héad.casé
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Post by héad.casé on Nov 18, 2014 5:54:55 GMT -5
Just a hypothetical here, but since I really enjoyed Norton's portrayal of the character, and he was supposed to continue playing that role in Avengers too, how do people think he would have worked out in the team? I don't think he would have been written the same way. Ruffalo's Hulk had a lighter tone to it, Norton's portrayal was more serious. I don't think we would have got "Puny God" or Science Bro's with Stark and Banner.
Norton's Hulk would have had to have been written completely differently to fit in I think. I mean things worked out better because Ruffalo stole the show, but I do wonder what Avengers would have been like if Ed was still Banner/Hulk.
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Post by Wolfman Rose on Nov 18, 2014 6:26:42 GMT -5
I think you hit the nail on the head. It would have just been Serious!Hulk. I think Hulk works best when there's some level of humour to him, but he still has the drama of being a f***ing enormous green rage monster.
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Nov 18, 2014 8:36:52 GMT -5
I don't think the chemistry we got between Downey Jr and Ruffalo would have been as good with Norton.
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Nov 18, 2014 10:07:49 GMT -5
I think it would've worked regardless. Norton, in my opinion, is what I always envisioned as Banner physically and mentally as well. Don't get me wrong I did enjoy Ruffalo and how he portrayed Banner too. It's just I can't help but feel slightly distracted, miffed, and a little disappointed whenever I see him just because Norton was/is the perfect Banner to me.
When they showed that brief glimpse of Banner's government identification card and it's Norton with the glasses, lab coat, etc I literally said "That's absolutely perfect."
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Nov 18, 2014 10:17:39 GMT -5
everyone on the Avengers would have hated him for being a colossal pain in the ass
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Nov 20, 2014 9:27:12 GMT -5
it woulda worked, but honestly Mark Ruffalo's just so darn likable as Bruce and he had fantastic chemistry with RDJ so I'm not complaining that they replaced Norton. I had a couple concerns about Other Darrin-ing Bruce but Ruffalo turned out to be the best thing about the movie.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Nov 20, 2014 13:51:10 GMT -5
I would look forward to American Hulk X featuring the Incredibly Racist Hulk.
HULK THINK YOU SHOULD GO BACK WHERE YOU COME FROM, GRRRRR!
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Post by Goldenbane on Nov 20, 2014 13:56:15 GMT -5
Eh, I think Ruffalo is fine, and from what I've heard, he's a much more likable person and easier to get along with, but that's all hearsay. I think that Norton did look more like comic book Banner, than Ruffalo does, but Ruffalo looks more like Bill Bixby, so it's kind of a give and take, I guess. If I could take anything from the Norton movie, it would definitely be the design for the Hulk. In that movie he looked like the classic 70's comic book Hulk...kinda the look I grew up with and the one I like the most. The design they used for Ruffalo looks more like the modern day gorilla Hulk, which I really dislike.
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Post by horsemen4ever on Nov 20, 2014 15:06:27 GMT -5
I don't know why anyone wants to see Art Carney play the Hulk especially since he has been dead for years, but okay whatever. Ha ha ha.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Nov 20, 2014 15:37:20 GMT -5
I think they both worked great in the movie they were in, but wouldn't have necessarily worked if they had been switched. Norton was great at portraying Banner as someone desperate to control the Hulk, Ruffalo excelled as being resigned to his fate.
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Post by Cela on Nov 20, 2014 16:32:19 GMT -5
Norton was funny in his hulk movie, and he's a really capable actor. He would have been fine.
I wasn't a huge fan of Rufallo, he always seems like he's just waking up.
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