Word: hulks
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...Spider-Man, which earned $800 million worldwide and spawned its own robust franchise. If the strategy works, it feeds Hollywood's itch to be endlessly self-derivative. First comes the remake--or, in mogul-speak, the reimagining--then the sequels. If it doesn't work, the result is The Hulk or Catwoman, two pricey flops for which their studios should issue not sequels but apologies. Or the 1994 film of The Fantastic Four, which has never been released in any format...
Studios will try anything new--like putting an indie-minded director on a big project--as long as it has been done before. Sony Pictures hit it big pairing Spider-Man with Sam Raimi and then hit the fan when it mated The Hulk with Ang Lee. Now Christopher Nolan, best known for his twisty art thriller Memento, gets a shot with Batman Begins. He says all he borrowed from the franchise was Batman himself, and even this Batman will be a mystery to fans. "I saw a small gap in pop-culture movie history," Nolan says, "the film where...
...Vikings’ two highest single-season rushing totals in team history. He was a keystone of the NFL’s top offense in 2003. And despite the fact that Birk had never played center before joining the Vikings, the 6’4, 308 lb. hulk has been named to the Pro Bowl five times at that position...
...Yangtze and Jialing rivers, the old city of Chongqing appears to some visitors to resemble the superstructure of a large ship. Situated more than 800 miles from the sea and more than 900 miles from the power center of Peking, Chongqing could easily have come to resemble a rusted hulk aground in an urban backwater, despite its brief fame as Chungking, China's capital city during the war with Japan. Forty years later, however, few other cities in China are undergoing such momentous change and rapid growth...
Lindsay’s skin has turned about as orange as Hulk Hogan’s and her singles keep fading apace. Amerie could kick the fertility out of her, I promise, and if only you guys watched more BET, you’d know it. “One Thing” is better than “Over” because Amerie goes “bing! bing! bing!!” in the pre-chorus, which is something that Lindsay Lohan doesn’t know...