Anyone seen The Trial of the Incredible Hulk movie?

[Johnlindsey289]

It's the one where David Banner is in jail in a big city and accused of attacking a woman and hires Daredevil ( a.k.a. Matt Murdock) as his only hope to stop the Kingpin and clear his name.

It's better than "Return of the Incredible Hulk" but way more enjoyable. Gimli himself Jonathan Rhyes Davies plays Kingpin, Rex Smith as Daredevil and Bill Bixby plays Banner.

But i've got one big question about this movie, in the first half David Banner has a beard but then when he transforms into the Hulk, the Hulk emerges into a clean shaven hulk despite his hair grown into a bad wig. How is that possible for David Banner's beard to magically disappear into thin air? or was it just a stupid goof?

[Russkafin]

Yes, I have seen this movie, many times... I love the movie but I have also always been bothered by the beard thing. I have no clue what they were thinking... I don't know if it's a "goof" or just a case of them not really thinking things through when they made it.

For the record, Kenneth Johnson, the producer who developed and oversaw the TV series, had nothing to do with the three made-for-TV-movies that followed the series (The Incredible Hulk Returns, Trial of The Incredible Hulk, and Death Of The Incredible Hulk). Because of this, there are some inconsistancies that the fans of the show often complain about...

For example, on an episode the show, Hulk kept a helicopter from taking off, all by himelf... yet in The Incredible Hulk Returns, Hulk and Thor together cannot hold a helicopter down... And, Hulk had survived a fall from a plane before, yet that is what kills him in Death of The Incredible Hulk. During the series, Jack McGee learned that an ordinary man turns into the Hulk, but this never comes up during The Incredible Hulk Returns.

A few other bits of trivia... There was going to be a "Rebirth Of The Incredible Hulk" movie, that followed Death of... It's actually foreshadowed in Death of..., because Banner says that he does not believe the creature can die. The movie was not made because Bill Bixby passed away.

Kenneth Johnson originally wanted to end the TV series with a finale that would have had David Banner put on trial for the murder of Eliana Marks, and McGee would have learned everything. The series was canceled before this could happen, and, as I already said, Johnson was not involved with the films that followed.