Posts Tagged ‘Television’
New Incredible Hulk TV show has us asking why
There will be a new Incredible Hulk TV show. The question is, why?
This is live-action, not animated.
I loved the old show when I was a kid. But, as I explained to my son when I showed it to him and he looked at me like I was asking him to ingest a weasel on a bun, this was back when we only had three or four channels. And very few of those channels featured super-heroes on a regular basis.
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I watched the pilot of the old Bixby/Ferigno Hulk recently. It was fun, although the series is very much of it’s time, which is the 70’s. BIG pants. BIG hair. And for Ferigno as Hulk, BIG eyebrows.
One observation worth noting is that having a real person playing the Hulk makes it feel more real. Sure, you can do more with CGI. But Ferigno, as silly as he looked in that green body paint, managed to convey the idea that he was an actual living thing struggling to figure out what the hell to do in a world that hates and fears him.
That’s significantly more thought than I ever gave the show when it was actually on the air, however. Mostly I wanted to see something, ANYTHING that had to do with super-heroes.
In retrospect, the old Hulk TV show was only slightly related to the comic book. Yes, he turns into the Hulk. But this Hulk doesn’t talk. There’s no Betty, at least not that I can remember. There’s no Rick Jones. (Although there’s no Rick in either of the two movies. Why TV people not like Rick? Rick Hulk’s friend! Hulk smash people who cut Rick Jones out of Hulk storyline!)
Something else I noticed when I saw the show recently: with limited special effects and no supervillians, they had to rely on, you know, dialogue and stuff. Remember why David Banner (not Bruce, his name in the comics) got hit with too much gamma radiation? Because some technician in the office was tinkering with the equipment, and he didn’t mark the dial correctly. In other words, Banner thought the machine went to 11, but it really went to 11,000. (Puny Banner. Thinks he smart. He not smart. He stupid. Hulk smash puny Banner!)
It should be noted that I will absolutely be watching this new Hulk TV show, should it ever actually see the light of day. Hopefully it will be at least good enough for me to watch with the kids. Even if it’s not, we’ll probably stick it out for a few episodes. Why? Because it’s the Hulk, dammit.
Frankly, it can’t be worse than The Incredible Hulk Returns, which featured Thor and Daredevil.
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Well, it shouldn’t be worse than that. In theory.
Stuff I Loved That My Kids Don’t Care About – Godzilla
Man, did I love me some Godzilla. All the Japanese monster movies. I used to watch them on Channel 9, WOR, in New York.
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My kids? Eh. They don’t seem to care about the big scaly lizard. Or Mothra. Or Rodan. None of ’em.
To be fair, my kids have a lot more choices than I did. They can call up anything that we have on Tivo whenever they like. There’s also DVDs, video on demand, YouTube. They need my help for those, but they know it exists, and they know how to ask for it. Me, I had to turn on the television and hope there was something on that I wanted to watch.
What’s funny, now that I think about it, is how much I enjoyed what I found. We didn’t have cable. I grew up in the Bronx, which didn’t get cable TV until the 1980’s. Maybe the 1990’s, I’m not sure. We didn’t even have a color television until I was into double digits. (Yes, I’m not young, and mom was not made of money.) Sure, I watched some crap. Heckle and Jeckle comes to mind. There’s a reason you don’t see those two magpies much anymore. The show kinda sucked. But it was on, and sometimes that’s all that was on. I seem to recall that in the morning before school, this was the only animated show on the air. This was when I was very young, maybe 5 or 6 years old, in Kindergarten.
But I also got to see some cool shit. Like Godzilla. And Mothra. And Rodan.
I’ll keep posting shows I used to watch, the good and the bad, right here. Got any shows that you remember? Leave us a comment, or email daddy AT daddytips dot com.
Jon Gosselin Sex Tape?
This could be interesting. If it’s true.
So. How much would you pay for a tape of Jon Gosselin and Deanna Hummel making the beast with two backs? (For those of you who didn’t waste their time getting a liberal arts degree, that means having sex.) Read more »
Unattractive British Woman Sings Well
Watch this. Then I’ll tell you why we’re all supposed to think it’s cool.
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Kelly Bensimon Loses Modeling Gig (AGE CORRECTION)
So you know Kelly Bensimon of Real Housewives of New York? Apparently she’s got troubles. Read more »
Affiliate-Netflix
Sick of watching the same stuff with your kids (even though they don’t seem to mind)? And have you decided that you really don’t need to own any more DVDs?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve heard about Netflix, the DVD-by-mail rental service. It’s not only DVDs, though. Now you can Read more »
Cody Linley next Brad Pitt; also annoying
Let’s start with “Who the hell is Cody Linley?”
He’s on “Hannah Montana”, and just got kicked off of Dancing With The Stars.
His dance partner, the incredibly hot Julianne Hough, says that, “He’ll be the next Brad Pitt, are you kidding? We’re going to look back in 10 years and be like, ‘Oh, I danced with him on Dancing With the Stars.’ ”
Um, Julianne? You’re the only one who will say that. Because you danced with him. The rest of us were denied that experience.
Cody also showed his sensitive side by bursting into tears, according to E! Online. He went on to say something so exciting I almost can’t type the words: “I’m excited for all the opportunities to come. Thank you, Dancing With the Stars! It’s been amazing. I don’t know about the modeling thing, but definitely films are in my future. Music is my largest passion, so there will definitely be a future there for me.”
Wow. Someone for the kids to look up to.
Not to be a “hater” but sometimes it’s better not to say anything at all. Really? You want to do movies? Maybe a CD? Music is your “passion”? The word “passion” should be banned from the mouths of celebrities — and I use the term loosely here — everywhere.
And Brad Pitt should be annoyed. He’s probably too busy raising his 57 children, but still.
Source: E! Online via Yahoo! (too! many! exclamation! points! YEAH!)
