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Marvel's Incredible Hulk is a character with one of the most iconic color schemes: Bright green skin contrasted with purple pants. It's visually striking, but besides that, why does Hulk wear purple pants?? Does Bruce Banner simply like the color purple, or do the ripped violet shorts serve as a symbol for his constant inner struggle and how the Marvel Universe often paints Hulk as a villain instead of superhero? Hulk's pants might be more than they may seem at first!
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This video makes me want a movie titled 'Hulk: Violet and Violent'.
😂😂
yes yes yes yes
You would not believe how many times I had to redo any take where I said "violet" because I kept saying "violent" Haha
That would axually be a good name for a movie, :/
@@megankasa5203
I'd wacth it
Hulk Vol 1 Issue 393 had a psych report by Doc Samson, with him saying why Banner had all these endless purple pants. While in college, a friend told him that, in order to always keep focus on his work, Einstein had closets and drawers full of the exact same stuff to wear. This way, he would waste neither time nor effort deciding this. Bruce ran out, found a store clearing out irregular clothes, and snatched up endless pairs of what would become his trademark pants.
Gamma radiation turns pants purple. It's a scientific fact.
You right.
Wth
both in marvel's continuity and out
Wait, for real?
Grafight23 Yeah I thought lol
The modern explanation is clearly that Banner, who goes through pants faster than any normal person, put in an order with Amazon for 500 pairs of kinda stretchy pants, but accidentally specified purple before checkout.
To this day, Banner is always too exhausted to go back and change that color spec, when he re-orders another 500 pairs... because he was too busy changing his address and credit card info.
I didn't recognize Batman's color pattern.
Shit's been changed too much.
truu
well at least it's not the gay pride scheme lol
I recognized it but you made me realize most artists just dropped his yellow belt and stuff and replaced it with the all black and gray suits he wears now.
yah I love batman's blue and yellow costume but unfortunetly due to his newfounded fanbase in the 80's his costume had to be more stealthy and practical
the 80s? I would've thought later than that.
I've seen them as a symbol for Banner himself. When the Hulk comes out, all else is torn apart. His body is changed and most of his garments are gone, but the pants are always there even if damaged. Showing that even after the physical mutations, the mind warping to another personality, and all the blinding anger, Bruce is still somewhere deep inside trying to control his inner monster.
Maybe it's to reflect his emotions. Red is rage, anger, regret whereas blue is calm, relaxed, without worry. Purple is a great middle ground and reflects the conflict in Banner's personalities without it being overemphasised.
I'm writing this before viewing the video properly. Just thought I'd put my initial theory out there first.
Can you talk about what happens to General Ross' mustache when he becomes Red Hulk?
My head canon is that his body gets bigger but his hair stays the same, causing his mustache to recede into his upper lip until he changes back.
+Fear the Bat! so it very tiny
it becomes an inny not an outy
sit in a chair, lift up your shirt and look at your belly button... now lean forward... HOLY SHIT WHERED YOUR BELLY BUTTON GO?
Like that, but with a mustache, his face gets huge, the skin just swelled up around each hair folical, burying them in new swollen tissue until they just look like pores or stubble.
Phil Verhey
Why does the hair on top of his head stay? And how is the Hulk able to have a beard??
I may have thought about this too much.
Also, some of you apparently feel very strongly that I should not sit down in videos. I'm very confused because this is FAR from the first episode I've sat during. Probably about 80% of the CM videos from the past few months have had me sitting, and no one said anything then. Why now???
that's why we love you
haven't we all?
Thank you for thinking
I actually thought it's because they see him as a villain I guess you explained it
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I love the contrast of green and purple,it just looks good,loved the nod to the pants in the Ed Norton Hulk movie. i was also thinking while watching this vid maybe the fact that red,blue,and yellow being primary colors and green,orange ,and purple are secondary colors have something to do with them being mostly used for heroes or villains.
Excuse me Scott. WHAT is the arrow in the thumbnail pointing at?
His magnum dong
@@jemangedeslabradors.396
His monster dong
Aashish Pokharel his dick
exactly
his purple pants. have you even read the title? or watched the video. that’s what the entire vid is about
Suddenly I realized just how good an Incredible Hulk move could be. Struggling with those themes of Frankenstein's monster and Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde, giving the entire genre of monster men a fresh take.
I feel like we could also point out something about how the pants could be a representation of Banner still holding on to control of the hulk.
