Should the Hulk kill people?

[Sentinel X]

Yes
I mean seriously people, this movie is going to be made in a real world right?...Hulk cant be throwing tanks around with people in them, bashing the hell out of hellicopters and jets, or throwing cars around in the city and expect no one to get killed??

...even in the comics, Hulk has killed people, Bruce regrets it but when he is on a rampage and is raving around the city hes like a wild animal...If you're in his way, too bad, you'll be hurt and you can die...thats how it goes.

 

[Strange]

If the Hulk and the Abomination go at it in a large city I don't see how there could not be any collateral damage as far as lost life goes. The Hulk would not kill people on purpose but it could happen and it has in the comics.

 

[SpaghettiHULK]

Hulk has to try to save people from the savage destruction thirst of The Abomination.

 

[terry78]

Is the question, should he purposely kill someone, or if it's done on accident? The latter seems to be the more common route to go, as only Ulty Hulk has actually attempted to murder individuals.

 

[Symbiote Hulk]

no...

 

[Baba Ghanoush]

Not directly, but I think people should die as a result of Hulk's actions. It makes sense for someone to get crushed in a car the Hulk smashes.

 

[EmeraldBeast]

You must realize Marvel will not show the Hulk on film killing anyone or someone getting killed by him. Can you say hero? Accident, maybe. Abomb would and should kill someone to get the audience really backing, if not cheering the Hulk.

 

[AsianHulk]

The Hulk cannot kill people.because even he's a green skinned giant monster.he just still to saved people against his nemesis and he is a kind of superhero.

 

[Dr.Dude]

This is one of those things where that balance between realism and comic booky-ness should swing more towards the comics.

There is some precedent for a mass-murdering Hulk, of course; The Ultimates has already been mentioned and there was also the interesting Banner limited series a few years back. Going by this, it wouldn't be completely out of left field if the new movie was to show the Hulk in this darker kind of light.

However, while obviously it would be a hell of a lot more realistic if the Hulk's rampages lead to millions of innocent deaths, the problem is that then the creature becomes unlikeable, as does Banner. It's important that the audience sympathize with the childlike Hulk--if he was presented as a murderous killer, Hulk becomes the very monster that General Ross, the army and the public at large believes him to be and Banner becomes a spineless fool who could save millions if he only killed himself. Which is an interesting character in many respects, but not one as unique as the classic Bruce Banner.

 

[terry78]

Hulk's mindset has always been "leave me alone, and don't mess with the people I care about." That's usually been the way other characters in the Marvel universe have gotten him to help them, or been hindered by him. He's not a hero by choice, he's usually forced into by someone attacking him or someone that's a friend of his.

 

[Ahura Mazda]

Yes
I mean seriously people, this movie is going to be made in a real world right?...Hulk cant be throwing tanks around with people in them, bashing the hell out of hellicopters and jets, or throwing cars around in the city and expect no one to get killed??

...even in the comics, Hulk has killed people, Bruce regrets it but when he is on a rampage and is raving around the city hes like a wild animal...If you're in his way, too bad, you'll be hurt and you can die...thats how it goes.

In the first movie, he killed no one even though he did all those things. They even made a point of the guy climbing out of the thrown tank and Ross being told no one was hurt by the downed helicopter. Would that be possible in real life, no, but this is a comic book movie and people surviving are the same thing as his pants staying on him.

The Hulk was written as someone who has no intention to kill and as a hero figure should definitely keep that part of his character.

 

[Mr Jide]

Not directly, but I think people should die as a result of Hulk's actions. It makes sense for someone to get crushed in a car the Hulk smashes.

Bingo! And to have alot of people, particularly those trying to hurt/capture the hulk be prone to some serious injury.
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[Tony Stark]

The Hulk killing innocent people was only a modern interpretation. One which I can understand on it's merrits given the Hulk's power and his inability to control his mind. It got only worse with the Ultimate version where the Hulk actually eats people.

Personally, I never liked that interpretation. Lee's main idea for the Hulk was to combine Jeckl and Hyde with Frankenstein's monster. The Frankenstein portion because everyone thought he was the bad guy, but he was really the hero. Having the Hulk kill innocents only takes away from that.

 

[mjbull23]

Hulk is not a mindless killer, he only attacks those who threaten him, so No, let's not having him kill people unless it's really warranted.

 

[Riddick2009]

He never did in the 616 comics, and Bruce has mentioned in the books (events before Planet Hulk aside) that if he did he'd do himself in from the knowledge. Nothing about the first movie or the TV series tells me that this incarnation would do any differently. There can be plenty of property damage and people hurt, but for him to kill people en masse would send him off the deep end.

You must not collect Hulk Comics then. There was a comic just about how many people he killed and it was the 616 universe. All the people's Ghost were in his dreams and such, I will try to find out what it was called. He has killed 100's if not thousands of people by accident. Do you forget that he goes into the city and knocks buildings over and throws cars and beats up Military Officers. He may not stomp people and such but he has caused alot of lives in the comics and it even got it's own comic book story line because of this. Do some research and you will find out I am right.

 

[Spade]

What has-been writers jot down in their spare time in failed attempts to validate how he causes the damage without hurting anybody is their issue. Looking into that as a real thing to put in a script is pointless. Spidey didn't save the people underneath Gwen in SM3, yet that wasn't the gripe most anyone had with the film. The best recourse is to focus on what makes the Hulk heroic without throwing in elements based on small additions to the canon that hardly any other writer acknowledges.

And yes, I've collected Hulk comics. Thanks for the usual Internet rebuttal that starts off that way.

 

[Riddick2009]

What has-been writers jot down in their spare time in failed attempts to validate how he causes the damage without hurting anybody is their issue. Looking into that as a real thing to put in a script is pointless. Spidey didn't save the people underneath Gwen in SM3, yet that wasn't the gripe most anyone had with the film. The best recourse is to focus on what makes the Hulk heroic without throwing in elements based on small additions to the canon that hardly any other writer acknowledges.

And yes, I've collected Hulk comics. Thanks for the usual Internet rebuttal that starts off that way.

I didn't mean it bad, like saying ''you didn't collect the comics'' like you didn't know what you were talking about, sorry if that is how it sounded. I just meant maybe you didn't collect them and didn't know that he had killed alot of people.

 

[TheBeastWithin]

Actually a tough question for me. Realistically I don't see how something like the Hulk wouldn't, if only accidently, kill people in his wake of destruction. But I know there's a certain suspension of disbelief even when trying to be "realistic" with a comic book superhero. So I will just put that in the same category as why his pants don't completely rip to shreds and fall off leaving a naked Hulk. I know Hulk's a monster but ultimately he's a heroic monster and shouldn't kill innocent people. Killing Abominations is ok though.

 

[BruceBanner]

No innocent or guilty people should ever die as a direct or indirect result of Hulk's actions. As for serious injury, bad guys ok, but never innocent people.

 

[C. Lee]

If you went truely fully realisticly....innocent people die in almost every comic book character fight....they just are not talked about.

 

[BruceBanner]

I hope they don't go "truely fully realisticly", are you the head honcho around here?

 

[C. Lee]

I hope they don't go "truely fully realisticly", are you the head honcho around here?

I don't want a bunch of innocent death either....just giving people something to think about.

Head honcho.......nah.....more like an arm and a leg.

 

[BruceBanner]

Well nice to meet you, if you have Yahoo Messenger and ever wanna chat, I'm brucebanner0562

 

[C. Lee]

Welcome to the Hype. I don't have yahoo though.

 

[BruceBanner]

That's ok, I'll get AIM, see ya soon.