The Incredible Hulk - Terror in Times Square
* *½ / * * * *
Lou had the fortune, as Hodder did as Jason Voorhees briefly
in Jason Takes Manhattan, of assuming his most iconic character in New York,
and “Terror in Times Square” rests its laurels on the climax. The main plot
pretty much gets Banner’s Hulk into the city and there is billboards of
Saturday Night Fever among others for fans to see. I think you can tell, quite
similarly to Jason Takes Manhattan, that a majority of the film wasn’t shot in
New York, but Incredible Hulk fans will still get to enjoy Big Green on foot
canvassing The Big Apple for arcade owner, Norman and his fellow business
owner, Leo, as they plan to shoot it out with corrupt kingpin, Jason. Even when
Hulk arrives at his destination, he just brushes Norman to the side and dumps
Jason in some cement, after ripping a door from his car. In another scene he
goes crazy in a warehouse opposing Jason’s hapless thugs. The episode will be
best remembered for the five or so minutes Ferrigno got to roam about NYC and
Pamela Shoop (Halloween II) as Banner’s love interest. I do think Shoop’s Carol
would have been ideal for David but he realizes that once Hulk cut loose in the
New York there was no hope for a life in the city.
User comments review from December of 2015:
The plot is what it
is: this is all about the awesomeness of seeing the Hulk running loose in Times
Square. In a cab, in a warehouse, parking garage, or flexing its muscles under
a sign reading, "Saturday Night Fever", the Hulk loose in New York
City gives "Terror in Times Square" serious pop when one contemplates
a greatest hits bag of highlights from the show's memorable run.
The plot is really small beans: a gangster (Robert Alda) demands a 40 % cut of the profits from local businessmen in return of "protection and security" (meaning in order for them to remain alive and well in exchange of not dying or being seriously harmed). Bixby's David "Blaine" (the newest last name used in the current tour of America to find a cure for that annoying great creature that arises when he gets his feathers ruffled) is working at an arcade in New York City for a sweet old businessman named Norman Abrams (Jack Kruschen). Norman is one of Alda's victims, while David finds himself in a potential romantic relationship with Norman's daughter (Pamela Susan Shoop; Halloween II (1982)). Other local businessmen want to unite against Alda's Jason Laird and stop him from exploiting their willingness to give away so much of the profit cut in order to remain "healthy if not happy". When Jason's thugs start roughhousing David when he is believed to be another NYC gangster's secret spy, the Hulk emerges and bodies start to fly. The Hulk startling folks on the streets and sidewalks of NYC could be the whole reason to see this…yeah, let's be honest, this is the reason. The Hulk tossing guys around is nothing new, so when Alda's goons get thrown into warehouse boxes and across cars, viewers aren't seeing something they haven't before. Although, the taxi cab door being ripped from its hinges as the cabbie freaks out is pure gold. However, the sheer pop culture value of the Hulk in Times Square adds a cool dynamic the rather average story benefits from exponentially. Alda, to his credit, nails the Park Avenue, Armani-suit crook part, while his equally repellent soldiers fulfill the requirements of staring David in the face and warning him without blatantly saying he's about to take a dirt nap.
What I thought was a nice touch is how Laird, after his background check revealed nothing but a mystery, assumed David is a spy infiltrating his area of NYC for a competitor. This is the kind of situation David will obviously have a hard time avoiding considering his real identity must be kept secret. Investigative reporter, Jack McGee (Jack Colvin), is in the city (of course) looking for another story about the Hulk, his golden goose. McGee rarely is a major contributor to the show, besides always serving as a thorn in David's side. Often, McGee is a catalyst in David moving on to the next stop. At the beginning of the episode, David was trying to contact a geneticist, but that proved to be unsuccessful (out of the office).
The plot is really small beans: a gangster (Robert Alda) demands a 40 % cut of the profits from local businessmen in return of "protection and security" (meaning in order for them to remain alive and well in exchange of not dying or being seriously harmed). Bixby's David "Blaine" (the newest last name used in the current tour of America to find a cure for that annoying great creature that arises when he gets his feathers ruffled) is working at an arcade in New York City for a sweet old businessman named Norman Abrams (Jack Kruschen). Norman is one of Alda's victims, while David finds himself in a potential romantic relationship with Norman's daughter (Pamela Susan Shoop; Halloween II (1982)). Other local businessmen want to unite against Alda's Jason Laird and stop him from exploiting their willingness to give away so much of the profit cut in order to remain "healthy if not happy". When Jason's thugs start roughhousing David when he is believed to be another NYC gangster's secret spy, the Hulk emerges and bodies start to fly. The Hulk startling folks on the streets and sidewalks of NYC could be the whole reason to see this…yeah, let's be honest, this is the reason. The Hulk tossing guys around is nothing new, so when Alda's goons get thrown into warehouse boxes and across cars, viewers aren't seeing something they haven't before. Although, the taxi cab door being ripped from its hinges as the cabbie freaks out is pure gold. However, the sheer pop culture value of the Hulk in Times Square adds a cool dynamic the rather average story benefits from exponentially. Alda, to his credit, nails the Park Avenue, Armani-suit crook part, while his equally repellent soldiers fulfill the requirements of staring David in the face and warning him without blatantly saying he's about to take a dirt nap.
What I thought was a nice touch is how Laird, after his background check revealed nothing but a mystery, assumed David is a spy infiltrating his area of NYC for a competitor. This is the kind of situation David will obviously have a hard time avoiding considering his real identity must be kept secret. Investigative reporter, Jack McGee (Jack Colvin), is in the city (of course) looking for another story about the Hulk, his golden goose. McGee rarely is a major contributor to the show, besides always serving as a thorn in David's side. Often, McGee is a catalyst in David moving on to the next stop. At the beginning of the episode, David was trying to contact a geneticist, but that proved to be unsuccessful (out of the office).
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