I thought the Batmans color scheme was Marge simpson
Me too. His color scheme changes to much
*M I K E W A Z O W S K I*
LOL
Why did Batman wear purple gloves in his first appearance?
because the colorists were dumb?
I don't have a source, but apparently its because at the time, purple gloves were a sign of the rich. Which is stupid, because Gotham only has one bazillionare.
depending on the culture that is. I heard in Japan, Purple is the color that symbolizes evil. This would make sense since in anime, when a character is possessed by an evil energy/power, it usually is the color purple.
That's a good question
Are you talking about the New 52 version? I thought it was obvious that his "first" Batsuit in that universe was a work in-progress. He later refined it.
Hulk's pants must be the strongest material in the universe they never tear.
He bought them torn.
They were held on by the all-powerful force of the Comics Code Authority.
Stan Lee's in universe explanation is that the Gamma radiation will always turn any pair of pants he wears the color purple once he transforms. Compare with the Abomination and or the Leader (classic Hulk villains).
I just figured that nobody wants Size 100 purple pants so Hulk was getting those bad boys at a discount. Hulk Smash HIGH RETAIL PRICES!
Headcanon accepted!
Hulk knows good prices and probably buys bulk, which I kind of want to see a shot of. Seriously they need to show Bruce Banner waking up after a transformation with a hundred pairs of purple pants in the background and then just have him sigh as he grabs one. Also I really want to see nerdsync do a video on the Hulk's intelligence and how it has changed over the years.
So you're saying: Hulk, while enraged, figures this is a good time to stock up on extra-large discounted purple pants just to make sure the next time he transforms he's covered, and Bruce just has to go along with it once he recovers? Sort of like Bruce begrudgingly accepts and accomodates Hulk's need for large purple pants, as long as Hulk is thoughtful enough to pick some up while he's out?
Ok, I can go along with that.
lol me too
I like your 'green lantern'.
Its purple
because it's a ripoff of the amazing bulk
Lol
lol
No it's totally a copy of the Infraggable Krunk!
lmao
Yeah, and it was such a good movie too.
Okay, but WHY do his pants change to purple when he goes green? Are his pants effected by the radiation as well?
Maybe... When he transforms, do his cells actually steam off the gamma radiation, making him normal while human and gamma-ed while transformed? If so, it would make sense to why he doesn't make everyone gamma mutant as Bruce and also why his pants change color and density... But WHO knows?
I'm taking psychology in college and we just went through colors and colors are simply wavelengths, different wavelengths make different colors, so here's my theory, he has stretchy pants under his clothes (as stated by Stan Lee told to us by Scott in today's video (September 19th)) and the radiation he emits when he transforms changes the wavelength frequency of his pants turning them purple.
Great, that's a thing
In this video were you wearing purple pants? Wait... Were you even wearing pants...Do you ever wear pants?
he probably doesn't wear pants, just makes vids half nude
I'll leave that ambiguous...
does he even have legs?
He should have worn red pants
Great episode. I love how comic artists often use technical limitations to strengthen characterization. :)
Also, your GL lantern is awesome. where did you get it?
I find it interesting that the common villain color scheme (green and purple) is what's called, in color theory, "complementary colors" while the common hero color scheme (red and blue) are called "clash colors." Perhaps illustrators, subconciously, believe their villains are the "compliment" to their heroes and the hero is called to "clash" against the villain. Probably a big stretch but I always found that little tidbit intriguing!
I always learn stuff in your videos, its good for my brain :D
Another key factor in color choices of the period - red, blue and yellow were much cheaper to print than green and purple. Heroes were often given these schemes to cut costs.
You know, I think the purple pants look really cool on Hulk, and I wouldn't change them for the look factor... but I might want to change them because really capture the essence of Hulk, because he really is trying to do good, key word "trying", so that's why the majority of his appearance is a "villan color", because that's how the majority of people see him, but there are a select few of people, not just Spider-Man or Captain America, but even bob the banker could like the Hulk so having a "hero color" would be a way of symbolizing that on the outside he's a scary monster, but at his core he really is a good guy. So that's why I think it might better capture who the Hulk is if he had a "hero color" on him, but then even if they did change it in the OCD would get the best of me and I want the shorts to be purple again :)
I like this new desk conversation style. It gives off a sense of sense of casualness and authority at the same time.
Frankenstein is similar in that he was originally gray as well.
Frankenstein was never suppose to be green. That is a cartoon incarnation thing mostly. And Frankenstein was depicted as grey ... because everyone was in black and white movies.
