Yes, there is indeed a Professor Hulk, or Merged Hulk, if you will. In particular, the Hulk suffers a massive setback that many moviegoers may not have understood the full scope of. And then there was the Professor. [Endgame] why is it that when the Hulk puts on the infinity gauntlet, his arm is all burned up, but when Tony puts it on, he gets a relatively peaceful death? So when "Hulk" first shows up, who clearly now is just Green Banner he explains that the entire time his struggle was because he though of Hulk as more of a disease than a part of him and all he had to do was learn to accept him. Witnessing Bruce become Smart Hulk during the events of "Avengers: Endgame" was one of the most controversial aspects of the film among fans. Hulk dabs! A few lines of lip-service should do the trick, and besides, who cares? Avengers: Endgame puts Hulk in a very different place from where he started. Avengers: Endgame finally saw the brawn . Note that, it is not because we didn't see such a scene that it didn't happen. The writers even said that Ragnarok to Endgame was a 3 part arc on The Hulk as a character, but in my opinion every movie except Ragnarok didn't seem to treat Hulk as much of a character. He is much taller and larger than Korg. "In the past I felt like both Hulk and I had a hand on the wheel, but this time it's like he had the keys to the car and I was locked in the trunk". I came to the show a little later, when the dawn of cable TV meant that we could all suddenly absorb a bevy of syndicated reruns every dang day of the week. 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After all, Tony Stark was killed by using the Infinity Stones, and the Hulk managed to survive the supernatural radiation albeit with a severely blackened and now useless arm. The Avengers by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby. The only other recognition of that entire relationship came from Hulk being the most physically upset when they find out that Natasha died. But for other Hulks? In the end, we knew that every episode would come with the smallest of victories, but often at the greatest of costs to our dear Bill Bixby. Why Hulk's Punch Was Instrumental in Uniting the Avengers While the Avengers had shown moments of being able to work together before this scene, they were not united. Its really the notion that the Hulk and Banner have a very dysfunctional relationship, which was explored even further inThor: Ragnarok. And most of all, when I think about the beautiful integrity of Bill Bixby that was fundamental to the characters heroism and dramatic crux? It was an up, right when everyone else was down," Markus explained. Bruce Banner will return inthe "She-Hulk" series with a release date expected sometime around this summer. It wants smashes and slams and a whole lot of Hulk make bad guy go squish! We Now Know Why Hulk Was Injured By The Infinity Gauntlet. dossiers, and checked in . Firstly as established in Ragnarok, The Hulk is not just Banner but dumbed down, he clearly has his own personality, motivation, and et cetera, he even makes it clearly that he is NOT Banner and that he doesn't even like Banner very much. Its almost as if he was a great actor or something. And yet, two characters were able to survive such a task: Thanos at the end of Avengers: Infinity War and Hulk in the latter half of Avengers: Endgame. He solved it all! 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Although it was not entirely clear what happened to the Hulk in the movie, the directors have confirmed that the Hulk lost his arm in Avengers: Endgame in an interview with ComicBook.com. Its as if he just couldnt help but emit this unflappable decency whenever he appeared on the damn screen. But even though I thought I was watching for those fun, tangible thrills, I was actually watching for the man who played Banner. In fact, the cameos from Academy Award winners like Robert Redford were easier to make happen. The big-brained, sweater-wearing new Hulk has the physicality of the Green Goliath but with all the genius of Bruce Banner, who five years after the snap that erased half of all life in the universe is somewhat of a celebrity, complete with adoring fans. "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,". He is a direct expression of childlike emotional purity. The story completes the arc put into motion with Thor: Ragnarok and told over Infinity War and Endgame, bringing to a close this three-movie character arc Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige once said very much tracks together by design. Check it out by clicking here or listen below. Avengers: Infinity Waris available to watch digitally now, and arrives on Blu-ray August 14. Next: MCU Phase 4 Has The Perfect Replacement For Banner's Cursed Hulk. Check out never-before-seen videos, exclusive interviews, and much more! He was just utilizing more of Banner's intellect. Instead, he was a kind and gentle everyman who had something