The Incredible Hulk Returns / The Trial of the Incredible Hulk

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Anchor Bay's Incredible Hulk double-disc set offers The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988) and The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989), the first two of three made-for-TV movies featuring the Marvel Comics monster hero that aired after the CBS series' demise in 1982. Both discs also include a considerable amount of supplemental material, including interviews with star Lou Ferrigno and comic book legend Stan Lee. Bill Bixby returns as tormented scientist David Banner (in addition to executive producing Returns and directing Trial), as does Ferrigno as his green-skinned alter ego. In both titles, they are paired with other Marvel creations; in Returns, Banner is joined by the Mighty Thor to thwart industrial espionage, and in Trial, he's defended by blind lawyer Matt Murdock (Rex Smith), a.k.a. Daredevil. Bixby's always-credible presence brings believability to the fanciful storylines, and both features have the right mix of drama and action that should satisfy fans of the series and its graphic origins alike. --Paul Gaita

Customer Reviews:

Bring Back the Series!.......2006-12-04

I haven't actually watched these movies since they were on t.v., but I remember enough to wonder two things.

1. Why didn't they bring out all three movies in one boxset? (There was 'Death of the Incredible Hulk' as well) and

2. Where's the original series?

I mean, I *love* the Incredible Hulk. Bill Bixby does a fabulous job as the tortured David Banner. Everytime I watch the scene where Elana caresses the Hulk's cheek and says, "My poor David. I have loved you for so very long..." it brings tears to my eyes. Lou Ferrigno is the exception to the rule that musclemen can't act.

I've only got the pilot on DVD and I want more. Bring back the series! Bring back the haunting title music that almost makes your cry in of itself, and the angst and drama and action.

Not to mention, I was a kid in the eighties and I have a fondness for those wonderful eighties t.v. shows. I own Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, The A-Team and Magnum P.I. I would buy Incredible Hulk in a flash if they came out. Its one of the better shows to come out of the eighties.

Come on, release it on DVD!!

The Big Guy.......2006-11-10

What can i say The Incredible Hulk one of the best all time Tv series
that makes the movies a must have.

The Incredible Hulk in An Incredible DVD Deal.......2006-08-03

An incredibly affordable 2 disc set with great extras highlights two TV movie adventures of the Incredible Hulk.

Bill Bixby & Lou Ferrigno's hit TV series set a milestone for comic book characters. Before that, arguably the only superhero who had a hit was Batman & Superman in the movies. TV movies and TV shows of everyone from Spiderman to Captain America to Dr. Strange had all either failed outright or fizzled quickly. With Kenneth Johnson's drama of the Hulk, the creator turned Stan Lee's green pulp hero into something even grandmothers could love - and mine LOVED the Hulk TV series.

Purists might object to the way the two guest star superheroes are treated and portrayed here. I have no problems with either. Both Eric Kramer (Thor) and Rex Smith (Daredevil) manage their respective roles nicely and have pure fun all the while - especially Kramer who turned an almost stiff, stodgy comic book Thor into a CA beefcake surfer dude with a love of mead and bar brawls. Rex Smith turns in a three dimensional performance and honestly I like his portrayal of Daredevil much more than Ben Affleck's big screen turn. Bill Bixby realizes his tortured Jeckyl & Hyde David Banner character as poignantly as he did in the TV series and the production values for both flicks are top notch all around.

Comic fans must make concessions when their beloved heroes play up on the big or small screen. When film director Bryan Singer toned down the X-Men's costumes for the theatrical film, many a true believer cried. However when they saw the film, Singer was off the hook. These TV movies are NOT the comics we grew up on and so much the better because they've become unique interpretations of them for us to enjoy alongside the classic comics, cartoons or the video games which will be created for generations to come.

Anchor Bay has outdone themselves with excellent extras, packaging that evokes a comic book and even a booklet that at first glance makes you believe you're holding a collectible comic. Fantastic price & fantastic set - thanks Anchor Bay!

Wrong Interpretations Of Legendary Marvel Superheroes!!!!.......2006-03-20

I have seen both films back in '88 on NBC and it was horrendus! whoever was the screenwriter must not read the history of Thor and Daredevil. First, Thor's costume was wrong and his character was putrid! and second, Daredevil's costume is red, NOT black(Ben Affleck did a more presentable version of Daredevil)! and the TV version of the Kingpin was a comic fan's nightmare! So my advice, DON'T buy this DVD, Instead, buy the 2003 Hulk movie on DVD, that will be worth your money!