In the book Adam (Frankenstein's monster) was yellow
Doesn't gray actually makes sense on Frankenstein, because he is made of dead skin?
+Sarah Fry I thought he was gray with yellow, jaundiced-like eyes?
+Ron Petersen yeah that's what I meant, but now the most popular incarnation is the green one so I thought it was worth mentioning
The beast expands out of him, and with that, gets rid of his clothes, however, the opposite of the Hulk is purple, and Banner. So, there's a tiny bit of the man left in the beast, who is the other side of the spectrum, purple pants.
should've said spoiler first before you spoil something....ouch bro....ouch
There was an old Power Man and Iron Fist comic where Luke Cage stops in a shop to pre-order some of the yellow shirts he used for his costume and just as he is leaving another customer (presumably Banner) comes in and orders a batch of purple pants.
is that a Green Lantern on your table? :D
So I see you finally found a way to turn that idea about costume colours from headcanon into a comic misconception
I like the new layout
Thanks! 🙏🏻
it,s sweat
*+K- GURUNG* sweat? lol
Have they ever actually tried to address why his pants stay on him when he Hulks out? Like how a lot of costumes were made of unstable molecules or whatever, so they would fit like second skin and all that? Did Mr. Fantastic make Hulk's pants? Or are they made with Pym particles? Kind of surprised there wasn't ever a joke about it in the movies...unless I missed it.
Also, I like your haircut.
loving the table and literal green lantern, scott
I always found it strange how in comics of the 1970s no matter what Bruce Banner was wearing before he hulked out the Hulk was always in purple pants. Bruce is in a tuxedo, gets angry, turns into the Hulk and the tux is replaced by purple pants.
Do you think Hulk works better as a hero or reluctant villain?
He's an antihero.
An uncontrollable destructive monster is how I like my Hulk.
+Snow Fox An anti-hero is someone without the agenda of a hero, but ends up fighting for the morally right situation. Bruce Banner wants to be a hero, the Hulk wants to destroy. He's a hero and a villain, sure, but not necissarily an anti-hero.
+Snow Fox I don't think he falls into the anti-hero category comfortably. Not my favorite incarnations of him, at least. I see my "headcanon" Hulk as a villain, and monster, and occasionally a part of Banner is able to break through and do some good.
+Eric Fellner Villain, definitely villain, [Cough, Cough] World War Hulk.
i love that when i read the tumbnail, in the most roadman voice possible I went "Just opposite on the colour wheel innit"
personally I always compare the Incredible Hulk more to the Wolfman
Totally Agreed! I like the color between green and purple as Hulk's style since he appeared in the first comic book. That is his pure character since!
Do you think that his costume being a shredded version of his regular clothes could be symbolic of Banner's struggle to contain the hulk? Both Banner and his clothes are desperately trying to maintain composure but the hulk always breaks through. Do you think that the shorts, the one last remaining garment could symbolise the last shred of humanity that clings to him when he transforms?
So Vision being mostly green represents how he was created by a villain?
I've always wondered why The Hulk's ripped up pants are so often worn. I mean, in the marvel universe, nobody else has a problem with their clothes getting torn up or destroyed when they transform. The two biggest examples are Johnny Storm and Reed Richards. Johnny Storm doesn't incinerate his clothes upon "flaming on" and Reed Richards clothes are able to stretch and bend with him without any problems or tearing. I know, they use unstable molecules, but why doesn't the Hulk use unstable molecules to make his clothes?
Because the Fantastic Four have never been friendly with Bruce Banner (AFAIK), and the unstable molecules are proprietary technology. He could definitely order some through his cousin She-Hulk because that's what her leotard is made out of, and she was a member of the Fantastic Four for a while.
I remember one of the cartoons, Grey Hulk mentions "Banner's gonna need a new pair of purple pants!"
I thought the Superman color scheme was cyclops
I thought cap was Waldo
3:08 technically the opposite of green is red however it does depend on the contrast so it's the opposite of a type of purple but, mostly red or pink
In the marvel universe, does DC Comics exist? And in the DC universe, does Marvel Comics exist?
Yes. The Marvel Vs DC Special explained that each of their universes existed, only the Cosmic Cube was the only way of physically connecting to them.
early comics does indeed show marvel characters talking about DC comics. The Beast has mentioned Superman comics in his early adventures with the Avengers. Also, Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen exist in the Marvel universe, and while they have the same jobs, Clark and Lois are married and Perry White is their boss, Clark does not have powers nor an alien background, even though they still mostly use their cameos to make fun of his lore. They don't have Bruce Wayne though, but instead have a "Bryce Wyne" who is bascially the same character that was only seen once.
