Because it wouldn't make the movie so morbid and depressing. Even the television show, since you bought it up, had scenes that made one smile or laugh. See the first episode of the regular show the one where Hulk fights the bear, eats the chicken leg, drinks some liquor, also the show with the telephone booth scene and Hulk at the bank machine, and the things bad guys would say to Banner, even made my dad laugh at the time, because you knew what was coming. all examples of unforced humor just to name a few.
You probably are aware that some of those moments are funny just because their execution was poor (due to limited budget and/or special effects). They were not meant to be funny.
Now, Hulk and the old man, yes. Basically it was based on the monster not knowing how to behave. Yeah, it worked. My original question was why it was mandatory to include humour.
As I said, there's no humour in the pilot and it's without a doubt a better movie than Death in the Family (the episode you refer to).
I consider natural humor to be the scene in TDK a comic book movie with unforced humor, where Bruce tells Alfred "I was going to tell them the whole thing was your idea," and even Superman the movie when the pimp tells Superman "That is one bad outfit" or Bill Paxon in Aliens "Game over man, Game over," or Terminator "F### you A$$hole," those were moments that broke the tension and revived the audience.
That's a good example. But it's not the common thinmg top happen. Even in B Begins the humour was quite unnatural. But Alfred (or Joker for that matter) is a character who handles humour very naturally.
Humor has always been a part of action adventure movies and I'm not saying jokes just for the sake of it. Why should Hulk be different.
Because it's a tragic monster ala Frankenstein, not some Indiana Jones-kind of character.
Good example. Thanks to Robert Downey Jr who improvised a lot instead of having all the jokes written.
The movie I spoke of is a full feature about Dr. Frankenstein & his monster, not a short
Can't see the clip here
And you know it's a parody of Frankenstein, right?
Great Simpsons episode.
And due to its parodic nature, jokes about Hulk's pants were funny. Unless we talk about a parody and not a movie directly based on the material then the examples are not applicable.
It was cleverly inserted, you know how the way they were kissing raises the pulse?
Yes, maybe Betty Ross should have answered, 'no worries, I want to see if "everything" grows when you turn green.' Genius because you know how Banner gros when he turns green?
But Rick is the one to make Hulk what he is, and he's easily the best supporting character in comics
All hail former Bucky Jones
Not at all. That's so untrue every screen Hulk incarnation has been made and worked without him.
Hulk is defined by tragedy, gamma rays, rage, loneliness, incomprehension, impossible love, but not by a sidekick. Same as Batman, Hulk works much better without the sidekick.
IMO the Hulk TV pilot is the best Hulk movie ever made, and one of the best superhero movies too. The transformations in that movie (especially the first one in the rain and the first appearance of the Hulk) blows all the other Hulk transformations in the big screen movies out of the water. I also think that a small kid would be more scared of watching that pilot than watching the cinematic Hulk movies, just because of the realism and the tension and suspense both emotionally and psychologically. It seems like it could really happen whereas the cinematic movies seem more like fantasy. The pilot has the horror element which fits in with the whole Frankenstein/ Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde theme whereas the new movies don't.
I agree. It was actually my first horror movie and the tension, tragedy and conflict were there in a most realistic way (30 years before TDK). And the horror was true. The metamorphosis, as you say, was truly realistic and horrific. I had always thought that with CGI they could improve them. But no.
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