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This, plus: ironclad Send a noteboard - 09/05/2012 12:45:18 PM
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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I'm pleased to report The Avengers offered both entertainment AND justification (spoilers seperated) Cannoli - 05/05/2012 04:33:39 AM 1648 Views
Spoilers about archery, aircraft carriers etc Cannoli - 05/05/2012 04:34:45 AM 1150 Views
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You guys are weird. nossy - 06/05/2012 03:59:15 PM 974 Views
You're wierd Cannoli - 06/05/2012 07:21:04 PM 892 Views
I know. nossy - 07/05/2012 03:27:05 AM 872 Views
Re: Spoilers about archery, aircraft carriers etc dacole - 07/05/2012 08:34:18 AM 946 Views
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Re: Yup, they couldn't get away with not having the Heli-Carrier. dacole - 07/05/2012 08:35:53 AM 922 Views
Einstein would have made a lot more sense... TaskmasterJack - 05/05/2012 02:23:46 PM 942 Views
Nah nossy - 06/05/2012 03:46:21 PM 916 Views
Re: Nah TaskmasterJack - 07/05/2012 02:09:08 AM 832 Views
Re: Nah nossy - 07/05/2012 03:31:47 AM 924 Views
Re: Nah TaskmasterJack - 07/05/2012 11:19:54 PM 949 Views
Re: Spoilers about archery, aircraft carriers etc nossy - 06/05/2012 03:51:23 PM 964 Views
True ironclad - 06/05/2012 06:06:26 PM 906 Views
Re: Spoilers about archery, aircraft carriers etc Cannoli - 06/05/2012 07:17:20 PM 982 Views
Yeah, Black Widow's reaction was a little... weird beetnemesis - 07/05/2012 06:26:26 PM 1018 Views
Re: Yeah, Black Widow's reaction was a little... weird nossy - 08/05/2012 01:21:24 PM 920 Views
Not really, that is the nature of The Hulk. HyogaRott - 09/05/2012 02:22:08 PM 865 Views
Re: Not really, that is the nature of The Hulk. nossy - 09/05/2012 03:13:53 PM 871 Views
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Haven't you missed the point of the helicarrier? snoopcester - 07/05/2012 09:18:31 PM 879 Views
Yes, what have bombers done without fighter screens over the last 100 years? Cannoli - 12/05/2012 05:44:32 PM 990 Views
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When you say six movies, are you counting both Hulk movies? *NM* Tom - 05/05/2012 01:22:50 PM 502 Views
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Hawkeye does basically state as much to Black Widow. They're made for a spy movie. Arok Manok - 14/05/2012 11:20:53 PM 890 Views
??? TaskmasterJack - 15/05/2012 01:36:39 AM 844 Views
I was just continuing the discussion. Could've replied to same one as you, yeah. *NM* Arok Manok - 16/05/2012 01:16:08 AM 434 Views
What was up with the Hulk? (spoilers) beetnemesis - 07/05/2012 06:35:06 PM 969 Views
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It's an id thing. Arok Manok - 14/05/2012 11:27:19 PM 953 Views
Banner is a trauma induced schizophrenic *NM* HyogaRott - 09/05/2012 02:28:21 PM 441 Views
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