four merch, we'd probably see those properties also get a boost in things like advertising, merchandise, action figures, video games, animation, etc as well.

Marvel will probably stop their X-Men blackout in 2017 when the get the video game rights back from Activision and you can count on something big for the Hulk and Namor the following year. Just like when Sony worked out a deal to give Marvel creative control of Spider-Man and Marvel announced more merchandise featuring the character, it's all about playing ball with the company holding the IP rights.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

What if Joe were made into less of a sociopathic bully and more just a jerk/ruthless anti-hero who might punch an old lady in the face to collect a gambling debt, then loot her purse? General plot would still stand?

Im all for suspension of disbelief to a certain extent. But I dont think there is really room for a live action joe fixit. I can't fathom marvel putting a live action grey hulk into a tuxedo, and having him working a casino. Like the concept of rocket raccoon works better than that does. Marvel, wouldn't turn a flagship hero into a thieving, murderous, cynical creep like joe fixit.

I really would like to see green hulk communicate witg banner in different ways. I could see dreams working nicely, I'd love hulk to speak to banner almost philosophically making banner question things about himslef and the world or tryimg to make banner understand the world as he sees it. I'd love for banner to have dialogue with hulk through reflections. As corny as it sounds I really think itd work well at showing banners split personalities.

 

[DA_Champion]

No.

I loved the ang lee film, but i would rather see different stories.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I dont want another ang hulk movie. I just want an establishement that hulk is his own Character that has thoughts and emotions other than rage.
Not just a brute with a low intellect that only says a handful of words and grunts.
Of course I want to see other types of stories especially considering the villains that could be brought to life. I dont want something too reminiscent of the ang film, but I also want it be a bit more elevated than TIH was, even though I loved it. Basically i want the TWS of hulk movies. Something thought provoking but thrilling and exhilarating in terms of storytelling.

 

[SymbioticToxin]

Planet Hulk needs to happen.

Why is that the only story for Hulk anyone wants to see adapted to film?

 

[DA_Champion]

Why is that the only story for Hulk anyone wants to see adapted to film?

I think it's the only Hulk-related story most people have heard about.

 

[SymbioticToxin]

I don't know a lot of Hulk stories myself, but it just kinda irks me that that's the only one people ever say should be adapted to the MCU. There are other stories, or heck just make up a new one. Lets' build up the everyone being forced to think shooting Banner offworld is a for the best instead of making it the go-to answer for a Hulk film.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Probably because Planet Hulk is the most recent of Hulk's more beloved stories. It's like Winter Soldier with Cap or Extremis for Iron Man.

 

[SymbioticToxin]

I mean I'm not against it, if it happened I'd be ok with it, just doesn't make a whole lotta sense to me. Especially because that story does have a lot of Hulk being an actual character and some of the Bruce vs Hulk mental stuff. The movies would have to establish that Hulk is a character before they do that.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

Yeah there are tons of stories they can draw inspiration from, planet hulk is just the most recently beloved. Although i wouldn't be mad if they made PH movie. I would prefer something that involved leader and a cast of julk related characters instead.

 

[SymbioticToxin]

I want another Hulk vs Abomination fight. Don't judge me, I actually liked Abomination in TIH.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

Hey i would love one too. And I'd love to see abomination further mutated in to something a tad closer to his comic counterpart Like in this original concept art from TIH

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media...l_progressive,q_80,w_636/1883lv23l74zvjpg.jpg

 

[Pecola1]

Sorry for the double post earlier, my internet went out and I didn't see the first one go through, and thought it didn't. Had to rewrite it, and now I see both were posted. XD

 

[Canadian Rider]

I enjoy Ruffalo's take on the Character and would love to see him in a solo project.
The Planet Hulk story would be a nice break from the MCU overlap.

 

[Dasher10]

Im all for suspension of disbelief to a certain extent. But I dont think there is really room for a live action joe fixit. I can't fathom marvel putting a live action grey hulk into a tuxedo, and having him working a casino. Like the concept of rocket raccoon works better than that does. Marvel, wouldn't turn a flagship hero into a thieving, murderous, cynical creep like joe fixit.

I really would like to see green hulk communicate witg banner in different ways. I could see dreams working nicely, I'd love hulk to speak to banner almost philosophically making banner question things about himslef and the world or tryimg to make banner understand the world as he sees it. I'd love for banner to have dialogue with hulk through reflections. As corny as it sounds I really think itd work well at showing banners split personalities.

I disagree. Then again, I love Peter David's Hulk run in general and Joe Fixit needs to be the setup for The Professor and then finally Worldbreaker. Savage Hulk is interesting from a visual standpoint but he's more a plot device than a character.

I'd really work to show Hulk as a complex character with multiple personalities. Hulk was born from Bruce Banner's abusive childhood which caused Bruce to suffer from dissociative identity disorder. Joe Fixit is a further example of Hulk's mental illness which is an expression of his id. Bruce Banner is ultimately now an emotionally repressed personality. The Professor would surface later as the ideal self of all three personalities. Sombody who is 20 years younger than Banner with all his intelligence, Savage Hulk's raw strength and Joe Fixit's cunning and sense of humor.

