I'm calling a spade a spade and saying that The Incredible Hulk is a sequel to The Hulk because, frankly, it is. It felt like a sequel, from pretty much ignoring the origin story, to the times where it seemed like the movie was trying to overcompensate for the so-called lack of action in the first movie (Go ahead, tell me that's not sequel work. I have other reasons too, but I'll leave it at that because I have other things to say.) That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. So, so there! (And if you understand that reference, congratulations.)
Now, I'm going to come right out and say it: I miss the greener Hulk. This one seemed a little on the gray side (and yes, I know there is that whole gray Hulk thing, but I've always known him as a big green guy and that's the way I like it.), and it threw me off a little because after seeing him the first time, the thought passed through my head that the Hulk looked kind of like how I'd picture Solomon Grundy if he ever made it to the big screen (which I doubt he will).
It was good to hear "Hulk smash!", though I don't think it needed the question that came before it. Kind of made me cringe a little because there are so many better ways to prompt that line (they could have also just had him say it, novel concept that that is, which would have been perfectly fine).
I will end by saying that I almost started laughing when I shouldn't have because one scene reminded me of the old promos from Cartoon Network (back when they used to actually show cartoons.) when they used to mess with clips from The Superfriends. All I'll say is that I expected Bruce Banner to utter this immortal quote from Brainiac, "Look, I just want some pants. A decent pair of pants!"
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