Hulk’s Incredible
While most of yesterday was spent dealing with tech issues on the website (which have yet to be resolved but should be all taken care of shortly) and my own manic issues, I did manage to save the end of the day and do something fun. David decided to extend his stay here in LA until this coming Wednesday (he was supposed to go back to NYC late last night) and Sarah stayed at my place last night for her last night in LA so we had a good ol’ time together! First we went out to see The Incredible Hulk:
Man oh man … The Incredible Hulk is awesome! I wouldn’t say it’s better than Iron Man but it’s damn close. The whole story was just solid and much attention was paid to staying true to the comics and to the TV show The Incredible Hulk of the late 70s. The first half of the movie was an homage to the TV series (with fun and inventive cameos by Bill Bixby [who played Bruce Banner in the TV show] and Lou Ferrigno [who played Hulk in the TV show], a nod to scenes from the show — even the theme song made an appearance). This new movie beats the hell out of the Ang Lee Hulk movie … the first 10 mins. are better than the whole first Hulk movie. I’m still amazed that the Hulk’s pants manage to stay on when he gets all big and green … after all these years, those pants just won’t rip off. I was very impressed with the Sandisk product placement … while I doubt that you can really swallow a flash drive and then yak it up and have it still work, I do love my little Sandisk flash drives so I wouldn’t be surprised. I was surprised they didn’t do more to make downtown Toronto look like Harlem, New York. Anyone who’s ever been to Toronto and is familiar with Remington’s, Zanzibar and Sam the Record Man surely caught the poor attempt to make it seem like Hulk and Abomination were fighting in NYC. I loved the Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) cameo but they really should’ve kept the cameo a secret until the movie came out … putting Stark in the TV commercials really ruined the surprise ;( Also, don’t wait until after the credits to see an extra scene … there ain’t one.
But still … the movie rocks balls! I loved it so much, David loved it so much, Sarah loved it so much. I really think that folks who enjoyed Iron Man will also enjoy The Incredible Hulk. There is a bit of cross-over so you can see the Avengers movie coming from a mile away. Brills!!!!
After the movie, we made our way out to Mel’s Drive In in Sherman Oaks, CA for a little late night snackin’ and jukebox listenin’:
I swear, you’d think we never saw a jukebox before. We kept pressing numbers to hear our fave oldies, putting in quarter after quarter … not realizing that it’s all free. Whatevs we had fun.
But alas, Sarah is already well on her way back home to Detroit. I’m bummed we didn’t get to spend more time together but it was great having her in town nonetheless. I’m very happy David is staying with me for a few more days. He has been a godsend this week, I would’ve lost my shizz days ago if it weren’t for him. Plans for tonight are unclear … I do hope to catch some of the NBA Finals at some point … the Lakers have to win tonight or they’re dunzo for good. OY! Happy Sunday, y’all!!!
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June 15th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
I am glad to hear the remake of The Hulk is good. You can’t go wrong with Edward Norton and Liv Tyler. I lurve them.
You and David are so cute, it makes me wanna barf.
June 15th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I absolutely loved this movie as well! I never saw Ang Lee’s version but my boyfriend, who I saw it with, did and he said that this one is 100-fold better. I live in Canada, and I often go to Toronto – it was fun to see iconic places of Downtown in the movie but it was a little too obvious! I think the only thing they did was add the Apollo sign and theatre!
June 15th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Awww, sweet pic! I like how you and Sarah are wearing matching colours. :) Supa cute!!
June 15th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
That Tony Stark clip was originally supposed to be after the credits (like the Samuel L. Jackson clip after Iron Man) but I think too many people missed that one, so they put it in at the end of the movie instead to make sure no one would miss it.
June 15th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
I had some high hopes for the film and I think your review might of swayed it for me but I still love the 2003 version!
June 15th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
I’ve yet to see the movie but I sure will .It was also filmed in downtown Hamilton Ontario..I know this because that’s were I live…your site rocks :)
June 15th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
it looks like david has some strong arms, mmm u lucky bitch,lol u make a cute couple i can feel the lurrrve
June 16th, 2008 at 9:12 am
I watched them film some of the scenes on Yonge St.! It’s pretty cool to see Sam the Record Man and Zanzibar for personal reasons. haha
But I’ll definitely go see it to see how things translate from my eyes to the big screen, I’m sure the digital effects will be epic.
June 16th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
I just saw it last night and I’m still totally stoked about it! WAY better than Ang Lee’s, for sure.
And Edward Norton is SO great. My friend and I probably drove the people next to us crazy oogling at him through the whole movie.