Have Professor stick around for a while before Worldbreaker emerges who's a fifth persona born of Bruce's fear of rejection for a fifth Hulk movie based on Planet Hulk. Professor should stick around for Hulk 3 and 4 and Joe Fixit should would be the main persona in Hulk 2.

And no, I don't like Guilt Hulk. He's too dark a character. Joe Fixit is what a darker, evil Hulk should be but he has a charm to him and a good wit. Guilt Hulk is just pure evil with no redeeming values.

I also feel like Kluh is also too similar to Guilt Hulk and Doc Green is too similar to The Professor so I don't want those two showing up either.

 

[SlamAdams]

I think Doc Green is a better name than Professor Hulk and if they just combine the 2 I don't think I would care much. Pr. Hulk is sort of just Doc Green except less Machiavellian.

 

[Taarna]

YES. I'd like to see a Hulk vs. Thing movie. Two men, two monsters.

They battle in NY city after a heated argument in a bar. The match is impressive enough to attract an unknown alien presence who transports them both to a world full of the deadliest animals ( Giant Insects, Dinosaurs, Sea Creatures, etc.. ), and killer robots in the universe.

With a heated feud, the two opt to go it alone, only to learn the horror that other super hero's from earth are in this crazy hunting world too.

The odds board for survival in the arena world reads:

Sasquatch 4-1 against ( He dies )

Colossus 3-1 against ( He's injured early and DQ'd from the event as he stays in Human form )

Thing 2-1 against

Hulk even money!

Soon it becomes apparent the Hulk and the Thing must team up or die.

 

[metaphysician]

Why is that the only story for Hulk anyone wants to see adapted to film?

Because some people think the sum total of Hulk's character is "two dimensional power fantasy of strong man rampaging through a world where strength is law"?

 

[Dasher10]

I think Doc Green is a better name than Professor Hulk and if they just combine the 2 I don't think I would care much. Pr. Hulk is sort of just Doc Green except less Machiavellian.

That's what I was getting at. They're pretty much the same character. Just do The Professor and then call him Doc Green. There you go, problem solved.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I disagree. Then again, I love Peter David's Hulk run in general and Joe Fixit needs to be the setup for The Professor and then finally Worldbreaker. Savage Hulk is interesting from a visual standpoint but he's more a plot device than a character.

I'd really work to show Hulk as a complex character with multiple personalities. Hulk was born from Bruce Banner's abusive childhood which caused Bruce to suffer from dissociative identity disorder. Joe Fixit is a further example of Hulk's mental illness which is an expression of his id. Bruce Banner is ultimately now an emotionally repressed personality. The Professor would surface later as the ideal self of all three personalities. Sombody who is 20 years younger than Banner with all his intelligence, Savage Hulk's raw strength and Joe Fixit's cunning and sense of humor.

Have Professor stick around for a while before Worldbreaker emerges who's a fifth persona born of Bruce's fear of rejection for a fifth Hulk movie based on Planet Hulk. Professor should stick around for Hulk 3 and 4 and Joe Fixit should would be the main persona in Hulk 2.

And no, I don't like Guilt Hulk. He's too dark a character. Joe Fixit is what a darker, evil Hulk should be but he has a charm to him and a good wit. Guilt Hulk is just pure evil with no redeeming values.

I also feel like Kluh is also too similar to Guilt Hulk and Doc Green is too similar to The Professor so I don't want those two showing up either.

I like the peter david run as much as the next guy, he laid a great foundation for exploring the hulk in so many different paths, but the concept of joe fixit just isnt one that is easy to swallow as a whole. But I think you may have missed my point before.
I agree on showing the multiple personalities. But if you are going to bring the joe fixit personality to life, you can do so without the hokey backdrop of the vegas gangster. Keep the essentials of his personality but the vegas gangster crap will not translate, what so ever imo. I mean anyone could rationally figure that the hulk/ bruce is a fugitive. Theres no way the government or any authority is just going to let hulk run some vegas casinos with an iron fist. See what i mean? I'd love to be proven wrong on it, but its just something that is so goofy or silly as a concept for the character that it wouldn't feel right in an mcu movie. Maybe if banner had a throwaway line or joke about hulk running some casinos.

I'm all for showing a darker hulk like the fixit personality, but the vegas gangster theme has to go, and the murderous sociopathic tendencies wouldn't make it especially for disneys pg13 movie universe and one of their flagship heroes.

Also as far as setting up personalities, the mcu isnt the comics and if they want one personality over another they dont have the luxury of 50+ years of history and story telling to do so. They'll just do it and wont need all this extensive history to explain the how or the why. Thats the magic of not being restricted to the comics.

 

[CoherentChaos]

Joe Fixit is like the kind of Hulk that both Bruce and Savage should want to surpress at ALL costs. Fixit's personality would most likely be portrayed as something vile, not as comic relief.

At least Savage is childish at heart, and won't needless hurt others unless provoked.

 

[Ragnaroknroll]

I gotta bone up on some Peter David Hulk. I keep hoping for an Omnibus collection.