The Incredible Hulk Returns. The Trial of The Incredible Hulk........2005-12-06

HI EVERYBODY. YOU KNOW, IT IS TOTALY AMAZING THAT A REVIEWER WOULD EVEN THINK THAT THE INCREDIBLE HULK, THE ORIGINAL TV SERIES SHOULD HAVE BEEN WHAT THESE 2 MOVIES SHOULD HAVE BEEN. I WILL SAY THIS. IF KENNETH JOHNSON WOULD HAVE WENT WITH THE COMIC BOOK VERSION AND NOT AS WE KNOW THE SERIES NOW, 2 THINGS WOULD HAVE HAPPEND. BILL BIXBY WOULD HAVE TURNED DOWN THE HULK SERIES. AND OR KEN JOHNSON THE SERIES CREATOR WOULD HAVE ALSO TURNED IT DOWN. THUS... THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN NO DR. DAVID BANNER, NO HULK NO TV SERIES. AND BILL BIXBY WOULD HAVE SAID NO ANYWAY. AT LEAST SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW, BIXBY WAS LEARY ABOUT EVEN DOING THE PILOT. BUT HIS FORMER MANAGER PAUL BRADEN SAID READ IT JUST READ IT. AND THE REST IS OFF COURSE HISTORY. AND TO THINK THAT THIS REVIEWER WOULD EVEN SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS VERY NAIVE. AND BILL BIX BIXBY WOULD NOT HAVE DONE THE HULK IN THE STYLE OF THE COMIC ANYWAY. EVEN RIGHT FROM THE START HE WAS ASURED THAT WHEN HE ACCEPTED THE LEADING ROLL AS OUR HERO. DR. DAVID BANNER, HE TOLD KENNETH JOHNSON CALLING HIM THE NEXT DAY AFTER READING THE HULK PILOT SCRIPT AND SAID. ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO DO THIS. ARE YOU REALLY GOING KEEP THIS PSYCOLOGICAL AND POINEANT. REALLY... BIXBY DID NOT WANT TO DO THE INCREDIBLE HULK AT ALL. HE SAID I DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN ANYTHING CALLED THE INCREDIBLE HULK PLEASE.MILLIONS OF FANS SHOULD BE VERU SURPRISED THAT THE HULK WAS EVEN DONE TO BEGIN WITH. AND I THINK IT WAS BILL BIXBY'S GOOD KIND NATURE THAT AND ALSO AFTER READING THE HULK PILOT SCRIPT THAT WON THE CRITICS CBS AND US MILLIONS OF FANS OF THIS GREAT TV SERIES. WE ALL WILL NEVER FORGET IT. AS FOR THE FIRST 2 HULK MOVIES. I LOVE THEM ALL OVER THE PLACE. PERSONALY IN MY OPINION, I THINK BILL BIXBY AND LOU FERRIGNO WE'RE EXPERIMENTING WHEN THEY BOTH WE'RE FILMING THEM. I THINK THEY HAVE SOME VERY HUMORUS MOMENTS. IN GENERAL. i LOVE THE SERIES AND THE 2 HULK MOVIES. THE INCREDIBLE HULK RETURNS. AND THE TRIAL OF THE INCREDIBLE HULK.

The Incredible Hulk: Return of the Monster

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Buy them all if you are comics fan!
Perfect Combo for People who have been away from Comics
DCB dvds are better than the cartoons

The Incredible Hulk: Return of the Monster

Manufacturer: Intec Interactive/Eagle One Media distributor
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ASIN: B00005BSM8
Release Date: 2004-10-12

Product Description

An Animated Comic DVD. "Return of the Monster". After saving a boy from walking into a nuclear testing site, Dr. Robert Bruce Banner was struck full-force by the bomb blast. Caught in the heart of this nuclear explosion, victim of gamma radiation gone wild, Dr. Robert Bruce Banner now finds himself transformed during times of stress into the dark personification of his repressed rage and fury- the most powerful man-like creature ever to walk the face of the Earth- THE INCREDIBLE HULK! Now, the beast within has crossed the line…and its terrified keeper is on the run! Blamed for the televised murder of a hapless child, Banner and his brutish alter ego are Public Enemy No. 1! Writer: Bruce Jones

Customer Reviews:

Buy them all if you are comics fan!.......2004-12-01

I can tell you I was quite skeptical when I saw this....but I was wrong! Each one of these comic discs has a dramtic reading in the style of a small film with comic panels. I was surprised at how good the acting was and would tell any fan of comics to grab these while they last. I don't understand why more comics fans didn't buy these? They are quite good and I don't see why Marvel wouldn't want to make more of them.

As a fan of the Hulk I have to say the producers did do a good job of translating this into the format.

