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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 17:36:23 GMT -5
I grew up in the 80s so "my" Hulk was the one seen in the 1982 cartoon series - and the comics of that era. So I imagined Hulk spoke just like he did in the 1982 cartoon.
Around the late 80s, a video store near mine stocked the 1966 Hulk cartoon (well, some of the episodes, it was all very random back then, e.g. one tape had the "Enter Hercules" episode of The Mighty Thor and the 60s Spider-Man episode "Neptune's Nose Cone"). When I watched the 1966 Hulk cartoon, I found his speech a little jarring. He was talking like Boris Karloff's Frankenstein's Monster had spoken in Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein. Very slow, very monotone, etc.
Now, I know the Hulk has evolved over time. The lumbering mean-spirited brute of the early stories is different from the Hulk I grew up with, who jumped around the Midwest shouting "Hulk will smash!" I get that.
But it was still jarring. I read a Hulk comic before I saw the 1982 cartoon. Even before I saw the cartoon series, I imagined a growling Hulk whose throat would probably be sore - and whose speech conveyed anger. So it was a surprise to see those 1966 episodes and hear something akin to the Frankenstein Monster.
Perhaps others here have a different view, though. We're all from different eras. Maybe you imagined the Hulk speaking a certain way, one that is different from how I imagined it. So, feel free to share your thoughts!
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 4, 2019 17:43:46 GMT -5
Hulk talk like Hulk. Hulk no talk like smart-friend magician or Bird Nose. Hulk smash any puny human who make Hulk talk erudite. Hulk and Bizarro have war of words that make Trump sound coherent. Hulk doing talking with fists. Hulk finished talking. Hulk go read Sartre. Hulk think premise is flawed, though. Hulk writing essay refuting bleakness of cosmos. On other hand, Hulk think Bobby McFerrin is annoying.
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Post by profholt82 on Dec 4, 2019 17:52:50 GMT -5
When I read the comics, when Hulk speaks I always hear something akin to Urkel's voice in my head.  Nah, I think more of a throaty, guttural gnarl, but with a layer of humanity on top. It's difficult to describe the way I hear characters in my head while reading a comic. But the Hulk has a bit of a childlike simplicity to him, so I don't hear his voice as a growly animalistic beast so much as a manchild having a temper tantrum. |
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Post by berkley on Dec 4, 2019 17:59:12 GMT -5
a manchild having a temper tantrum. And therein lies the problem with the character. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 4, 2019 18:06:24 GMT -5
a manchild having a temper tantrum. And therein lies the problem with the character. Sounds like 90% of the internet. |
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Post by chadwilliam on Dec 4, 2019 18:21:51 GMT -5
I think the closest comparison with what I hear in my head is Lurch from The Addams Family.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 18:31:04 GMT -5
I think the closest comparison with what I hear in my head is Lurch from The Addams Family. Definitely!! |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 4, 2019 19:14:30 GMT -5
Smashing.
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Post by tarkintino on Dec 4, 2019 19:19:26 GMT -5
I grew up in the 80s so "my" Hulk was the one seen in the 1982 cartoon series - and the comics of that era. So I imagined Hulk spoke just like he did in the 1982 cartoon. Around the late 80s, a video store near mine stocked the 1966 Hulk cartoon (well, some of the episodes, it was all very random back then, e.g. one tape had the "Enter Hercules" episode of The Mighty Thor and the 60s Spider-Man episode "Neptune's Nose Cone"). When I watched the 1966 Hulk cartoon, I found his speech a little jarring. He was talking like Boris Karloff's Frankenstein's Monster had spoken in Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein. Very slow, very monotone, etc. The Hulk episode from the Marvel Super-Heroes cartoon (1966) presents his voice as it should be. Grantray-Laerence animation closely adapted the comics (only a few years after the character's comic book debut) and understood how the Hulk's speech pattern was put into words, along with dialogue boxes describing him. Add that together and the 1966 cartoon probably is the most faithful version of the character, including the way he would speak. |
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Post by beccabear67 on Dec 4, 2019 19:53:53 GMT -5
I'm thinking somewhere between Sam Kinison, Bobcat Goldthwaite and Buster Bloodvessel.
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Post by Duragizer on Dec 5, 2019 0:10:11 GMT -5
Boris Karloff with a dash of Orson Welles. |
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Post by Randle-El on Dec 5, 2019 0:16:10 GMT -5
My introduction to the Hulk was the live action TV version played by Lou Ferrigno who didn't talk at all. Consequently, I found it strange when I discovered that he could talk in other media. I think for the purposes of the show, non-speaking Hulk was quite effective. It gave him more of a monster vibe. I also thought Ferrigno was able to do a lot in quieter moments with subtle gestures, body language, a head tilt here, even a slight smile every so often.
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Post by tartanphantom on Dec 5, 2019 0:27:14 GMT -5
I also thought Ferrigno was able to do a lot in quieter moments with subtle gestures, body language, a head tilt here, even a slight smile every so often.
True... nothing says "HULK SMASH!" like a pensive bodybuilder sporting a green mullet...  |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Dec 5, 2019 6:41:39 GMT -5
Tiny Tim
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2019 6:48:39 GMT -5
Combination of Dick Butkus, Mean Joe Greene, Bubba Smith, Brian "The Boz" Bosworth, and Jack Lambert all rolled into one frightening terror!
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