Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

alexanderdavies-99382 "The Incredible Hulk" television series needs no introduction. Its legacy and fan base were confirmed years ago. I have yet to see anyone equalling Bill Bixby's interpretation of the slightly tragic David Banner or Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk. The writing and acting standards of "The Incredible Hulk" were unprecedented. The emphasis was always on drama and on character. Even the supporting characters were given that bit more shading and depth than usual. With a small regular cast, the series still lasted for five seasons from 1977 to 1982. Personally, I feel that for sheer consistency of good quality, "The Incredible Hulk" was at its very best from season one to season three. The fourth season episodes are good and there is a brilliant two part story called "The First." The last seven episodes are OK. It always fascinates me how David Banner can still befriend almost anyone in each episode, in spite of his own problems. It doesn't matter though how settled he becomes in his current surroundings because he knows in his subconscious that he will soon need to move on once again. To add to Banner's problems is the character who is a constant thorn in his side - journalist Jack McGee. From the opening feature length pilot episode, McGee is convinced by the existence of the Hulk after seeing him in person. He constantly hunts down the Hulk creature until it becomes an obsession. The newspaper that McGee works for - The National Register - look upon him as a journalist past his best. This has proved to be the case as McGee has been relegated to covering UFO sightings, supermarket competitions etc. To him, capturing the Hulk might be a chance for the journalist to return to mainstream journalism and he isn't about to give in easily....... David Banner is the kind of person who usually receives unwanted attention where ever he goes. It isn't that he is a criminal type or that he has done anything wrong. It is more a case that he keeps himself to himself and avoids interacting with people sometimes. Whenever he goes to some small town that is in the sticks somewhere, the local residents tend to react to Banner's presence with a degree of suspicion and even hostility. Regardless, Banner is a survivor and determined. The budget was fairly low and the studio backlot was used quite frequently. To me, this isn't a problem. There are far too many great episodes to list but American television didn't get more entertaining than this in some ways. Fans of the "Incredible Hulk" comics may not care for this show, seeing as it bears little relation to the comics. Even so, the creator of the show, Kenneth Johnson, purposely wanted to avoid any comparison between his television series and the comics. Watch this one and enjoy!

welshNick The Incredible Hulk aired from 1978 until 1982 in the UK and was about a Doctor called David Banner. Banner had experimented with radiation after his wife had died in an accident from which he was unable to save her. Banner knew that in such circumstances some people had been known to develop superhuman strength (Women lifting cars off children) and wanted to know why he didn't have it.After experimenting with radiation (looks like he overdid it) he found out that when angry he turned green, developed enormous muscles which caused his shirt to rip (though noticeably not his trousers).The episodes were all largely the same. Banner would arrive in a new town, he would get angry, turn green, beat up the bad guys and then leave town to a suicide inducing piece of piano music.Each episode was the same - depressing and as one poster has written, there was far too much Dr Phil in it.

