Zach Parrish on TIH
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At Rhythm and Hues, Parrish worked on Alvin and the Chipmunks and he is
laboring away on The Incredible Hulk, a forthcoming summer blockbuster that despite its current state of disassemblage is still as forthcoming as ever.
Like all summer blockbusters, itll barely be finished in time, Parrish said.
If The Incredible Hulk were a sequel to Ang Lees 2003 disappointment The Hulk, a person could be excused for wondering how theyd raised the money for it.
But The Incredible Hulk is not a sequel to The Hulk.
In fact, if Marvel Comics Inc. could chemically erase all recollection of the first Hulk movie from moviegoers minds, studio execs would have finished drugging the worlds water supplies long before I even began to type
what was I typing again?
Just kidding.
Parrish said the character designs will be better this time around. I think the way were handling it this time, were making him a little bit more hardcore, he said. He definitely has more of a beast face.
We didnt try to make him resemble Edward Norton (the actor who plays the Hulks alter ego, Bruce Banner, in this installment). Were trying to make him look as cool as possible.
And classic comic book villain The Abomination has been completely revamped.
In the comic books, he looks more like a lizard, he said. Weve made him look a little bit more mean.
Despite the fact that Rhythm and Hues set out to specifically address mistakes made in the prior film, bloggers have already begun to grouse about what little theyve seen in the new movies trailer.
They dont like what weve done with the Abomination, he said. They always find stuff to carp about. They talk about lighting and compositing, and theyre just kids. They dont even know what theyre talking about.
Like all animators, Parrish works a succession of 10- to-12-hour days, 13 days in a row.
Its good money, but it does get a little tiresome, he said.
However, he and his fellow animators are imbued with the zeal of the converted.
Everyone is in it because they love it, he said. I enjoy my job so much that it stops being work.