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Showing posts with label Hulk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hulk. Show all posts

Friday, 24 May 2013

Top 9 Favorite Hulkout Moments



By: Chris "Sledge" Douglas

The Incredible Hulk; by far my favorite Marvel character of all time.  I just love the dichotomy of a generally mild-mannered person becoming so pissed that he becomes a raging green monster of destruction.

The Hulkout.  By far one of my favorite events in all of fiction.

Of course, it's not an altogether original concept.  Take the wolfman transformation, and add elements of Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and there you go.  In the comics, it has served it's purpose, as a transition to go from one part of the plot to the next.  But in its various alternate media incarnations, it's served multiple purposes.  It can be a fascinating study of the extremes of the human psyche, or an exploration of the pain of fictional metamorphosis.

However, I truly feel that there are a number of such instances in TV and film that are truly better and more interesting than others.  Therefore, I have composed my Top 9 Favorite Hulkout Moments.  Because I am a nerd with nothing better to do than to get emotionally invested in a fictional beast.


Sunday, 19 May 2013

REVIEW: Why "The Avengers" is the Best Movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Avengers

Paramount Pictures / Walt Disney Pictures


By: Chris "Sledge" Douglas


The Avengers.

I was not expecting to like this movie as much as I did.

Sorry, not like.  LOVE.

I unabashedly LOVE this film!

There hasn't been a movie that made me feel like the way this film did.  It catered to me as an action movie fan, as a comic book fan, as a Marvel fan, as a fan of the individual characters, as a fan of the previous movies, and, most importantly, it penetrated my jaded exterior to reach a part of me that hasn't been active in years.

Yes, I love this movie, and I'd like to SOMEHOW explain why.  Here is my attempt to do so.