One of the best television adaptations of a comic book, The Incredible Hulk (1978-82) lent gravity and pathos to the fantastic premise–an experiment gone wrong causes a scientist to transform into a giant creature whenever he becomes angry–established in the popular Marvel Comics series. The network version stripped away the Hulk’s outlandish foes (as well as his rudimentary speech) and instead focused on the loneliness of his human alter ego, David Banner (well played by the …
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November 10th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
After being accidently exposed in his laboratory to a massive dosage of gamma radiation, David Banner (A Research Scientist) physiology was dramaticaly effected. Normally peaceful, quiet man, David now found that once angered, he turn into the Incredible Hulk, a huge, powerful seven foot greenish, manlike monster of immense strength and primitive passions. David knew and remember what happened at the start of his transformation but had no recollection of what he had done when he was the creature. He searched for a cure traveling around the country taking all sort of odd jobs in order to provide food and clothes for him self and in the same time avoiding the pursuit of investtigative reporter Jack McGee who suspected his secret but had no solid proof. The Incredible Hulk was based on the 1962 comic-book character created by Stan Lee. After two pilot movies in 1977, “The Incredible Hulk” a two parts first movie originally aired on November 4th,1977 and “A Death In The Family” two parts movie aired on November 27th,1977, the show was first telecasted on March 10th, 1978 until its last telecast on May 12th, 1982 for a total of 5 seasons and 83 episodes including the two pilot movies. The cast were: *David Bruce Banner . . . . . Bill Bixby *The Incredible Hulk . . . . . Lue Ferrigno *Jack McGee . . . . . Jack Colvin The First Season consisted of 10 episodes not counting the two pilot movies and they are as follows: 01- The Final Round – Aired March 10, 1978 02- The Beast Within – Aired March 17, 1978 03- Of Guilt, Models and Murder – Aired March 24, 1978 04- Terror in Times Square – Aired March 31, 1978 05- 747 – Aired April 7, 1978 06- The Hulk Breaks Las Vegas – Aired April 21, 1978 07- Never Give a Trucker an Even Breake – Aired April 28, 1978 08- Life and Death – Aired May 12, 1978 09- Earthquakes Happen – Aired May 19, 1978 10- The Waterfront Story – Aired May 31, 1978 I wish all 5 seasons will be released soon after the First season. Thank you for reading my review, have a nice day
November 10th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
With the exception of the two 1977 pilot episodes, there is only one(747)episode here in season 1 already in the “Ultimate Collection, the other 9 episodes are not, they are previously un-released episodes, & I personally am glad to see more of the “Hulk” on DVD, when season 2 is released, that might warrant a gripe about already released episodes in the “UC”, but for now, this is not exactly a waste of money.
November 11th, 2009 at 1:07 am
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Like so many other Hulk fans, I WAITED a few years for the complete season to finally come out. I ignored the “Ultimate Collection” set issued in 2003, in the hopes that a season by season box set would arrive. It finally did, and I’m thrilled. Although there isn’t much in terms of bonus material, (the interview with Kenneth Johnson is the same as the intitial release of the pilot episode) the quality of remastering is good. Picture is very clean and clear and the sound is good mono. It would have been nice to have some commentary from the celebrity guest stars. Though they were not well known at the time (Loni Anderson, Gerald McRaney) it still would have been nice to have them reminisce about their appearances on the show. Despite these minor quibbles, it’s nice to have all of season one COMPLETE without the cuts and edits when it appeared on syndication. Great set for Incredible Hulk fans!