Perfect Combo for People who have been away from Comics.......2004-07-08

I stopped reading comics in the mid 90's. The influx of Superhero Movies (Spiderman, X-Men, Blade & Hulk) totally got me back into the Marvel world. I purchased all the DVDS that Sock Puppet studio produced and I loved them. For basically the same price as a Graphic Novel you get a DVD with over 2 hours of material. I think the format might not be for everbody but for somebody who has been away from Comics this should pull you back quickly. I have been waiting for them to release other titles soon.

DCB dvds are better than the cartoons.......2004-05-10

I found hulk vol.1 to be very interesting.

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It's the WRONG Picture for This Item!!! Watch Out!!!
This is the 1988 movie, not the 1977 movie.
Confusion
Awful return of a great show
Awful return of a great show

The Incredible Hulk Returns
Starring: Bill Bixby , Jack Colvin , Lou Ferrigno , Laurie Prange , and Dorothy Tristan
Director: Alan J. Levi
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ASIN: B00005YUPA
Release Date: 2002-01-21

Customer Reviews:

It's the WRONG Picture for This Item!!! Watch Out!!!.......2007-03-20

Read the title in the picture of this DVD and read the Amazon title... What's wrong with this picture?!?
The picture they are showing you is WRONG - it's a picture of one the 3 less-than fine TV movies made AFTER the series was cancelled - the movie where David Banner/The Hulk meets Thor, and it's just not as good a story as ANY of the shows. I mean, c'mon... the series made an intelligent and successful effort to legitimize the idea of the comic character, The Hulk, and later someone comes up with him meeting a Norse God?!? So much for the legitimizing. Anyway, the "movie" that is advertised here on Amazon ISN'T THE ONE YOU GET! In Amazon's credits and description, they are advertising the SECOND TV movie that came AFTER the original pilot movie of the series, that was later broken down into a two-part episode called "Death in the Family", which was considerably better than the movie with THOR. "Death in the Family" is NOT for sale all by itself, as this ad suggests, but is ONLY available in the "Best Of..." Hulk series DVD set and in the boxed set of the first season release of the Hulk on DVD. So, BE WARNED! Amazon should really fix this blunder, so they won't get so many complaints and returns when fans buy this DVD. A word to the Hulk-wise fans.

This is the 1988 movie, not the 1977 movie........2006-07-06

I ordered this and there seems to be some alternate titling going on here. The film I was sent is the 1988 film with Thor, titled "The Return of the Incredible Hulk," although IMDB lists it as "The Incredible Hulk Returns." This item's description says it's the 1977 version, also listed on IMDB as "The Return of the Incredible Hulk" or "Death in the Family." Just a word of warning to avoid confusion. The DVD arrived in good condition, so no complaints there, but the seller needs to update the description to show the proper year of release.

Confusion.......2005-02-19

Unless I'm very much mistaken, this is the two-part episode that became "Death in the Family" in the show's first season; one clue is that Alan J. Levi is in the credits, and another is that the year given is 1977.

If you remember scenes like those of David being attacked by a bear and stepping into quicksand, and of the Hulk spewing whiskey into a campfire and throwing a stump or post at a helicopter, they come from "Death in the Family," which probably aired first as a CBS made-for-TV movie called "The Return of the Incredible Hulk" after what became the pilot aired previously. If this hadn't aired under this name, then "The Incredible Hulk Returns" from '89 or so would probably have aired as "The Return of the Incredible Hulk."

I give it five stars because I think rewriting the comic's storyline to address the human condition was a great idea. I'd like to have seen more of the same kind of drama in the later movies of the week, but I suppose Kenneth Johnson had obligations at the time.

Awful return of a great show.......2002-10-16

I'll be brief. I LOVED the Hulk in all his iterations. The comic, and the original run of the series, heck I even give the cartoon on Saturday morning credit.

HOWEVER, this movie [wasnt good].

Using the Hulk to push this spin-off vehicle for Marvel's Thor was a terrible idea and totally ran against the grain of what was a decent sci-fi drama TV series, even with the token appearance of Jack McGee.

The subsequent Daredevil idea in the "Trial of The Incredible Hulk" was equally weak.

Only in the third movie, "Death of the Incredible Hulk" did they come even close to the flavor of the original series.

I would say only the most hardcore fan with blinders on could really appreciate this movie.

Awful return of a great show.......2002-10-16

I'll be brief. I LOVED the Hulk in all his iterations. The comic, and the original run of the series, heck I even give the cartoon on Saturday morning credit.

HOWEVER, this movie [garbage].

The subsequent Daredevil idea in the "Trial of The Incredible Hulk" was equally weak.

Only in the third movie, "Death of the Incredible Hulk" did they come even close to the flavor of the original series.

I would say only the most hardcore fan with blinders on could really appreciate this movie.

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