That Hulk's Incredible!
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The Incredible Hulk movie has a new trailer, and it’s still pretty “meh” for me. Being a former comic book junkie, I ought to be excited, but I’ve never been much of a Hulkist. I never read the comic, and I hated the first movie, which was an artsy, self-indulgent mess. Nick Nolte looked like he'd come to the set directly after taking his mug shot photo.
But I still love the Hulk, although most of my appreciation for the character comes from the Bill Bixby TV series, which is far removed from the comic version and has none of the ancillary supporting characters – Rick Jones, Betty Ross and her military father, Doc Samson, et al. The show was pretty loopy, considering all the stupid tricks they used to pissed Bixby off that stretched credulity to the breaking point - how often does your average joe shove their hand in a hornet’s nest, for instance? But each episode needed a requisite of two “Hulk-outs” per hour, and so if he had to accidentally fall into quicksand in the middle of Los Angeles, then, by gum, the quicksand was there.
What made the Hulk TV show so good was that it seemed to be taking place in the real world, and it maintained, amid the silliness, a genuine sense of melancholy. That was due primarily to the Hulk piano theme, dubbed “The Lonely Man” by its composer. It was so elegiac that, in the words of Nigel Tufnel, you would weep instantly every time you heard it. I personally didn’t weep, because I’m very manly, but surely some of you lesser mortals did. Or you will, once you hear it in the YouTube video below.
It just so happens that when I was on my mission in Scotland, I spent one of my days off adding words to “The Lonely Man” theme. That may seem like a waste of a precious day off, but sometimes the soul yearns for Bixbyesque beauty.
So, once again, crank up the YouTube "Lonely Man” theme, and then sing along with these plaintive lyrics:
It’s over. You can stop weeping now.
*sniff*
The Incredible Hulk movie has a new trailer, and it’s still pretty “meh” for me. Being a former comic book junkie, I ought to be excited, but I’ve never been much of a Hulkist. I never read the comic, and I hated the first movie, which was an artsy, self-indulgent mess. Nick Nolte looked like he'd come to the set directly after taking his mug shot photo.But I still love the Hulk, although most of my appreciation for the character comes from the Bill Bixby TV series, which is far removed from the comic version and has none of the ancillary supporting characters – Rick Jones, Betty Ross and her military father, Doc Samson, et al. The show was pretty loopy, considering all the stupid tricks they used to pissed Bixby off that stretched credulity to the breaking point - how often does your average joe shove their hand in a hornet’s nest, for instance? But each episode needed a requisite of two “Hulk-outs” per hour, and so if he had to accidentally fall into quicksand in the middle of Los Angeles, then, by gum, the quicksand was there.
What made the Hulk TV show so good was that it seemed to be taking place in the real world, and it maintained, amid the silliness, a genuine sense of melancholy. That was due primarily to the Hulk piano theme, dubbed “The Lonely Man” by its composer. It was so elegiac that, in the words of Nigel Tufnel, you would weep instantly every time you heard it. I personally didn’t weep, because I’m very manly, but surely some of you lesser mortals did. Or you will, once you hear it in the YouTube video below.
It just so happens that when I was on my mission in Scotland, I spent one of my days off adding words to “The Lonely Man” theme. That may seem like a waste of a precious day off, but sometimes the soul yearns for Bixbyesque beauty.
So, once again, crank up the YouTube "Lonely Man” theme, and then sing along with these plaintive lyrics:
He’s ripped his jeans
He’s loud and mean
To top it off
His skin is green
He’s mad
And when he’s really mad
He’s bad
Incredible!
That Hulk’s Incredible!
His greenness is incurable
And that’s why
He’s incredible-y
Sad.
He’s loud and mean
To top it off
His skin is green
He’s mad
And when he’s really mad
He’s bad
Incredible!
That Hulk’s Incredible!
His greenness is incurable
And that’s why
He’s incredible-y
Sad.
It’s over. You can stop weeping now.
*sniff*
posted by Elder Samuel Bennett | 11:09 AM
8 Comments:
He’s ripped his pectorals
He’s proud and clean
To top it off
He likes Vaseline
He’s bad
And when he’s really bad
He’s brad
Cornell!
That Stallion Cornell!
His continence is incurable
and that’s why
Langley’s sad.
Ok, I'm still in IE, and sometimes I can see comments on your Bowfinger post, and sometimes I can't. Weird.
Mr Cornell, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
Oh, crap! I forgot I was supposed to cry when reading your lyrics.
Stallion doesn't cry, he weeps.
"Stallion doesn't cry, he weeps" - for the hardness of the hearts of the movie industry execs.
The best explaination had to be that David Banner just had a bad temper.
There were lyrics a female singer sang, at the end of the final movie, "The Death of the Invredible Hulk", to the tune of "The Lonely Man", So-far, I haven't been able to find those lyrics..
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