It needlessly ditched the origin from the previous movie; you could have made sequel and yet have made a "Hulk smash!" story.
The "new" origin didn't mention the gamma bomb or Rick Jones. I hoped this movie would be similar to the comics, not the TV-series. The series was charming and great FOR ITS TIME, like the Batman series from the 1960's. Not something I'd base a new franchise on.
This seems a little contradictory.
On one hand, you didn't want them to ditch the origin from the Ang Li movie. On the other, you wish they'd ditched the Ang Li origin in order to go back to the comic book origin.[/i]
I didn't say they should ditch the Ang Lee origin (which blends the TV-origin which you love so much with the comic origin in which Banner saves someone, Rick Jones maybe?). However, if they would ditch it, they should use the gamma bomb.
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I'd also argue that the comic book origin is the one that's quaint and old fashioned (what with its emphasis on the nuclear arms race and the commies), moreso than the TV show's version.
I used to think that the idea of a gamma bomb was implausible, then I read that the US military IRL researched in X-ray warheads (to be used as anti-missile defense), making tests of gamma bomb believable. Since the US still has a limited ABM-program, it could work in a new movie.
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