Incredible Hulk, The

Amid the frenzy of publicity surrounding the new Hulk film, it was inevitable that it would rekindle an interest in the late 70?s TV series starring the late Bill Bixby as Dr. David Bruce Banner and bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk. So Universal have re-released the 1977 pilot episode which started the ball rolling. The DVD also contains a second feature length episode called ?Married?. The TV series predated the computer-generated imaging technology that we now take for granted in shows such as this, and admittedly the transition scenes (or ?hulk-outs?) look quite low rent today, and just plain naff at times. But this is not the point. The fact that a real ...

The Incredible Hulk….. So how many of you out there recall this series which starred Bill Bixsby as the poor Dr Banner,by the way do you also recall Bill Bixsby as the Magician..it was a great show too. Anyway back to the character from those great Marvel comics,The Incredible Hulk,I don’t know what made me pick this subject,I heard someone mention it on the radio and I thought why not. The Hulk was a green character,big and bulky with a bit of bad attitude,sorry did I forget to say that Dr Banner turned into the Hulk but only when he got angry.This all started when the good Doctor was experimenting as good Doctors do,and he ...

Superhero TV series are usually pretty basic. You have the hero with a secret identity and there are lots of battles. This pretty much follows the line of the comics and works fairly well in most cases. The Incredible Hulk, though, was different. In the comic, The Hulk was the main character, always using brawn over brain to win the day with pounding fists and a big mouth he was the ultimate action hero. The series, instead of taking this as a blueprint, focused on David Banner, the Hulk's long suffering alter-ego. It was more about his suppression of the raging beast inside and the ability for him to fit into society than the green skinned creature of ...