The main villain is Thunderbolt Ross

[Hugebear]

Does this mean he will be evil?This troubled me a little, because in the Hulk Thunderblot Ross was not evil.

 

[Mike]

2 different movies man.

 

[Advanced Dark]

He's the main antagonist. Remember Banner is on the run and is a fugitive in this film and Ross is the one hunting him down. So too Banner Ross is the main villain or Hulk's enemy...that will be consistent throughout the franchise. Abomination is a whole other threat not only to The Hulk but to the rest of the World so while Ross is hunting down Banner and trying to stop the Hulk, The Hulk is running from Ross and surely he'll be trying to stop Abomination. It's gonna be fun.

 

[kedrell]

Ross + guns(army, tanks, whatever) vs. Hulk = JJJ vs. Spiderman

They're antagonism is a permanent part of the mythos.

 

[Hugebear]

Thanks for the replies.
lol I guess I never thought of him as a villain, but I do understand what your saying and that’s what I figured LL meant.
But if he was evil (a bad guy) in the movie, wanting to use the army for revenge for the death of Betty, or for power. I guess it would be an interesting take on the character. Thunderbolt Ross as a villain.

 

[3dman27]

good point hugebear

 

[Obi-Ron]

I'm hoping to see General Ross apparently "kill" the Hulk - only to regret it when Abomination shows up.

 

[Sava]

I'm hoping to see General Ross apparently "kill" the Hulk - only to regret it when Abomination shows up.

i wanna see a scene where Ross has to ask Banner/Hulk for help, that would be great

 

[SpaghettiHULK]

i wanna see a scene where Hulk has to ask Banner/Hulk for help, that would be great

"Hulk"... or "Ross"? If is "Ross" I agree with you.

 

[Golgo-13]

Thunderbolt is not a villan. He actually thinks he's doing good by killing the Hulk, and has the majority of the world on his side. It'll be interesting to see how he's portrayed in the film.

I've always viewed him as an obssessed man. Obssessed with killing the Hulk.

 

[Sava]

"Hulk"... or "Ross"? If is "Ross" I agree with you.

dammit... i meant to say Ross

 

[HULKFish]

He's the main antagonist. Remember Banner is on the run and is a fugitive in this film and Ross is the one hunting him down. So too Banner Ross is the main villain or Hulk's enemy...that will be consistent throughout the franchise. Abomination is a whole other threat not only to The Hulk but to the rest of the World so while Ross is hunting down Banner and trying to stop the Hulk, The Hulk is running from Ross and surely he'll be trying to stop Abomination. It's gonna be fun.

That's the best description of the plot I've read! Hope that's how it goes down...

I started drawing movie panels for the heck of it. What I think the climax of the HULK/Abomination fight will be like in my mind....

 

[jadejaws]

i wanna see a scene where Ross has to ask Banner/Hulk for help, that would be great

I second this Sava...I would love to see that myself.

 

[JackJupiter]

YOOO! SAVA!! SAVA!! IT"S ME! I"M BAAAACK! CAN U HEAR MEEE!!!
that's right u can't hear me. I should use sign language then. Wait... Something tells me that that would'nt work.
Anyway, to business. Ross is the main antagonist, well one thing people should know is that he's not a villain, a villain is defined as someone who is evil who opposes the "good" protagonist. An antagonist could be the same thing but not necessarily evil. Ross has always seen Hulk as a threat and always will. In his mind he is protecting his country. And I have faith that Zak Penn and L.L. will be able to put their creative action movie minds together to create some unique action scenes between the Hulk and Ross' arsenal. Who knows maybe we'll see the hulkbusters? Don't worry Sava u'll get ur scene with Ross asking Bruce for help because eventually the way I see the story going is that they capture the Hulk but the Abomination is on the loose and eventually Ross is going to have to let the threat of the Hulk continue by setting him free to fight the Abomination. Which thematically speaking makes sense because one of the themes of The Incredible Hulk in all media depictions is the theme of all the characters: Coming so close to success and experiencing success with their primary goal and eventually having to give it all up in order to do the right thing. Man am I smart! unless u want to debate with me on this Sava? huh? u wanna piece of this? because if u don't I totally understand. well bother ya later?

 

[JackJupiter]

AND ONE More THING!!! I had forgotten one thing that might keep that whole direction of the story that had I had just uttered from happening. In the comic books GENERAL ROSS in one storyline had made a deal with the Abomination to help capture the Hulk. NOW THIS MOST LIKELY MAY NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE IT DOES'NT GO WITH THE THEME I HAD MENTIONED. Also because in the first movie they did'nt make Ross a bad man just a man doing what he thinks is right. Even though this is a "loose" sequel I doubt they would drastically change the characterizations that were presented in the first film. either way I just thought I should run that by u people.

 

[JackJupiter]

Oh and Jadejaws I have never heard of ya so I'll just say hi because I noticed that u were a newbie first class, Well so am I!. Wow this has to be the shortest post I've ever written.

 

[Ahura Mazda]

I was wondering could Ross be the villain because he creates the Abomination or more accurately has him created to kill the Hulk only to find the Abomination even worse and not under his control....

Otherwise, I cannot see how he would be a villain...at best he would be a protagonist

 

[kedrell]

I was wondering could Ross be the villain because he creates the Abomination or more accurately has him created to kill the Hulk only to find the Abomination even worse and not under his control....

Otherwise, I cannot see how he would be a villain...at best he would be a protagonist

That's kind of borrowing from the J. Jonah Jameson/Scorpion vs. Spiderman storyline isn't it?

 

[Sava]

I second this Sava...I would love to see that myself.

YOOO! SAVA!! SAVA!! IT"S ME! I"M BAAAACK! CAN U HEAR MEEE!!!
that's right u can't hear me. I should use sign language then. Wait... Something tells me that that would'nt work.
Anyway, to business. Ross is the main antagonist, well one thing people should know is that he's not a villain, a villain is defined as someone who is evil who opposes the "good" protagonist. An antagonist could be the same thing but not necessarily evil. Ross has always seen Hulk as a threat and always will. In his mind he is protecting his country. And I have faith that Zak Penn and L.L. will be able to put their creative action movie minds together to create some unique action scenes between the Hulk and Ross' arsenal. Who knows maybe we'll see the hulkbusters? Don't worry Sava u'll get ur scene with Ross asking Bruce for help because eventually the way I see the story going is that they capture the Hulk but the Abomination is on the loose and eventually Ross is going to have to let the threat of the Hulk continue by setting him free to fight the Abomination. Which thematically speaking makes sense because one of the themes of The Incredible Hulk in all media depictions is the theme of all the characters: Coming so close to success and experiencing success with their primary goal and eventually having to give it all up in order to do the right thing. Man am I smart! unless u want to debate with me on this Sava? huh? u wanna piece of this? because if u don't I totally understand. well bother ya later?

Ross IMO is not evil, like you said, he has always believed what he's trying to do is the right thing, and in a way it is. One of the things the first movie got right.

 

[Caliber]

Wow this sounds familar. Wasn't he the villain of the Hulk made by Ang Lee? Why yes he was.

 

[Obi-Ron]

"Villain" implies evil intent. Ross was more of an antagonist. As he should be.