Fantastic New Clip from 'The Incredible Hulk'!
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Our friends over at MTV have revealed a new clip from The Incredible Hulk, and dare I say it's pretty darn incredible. A lot of folks aren't feelin' this flick, but after watching some footage at New York Comic Con, I've been trying to convince you all that it looks pretty damn cool (especially for a big, summer popcorn film). Lots of special effects, lots of badass fight scenes -- guns, bullets, monsters and lovely women: How is that NOT a recipe for success? Anyway, in the clip above, Betty Ross (Liv Tyler) approaches Hulk on that big field after the green guy went to battle against a whole lotta military muscle. Just as they're about to have "a moment," however, a helicopter swoops in, firing bullets and whatnot. Yeah, not a problem for Mr. Hulk. I won't spoil the rest; you folks can check that out for yourselves.
The Incredible Hulk smashes into theaters on June 13.
Update: Yahoo has a brand new clip too -- featuring Abomination!
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5-23-2008 @ 4:09PM
stickdoctor said...
please don't link to videos not available outside the US without at least noting that that is the case.
Get me all excited then get that fucking stupid "copyright prevents showing outside of US" shit.
Do us all a favor - don't link to such streams so that they can all die a quiet whimpering death.
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5-23-2008 @ 5:07PM
Mr. R said...
Didn't miss a thing, stickdoctor. CG Hulk is having a "babes calm me" moment when Betty Ross comes over to admire his pecks and suddenly, a Hasbro GI Joe model helicopter starts to shoot at him. Bullets bounce off but pisses him off, in retaliation, the Hulk throws a chunk of metal he was kicking ass with right into the rotor. He miscalculates that helicopters often crash and catch fire but that's no problem because his arm pits are fire proof. Wonder if he has hulky B.O. Seriously, this is so bad, it makes me wanna tune in and watch some Power Rangers.
5-23-2008 @ 4:05PM
brian said...
Sorry, man...not hatin'...but that looks pretty poor. Forget the Hulk CG...all the CG looks pretty awful. I fell this may struggle to reach 100 million...
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5-23-2008 @ 3:59PM
Thad Garrison said...
I love The Hulk; I really, really want to like this movie; but every time a clip has been released, I've just had a really hard time getting past the CGI. I've posted here before about it, but Hulk is still stuck squarely in the uncanny valley.
The Hulk's movement is too smooth and the weight and gravity of his body doesn't quite align with the real-world objects around him.
Also -- that helicopter was pretty fake looking. That's a surprise, since CGI of mechanical objects has been perfected in big-budget movies. That doesn't bode well -- to me that says the post-production might have been rushed.
Still, I will buy a ticket and go see it (albeit with low hopes.) It'd be a wonderful treat if it turns out that all of this early footage was unfinished and the final movie has a quality and sheen that raises the bar.
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5-23-2008 @ 4:10PM
Rich said...
This movie is gonna suffer from the same issues the other one had... the CGI looks off...
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5-23-2008 @ 4:46PM
CDzNutz said...
So the hulk is indestructible? He can get shot, incinerated and he doesn't even flinch?
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5-23-2008 @ 4:50PM
totoro said...
That reminded me of the Simpsons Movie synopsis: Homer saves the town of Springfield from a horrible fate he was solely responsible for causing in the first place. or something.
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5-23-2008 @ 8:22PM
joe said...
"Hulk is still stuck squarely in the uncanny valley."
well put. the animation of his hair doesn't even approach the uncanny valley.
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5-25-2008 @ 3:13PM
MosquitoControl said...
I'd say it isn't good enough for the uncanny valley. The uncanney valley looks very real, just slightly off, making it disturbing.
This, to me, looks more Harryhausen. And not in a good way. The Hulk looks about as much in the same film as the actors as Roger Rabbit did in his movie.
Hollywood needs to give up on the Hulk. Now. I won't pay to see that rubberized CGI distract me. Maybe if the movie had the same unrealistic, cartoony, over-the-top feel of the CGI, but it seems to take itself very seriously. You can't when your effects look that terrible.
But the Hulk looking awful isn't all that unexpected, I mean, organic flesh is very hard to do and not make rubbery. Iron Man worked so well because it was metal. Pirates worked very well when going with ships and landscapes, but when the characters went CGI it was a step down. Spiderman swinging always looked a bit like Gumby...
My question is why they couldn't make the helicopter look better...
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