just for nostalgia's sake:
Iron Man (1996)

The Hulk:

Picture taken from Wikipedia.org

Picture taken from Wikipedia.org

apparently the first 2003 "Hulk" and this year's upcoming "The Incredible Hulk" (their movie posters are shown above respectively) have no link to each other whatsoever save for the titular character.

From Wikipedia.org:
After the 2003 film Hulk, Marvel Studios reacquired the rights to the character, and writer Zak Penn began work on a loose sequel that would be closer to the comics and the television series. Norton rewrote the script after he signed on to star, severing ties to its predecessor by retelling the origin story in flashbacks and revelations.

apparently they weren't too pleased with the first Hulk film, which wasn't produced by Marvel at all (it was . it's a mystery how marvel didnt have the rights to produce a film about the Hulk, being one of their properties..
such is the confounding nature of the law and rights and stuff.

personally i found the first Hulk film a bit of nonsense - every character has to face his 'evil counterpart'.

Spidey / Venom
Iron Man / Iron Monger
Ghost Rider / Blackheart
Daredevil / Kingpin

each of the aforementioned superheroes has an evil counterpart who more often than not has almost direct copies of their powers - symbolic of the inner struggle between good and evil - the two sides of the coin, the ying and the yang, the blah and the blah.

the list goes on. and in the 2003 film, the Hulk fights.. HIS FATHER. what did Ang Lee think he was doing, Star Wars?! preposterous.
a jolly green giant battles his father who gains the ability to absorb properties of materials. no link whatsoever.

in the 2008 upcoming film, the Hulk fights the Abomination.
there we have it.
jolly green giant fights cranky green giant..

perfect.




the tried and true method of hero versus villain / good versus evil / positive versus negative is reinstated in a film that embodies the greatest comic book publisher ever - Marvel.

'Nuff Said! - Stan Lee.