The Hulks Leaping/Jumping

[Judson Caspian]

I think the point is there was so much other good stuff going on not many people really missed seeing the leaping. We know he can and did though, so they'll likely show it in the sequel.

And maybe on the uncut Blu-ray version of this film.

 

[DragonLord]

ROFLMAO You can Please some of the people some of the time, but not all the people all the time.

I'm sure that if it suited the film LL would have put it in. But why spend all the extra money on this when he could have spend it better in awesome fight scenes. The 03 film spend the money on showing us The Hulk's travel mode. Remeber People, we are on a budget. But, let's put it on our wish list and maybe LL will put it in the Sequel.

 

[ArtTeacher]

well, yeah. don't have much choice do we? i guess i can come on these boards for the next 2 years and get really excited about the movie until i see a blue Leader. then what i'll do is i'll write a really angry letter and send it to marvel, universal, and the director and it will say things like "you have ruined my life" and "how dare you" and stuff like that. then they will obviously change everything because i stood up for myself and didn't just "accept it"

/sarcasm.

LOL!!!
*applauds*
This isn't about the Leader being blue.
This is about rejecting an entire movie over the specific hue of green!

 

[Nivek]

I think the point is there was so much other good stuff going on not many people really missed seeing the leaping. We know he can and did though, so they'll likely show it in the sequel.

So, with threads like this, is it safe to say we have gotten through all reasonable discussion about Incredible Hulk? I mean, it happened offscreen, but he clearly was leaping. We seen no superjumps, but he obviously was traveling that way. The Ang Hulk captured his ability perfectly, despite jars from the Peanut gallery, but to me you just didn't see him do it in the film doesn't mean it didn't happen. It's like Batman taking off his eye shadow.

 

[Khemik@L]

I think they deliberately toned down the "jumping" in this movie, to avoid that "weightless bouncy ball look."

the jumping in the 03 film was one of the things that my Dad DID NOT like in the first film. Now, I would say my Dad represents the typical casual moviegoer. He's familiar with most of the superheroes, but he doesn't "know" them the way we fan-boys/girls do. So, he was not aware that the Hulk leaped great distances in the comics.

When he saw the first one, that was the one part that he really didn't like. He thought it looked silly and stupid. He liked TIH MUCH BETTER than the 03 hulk, and was glad the new Hulk didn't jump around like that.

However, I think it's safe to say that the movie IMPLIED the Hulk could jump great distances ( after all, how the heck did he get from Brazil to Guatemala )....it just didn't show it on screen.

I was just about to post that but since you already said it there is no need for me to say it.

 

[X Knight]

well, glad to be of service.......t:

 

[HULKFish]

The last shot of the HULK crossing the helicopter lights looked like the only sight of a big leap to me... The ONLY thing missing from this movie. It will be more apparent in part 2 I'm sure.

 

[Kirmit]

The last shot of the HULK crossing the helicopter lights looked like the only sight of a big leap to me... The ONLY thing missing from this movie. It will be more apparent in part 2 I'm sure.

In the Novel, instead of flashing off to a different scene at that point the Hulk nearly cleared the hudson over to new jersey, he fell short a little bit but I'm not sure whether than was purposely done to lose the military.

 

[Figs]

Amazing. Truly amazing. It's like saying "feed me with more dog ****, I'm starting to like it now."

I bet if The Leader has blue skin and Samson has big bunny teeth in the sequel, you'll accept it in the end.

I'm really getting to the no tolerance level now days for extreme and laughable over the top exaggerations.

No, if the Leader had blue skin I wouldn't be happy. As for Doc Samson...I'm more of a casual Hulk fan and from what I've read about Samson...he sounds lame as all hell.

Just because it didn't show exactly how far or high he can jump in the new Hulk film doesn't mean they won't in a sequel or Avengers film.

It was the fact that they had so many other things going for the Hulk in this one than Ang's film that I didn't mind if he chose to make shorter jumps.

As someone else said, how did he travel that large distance after his first Hulk out in the film? There was no way in that short of time that he made it that far without being able to jump as far or run as fast as he did in Ang's film.

