Ego is a silly concept; make no mistake, a bearded planet with a leering face that floats through the cosmos destroying other words, but many writers of many comics have handled the innate silliness with panache, never blinking at the absurd nature of the character. Other times, writers have taken a more farcical route to presenting Ego, embracing the absurdity and just going with it. The obvious, simple, and base way to go is to turn Ego into a twenty-two minute booger and zit joke. Alas, that is the direction this new Hulk show seems to be constantly resorting to, and while most kids like a good gross out, it feels the worlds created by Lee, Kirby, Ditko, Buscema, Thomas, and Steranko should be above such things. The whole episode centered around the Hulks trying to work together with Red Hulk taking the Guy Gardner role of loose cannon ignoring teamwork and trying to do everything himself. That’s fine, teamwork is a theme of the cartoon and an important value to instill in the audience, but the whole thing is diluted when the team needs to band together to free themselves of snot. It feels like the whole episode looks down on its audience, assuming a kid won’t pay attention to the message unless they make with the gross. The animation is getting choppier by the episode, with a few moments where it was completely unclear how the characters got from one place to the next. Other than the green Hulk, the characters act like caricatures with no motivations or descriptors beyond their appearance and their single defining personality trait. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