WebVMan damn I was hoping they'd be more petty then that. I like some good tea. Like the marvel universe was a failed comic brand attempting to cash in on the superhero craze in the dc universe. lol if they were that petty I'd laugh so hard.
they both exist in the multi verse but different multiverses
I vaguely remember reading once that the purple pants are a byproduct of the Hulk's transformation. While transforming Banner emits Gamma radiation that turns his pants purple. That is why his pants change color when he turns.
Cause he was originally grey amd big, then DC changed Solomon Grundy to a big grey guy so to avoid a law suit so they changed him to are loveable green skinned purple pants "Hulk Smash'
Solomon Grundy existed way back in the 1940s long before the Hulk. And I believe he was always grey.
Phil Adams Solomon was originally was grey, skinny and intelligent while the Hulk was suppose to be grey, big and kinda retarded. They changed Solomon Grundy when the Hulk came out to what he is now prompting Marvel to change Hulk so they don't get sued
Phil Adams Solomon was originally was grey, skinny and intelligent while the Hulk was suppose to be grey, big and kinda retarded. They changed Solomon Grundy when the Hulk came out to what he is now prompting Marvel to change Hulk so they don't get sued
Solomon Grundy is white and generally wears black clothes and brown shoes. Doomsday is mostly grey with white spikes.
I don't know about anyone else, but the Hulk always made me want my own pair of purple pants.
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+Dyn's Dad XD
WHAT HAVE I DONE???
Banner: Hm white shirt and a purple pants, i liked this outfit it looks colorful and alive
Comic channels: WhY He iS WeArINg A PuRPlE PaNTS
Why does it feel like I watched this video months ago?
They touched on the "primary colors=hero, secondary colors=villain" in a previous video, as well as the gray-to-green conversion that happened in another video. This video feels like an rehash on those two points rather than wholly original content.
No content is ever wholly original. We did those videos years ago, many new subscribers haven't seen them, and I wanted to update it with more detail and better editing.
Ahhhh, makes sense now. Maybe since its delving on a Hulk colours thread, maybe some follow up with the Grey Hulk (Mr Fixit), Red Hulk (Ross) and She Hulk in her suits (F4 & WC outfits)
haven't even finished the episode and I already love the new setup! looks great
don't think I didn't notice the coulson-blooded cap cards
:)
Alright, so, I'm colorblind, not greyscale, I simply can't see as many color shades as you, and I never once thought he wore purple pants, I always thought they where blue or black, but purple is a color I can't really see .-.
Blue is very close to purple so even colorblind you're not that far off.
That's super interesting! And to be fair, he has occasionally worn blue pants like jeans before.
Luciano Martinez So how do you see the Joker?
Green is only opposite purple in the additive color wheel. Because comics use ink, they would be on the subtractive color wheel, in which green is opposite red, and purple is opposite yellow. Even the wheel you use in the video doesn't work very well to say that green is opposite purple, because you had to go far into a yellow-green that is definitely not the same color as the Hulk. In fact, the trend you point out at 4:00 follows this, as the heroes are subtractive primary colors (red, blue, and yellow), and the villains are subtractive secondary colors (green, orange, and purple).
There was a naked hulk comic what
It was just a vision of the "future" in Civil War II. Nothing was shown due to shadow work.
He goes on a (potential) super rage which rips his pants
He goes on a (potential) super rage which rips his pants
It's happened in the Ultimates.
Colours in superhero design is SO important. This is why I'm still reluctant to see Superman or Batman without their exterior trunks. Yes, it looks silly, and I think the circus strong man is not a visual motif that means anything to anyone now days, but on the other hand... it throws off the colour distribution somewhat. that's why I like what they did with Superman in the Injustice comic; he doesn't have red undies, but he does have red in his tights around the pelvis/thorax region.
I want to see Banner return as Gray Hulk in the MCU.
Mr Fixit \o/
That would be cool to use if they had a solo hulk film
They almost did! In Age of Ultron, they tossed around the idea of making Hulk gray during the mind-controlled Hulkbuster fight to further show that he was being toyed with. But they decided against it.
I can see why they decided against it. It might've been confusing, and that fight lasted only a short time.
This is my favorite of your sets
Because he wants to
Damn that shits sassy
Hulk like purple!
To each their own!
Oh! You got a desk! Congratulations! You win at life!
has he done a video on the adjectives that marvel puts on characters ?
