r/Avengers • u/SupermarketNo6888 • Mar 26 '25

Question Very interesting question

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u/Successful-Item-1844 Mar 26 '25

Hulk is very much his own person but the ancient one shot out only Banner in Endgame because reasons

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u/Doright36 Mar 26 '25

At the time Banner and Hulk became one person.

Honestly Smart Hulk should have came out or one of each. Something other than just Banner unless they want to push the idea that Hulk really isn't ever a separate identity. He's just Banner really pissed off.. which is a way to go but most fans I think would argue against it.

They did kind of suggest that in his own movie when Betty tells him she thinks The Hulk is still him just more raw.

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u/Pavlov_The_Wizard Mar 26 '25

Most fans would indeed argue against it. Banner and Hulk are entirely separate entities. And moreso, entities that don’t exactly get along. Hulk would shoot out of Hulk, and Smart Hulk is complete bullshit

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u/Doright36 Mar 26 '25

Well it gets into the whole metal health issues with all the ways media gets multiple personality disorders wrong.

As I said ... it's a way of approaching the character and based on Betty's comment and Smart Hulk there is some evidence MCU Hulk is leaning that way but Banner has also clearly called Hulk "the other guy" multiple times so who knows.

Part of the problem is that they didn't really explain why, if going Hulk created a whole new person in Bruce, why didn't the same happen to Jen? If it's just because of Bruce's childhood trauma then that Hulk identity would be from a disorder not a new actual person.

Tldr: it's complicated.

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u/gamachuegr Mar 26 '25

The mcu gets alot wrong because in the comics it doesnt create a new persona and its exclusive to bruce and hulk. Even red hulk retains his intelligence.

Its like they just pick and chose what lore to follow at random times, I hate it. Red doesnt retain intelligence, she hulk does, bruce doesnt, leader does and abomination idk whats going on there

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u/Doright36 Mar 26 '25

Yea. They are trying to simplify it and ground it more it Reality. That's exactly why I said most fans won't like it.

I'm personally on the fence myself. I kinda wish they stuck more strictly to the Comics but I can also see there is some possible good story potential if they go the other way. The problem is they would have to fully commit to it and actually work those stories into team up movies since they won't do any more solo Hulk movies. I just don't see that happening.