Which Hulk Is Stronger? (2008 or 2003)

[Bubonic]

People like you are the reason I got banned.....

Hey hey, lets not shift the blame to me here, hardly anyone listens to me anyways!
Around here if your ass gets banned it is your own fault.

 

[November Rain]

When Hulk was getting him by those sonic waves from those canons he was on his knees, covering his ears he then looked up towards Betty and saw here being held back by soldiers and screaming, with the sonic Hulk just heard it as if she was in pain, straight away you see Hulk get angry, he starts to snarl and gets back on his feet to destroy the canons.

When he battled Abomination, he was being stabbed in his chest and pinned up against a wall, he saw Betty with the helicopter crash and he couldn't overpower Abomination to break free so there was a close up of his eyes where you saw the "gamma fire" in his eyes get brighter and he got angry and overpowered Abomination, gave him some hits, threw him into a building and did the thunder clap.

It was pretty clear that he got angry and stronger despite it not being said in dialogue.

I had a long discussion about this once

what you just described there are two movie action scene cliches where the hero is getting beat and comes back.

Saying this though, not all heroes get stronger as they get angrier

watch spidey, goblin beats him up, he taunts mj and then he gets a boost of strength, does this too mean spidey gets stronger the angrier he is because you can't have it both ways. Those scenarios are identical



if it isn't said, i can argue it doesn't happen and you've merely assumed that's what happened.

Best way to tell is to ask someone who has no history of the hulk what happened in those scenes. I bet none say he was getting stronger because he was angry because it's typical action scene cliche

 

[Savage]

While the comeback in action movies is true I disagree about the strength thing. Spider-man didn't simply overpower the Green Goblin. He fought smarter. Dodged blows, used his webs better. In other action movies it'd be things like using a hidden weapon or tricking the villain into hurting himself and then working with that. In this situation it was just raw power overcoming raw power followed by complete and utter domination.

 

[November Rain]

Well considering how he overpowered Abomination out of nowhere (along with other scenes like the sonic cannons) I thought they made it obvious. He didn't use trickery or cunning. He just saw Betty and used raw force to overpower things that were clearly more powerful at the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6B7d_Hi9gw



it's movie cliche

 

[November Rain]

While the comeback in action movies is true I disagree about the strength thing. Spider-man didn't simply overpower the Green Goblin. He fought smarter. Dodged blows, used his webs better. In other action movies it'd be things like using a hidden weapon or tricking the villain into hurting himself and then working with that. In this situation it was just raw power overcoming raw power followed by complete and utter domination.

Well the hulk didn't completely dominate blonksy

he pushed him off, smashed the floor to trap his foot and then suffocated him



I call that fighting smarter.

 

[Sarg92]

Well the hulk didn't completely dominate blonksy

he pushed him off, smashed the floor to trap his foot and then suffocated him



I call that fighting smarter.

Never did it seem to me that Hulk was being smart. He tried to attack Abomination with the ground smash and then took advantage of Abomination getting his foot trapped. Hulk's power was shown when he managed to keep Abomination down as Abomination tried to break free and was gouging Hulk's eyes and face but Hulk barely flinched. You could see the anger on his face before Betty called out to him.

 

[November Rain]

Well I'm fair to say that's your opinion but for me going for a choke on a character is always a smart move, in the similar way that mixed martial artist would love to get the space for any sort of submission manouevre which is what the hulk did.

he capitalised.

I could also argue if he was really that angry why didn't he simply knock blonksy out outright instead of choosing the easier option?

Honestly, ask the opinion of someone who hasn't got any history with the character and see what they think. I'm coming at this with the mindset of no prior knowledge of the character.

 

[Savage]

I just saw it as Hulk doing whatever it takes and using what he has at his disposal. Like the police car for boxing gloves. It's just there so use it.

As for the Spider-man fight, he didn't do anything there that he couldn't have done before. Get up, catch trident, beat Goblin while he's vulnerable. Hulk was pinned to a wall and just pushed the guy off. He actually wrestled with him and struggled and overpowered something that was more powerful than him. It wasn't like he tricked him into running into the chains like a bull so he can choke him.

 

[Nokio]

I say both come across as the same level of strong. Nothing about the 08 Hulk says he's weaker. In the new movie Hulk wasn't in the same situations as he was in the 03 film.

