Marvel has tried and mostly failed to get across the dichotomy of the incredible Hulk's character... at least, until Joss Whedon and Mark Ruffalo gave it a shot in the Avengers and its sequel and blew all the other interpretations out of the water. The key thing is that Bruce Banner's story is tragic, and we do feel for him... but we also want to see him turn green and trash whole city blocks into piles of Lego. Cosplaying as the Hulk is fraught with issues, of course. Unless you happen to be built like a giant sack of marbles, you'll invariably look a little foolish, and then there's the matter of all that green body paint. It's a nightmare to apply and even worse to remove... unless it's not, in which case it'll come off on anything and everything you touch, and that touches you, which makes you slightly less popular at parties than the real Hulk. The above little fella is standing next to the original onscreen Hulk, actor and bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno. Needless to say, although he probably looks pretty impressive on his own, standing next to the actual Hulk while being of slightly below average height doesn't allow you to pull off the 'horrifying, massive ragemonster' look very well.
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