Well, some of them are because of the book they were first published like The Astonishing Ant-man (Tales to Astonish), The Amazing Spider-man (Amazing Fantasy), etc. while others are just an adjective like The Fantastic Four, The Uncanny X-Men, The Incredible Hulk. It's a nice trend that is great that Marvel keeps doing it today, but yes, Scott please listen to this guy
+Krin Szok thank you sir you are appreciated
James Gordon no problem, but I still want that video, I want to see Scott strugling, overthinking every one of them hehehe
+Krin Szok Lol 😂
Good idea! I'll add it to the list!
Hulk doesn't really consider himself to be human so I'm surprised he didn't pull a Dr. Manhattan.
Can you actually solve a Rubik's Cube?
Hulk smash puny cube!😬
I can do a 2x2x2, 3x3x3, and 5x5x5, but I have yet to get my hands on a 4x4x4. One day...
***** Try cubicle.us . They've got a good selection.
I taught a lesson the colors of heroes and villains this summer, when our summer school theme was superheroes. The one thing that we discovered in class is that Bruce Banner should have never had secret identity back in the days, because how many people wear purple everyday (though I do). Should be easy as saying "Hey that Bruce guy on the job that always disappears midshift, ever notice he only wears purple pants? Does he not own jeans or sweats?)
I think I saw you in the Amish video
Smosh*
What an interesting talk about pants. Now i will wait on the video of analysis of lipsticks in comics and why superheros don't wear socks.
I thought hulk was green cause of a mistake made not by a actual decision
Same
+Luke Allotey ya pretty sure they made a error when making the next issue and it turned out green and they said well I guess he's green now
It was a bit of both but mostly a decision. Lee wanted it grey cause it reminded him of Frankenstein's Monster (which appeared only in Black and White and he thought it would help the character be more recognizable and associated with). After the first issue printed they tried other colors like Scott said in the video because grey wasn't really cutting it. Green took gold and became the next pick. The rest is history.
kinda heard the same too.
The closest thing I can find is that the grey in the first issue was so inconsistent that it sometimes appeared green by mistake. But I can't find anything that says they took that mistake and said, "Y'know what, green looks good. Let's do that." The only thing I could find is from the colorist Stan Goldberg who said green was tossed around at first before they went with grey, and then when grey came back looking bad, they just decided to go with green for the next issue. I have sources in the description of his exact quote.
In some stories it was explained that one of Bruce Banner's idols was Albert Einstein who according to some rumors always wore purple pants so Bruce decieded to do so aswell,in other stories Bruce choose the purple look in college because he thought he could start a new fashion trend, it never caught on but he keept wearing them even as a doctor.
I aways thought they were blue. Mind you, I'm red-green colourblind, so I guess it's not surprising that I was wrong.
is that a joke or for real
You know there are glasses that fix that but they are super expensive doe
No, they only aid. If you were a lens tinted in your weak colour it makes it easier to detect but it only helps, not cures. Plus there are way too many forms and degrees of colourblindness.
Out of curiosity, how do you see Hulk's skin (seeing how you're green colorblind)?
tyrty x If you have to ask you'll never understand.
I really want that green lantern you have on your desk.
Thanks!
whhaatt hawkeye kills hulk man I was just going to read that series
don't worry, atleast you don't know that Captain America dies....oh, Or hey , atleast you won't know Spiderman gets shot....ugh my bad. No worries, it's not like anyone would mention that Falcon will die, amirite?
you're just lovely
Actually if you think about it there might be a really clever reason behind having 'purple' pants (rather than him being naked), once they decided to pigment him 'green' as there is no colour purple in the spectrum of, light. It is only cone cells on the retina being stimulated in a certain way that this colour is perceived by the brain. But then also gamma radiation would also be colourless as it's wavelength frequency is also outside of the visible light spectrum.
I always hated the purple pants. Purple and green don't actually go together, it's just something that people have been indoctrinated into thinking. The color opposites are red and green, orange and blue, and purple and yellow. Purple and green aren't even next to each other on the color wheel. Hulk's pants should be blue, white, grey or black. That's it. Edit: That color wheel in the video. Google "color wheel". You'll see plenty of wheels where purple and green are *not* opposite of each other! smh
HULK SMASHES FASHION COPS!!! RAAARGH!!
you see, the thing is, yellow green and violet are opposite each other, and therefore complementary. You are allowed to not like the colors together but don't babel
There's more than one color wheel. Green and purple are opposites on the light spectrum color wheel. They took a little liberty and used a darker green than the yellow green that truly is the opposite. They are complimentary, though, even if you don't like it.