 

[screams]

I'm sure there are deleted scenes of him jumping ridiculous distances.

 

[DACrowe]

I'm just saying the leaping would've been good transitions for when Hulk escapes the college campus with Betty and him jumping into the Hudson and away from Manhattan to conclude his "run" at the end. Otherwise without massive leaps, his escapes make little sense and they cheated with the editing.

 

[DACrowe]

I'm just saying the leaping would've been good transitions for when Hulk escapes the college campus with Betty and him jumping into the Hudson and away from Manhattan to conclude his "run" at the end. Otherwise without massive leaps, his escapes make little sense and they cheated with the editing.

 

[I7eIVIoNBoY]

wtf is so special about hulk jumping

 

[Kirmit]

wtf is so special about hulk jumping

Well to be fair, taking away Hulks leaping is kind of like taking superman's flying, it's a major aspect of the character.

 

[I7eIVIoNBoY]

i see

 

[storyteller]

Why should the hulk jump over a mile when he enemy is on the roof?

 

[Kirmit]

Why should the hulk jump over a mile when he enemy is on the roof?

That's a point I made in another thread, the opporunity didn't arrise that often for Hulk to use his full leaping ability. Granted at the end of the campus battle and end of the final battle they could've thrown it in there though.

 

[FrostBite]

That's a point I made in another thread, the opporunity didn't arrise that often for Hulk to use his full leaping ability. Granted at the end of the campus battle and end of the final battle they could've thrown it in there though.

I thought it was pretty much insinuated that when he got to an open area (after his little monkey routine, which I thought was AWESOME) that he threw himself in the air to start up one big ol' jump. How else was he getting away?

You cannot jump 3 miles from any point in a city. ...Skyscrapers you know, well, I guess he could crash right through them, but Hulk doesn't always smash for the fun of smashing.

And then he have the campus scene, in which he obviously jumped to the cave.. I mean, we even caught the end of it.

And then the bottling plant...

He went from Brazil to Guatemala, I cannot stress this enough, he didn't just WALK THERE.

They didn't have to show the jumps, regardless if this is a reboot or not, people in that theater know from the last one, Hulk can jump. The don't need an entire scene dedicated to it again.

 

[Doc Samson]

I'm really getting to the no tolerance level now days for extreme and laughable over the top exaggerations.

No, if the Leader had blue skin I wouldn't be happy. As for Doc Samson...I'm more of a casual Hulk fan and from what I've read about Samson...he sounds lame as all hell.

Just because it didn't show exactly how far or high he can jump in the new Hulk film doesn't mean they won't in a sequel or Avengers film.

It was the fact that they had so many other things going for the Hulk in this one than Ang's film that I didn't mind if he chose to make shorter jumps.

As someone else said, how did he travel that large distance after his first Hulk out in the film? There was no way in that short of time that he made it that far without being able to jump as far or run as fast as he did in Ang's film.

Geez, I wouldn't go that far. He is a more "classic" Hulk character, so he doesn't have much of the newfound obligatory "dark" qualities all heroes must have now to be interesting to some people, but I digress...

To the point of this thread though, the Hulk can easily be argued to have most of his popularity due to the TV show, I think alot more than the comic that inspired it. So what most people see as something silly is actually a very old part of his character, almost from day one. I think the problem most people had is that fact that he was hopping so effortlessly without any damage, but again i question just how much damage he was going to cause leaping through canyons? It's not like a city street or something of that nature, so him leaping like that was certainly plausible to me...

 

[ProfeZZor X]

Yeah, having hulk climb that building like ****ing spiderman was stupid. The CGI also looked horrible in that scene. They should've just had him jump up.

Is Hulk jumping to the top of a building too difficult to believe for audiences?

That's the reason why they took it out, people thought the jumping in 2003 looked silly.
Stupid.

