The Hulks Leaping/Jumping

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Ang's Hulk is not the real Hulk.

The reboot is.

You bring up a point some of us are not getting, this movie tried to distance itself from the 03 movie the reason we didn't see a super-jump was because HE DIDNT RUN AWAY FROM A FIGHT or in this case jump away like the " what if " hulk did. The cave scene, Brazil to Guatemala he apparently did super-jump we just didn't see it.

 

[Judson Caspian]

The don't need an entire scene dedicated to it again.

Lame excuse. They do. Because it's cool to watch.

 

[FrostBite]

Lame excuse. They do. Because it's cool to watch.

I hope in TDK they explain how he became Batman. Oh and Batman 3 BETTER have how he became Batman.

 

[DieSmiling]

The director commented on not wanting the Hulk to seem weightless, which is clearly the direction he decided to go. Let's be honest, something that big and strong looks ridiculous easily flying through the air. I understand why the hardcore Hulk fan is disappointed he doesn't jump as far, but I personally prefer the more realistic route they've gone.

 

[Scooter]

The director commented on not wanting the Hulk to seem weightless, which is clearly the direction he decided to go. Let's be honest, something that big and strong looks ridiculous easily flying through the air. I understand why the hardcore Hulk fan is disappointed he doesn't jump as far, but I personally prefer the more realistic route they've gone.

Less realistic, actually. The same super-strong, gamma powered leg muscles that would enable the Hulk to pick up heavy ****, throw heavy ****, and punch heavy **** through walls would also allow him to jump - a long, long ways - instead of scrambling up walls and swinging from bridges. They made a stylistic choice they felt was necessary to further distance themselves from the first film - whether it worked or not really depends on how much you missed seeing those trademark leaps, or how necessary they were to the story (the answer to both of which is probably "not very much", or some variation thereof) - the new Hulk didn't really seem any more or less "weightless" than the old one.

 

[Anubis Raptor]

They said that they left "stuff" out on purpose. Maybe we'll see more of the super jumps in the sequel or in "The Avengers".

Anyone agree???

 

[ironwez20]

They said that they left "stuff" out on purpose. Maybe we'll see more of the super jumps in the sequel or in "The Avengers".

Anyone agree???

punyfan im sorry i got your thread closed man, i shouldve of just walked away but i didnt im sorry man, please forgive me.

 

[Scooter]

Double post, Scooter style.

 

[Scooter]

I don't think it needs that big a detail made of it. The Hulk leaping isn't some sort of separate superpower that only he has, it's just a natural product of the strength in his leg muscles. If it can be incorporated naturally into the course of any action sequences, then great. In Hulk, the leaping was, logically, a consequence of his being stranded in the middle of the desert; stylistically, it was a poetic, contemplative sequence that acted opposite the more hectic action moments - and I, personally, thought it was beautifully done.

Would I have liked to have seen Hulk leaping through the jungles of South America? Honestly, yes, I probably would have (though, it should be made clear that I wasn't, when viewing the film, actually thinking that). Seeing the Hulk in that jungle setting, with the abundance of green and dappled lighting, would have been great. But that probably would not have worked within Letterrier's narrative; he favored a faster pace that didn't make time for much of the more sedate scenarios that Lee did.

 

[Midnight Black]

I think 08 can jump pretty far, but not quite as far as 03...IMO...the only part of the movie that supports this is when TIH jumps up after Abom and barely grabs his leg.

 

[SLYspyder]

The director commented on not wanting the Hulk to seem weightless, which is clearly the direction he decided to go. Let's be honest, something that big and strong looks ridiculous easily flying through the air. I understand why the hardcore Hulk fan is disappointed he doesn't jump as far, but I personally prefer the more realistic route they've gone.

Huh?

I don't think it needs that big a detail made of it. The Hulk leaping isn't some sort of separate superpower that only he has, it's just a natural product of the strength in his leg muscles. If it can be incorporated naturally into the course of any action sequences, then great. In Hulk, the leaping was, logically, a consequence of his being stranded in the middle of the desert; stylistically, it was a poetic, contemplative sequence that acted opposite the more hectic action moments - and I, personally, thought it was beautifully done.

Would I have liked to have seen Hulk leaping through the jungles of South America? Honestly, yes, I probably would have (though, it should be made clear that I wasn't, when viewing the film, actually thinking that). Seeing the Hulk in that jungle setting, with the abundance of green and dappled lighting, would have been great. But that probably would not have worked within Letterrier's narrative; he favored a faster pace that didn't make time for much of the more sedate scenarios that Lee did.

Exactly. If the Hulk was weightless, he'd just float through the air. The Hulk doesn't fly, nor should that word ever be brought up. It's a jump because of his ridiculous legs muscles lifting his body weight, which should be less than a ton. All of the jumps should always go in a nice curve.

