I thought it was basically Banner learning to trust his destructive altered ego. When that security guard said something like "Yep, saw the whole thing. You avoided places where people were." I think Banner learned that the Hulk doesn't really want to hurt people...just people trying to hurt Hulk.
"One line of dialog, I believe, dealt with that. "I'm always angry."
Banner is in denial about the Hulk part of his personality when we first find him. He assumes that as long as he's in control, as long as he's not angry, the Hulk can't come out. Only that's not how the human mind works. You can keep yourself calm, you can manage how you respond, but you can't stop yourself from feeling angry. It's not like Banner wasn't angry for the last year. He was in denial, and that denial was preventing him access to another part of who he was. When the Hulk came out previously, it was under the mistaken impression that there were two parts separated by anger, but when Banner realized he's always angry, the two parts separated by an imagined wall became one.
Once he realized that he was always angry, the illusion that anger separated him from the denial of him being one and the same with the Hulk came crashing down and Banner/Hulk emerged as one person."
By an io9 poster, who got it right, I suppose.
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You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.
You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.
I'm pleased to report The Avengers offered both entertainment AND justification (spoilers seperated)
- 05/05/2012 04:33:39 AM
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Spoilers about archery, aircraft carriers etc
- 05/05/2012 04:34:45 AM
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Re: Spoilers about archery, aircraft carriers etc
- 05/05/2012 08:29:33 AM
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The Heli-Carrier is well established in the Marvel Universe as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s base of operations.
- 05/05/2012 12:12:57 PM
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Yup, they couldn't get away with not having the Heli-Carrier.
- 05/05/2012 01:17:58 PM
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Re: Yup, they couldn't get away with not having the Heli-Carrier.
- 07/05/2012 08:35:53 AM
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Re: Spoilers about archery, aircraft carriers etc
- 06/05/2012 03:51:23 PM
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Yeah, Black Widow's reaction was a little... weird
- 07/05/2012 06:26:26 PM
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- 08/05/2012 01:21:24 PM
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Not really, that is the nature of The Hulk.
- 09/05/2012 02:22:08 PM
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Re: Not really, that is the nature of The Hulk.
- 09/05/2012 03:13:53 PM
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It depends on which interpretation of the Hulk they are running with.
- 14/05/2012 01:50:44 PM
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Haven't you missed the point of the helicarrier?
- 07/05/2012 09:18:31 PM
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Yes, what have bombers done without fighter screens over the last 100 years?
- 12/05/2012 05:44:32 PM
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Got shot down a lot, in major confilcts against foes with air power.
- 12/05/2012 08:38:00 PM
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I thought the disparate power levels were unintentionally hilarious (spoilers)
- 07/05/2012 03:14:34 PM
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Re: I thought the disparate power levels were unintentionally hilarious (spoilers)
- 07/05/2012 11:23:39 PM
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Hawkeye does basically state as much to Black Widow. They're made for a spy movie.
- 14/05/2012 11:20:53 PM
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???
- 15/05/2012 01:36:39 AM
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I was just continuing the discussion. Could've replied to same one as you, yeah. *NM*
- 16/05/2012 01:16:08 AM
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What was up with the Hulk? (spoilers)
- 07/05/2012 06:35:06 PM
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I think it's just one of the many many plot holes.
- 07/05/2012 08:20:06 PM
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The Hulk "spoiler"
- 08/05/2012 12:15:54 AM
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This, plus:
- 09/05/2012 12:45:18 PM
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Regarding Coulson's role in the Marvel movies going forward *SPOILERS*
- 14/05/2012 11:15:12 PM
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Re: Regarding Coulson's role in the Marvel movies going forward *SPOILERS*
- 15/05/2012 01:50:52 AM
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Re: Regarding Coulson's role in the Marvel movies going forward *SPOILERS*
- 16/05/2012 01:18:34 AM
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