JeetKuneDo
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There might be something to what you say. The Norton thing was big...on the internet at least...a pretty small number of people in reality. But that may have effected their thinking. I hope so actually.I think they were playing it safe with Hulk in Avengers. They knew he'd be liked in the movie, but i doubt they knew he'd be getting the praise he and Ruffalo have been getting since the movies release (especially with all the stuff surrounding Norton's departure). I'm sure he would have gotten more lines and a tad more screentime. Who wouldn't want Hulk to call IM 'Metal man' or say ' Hulk smash hammer man' to Thor? If you notice, Hulk is never on screen for longer than 30 seconds, consistently. I'm sure this one done for budgetery reasons, as well as, kinda making him an over the top background character. The longest he's on screen, without any cut aways, is the scene when he, Cap and Thor are standing over IM, at the end.
As far as no more solo Hulk movies...?. Hulk is Marvels second tentpole character after Spider-Man. Even Feige himself said with DC comics it's Superman and Batman. With Marvel it's Spiderman and Hulk. Now that they've found the right balance for a movie Hulk, there's no reason why he can't get a solo film within the MCU.
There are alot of Hulk mythos that can be adapted to make an interesting solo Hulk movie. i.e The Leader, Wendigo, BiBeast, Grey Hulk, etc, etc...it just needs to be written well.
Btw, take Hulk out of the Avengers movie. Do you think the movie would have been the same?
I do agree that the Hulk is a bigger character than what his box office results would suggest. That's why I say the way he's portrayed onscreen is the problem. It seems only logical to try the real Hulk when the TV version has failed so many times. Why keep going back to something that isn't working?
Harpo Hulk did work well in The Avengers due to having the luxury of many well-developed characters around him at all times. The movie would have lost something without him. He was the "wow". However...you can't build a movie around that alone.