tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892865276755822178.post2377914097773969219..comments2023-11-12T17:42:42.313-08:00Comments on The Bad Genious: Midnight Mass - Watching The Incredible HulkThe Generalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13882212598013962066noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892865276755822178.post-4975799619313995542008-06-13T15:32:00.000-07:002008-06-13T15:32:00.000-07:00I can definitely see how you'd think that, especia...I can definitely see how you'd think that, especially coming from the movie.Jon Quixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367011885259224656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892865276755822178.post-30993523893255828342008-06-13T11:58:00.000-07:002008-06-13T11:58:00.000-07:00Oh, most definitely. But as an outsider looking in...Oh, most definitely. But as an outsider looking in, I never really understood that to a large degree.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12499127155591828226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892865276755822178.post-14124909158051830872008-06-13T10:40:00.000-07:002008-06-13T10:40:00.000-07:00Unfortunately, rarely do you get any good 'charact...Unfortunately, rarely do you get any good 'character development' in the Banner-heavy stories. There's no character development in the Bruce Jones run, for example. Banner leaves the book pretty much as he was at the beginning, and I don't think we learned all that much about him that we didn't know before.<BR/><BR/>Prior to Jones, most of the "character development" regarding Banner was pretty crappy. Focus on Banner = another issue that takes place in the mindscape, with amateur psycholocrap like multiple personalities fighting each other (literally) for dominance. <BR/><BR/>Conversely, the savage Hulk issues were often the ones with the most character development. An example would be the Crossroads storyline where a mindless Hulk with a "dead" Banner aspect gradually developed his own personality over the course of 12 issues or so. Or the fantastic Christopher Priest issue between the Jenkins and Jones runs, where one of Hulk's friends manipulates our Jade Giant, and the issue deals with how the Hulk trusts (or does not trust). <BR/><BR/>Anyway, the point is that 'Savage Hulk smash' is rarely just Hulk Smash. He was/is a way more layered and nuanced character than that.Jon Quixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367011885259224656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2892865276755822178.post-55013491672223819072008-06-13T08:24:00.000-07:002008-06-13T08:24:00.000-07:00Sounds like a blast, Brandon!Sounds like a blast, Brandon!Cindy Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15635140305920175771noreply@blogger.com