intensely fatherly about him. The big green guy roars into the third act after a lot of table-setting and is given spectacular moment after moment, from the Loki smash to the sucker punch to the catch, all of which were captured in endlessly GIF-able moments that endeared the character to a new generation of fans. With Bixby, it was about the curse of power, seeing the Hulk as a monstrosity operating against our most humble and good-natured selves. And then theres the Hulk, the fully busted-out expression of the raging subconscious id within us all. The development comes after Banner spent the preceding Avengers: Infinity War warring with the Hulk, who refused to come out and solve Banner's puny problems after his defeat at the hands of Thanos (Josh Brolin). Mark Ruffalo shuffled into an established cast as the first actor to capture, at the very least, the gentle humility of Bixby. It could make you cry almost every time, especially as you saw him stoically trying to carry all the pain and sadness within him. Wait a moment and try again. And that leaves me wondering just what the heck has been the point of these last few phases, where everything felt like a half-hearted conflict delay. "There was a time when Banner became Smart Hulk in the first movie. Each character barely has time to react to whats going on, much less process it and grow. He was ready to beat up the Ancient One to secure the Time Stone. It was a lot of fun, but it came at the wrong moment. Make sure to subscribe now and never miss an episode! He also is an avid lover of M&M McFlurries from McDonalds, and accepts that he has an addiction to them. Banner was suspected to transform into the Marvel Cinematic Universe's spin on Professor Hulk when a group shot photo surfaced in February, showing Hulk with an all-new suit and more refined. How do Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame end in the comics? It seems clear that his origin didn't play out exactly as it did in the comics, which. Adrienne is very into films and she enjoys a bit of everything: from superhero films to heartbreaking dramas, to low-budget horror films. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. His career stretched over three decades, featuring guest appearances on an array of classics like The Twilight Zone, The Andy Griffith Show, Ironside, The Love Boat, The Joey Bishop Show, and even Fantasy Island. Clearly, talking to Gamora gives closure to his quest. Well, I cant help but feel like the MCU let the point of Hulks overall story completely get away from them. This is the spoiler-filled discussion you've been waiting for after coming out of the movie and we cover a ton of ground. And I think that relationship is starting to strain between the two of them and the Hulk is not interested in playing the hero to Banner anymore," Joe Russo said. The man who hates himself?. The Hulk had good intentions, and they came with a prize, as his arm was left severely injured after the snap, but there were things that just couldnt be fixed, not even with the power of the Infinity Stones. But the problem is that his final arc just became another undramatized lie. He worked with Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) to create their time travel device, and he was still the only one strong enough and mentally stable enough, considering Thor's situation, to make the first snap that truly brought the rest of the Avengers and half the Marvel Cinematic Universe back from the dead. Now we know what they were getting at over a handful of years, Hulk and Banner have gone from wrestling for control and despising one another, to being able to cooperate and even merge. Russo said. Back to Hulks snap, Tony reminded him that he had to bring back those who vanished after Thanos snap but without changing anything from the last five years, and he did so, but he also tried to bring Natasha back. We'll keep you updated. Justin is a Kansas City, Missouri, freelance writer and is on Twitter often, @GigawattConduit. By the end of the film, Banner gave himself over to Hulk in order to try and defeat Hela, and Hulk was back in control at the time ofInfinity War, but as Russo points out he was being used as a wrecking ball yet again. But Im afraid that my answer disappoints people because it is both far more simple and more complex than they expect. Avengers: Infinity War saw Thanos finally collecting the Infinity Gauntlet and all six Infinity Stones, while the MCU heroes did their best to stop him from doing so and later from wiping out half of life in the universe. Although "Avengers: Endgame" is completely filled to the brim with CGI, large-scale sets, and green screens, the diner scene where Scott, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), and Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) confront Smart Hulk for the first time in years was the most difficult to arrange according to director Anthony Russo. Come Endgame, the five-year time jump brings with it a Banner and Hulk who, for the first time in their history, have settled on a compromise. Because our lives are filled with so many crushing dualities and shortcomings that we need to find meaningful apotheosis. And Id argue there was nothing more important to the function of his performance as Dr. 