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Post by Citizen Grimm on May 23, 2010 16:17:46 GMT -5
I can see it now. All the TNA fans that hate Hogan will start bringing in empty boxed of CoCoa Pebbles to the shows instead of signs.
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Post by hajimenoippo on May 23, 2010 17:10:24 GMT -5
Funny thing, the commercial is over 3 years old.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2010 17:32:12 GMT -5
No offense to anyone here, but if you honestly believe that isn't the likeness of Hogan in the commercial then you are out of your mind. Of course it is. Hell, the character's name is HULK for god sakes! Probably a wrestling fan came up with the idea for the commercial, knew of Hogan's history, and did a parody of it. Using the logic presented here, I guess Jay Lethal wasn't impersonating Savage over the past few years since Lethal is black with hair. Don't be naive.
I don't know enough about the legal field to know whether Hogan has a case here, but it clearly is a Hogan rip-off in the commercial. If he can get any monetary gain from suing, good for him. All Hogan has at this point is his character and if he feels the character is being mocked in any way, he certainly has the right to fight for it. Whether he wins or not is a separate issue.
Boy, some of you are overly harsh on wrestlers, not just Hogan.
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on May 23, 2010 17:42:42 GMT -5
Hell, the character's name is HULK for god sakes! Except it isn't.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2010 17:45:34 GMT -5
Hell, the character's name is HULK for god sakes! Except it isn't. Well, it is either Hulk or Bulk based on my hearing. Either way, you knew where they were going with it.
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Post by ritt works hard fo da chickens on May 23, 2010 18:06:40 GMT -5
Well, it is either Hulk or Bulk based on my hearing. Either way, you knew where they were going with it. They wanted to show a stereotypical wrestler. Hogan did not invent ONE single iota of the things that character had that you attribute to Hulk. Hogan was NOT the first bleach blonde. Gorgeous George was decades before Hogan. The handlebar 'stache Jesse Ventura, the bleached stache Superstar Graham. Muscle posing during intros was around from the first bouts on recorded video. They parodied the term Smackdown and that was a Rock catchphrases. Even the stuff you associate with Hogan NOT shown in the video is something he lifted from someone else's gimmick. From the feather boas to the bandanas. I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, its how the business has always worked, but to think that those traits should now be owned by Hogan is insulting to the people who did come before.
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Post by CT LFC Fan on May 23, 2010 18:58:19 GMT -5
Well, it is either Hulk or Bulk based on my hearing. Either way, you knew where they were going with it. Not EVERYONE thinks it's the Hulkster. I was watching ECW on WWE on demand the other day. Specifically, a blonde-ish Shane Douglas in yellow tights was fighting. My four year old looked at the screen and accused "The Franchise" of being the guy from the Pebbles commercial. And that's the demographic the ad is aimed at.
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Post by neal on May 23, 2010 19:00:53 GMT -5
Doesn't matter if it's intended to be a take-off on Hogan or not...it's a parody. Post Cereal has nothing to worry about.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2010 21:20:51 GMT -5
Hogan doesn't really have a case here. The man now seems really desperate for money.
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Post by Raging_Demons on May 23, 2010 21:22:19 GMT -5
Hogan doesn't reall have a case here. The man now seems really desperate for money. Couldn't you blame him if your ex-wife nearly took you to the cleaners?!?
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2010 21:36:38 GMT -5
Hogan doesn't reall have a case here. The man now seems really desperate for money. Couldn't you blame him if your ex-wife nearly took you to the cleaners?!? I am not going to judge his personal life, because I really don't know the actual story that is going on. The reason I made that comment is because Hogan promised TNA and their fans to take the company to the next level and everyone would benefit(with TNA, money).
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Post by Mayonnaise on May 23, 2010 22:01:29 GMT -5
Hogan doesn't reall have a case here. The man now seems really desperate for money. Couldn't you blame him if your ex-wife nearly took you to the cleaners?!? Let's not forget the kid that his son basically killed that Hogan will be supporting for the rest of his life and beyond.
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Post by AriadosMan on May 23, 2010 22:02:56 GMT -5
It could be worse.
The Hulk simulacrum could always be advertising Fruity Pebbles instead.
