Now that Iron Man's been out in cinemas and on games consoles for a few weeks, it's time for SEGA to turn its attention more squarely to the other big cinema/game property heading forth from Marvel Comics - The Incredible Hulk. In that vein, the publisher has put out the video below explaining just where the green goliath came from.
So it is that we find Stan Lee, the godfather of Marvel Comics asking, when a property is "a combination of Frankenstein and Jekyll and Hyde, how can it not be good?" Well, far be it from SPOnG to question the man who arguably created the modern superhero, but... The Hulk isn't really a mixture of Frankenstein (we're assuming he means the monster) and Jekyll and Hyde, is it? It's more just Jekyll and Hyde combined with 1960's Cold War paranoia...
Anyway, if you can put SPOnG's passive aggression towards Stan Lee aside, you'll see a bit of what The Hulk does best mixed in with Stan et al talking about him. He runs around. He smashes stuff. He fights a giant robot!
You can find out more on SPOnG's dedicated game page.
So it is that we find Stan Lee, the godfather of Marvel Comics asking, when a property is "a combination of Frankenstein and Jekyll and Hyde, how can it not be good?" Well, far be it from SPOnG to question the man who arguably created the modern superhero, but... The Hulk isn't really a mixture of Frankenstein (we're assuming he means the monster) and Jekyll and Hyde, is it? It's more just Jekyll and Hyde combined with 1960's Cold War paranoia...
Anyway, if you can put SPOnG's passive aggression towards Stan Lee aside, you'll see a bit of what The Hulk does best mixed in with Stan et al talking about him. He runs around. He smashes stuff. He fights a giant robot!
You can find out more on SPOnG's dedicated game page.
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schnide 27 May 2008 13:27
1/7
Hang on..
I'm getting a message from my spirit guide, Nur-Ab-Sal!
And he says..
"ThiS GaMe iS gOinG to bE s**T!! WooOOoooOOooH!"
I'm getting a message from my spirit guide, Nur-Ab-Sal!
And he says..
"ThiS GaMe iS gOinG to bE s**T!! WooOOoooOOooH!"
deleted 27 May 2008 14:48
2/7
The "Moden Superhero"
what is the modern superhero? i would think along the lines of the TV series of Heros is more the modern superhero, tights and masks are more yesteryears hero.
what is the modern superhero? i would think along the lines of the TV series of Heros is more the modern superhero, tights and masks are more yesteryears hero.
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TimSpong 27 May 2008 15:11
3/7
haritori wrote:
The "Modern Superhero"
what is the modern superhero? i would think along the lines of the TV series of Heros is more the modern superhero, tights and masks are more yesteryears hero.
what is the modern superhero? i would think along the lines of the TV series of Heros is more the modern superhero, tights and masks are more yesteryears hero.
Isn't the TV series, Heroes, merely the X-Men without the pizazz? I don't know, I stopped watching it after episode two because I am a cultural elitist and I only usually watch pre-1932 Soviet movies or Ideal with Johnny Vegas.
Cheers
Tim
schnide 27 May 2008 15:23
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schnide wrote:
I'm getting a message from my spirit guide, Nur-Ab-Sal!
I'm seriously disappointed no-one seems to have got the reference yet..
That's WITHOUT GOOGLING it.
Spinface 27 May 2008 16:12
5/7
haritori wrote:
The "Moden Superhero"
what is the modern superhero? i would think along the lines of the TV series of Heros is more the modern superhero, tights and masks are more yesteryears hero.
what is the modern superhero? i would think along the lines of the TV series of Heros is more the modern superhero, tights and masks are more yesteryears hero.
The modern super-hero is your champion with feet of clay, as popularised by Stan Lee with the likes of Spider-Man and the X-Men. Heroes (which I do love) is pretty much just a change in window-dressing to make it more palatable for the modern, sophistemacated audience, but the change is a fairly shallow one. As Tim suggested (and agreeing with him pains me) X-Men has been dishing out a similar brand of content to Heroes for decades.
In some cases the modern super-hero has been superseded by the post-modern super hero, but I'm not entirely sure I can offer you a definition of what that is. But I know it when I see it! I think...
TimSpong 27 May 2008 16:15
6/7
Spinface wrote:
In some cases the modern super-hero has been superseded by the post-modern super hero, but I'm not entirely sure I can offer you a definition of what that is. But I know it when I see it! I think...
That Scott Pilchard fellow you're forever going on about like some lovelorn 12yo. Isn't he a post-modern superhero (no hyphen)?
Cheers
Tim
Spinface 27 May 2008 16:18
7/7
Tim Smith wrote:
Spinface wrote:
In some cases the modern super-hero has been superseded by the post-modern super hero, but I'm not entirely sure I can offer you a definition of what that is. But I know it when I see it! I think...
That Scott Pilchard fellow you're forever going on about like some lovelorn 12yo. Isn't he a post-modern superhero (no hyphen)?
Cheers
Tim
No. But he is totally feakin' awesome!
