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TOO BAD THEY’RE MADE OF FOAM

June 20th, 2003 | by Tom
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TOO BAD THEY’RE MADE OF FOAM

Just in case you guys don’t know what those big green fists are that I’m referencing in today’s strip, here’s a link to the acutal product they’re selling to your kids. Just to send the message home, here’s a picture, too.

Man, that kid is scary. Too much sugar in his diet.

Let’s stop for a minute and think about this product. While undoubtably cool, is this the kind of item you want to willing hand over to a TV-addled 10 year-old? It’s not as though they aren’t ALREADY going around punching everything and everyone. Now we need to give them a bigger surface area to hit with and ELECTRONIC SOUNDS?

I envision many sad, sad parents after this weekend.

The Hulk marketing machine seems to be churing at full-tilt. His ugly mug is on everything from my can of Mountain Dew to my stylish birthday party paper plates?

It raises the question “Why the HELL did director Ang Lee allow Universal to market his picture with such wanton abandon?”

Part of the answer may stem in the price tag for the movie. Apparently Universal has sank over $150 million dollars into it plus another $20 million at the last minute to make the Hulk “extra real”. No wonder they’re trying to recoup on their investment.

I don’t think there’s a doubt in anyone’s brain that The Hulk is going to pull in serious green (HA, HA!) this weekend. Whether it can remain for the long haul remains to be seen. Terminator 3 is on the horizion and pitching straight up the middle of Hulk’s audience – geeks who wished they were powerful. If anything, I think it’s a safe bet that it’ll be better than Daredevil There’s no Ben Affleck factor to drag it down!

Still, even though I know the Hulk Hands will be fodder for childhood nostalgia site X-Entertainment in a few years, I really want a pair just so I can sock anyone in the mouth who says the CG Hulk looks fake.

Jared. I know where you live.

└ Tags: breeze, Hulk, Hulk hands, punch, toys, Toys R' Us, weak
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SO IT’S TRUE…

June 20th, 2003 | by Tom
Posted In: Blog

It’s been brought to my attention that X-Entertainment actually has ALREADY written an article about the Hulk Hands – way back in February, as it turns out.

Of course, I wouldn’t know that because I’ve had a hell of a time clicking through Flash advertisments to find, y’know… CONTENT.

Anyway, if you’re curious to get another perspective on these things, here’s the link.

└ Tags: article, Hulk hands, phenomenon, X-Entertainment
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SPREADS LIKE WILDFIRE

June 20th, 2003 | by Tom
Posted In: Blog

In another disturbing example of how the Hulk Hands have taken a toe-hold (thumb-hold?) in popular culture, Neo-Raven from the forums posted a link to a recent NWA:TNA Wrestling contest where the phony forearms were used.

Follow the link for the disturbing photographic evidence

└ Tags: evidence, Hulk hands
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