RAARRGH. Hulk smashes ALL color wheels! Hulk is most colorful there is!!!!! Raaaaaaaargh
The reason the early superheroes (Superman, Wonder woman, Spiderman, captain America, iron Man) had blue, red, and yellow color schemes goes back to the limited color tech: primary colors were the only ones available at the time
Stan Lee just decided to give hulk Purple Pants....End the Story
BRO! this set is awesome!!
Love the new set up, by the way is that Scott Pilgrim's scetch of Romona in the background.
I noticed your stack of books in this vid namely "Marvel Comics: The Untold Story" I love that book! One of my favorite books about comics Thanks for the vid!
idk why but the guy in the video saying "purple pants" quickly just made me chuckle a little bit
What I find pretty funny is that in the end, Hulk ended up having many different personas. One of which includes a "Grey Hulk" A.K.A Joe Fix-It. Funny how the world works out.
Great video as always. In the Marvel's Ultimate Spiderman tv show there is an episode where Hulk and Peter Parker switch bodies and Hulk (in Spidy's body) remarks that Peter has terrible fashion sense and that he prefers purple.
I'm a big fan of the set in this video. It gives the video a nice relaxed classroom feel, in the best way.
3:40 my mind immediately jumped to mermaid man and barnacle boy for the first two respectively
I never consciously noticed before that, whenever Hulk is more of a bright yellow green, his purple pants are more red.
I think colour association is something that plays a part in what colour are evil and what colours are good. In the Middle Ages green was evil because it is the colour of decay and black was evil because it was the colour of death, darkness and the Unknown. Purple might be considered evil because quite a few poisonous plant have purple flowers, such foxglove. So some of these colour association could be due to a natural instinct. Also purple was used in comics as a substitute for black as it was easier for shading in the panels. The primary colours have been colour worn by Knights, especially red, and depiction of knights as heroes in literature and art work could have help cement which colours are perceived as good.
this is my first video on this channel that I've ever watched and I LOVE IT!! I've just subscribed!
I love the traditional green lantern on your desk.:)
Historically colours like red and blue, which were worn by knights specifically during the crusade, have been view as heroic and it is common for coat to arms to contain the primary colours. So throughout human history we have had association with different colours, which could have been established by plants and fruits of certain colours being more likely to be poisonous and colour of the completion of illness (ie sickly green). In the middle ages green was considered an evil colour due to it being the colour of decay. Also purple has been used as a stand in for black because it easier shade for comics and for animation. Again going back to the middle ages black was associated with evil because it is seen as the colour of death and darkness. So it may be due to purple being a stand for black that purple started to become a villainous colour.
3:40 LOL holy shit, I actually got all those right.. I had paused the video and second guessed myself, on #1 and # 3, cause the rest were DC characters, except for the obvious Hulk.
Good thing nobody knows about my purple speedo... DAMN IT!!
Scott's set changes more times then Jean Grey dying.
I like Hulk because he this guy who just wants to be left alone, but because he's this big green thing that can throw a tank with ease, he's looked at as a monster. One story that I liked was one where Bruce and Hulk were separated. Hulk left the world alone and Bruce was shown to be the reason Hulk did what he did. Even with Planet Hulk (which was brought up), Hulk fought the new planet for peace, and only came back to earth because [spoilers] his men blew up his home and wife and blamed it on the Illuminati. Dude wants peace but will fight anyone that wants to pick a fight with him.
More to the point I want to know where he got those pants and how the hell do those pants not rip and also how is it not burned and or blown to bits.
before watching this. i'm gonna write what i think it is.
colors in comicbooks are important. the heroes usually use the primary colors - blue, red, yellow. (superman, spiderman, ironman... and so on). while villains usually use the secondary colors - purple, orange and so on. like the joker f.e.
P.S. as far as i know green is primary color, but it was switched for yellow :) in heroes, and is mainly used for villains. (although green lantern, green arrow and so on are green)
as hulk is not always in control, he can sometimes be seen as the villain. his pants are purple, showing us that he is not exactly a hero. suggesting us on subconscious level that he can be viewed as the villain.
Honestly, I've never paid much attention to the color of his pants. But I've also never read much Hulk. Thanks for the enlightening topic video.
On the color wheel, where it shows as primary, secondary, etcetera, purple is on the opposite side of yellow. Green and red on are opposite sides too.