 

[Beanjuice]

08 threw a firggin rock at god lmao nuff said

 

[Savage]

My friends and I were joking that it probably really was Thor up there just screwing with him and that's who he threw a rock at. Then once Betty shows up he hid so the Hulk looks crazy. t:

 

[Spade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6B7d_Hi9gw



it's movie cliche

Excuse me, but...what are you talking about? Hulk has always been known to get stronger as his anger increases. It's been that way in the comics for decades. There's nothing cliche about referencing it in this film.

 

[co2]

Excuse me, but...what are you talking about? Hulk has always been known to get stronger as his anger increases. It's been that way in the comics for decades. There's nothing cliche about referencing it in this film.

Agreed..but my biggest issue is they didn't reference it in the new film. Unless you are a marvel fan and know this already, which most people aren't, you wouldn't know this, so it's lost to the general public...unless they have seen the '03 movie which made it a point to stress this. But then...this isn't a sequel so whata're ya gonna do?

 

[Mutagen]

I vote 2003. You could see him physically get bigger and stronger.

 

[Spidey220987]

I'm in the minority who liked Ang's Hulk (only hated the constant transitions lol). I dunno which is stronger,it depends on perspective.
I mean,in Hulk 2003, Hulk tossed around the tank like an athlete would do in the hammer throw, it was that simple for him.

In TIH, it took Hulk some time to rip apart a car I believe.
It's probably due to the Hulk of 2008 being grounded down into reality like recent comic book film incarnations, in all fairness.

Hulk 2003, he also leapt miles, whereas Hulk 2008 couldn't jump the whole distance of the building he was climbing up - Hulk 2003 would have done it in a single bound (sorry to bring a Superman phrase into this lol ).

I liked the ending with Ross & Stark, but I also felt the part where Hulk was leaping away after defeating Blonsky/Abomination would have made a great ending, since the Spider-Man final swings - but that's just me

 

[Spidey220987]

Overall,I would have to say Hulk 2003 is stronger - well,displays of muscular strength (not just in the arms,but leg power too,i.e. the leaping)

 

[Zig-Zag Man]

Just in the details Hulk '03 is stronger than TIH '08. I mean, he throws a tank a good mile into the desert. He takes on the Military's best weapons ... Stealth helicopters, F-22's, tanks, a ****ing nuclear bomb. He makes 2 mile jumps, runs faster ... the whole nine yards.

 

[Weadazoid]

Just in the details Hulk '03 is stronger than TIH '08. I mean, he throws a tank a good mile into the desert. He takes on the Military's best weapons ... Stealth helicopters, F-22's, tanks, a ****ing nuclear bomb. He makes 2 mile jumps, runs faster ... the whole nine yards.

that was actually a Gamma bomb....note the green color

 

[hame4479]

You guys are ridiculous 03's Hulk was obviously way way stronger.

 

[Zig-Zag Man]

that was actually a Gamma bomb....note the green color

Gamma Bomb is an analogy for a nuclear bomb. Same power. It's virtually the same thing.

 

[primemover]

'03 has the edge here, faster and stronger.

 

[singularis]

After viewing the movie for the second time, I have to agree with the people who're saying Hulk got stronger as he got angrier. When he's up against the wall and starts to overpower Abomination, you can see Abom mouth the word "whaaat?"

IMO, the only clear advantage '03 Hulk has is a much faster healing factor.

 

[jaypakavelya]

I liked the movie but there was something missing , I think we didn't get enough scenes with the Hulk and the ones we had were short and the final fight lasted only 10 min
not enough for me

so for hulk 2010 I want:

- Stronger hulk and faster
- longer action scenes
- 2 enemies to fight
- more more city destruction
- more trowing stuff
- more heavy lifting
- better cgI to compete with hulk 03
- faster healing
- more hangry hulk !!!!

 

[Sentinel X]

Let's look at their display's of strength:

O3' Hulk: Tore apart a genetically altered poodle.

08' Hulk: Tears apart an automobile.

Hmmm...this is going to be tough.

Yeah tearing a genetically altered FIGHTING HULK poodle vs lacerating a REGULAR INANIMITE car. Its pretty obvious 08 Hulk had the tougher job, especially since he didn't have 9 inch teeth spearing through his flesh, a truly amazing feat of strength indeed!

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

08 threw a firggin rock at god lmao nuff said

haha so true.