There were some points in 03 movie where it seemed like the air was lifting him. That should NEVER be the case. Nice semi-circle like jumps each and EVERY time. The Hulk follows the law of gravity.

 

[Scooter]

He seemed perfectly gravity-bound to me.

 

[Midnight Black]

the Hulk was not lifted by the air per-say. The thrust from the many bomb blasts pushed air force (thrust) up which gave him a boost...for the previous person who commented on this.

It looked like he was floating because he was being lifted up...that's what the whole "shaking his feet and wobbling in the air" was about.

 

[BLAQUE-SPIDERMAN]

Ok, i've seen the movie for the SECOND time today, and i'll admit that not seeing the Hulk leap away in this movie WAS NOT a such a big deal after all. A majority of the fans already know how Hulk gets around, and the 2003 film showcased that perfectly, so there was really no need to spend a bunch of money for a 20 second leaping scene.

 

[Kirmit]

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.

I know that he jumped, I don't think anyone is saying he didn't, they're simply saying it would've been nice to of displayed it onscreen, maybe even just once.

 

[Anubis Raptor]

I just hope in the next film they'll explore the "super jumps" more!




-The puniness

 

[Badfish40oz]

Personally I'm kind of pissed they left out Hulk's ability to see ghosts and astral forms.

 

[Darknightnomis]

The Jumps in Ang Lee movie was way more faithful to the comics than the new movie.

However the less area of Jumping didn't hurt the new movie.

 

[Figs]

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...

It's ignorant of you to assume I'm in the group of fans that think "If the character isn't "dark" they suck!".

I don't only like dark characters. I just read up on Samson and he just didn't sound all that intriguing as a character is all.

 

[Kent]

I didn't lift 50 pounds today.
No one saw me lift 50 pounds today.
Conclusion: I can't lift 50 pounds.

Just because we didn't see the Hulk jump as far as the 2003 Hulk doesn't mean he can't.
And just because we didn't see the Hulk throw a tank doesn't mean he can't.

Today I needed to move 10 objects from one location to another in a real hurry. My life even depended on it. However, instead of picking up all of the objects at once and moving them much quicker, I moved them one at a time. If I'm capable of moving them all at once, then why didn't I do so?
Now recall the scene from NY with Abomination running across the rooftops, dangerously close to the chopper that Betty's in. If Hulk was able to leap that distance all at once, then why didn't he do so?

 

[Bubonic]

I don't think it is that much of a big deal, the fact that we didn't see him jump miles in distance doesn't mean he can't, it isn't some irreversible factor like if they'd made the Hulk purple.

I was watching the desert scene from the 03 version, it looked cool as hell - him running like mad and doing these crazy leaps, but the physics of it look ridiculous, especially to the average movie goers who are the ones that bring real money to these things.

Plus it is hardly necessary to have him leaping miles away in a chase scene in every Hulk movie.

And as others have mentioned, he someone made it from Brazil to Guatemala in a short amount of time so leaping isn't out of the question... But if he'd leaped like he did in 03 within the city he'd of accidentally killed a bunch of people.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

My sistser didn't like the Spider-Man climbs/jumps either. It didn't bother me too much but who knows what I think when i'll watch it again.

 

[Kirmit]

Today I needed to move 10 objects from one location to another in a real hurry. My life even depended on it. However, instead of picking up all of the objects at once and moving them much quicker, I moved them one at a time. If I'm capable of moving them all at once, then why didn't I do so?
Now recall the scene from NY with Abomination running across the rooftops, dangerously close to the chopper that Betty's in. If Hulk was able to leap that distance all at once, then why didn't he do so?

Maybe a long leap wouldn't of been as precise as the short ones.

 

[Comicfan]

It seems my previous reply in an another thread fits better here.

I've seen the movie and... yeah, it's way better than Ang Lee's film. More action, better actors etc. And every ability The Hulk has in the comic books is there; the Thunderclap, the Ground Slam. How cool isn't that. Except one ability: The breathtaking leaps. Now, it's been mentioned a lot that this is the Hulk movie we all have been waiting for. And yeah, it is, almost. I totally understand why they wanted to minimize the jumping range, that they didn't want the Hulk to seem too weightless. This also makes me think of a certain video game. Well, actually two: Ultimate Destruction and The Incredible Hulk, based on Leterrier's movie. Looking at how far and high the Hulk jumps in these games, I realised that his jumping ranges are perfect. He doesn't jump for miles, it's more like kilometers, which would've been more reasonable for the movie. In fact, let's take a look at how far he leaps in the license game:
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Do you know that the difference between miles and kilometers isn´t that much?