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Everyone is in such a rush to ping-pong about into different alliances and situations as Thanos goes on his mad quest that they arent really given enough space to explore their inner lives. Nothing. Hes armed with Banners brains and eloquence, Greys snark, and some of Savages strength, with a dash of Joe Fixits cunning. most powerful characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There was so much going on at the end of Avengers: Endgame that fans might have missed all of the details that could prove to be majorly important in future movies. Even when I look back at Ang Lees flawed but purposeful version? The Hulk has had his ass kicked before, and so it wasnt like the minute he gets his ass kicked hes going to run and hide. (They actually look good on him.) In that final fight, he singlehandedly brought down a massive Chitauri Leviathan on two separate occasions. Its almost as if you can hear the storytellers say, Dont worry folks! Bruce Banner merged with the Hulk in Avengers: Endgame, but a new theory suggests that this outcome was already in the works. "The movie was really long and we were looking for places to pace it up in the opening and unfortunately that was one of the things we had to cut," Joe Russo said. The Hulk is one of the most powerful characters in Marvel history. In his original incarnation in the MCU, Hulk was unable to communicate, but in Ragnarok, we see him speaking. So, he loses a lot of strength there. If you buy something from a Polygon link, Vox Media may earn a commission. It would have been so much more interesting to have Hulks final Huffalo Catharsis come through the dramatized action of the story and not part of an obligatory action. April 26, 2019 (U.S.) Budget. "It permanently damages the most powerful beings and some of the most powerful creatures in these movies, and very few people can actually put that on and survive.". "The Hulk has never come up against every Infinity Stone in a gauntlet, and the pure power of the stones," Joe Russo explained. See our ethics statement. Banner never wanted to hurt a soul or put himself at risk, which created the drama of putting your hero into the perpetual state of being caught between a rock and a hard place. However, this was not the case when. For many fans, Hulk's continued denial throughout the rest of the film including during the pivotal Battle of Wakanda to fight on behalf of the rest of the Avengers stemmed from his easy defeat at the hands of the Mad Titan during the film's opening scene. And when I think about that promise of the first Avengers movie? Ultimately, the MCU gave the Hulk the worst of the half-hearted treatments. When he had to he was willing to step up. Avengers: Endgame has come and gone, rocked the box office, and smashed all the records. James Gunn Reveals New Superman, Batman Movies and More, Bruce Banners Hulk Situation in Avengers: Endgame Explained, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty Fan Poster Shows the Return of Kang the Conqueror, Hugh Jackman Teases He'll Play Multiple Wolverine Variants in Deadpool 3, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Casts Deadpool Star Karan Soni as Spider-Man India, Groot Teams Up With the Marvel Universe on Stormbreakers Variant Covers, Fantastic Four Fan Art Shows Outer Banks Star As the MCUs Human Torch, Thunderbolts Fan Art Transforms Steven Yeun Into the MCUs Sentry, Black Panther: Marvel Studios Reveals Voices Rising The Music of Wakanda Forever, Guardians of the Galaxy Releases New Teaser for Grootfall. To be clear, I do think that the new Huffalo is enjoyable as all hell. Because we simply cut to him as this new Banner-speaking Huffalo, and everythings fine. Even Tony and Caps final scenes cant help but come to mind. Every Iron Man suit in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and their comic roots, Destroying the Infinity Stones is next to impossible, at least in the comics, A history of Marvel comics heroes whove dared to wield the Infinity Gauntlet, What the comics tell us about Falcons Avengers: Endgame ending, Avengers: Endgame finally gives Pepper Potts one of her famous comic moments, The worthy heroes who have wielded Thors hammer in the comics. Avengers: Endgame reveals Professor Hulk, one half Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), one half Hulk. While the Hulk did have the vocab of a two-year-old in Thor: Ragnarok, Endgame takes Bruce Banner and his testy alter-ego a step further. In Ragnarok, after all that silliness. The Hulk is not just an angry, mindless vehicle for brutality. 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