JACK SOUTH (JSouth1) I love this show, like many others who posted here. I too, grew into my teenage years watching this show. When I was first told about this show, at age 10, I was led to believe it would be some kind of "horror show", about "Some scientist who turns into a monster, when he gets mad" as I recall my sister putting it. Nonetheless--for some reason, I watched "Death in the family", my first episode...and was sold from there---and still am.Here was a show where a "scientist DOES "turn into a "monster" when he gets angry or upset"...but it was MUCH, MUCH more than that!! The "green monster" is only a small part of the show, and when the "hulk" DOES surface--he ALWAYS changes something for the better, albeit causing a lot of destruction in the process.NO person or persons who got to "know" David "Banner"(or the MANY "B" aliases he used) during the course of the show, came out not being touched, for the better--and often had their business, family or even lives saved. As Banner roamed across the country in search of research jobs and such that would enable him to get access to gamma-ray irradiation equipment--he would invariably get "Drawn into" the lives of some people along the way....and in doing so, found out that some nefarious schemes were going on, by someone who either wanted someone's business, was a corrupt official or politician, engaged in some illegal and dangerous experiments, or trying to cover up some conspiracy. Banner would normally try to intervene on his own, only to be bullied by the bad guys, occasionally even women, and would invariably get beat--up and tossed into some dark corner...and then--the "hulk" would suddenly emerge. When he did surface--the Hulk knew EXACTLY what needed to be done, to resolve a situation--though he DID sometimes do things "the hard way" (such as in "Ricky"--a retarded man is in a race car, and getting gassed by the fumes...all the Hulk needed to do was to "REACH IN THE CAR--and TURN OFF THE IGNITION--instead...he slams the hood of the car down, mashing the car to the ground , jamming out the engine and collapsing the suspension!! Of course..he DID save the guy..).The Hulk has been called by many a "gentle giant". This is true, as he would not EVER really hurt anyone, and often even saved bad guys who either got caught in their own trap or were double--crossed by their cohorts. The most the Hulk would normally do--was to toss a bad guy across the room, but NEVER did he actually hurt them--though he DID destroy ANY weapons they had--such as the favorite--of bending a gun barrel down or even crushing one in his hand. Often, after he caught the bad guys, the Hulk would bend some conduit or such around them--making it unable for them to escape, and be caught by the ensuing police. Not to mention--the Hulk was VERY gentle to someone who appeared to be injured--and he would gracefully remove that person from danger--and carry them to safety.Always in pursuit of the Hulk was a pesky reporter, named Mcgee. Mcgee was curious about the origin of the hulk from the beginning, and his meddling causes an explosion in a lab where Banner and his friend were working, as he is hiding in a chemical closet, and when Discovered by Banner--he knocks a bottle of something, presumably an acid, over, and it runs on the floor over to some chemical, possibly potassium,--and a hypergolic reaction results, blowing up the lab. Mcgee only sees the Hulk carrying a scientist--and he thinks he killed her, Elaina Marks and Banner. From here--he is always in pursuit of the hulk--and a few times along the way--ends up in trouble himself that only the Hulk can resolve. At least twice-the Hulk saves Mcgee's life directly.By the end of each episode...Banner has reverted back to himself, and is normally seen heading out of some town ...on foot, to another town. Along the way--someone's livelihood--and possibly life--was changed for the better. Except for his own. Even though he helped countless people and saved many lives--banner NEVER was able to "help himself" by finding a "cure" for his "Hulk--outs". He does come VERY close a couple of times--notably in "the First" where he actually gets a chance at a cure"--but alas--not quite. It was hard not to feel bad for Banner....giving himself to others EVERY time--but never getting his own recourse. Of course....without the Hulk--Banner is nearly powerless to do much of anything to help anyone--as he is a wimp--and pretty much anyone can overpower him--UNTIL those "eyes start to change"....I am glad this show is now being shown in the Cincy area on RTV. I still watch it--and always will.

jshorva65 I loved the show despite the fact that I found many parts of the Pilot movie very disturbing. When I first saw it, I was just twelve years old, and had been having what ultimately were prescient recurring dreams of my someday becoming an unusually young widower since approximately the age of three. I also had a long history of tragically-misunderstood (very often seriously maligned) heroic deeds and intentions of pure altruism which were often seriously misrepresented by those who seemed to delight in making trouble for me or anyone who dared to get close to me, the "geek with the bulletproof-thick glasses" until the day I had finally had enough (at age 15) and delivered a well-deserved beat-down to some a$$hole who had been slandering the "new girl" in school with tales of promiscuity (attributing the lies he told about her to ME, actually) for her having befriended me, probably motivated by jealousy over my having been the one she had befriended rather than him. After being pummeled by me that day, he managed to arrange a "sneak attack" on me, but I wasn't injured as badly as he had hoped. Years later, though, he delivered a long-overdue apology. There were also surprisingly-few times when I actually had to fight before the common misconception of "He can't hit what he can't see!" was dispelled. Other than "sucker punches" delivered from behind, I blocked pretty well for a "half blind" kid, too.The deaths of Laura and Elaina were particularly disturbing back then, even more so after 2003. I was 37 when my wife, Jan, lost a long battle with kidney failure. When our relationship began, she told me of her potentially-fatal condition, the high school gymnastics accident which was determined to have been its cause, the kidney transplant she received in 1988, the ten-year prognosis given by the surgeon who performed the transplant (the transplant ultimately exceeded the surgeon's expectations by three years). While waiting for a compatible replacement to become available for her, the dialysis treatments which sustained her life during that time ultimately caused a fatal heart attack while she slept after a particularly strenuous dialysis session. About 36 hours before she passed away, she told me of her belief that she wouldn't have much longer to live. It was her way of saying "Goodbye" to me, and reminding me that it was only because she was ready to stop fighting to stay alive since she had fulfilled all that she had ever hoped for in life and more (finding true love with me, witnessing the Graduations of both her children, the birth of her first grandchild, and being called Grandma for the first time by her granddaughter) and had already known this was coming when she signed her Living Will and Do Not Resuscitate orders. If not for that final "Goodbye" from her, I would still be a mess 6-1/2 years later, filled with frustration at the fact that I was also asleep for well over an hour past the time when I believe she must have died.Dedicated with love to Jan (1961-2003)