Take this one with a grain of salt; a few days ago MTV ran some quotes from Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, the co-writers of Iron Man, about what they’d like to see in an Avengers movie. In short, they like the idea of the Hulk as the villain, which parrots what Hulk director Louis Leterrier said earlier this summer. The opinion of Fergus and Otsby is given more credence than most because they might be writing another Marvel movie. And despite Zak Penn being currently credited for the Avengers script, there’s a suspicion that they may have some input. (Right now, I doubt it.)
Anyway, point is that the Hulk, as has been discussed in many places for a while, would make a pretty good Avengers antagonist. He’d help sidestep the need to set up a new villain worthy of the super-team, and pose a significant physical threat as well. (As has been seen in more Marvel comics issues than I can count, as the Hulk has been a perennial go-to antagonist over the years.)
This is an idle discussion topic more than anything else right now, but it’s been a slow news week, so go for it. Can’t wait to see the comments list on this one.
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Good idea really, pretty much one of the few things you can do with the hulk.
wasn't that the plot for the ultimates first run?
I was hoping the Hulk would be the antagonist in the Avengers movie… he's pretty much a perfect fit. I'm just glad its being considered… err… possibly considered. My only fear is that non-Marvel savvy moviegoers will be confused as to why the Hulk is a "villain" this time around.
agree with above posts…comic book movies need to start going in a new direction since the origin story/experiment-gone-wrong story has been done to death and it would be cool to have an established character be the villain
I think the Hulk being A villain is a cool idea, but I think having Hulk be the sole antagonist would just be set up for a fight. It would be interesting if a villain like Ultron or Kang was manipulating the situation to divide the Avengers, and a side effect would lead to the most impressionable hero getting out of control.
I got an idea for Marvel, how about this crossover- "Hulk RAPES the Avengers". Eh? Eh? No? Oh well, I'm going to bed…
I got an idea for Marvel, how about this crossover- "Hulk RAPES the Avengers". Eh? Eh? No? Oh well, I'm going to bed…
Well, this would make sense since in the comics, a hulk rampage was what brought the avengers together in the first place.
I just want to know are they going to incorporate the story with Bruce now David Banner, while incorporating his breakup with Betty and the whole making a movie with Freddie Prinze in the Banner movie within an movie.
I'd like them to use the hulk as a weapon/bomb instead, like in the Ultimates. I think its much more fun to cheer on the a rampaging hulk as a tool of good than to half-cheer him on as a cool villain.
Actually, the Downey cameo in the last Hulk movie pretty my said the same thing: Stark approaching Gen Ross with a 'proposal'
Blonsky vs Hulk was much more exciting than Abomination vs Hulk, so I think this is probably the best possible course for the Hulk character in the action department (Godzilla-like fights against nearly identical monsters is boring as hell). Character-wise, persecuted/misunderstood anti-hero Hulk is infinitely more interesting than hero Hulk.
Hulk would be perfect though whether he should be in avengers movie, im not so sure. Maybe Hulk should be the villain in the thor movie to tie in with the Avengers…. Simply because when the avengers first came together it was to battle the hulk, but only because LOKI (thors mischievous brother) manipuilated him into atacking a train full of people. When the alarm was raised about the hulks attack, it was decided the fantastic four should sort it out, but loki diverted the signal to thor, so that the hulk would destroy him! However thor wasnt the only one to recieve the signal, Iron Man, Wasp and Ant-Man also recieved the signal. When they engaged the hulk, they just got in each others way, but once realizing it was Loki behind the attack, the joined forces and took down loki but didnt kill him, afterwards WASP coined the name the avengers. This story would be great to tie Thor in to the avengers… since thor hasnt yet been brought into the picture by nick fury. in fact the avengers movie could work as a prequel to the thor movie…?
Red Hulk would be a better villian. Then Avengers team up with Green Hulk to defeat the menace started by Loki and the Leader?
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