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HE OFTEN HAD EVERY REASON TO TRY AND DISAPPEAR, TO REFRAIN FROM TRYING SITUATIONS, BUT HE JUST HAD TO HELP ANY TIME IT WAS NEEDED.

BANNER IS USUALLY CONSIDERED THE “WEAK” HALF OF THE EQUATION, BUT BIXBY’S GENTLENESS WASN’T A CASE OF BEING MEEK, BUT DIGNIFIED. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE WHILE WATCHING BIXBY IS THAT HE RADIATES THIS KINDLY, PATERNAL ENERGY. AND, OF COURSE, IT DOESN’T HURT THAT HE WAS PLAYED BY THE WONDERFUL BILL BIXBY. ON THE SURFACE HE MAY HAVE BEEN A LONELY, LOST SOUL, BUT HE WAS UTTERLY DEFINED BY HIS GENEROSITY AND SELF-SACRIFICE. PERHAPS IT WAS A SIMPLE RESULT OF THE HOUR-LONG FORMAT AND THE ERA’S APPRECIATION FOR RELAXED STORYTELLING, BUT THE TV SHOW SPENT SO MUCH TIME WITH BANNER THAT WE CAME TO REALLY CARE ABOUT THE MAN.

Incredible hulk mark ruffalo series#

IT IS THIS FACT ALONE THAT THE ORIGINAL TV SERIES STILL STICKS OUT IN MOST PEOPLE’S MINDS AS THE DEFINITIVE VERSION OF THE CHARACTER. SO HOW DO WE FIND THAT KIND OF EMPATHY IN HULKS? THE ANSWER IS OBVIOUS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT: IN ORDER TO CARE ABOUT THE HULK, WE REALLY HAVE TO CARE ABOUT BRUCE BANNER. AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS DISCUSSION, THEY ARE TESTAMENTS TO THE FACT THAT EMPATHY CAN NEVER BE ASSUMED. THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT THESE ICONS THAT MAKES THEM SO MUCH MORE THAN “HEROES.” THEY’RE ENGAGING. EVEN OLD BUCKET-HEAD HIMSELF, TONY STARK. YOU WANT REAL EMPATHY? LOOK AT THE PANTHEON OF GREAT HEROES.

Incredible hulk mark ruffalo code#

USUALLY IT’S JUST A CODE WORD USED BY EXECUTIVES WHEN THEY’RE WORRIED A CHARACTER IS “DOING BAD THINGS.” AND TO ADHERE TO THE WORRIES OF LIKABILITY IS TO THUS EMBARK ON A FOOL’S PLAY AT DRAMA. IT TENDS TO GET EVEN WORSE WHEN STORYTELLERS FALL INTO THE MARKETING-CENTRIC TRAP OF “LIKABILITY,” WHICH IS A WORD THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MAKING CHARACTERS INTERESTING. THEY’RE THE MAIN CHARACTER!” … HULK DESPISES THIS TREND. IT’S AS IF OUR STORYTELLERS JUST PLOP A FILM IN OUR LAPS AND SAY, “HERE’S OUR MAIN CHARACTER AND WE’RE GOING TO ASSUME THAT YOU’RE INTERESTED IN THEM FOR THAT REASON ALONE. HULK WRITES ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME, BUT ONE OF THE ONGOING PROBLEMS OF BLOCKBUSTER CINEMA THESE DAYS IS ASSUMED EMPATHY. WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE CENTRAL QUESTION: WHAT MAKES THE HULK SO COMPELLING TO US? SO PERHAPS THERE IS A MUCH BETTER QUESTION AT HAND: WHAT MAKES THE HULK DRAMATIC? WHAT ARE WE ROOTING FOR WHEN WE WATCH HIM? WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO HAPPEN IN ANY GIVEN SCENE?