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 | COMIC/CARTOON | MOVIE VERSION |
| Title | The Incredible Hulk | The Incredible Hulk |
| Date of Release | | June 13, 2008 |
| Creators | Stan Lee and Jack Kirby of Marvel Comics | Director Louis Leterrier |
| Genre | Comic book | Live-action action-sci-fi |
| Story | Dr. Bruce Banner is exposed to a gamma bomb, which results in his transformation into the hypermuscular, green Hulk when his emotions are stimulated. He’s destructive and misunderstood, but has a good heart. | Picking up after the Hulk’s radioactive birth, Banner (Norton) is on the run and searching for a cure to his Hulk-ness. He must defend New York City from a creature called the Abomination, whose powers stem from and match Hulk’s own. |
| Characters | Dr. Bruce Banner/Hulk, Betty Ross, General Ross, The Leader, Abomination, Rick Jones | Dr. Bruce Banner/Hulk, Betty Ross, General Ross, Abomination |
| Stars | | Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt |
| Dialog | Hulk’s dialog limited. | Basic blockbuster stuff. Hulk's dialog virtually nonexistent, although he does say "Hulk smash!" once. |
| Aesthetic | More sci-fi than other superhero books, with a military flavor. And bad-ass muscles. | Appealingly slick. |
| Ambiance | Like the main character, a little menacing. | Same old, same old. More in the vein of the television show from the 70's than the pop-comic atmosphere of the Lee film. |
| Audience | Comic readers have embraced the Hulk more than moviegoers. | After disappointing results with Ang Lee’s Hulk movie, Marvel is trying again to generate a movie franchise. But maybe film fans just don’t like the Hulk. |
| Cool Factor | Arrrrggghhh! Hulk gets mad and loses his cool, which is cool. | Far, far cooler than the first go-round. |
| Cheese Factor | Depends on whom you ask, but, c’mon, Hulk has been pretty cheesy. | Learning from previous, camp attempts to create Hulk on-screen, creators have emphasized the creature’s grit and ferocity. |
| Adaptation Accuracy | | Based on the trailer, special effects still can’t conjure Hulk as well as a comic book artist and a reader’s imagination. |
| Better or Bastardization? | Hardly a bastardization, but still unable to reach the pure pulpy intensity of its source materials. Not for a lack of trying, however... | |
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| Video of the Original | Movie Video |
| | Hulk (2003) The Incredible Hulk (2008) |