You raised a good point, in the sense that the Hulk is suppose to represent pure blind rage. And denotes that there should be extremely limited intelligence within him. Especially not the intelligence to evade his captors by showing dexterity and agility by swinging on poles, and grasping on to the sides of buildings. Survival or not, that shouldn't even be a conscious thought for him to execute those kinds of moves, when all he had to do is stand his ground and throw something at the helicopter... That is, unless the flood light reminded him of the lightning, and he knew that he couldn't affect it by throwing something at it. THat would make sense.

 

[FrostBite]

You raised a good point, in the sense that the Hulk is suppose to represent pure blind rage. And denotes that there should be extremely limited intelligence within him. Especially not the intelligence to evade his captors by showing dexterity and agility by swinging on poles, and grasping on to the sides of buildings. Survival or not, that shouldn't even be a conscious thought for him to execute those kinds of moves, when all he had to do is stand his ground and throw something at the helicopter... That is, unless the flood light reminded him of the lightning, and he knew that he couldn't affect it by throwing something at it. THat would make sense.

Wait what? In all incarnations as well as this one, Hulk wasn't exactly stupid. Sure sometimes he may have killed a troop or two, by leaping before he looked as it were, and reacted without thinking to the thunder, but still, it didn't make him stupid to react during fights. If he were stupid he sure as heck wouldn't have given Ross that look of "Look what you've done" count it not one, but 2 times. Nor would he be able to weaponize sheets of metal and cop cars. He simply would be smashing nonsensically.

 

[Doc Samson]

You raised a good point, in the sense that the Hulk is suppose to represent pure blind rage. And denotes that there should be extremely limited intelligence within him. Especially not the intelligence to evade his captors by showing dexterity and agility by swinging on poles, and grasping on to the sides of buildings. Survival or not, that shouldn't even be a conscious thought for him to execute those kinds of moves, when all he had to do is stand his ground and throw something at the helicopter... That is, unless the flood light reminded him of the lightning, and he knew that he couldn't affect it by throwing something at it. THat would make sense.

I think the cure gave the Hulk a bit more intelligence though, and subdued him at the same time. I believe thats why Bruce didn't change right away when he dropped from the plane (Betty also points out that he may not change) and as the Hulk he was less aggressive in body language and actions toward Abomination (check his facial expressions when Abomination jumps on the crashed helicopter, Hulk looks very calm, like he doesn't want to fight, then he growls reluctantly after thinking about it) He also showed some strategy by trapping Abomination's legs and using his bone to stab him with. I also think this is why he spoke more (and called Betty by her name) and also why Bruce seems to have controlled his transformation at the end

 

[FrostBite]

I think the cure gave the Hulk a bit more intelligence though, and subdued him at the same time. I believe thats why Bruce didn't change right away when he dropped from the plane (Betty also points out that he may not change) and as the Hulk he was less aggressive in body language and actions toward Abomination (check his facial expressions when Abomination jumps on the crashed helicopter, Hulk looks very calm, like he doesn't want to fight, then he growls reluctantly after thinking about it) He also showed some strategy by trapping Abomination's legs and using his bone to stab him with. I also think this is why he spoke more (and called Betty by her name) and also why Bruce seems to have controlled his transformation at the end

Meaning (and I've said this before) he went from Mindless Hulk to the Savage Hulk of the comics.

Except he still wasn't really mindless in this movie, more of a cross between it... as I said, he wasn't stupid throughout the movie. Especially not with those slabs of sheet metal.

 

[Doc Samson]

Meaning (and I've said this before) he went from Mindless Hulk to the Savage Hulk of the comics.

Except he still wasn't really mindless in this movie, more of a cross between it... as I said, he wasn't stupid throughout the movie. Especially not with those slabs of sheet metal.

Thats why I'm not so sure about that, though to some degree I think your right. I don't think he was an out and out interpretation of the mindless Hulk because like you said, he showed some thought throughout. I guess they were just showing the progression in a more subtle way, because although he wasn't mindless, he was clearly more aggressive in the first two Hulk-outs

 

[Zero_Vault]

They didn't have to show the jumps, regardless if this is a reboot or not, people in that theater know from the last one, Hulk can jump. The don't need an entire scene dedicated to it again.

Ang's Hulk is not the real Hulk.

The reboot is.