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Post by Triple Kelly on May 23, 2010 22:13:55 GMT -5
No one gets over the Hulkster...not even a fictional child. I particularly enjoy how the almost 60 year old guy who could hardly move around in a wrestling ring is worried that this 3 year old commercial could ruin his image. This reminds me of the story about a month ago with Lindsay Lohan getting upset at the Apple commercial (?) where the baby is named Lindsay, and Vampira suing Elvira in the 1980s for allegedly "stealing" her image. If this doesn't get laughed out of a courtroom then the American Judicial System obviously doesn't have enough legitimate civil and criminal cases to settle. EDIT: For the record, "Bulk Boulder" looks more like Magnum T.A.
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on May 23, 2010 22:41:56 GMT -5
Ok, well this begs the question, what other wrestlers will sue cereals
Triple H will sue Alphabits to take the H out
Hornswoggle will sue Lucky Charms because of gimmick infringement
Drew McIntyre will sue Corn Pops for the right to sweetened pops.
The Divas division will collectively sue Fiber One, because nobody should cause a bathroom break like them.
Linda McMahon will sue Kix for the right to serve a bland mother approved product.
Eric Bischoff will sue Smorz for the idea of taking a good 90s formula, and turning it into a shitty product of today.
Batista will sue Wheaties for the use of basketballs on the cover.
John Cena will sue Captian Crunch for the right to be a fake military man.
Vince McMahon will sue Pac Man cereal, because he's afraid of this new hip character taking fans away from the WWE.
Rob Terry will sue Cocca Pebbles for the use of an overpower musclehead who works like a 3 year old.
Orlando Jordan will sue Fruity Pebbles......well, you get the idea.
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Post by Diamond Dallas Dom on May 24, 2010 1:14:11 GMT -5
Well I'd contend that "Hulk Boulder" has hair on the top of his head...easy win for the defense.
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Post by KingPopper on May 24, 2010 3:06:41 GMT -5
Nice to see someone named Bam Bam finally get a win over Hogan.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2010 6:07:15 GMT -5
Well, it is either Hulk or Bulk based on my hearing. Either way, you knew where they were going with it. They wanted to show a stereotypical wrestler. Hogan did not invent ONE single iota of the things that character had that you attribute to Hulk. Hogan was NOT the first bleach blonde. Gorgeous George was decades before Hogan. The handlebar 'stache Jesse Ventura, the bleached stache Superstar Graham. Muscle posing during intros was around from the first bouts on recorded video. They parodied the term Smackdown and that was a Rock catchphrases. Even the stuff you associate with Hogan NOT shown in the video is something he lifted from someone else's gimmick. From the feather boas to the bandanas. I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, its how the business has always worked, but to think that those traits should now be owned by Hogan is insulting to the people who did come before. Hogan is the biggest wrestling name of all-time. He is what most people who don't watch wrestling associate with wrestling. If they were going to do a parody of a wrestler, why wouldn't they use Hogan? He is easily identifiable. As far as Hogan's look being similar to wrestlers before him, I believe Hogan even said that he took some stuff from Billy Graham. Just like Flair copied Buddy Rogers. Austin took some qualities from Jake Roberts, and so on. You are right it is part of wrestling, but it is not Graham who most wrestling fans will recognize. Am I saying Hogan has a case? No. Again, I don't know much about the legal field or parody cases. All I'm saying is the commercial is pretty clearly a take off of Hogan and if Hogan feels it hurt his character (which is all his ex-wife couldn't take away from him, it seems) then let him fight it out in court. Would I sue over that? Maybe not, but I wasn't taken to the cleaners by my ex-wife and don't have a son who crippled someone else in a car accident.
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Post by Kris Kobain on May 24, 2010 6:20:59 GMT -5
I see the moustache...which a lot of other people have even outside of wrestling...but other than that, what's the resemblance? I mean, okay. So they used a name that Hogan used BEFORE he went by the Hogan name. So? What person on earth is going to know THAT? Me. I thought of it as soon as I saw the commercial. But his old name was Terry Boulder. Not Hulk Boulder. Who forgets there own name? Exactly what I thought.
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Post by ANTLOL on May 24, 2010 22:47:11 GMT -5
The character is just a generic wrestling superstar. Of course it is slightly inspired by Hogan, but different enough to avoid the company losing the lawsuit to the Hulkster. The only point I see is "Bulk Boulder" which is very obviously inspired by Hogan. They should have avoided this and should have given him some other cheesy name.
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