Because I'm a comic book nerd I have friends who always assume I'm going to be excited about upcoming super hero movies. The fact is, though, I can rarely muster much enthusiasm for that kind of thing. Super heroes just seem to work better in comic books than on the big screen. The only notable exception that comes to mind is the first Spider-Man movie. Nearly everything else has ranged from decent to outright terrible (I will say the second Blade movie was awesome, but that barely felt like it had any ties to the comics to me, so I don't include it. Arbitrary distinction? Yes, yes it is).

I've made no secret here on the blog, though, about how excited I am about the new Iron Man movie starring Robert Downey as Tony Star/Iron Man. Every bit of footage I've seen from the movie looks absolutely awesome and fills me with hope and excitement that I rarely have for this sort of thing.

Iron Man isn't the only Marvel movie on the horizon, though. There's also a new Hulk movie coming out in June. Much like what was done with Batman Begins, the producers of the new Hulk movie are taking great pains to separate it from the terrible Ang Lee Hulk movie from a few years back; starting from scratch basically.

I'm not all that excited about the Hulk movie. I will admit that Edward Norton is some nice casting for mild-mannered scientist Bruce Banner. And the rumors that there will possibly be an Iron Man cameo is exciting. Outside of those two tidbits and the news that Samuel Jackson will be playing Nick Fury (leader of S.H.I.E.L.D. the Marvel universe's super spy organization) there's not much there that excites me yet.

I do find it interesting that this, along with Fight Club, makes for two movies that star Edward Norton as a timid, put-upon loner who has a raging, violent, Super-Id alter ego.

The Colonel said once that Fight Club was our generation's The Catcher In The Rye. That might be true - but more obvious to me, Fight Club is our generation's The Incredible Hulk. In the old Hulk comics Bruce Banner was transformed into a powerful monster by the mysterious power of radiation. Decades later we know radiation just kills you, so Fight Club features Norton transformed, not by gamma rays, but by the all-consuming forces of consumerism and modern living. See? They're practically the same story!

Hopefully the Hulk won't end with Bruce Banner putting a bullet in his brain, though. Fingers crossed.

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I don't care if Fight Club is the modern day Hulk or not....when Hulk blows up the financial district freeing me of debt, he'll be my favorite super hero! Until then, it'll stay Tyler Durden.  


Thanks for ruining the end of fight club for me. I'm taking it of my Netflix Que right now!  


Next year Fight Club will be 10 years old. You have nobody to blame but yourself. Also, Rosebud is the name of his sleigh and Bruce Willis was dead all along.  


This just in....Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father.  


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