# She-Hulk: Attorney at Law **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, disney-hulu\ **Created:** [May 18, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591 "2022-05-18T02:56:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/61 "2022-08-19T17:18:20Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > If we don’t hear at least a mention of Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway, I will be very disappointed. We already did, didn’t we? Wasn’t she up against ‘GLK&H’ in the court case interrupted by Titania? ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/62 "2022-08-19T17:57:53Z")
Was she? I missed that, but I’ll take your word for it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/63 "2022-08-19T18:00:47Z")
She does. I didn’t recognize the reference but do remember it standing out because “GLK&H” was such an unwieldy mouthful that it seemed like awkward writing. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/64 "2022-08-19T18:45:46Z")
Their interactions are rather familiar, as if they know each other well, which isn’t always the case with cousins. I think she would know most of the broad strokes of his story and somethings in depth. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/65 "2022-08-19T18:50:04Z")
I’d prefer to assume she doesn’t know about that (or that it didn’t happen to this version of the Hulk) because otherwise, it makes her a giant asshole for her, “I know infinitely more about controlling my anger,” line. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/66 "2022-08-19T19:10:17Z")
I was OK with it, but I thought there was too much unnecessary Bruce vs Jen fighting, and the discussion of Steve Rogers’ sex life was completely gratuitous. (Perhaps I’ll be proven wrong and there will be a Rogers paternity suit for her to deal with.) ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/67 "2022-08-19T19:19:59Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > the discussion of Steve Rogers’ sex life was completely gratuitous. I’m happy because I’ve been arguing that Cap definitely hooked up on the USO tour for a long time, and I’m finally vindicated. ---
**Author:** ![vislor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vislor/32/5933_2.png) [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/68 "2022-08-19T19:33:43Z")
We enjoyed it! My wife and I think it will be fun. I have read a few trades of the mid 2000s run, and it does seem like some of it is from there. If they get rid of the libido thing for being on D+, I’m fine with that. I agree that the CGI did sometimes go uncanny valley for me but overall was fine. How about, for me, it didn’t detract from the story. I can get behind they went fast in this one but I agree with @AlsoNamedBort that I’m glad it was in the front, not at the end. Most of the time when that happens, if the story has been good, I don’t need the origin anymore. @Miller, I appreciate the comic background but I haven’t seen any of that in MCU Hulk. Glad to be proven wrong. They only did the suicide and being on the run in the movies. I’m not the biggest fan but I never knew those things about his childhood. As for myself, I agree with Jen being able to control her anger because women, as a general rule, have to deal with that stuff. Sure, it might have been nice to show she already did some yoga/zen/meditaton thingy but this still worked for me. My only problem is not being able to binge it! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/69 "2022-08-19T19:48:09Z")
Enough bad things have happened on screen to this version of the Hulk that it does so for her line anyway. Their discussions in the car and at his “compound” are enough to make it clear she knows about them. I understand why the writers included it. It’s a necessary sentiment, both in the show and IRL, but the execution **sucked**. > [@vislor](#): > > They only did the suicide and being on the run in the movies. Did you miss the time when he was a slave for years? Or when he saw a whole planet explode. Or when Thanos beat him so badly, Hulk was scared to come out? Or when he lost a women he was in love with? Or ruined his arm? ---
**Author:** ![vislor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vislor/32/5933_2.png) [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/70 "2022-08-19T20:20:17Z")
@AK84 Oof, I did forget about those. I sit corrected. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/71 "2022-08-19T21:32:31Z")
> [@vislor](#): > > If they get rid of the libido thing for being on D+, I’m fine with that. I would happily have traded the dumb Is Steve Rogers a virgin nonsense for more about her libido. But somehow it’s more family friendly to have stupid virgin jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/72 "2022-08-19T22:26:47Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > If the writing is good, the graphics wouldn’t put me off. This is pretty much me: if the storytelling engages me, I don’t give a fuck about the CGI. Only one episode in but, so far, so good. Based on my impression of the trailers, it seems like the lore that this series is going to pull most heavily from is the Dan Slott run in the comics, which happens to be my favorite She-Hulk run, so I’m super-hyped. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/73 "2022-08-20T00:38:58Z")
I swear that whole Steve Rogers = virgin theory is something straight out of a reddit post, down to the explanation of the timeline. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/74 "2022-08-20T02:14:38Z")
I saw it more like a boilerplate ComiCon question. It’s possible that I don’t spend enough time on reddit? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/75 "2022-08-20T02:20:36Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > I swear that whole Steve Rogers = virgin theory is something straight out of a reddit post, down to the explanation of the timeline. Just reddit? > [@In the Marvel films, is Steve Rogers a virgin (so far)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-marvel-films-is-steve-rogers-a-virgin-so-far/684484): > > I was just rewatching Captain America: The First Avenger. In the scene in the back of the car with Agent Carter, on the way to get Steve juiced, they have a conversation about how Steve doesn’t know how to talk to a woman. Steve says, “This is the longest conversation I’ve ever had with one.” This leads to talk about how he’s never danced, and how he ended up deciding to just stop trying- that he’ll wait until he finds the right partner. Sounds to me like at this point, he’s still a virgin. He’… ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/76 "2022-08-20T14:00:24Z")
PS: there is a post credit scene, and there will be one in every episode. Apparently of the silly variety, not the move the plot forward or tease what’s next type. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/77 "2022-08-20T14:50:26Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Also, Bruce keeps going on about how she has a responsibility to use her powers to protect the Earth, but is also basically ignoring that someone sent a space ship from Sakaar to find him. Which, I dunno, maybe he should be checking that out? > > Still, I enjoyed it on balance. A courier ship from Sakaar only seems important to us because we don’t have interstellar travel IRL. For Bruce, he made it seem about as routine as a courier ship from FedEx. For all we know, it’s just there to return all his gladiator shit from Thor Ragnarok. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > The refreshing thing about She-Hulk in the comics is that she doesn’t have a huge amount of inner problems to deal with. (At least in the Byrne and Slott runs I’m familiar with.) She has lots of problems but they can all be solved with intelligence or a good stomping. She doesn’t have to rely on life changing experiences or epiphanies to go from point A to point B. The most annoying part of being a superhero to her is damage to her wardrobe which is easily solved by just staying in her Hulk form all the time. So far, that looks like the approach they’re taking here. Just keep it fun. > > The one personality change she does undergo while She-Hulk is an increased libido. It will be interesting to see how that plays out on Disney. I’m sure it will take the form of the standard 30-something single female lawyer tropes the rest of the show is largely based around. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/78 "2022-08-20T17:27:57Z")
A thought about Bruce vs. Jen: he grew up angry, and she grew up with anger. He just assumes that anyone who gets Hulked will be an “enormous green rage-monster” because that’s all he knows-he’s been repressing and trying to avoid his anger for years because he can’t afford to face it. There are no super-therapists. And the “other guy” and the related trauma are in his thoughts so much that he always starts from a wrong supposition. The part where his blood drips into her arm felt clunky in execution. I get that it’s better than a blood transfusion like in the comics, just the way they pulled it off felt unnatural in the staging. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/79 "2022-08-20T17:30:31Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > There are no super-therapists. [http://www.drblink.com/](http://www.drblink.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591/80 "2022-08-20T21:34:05Z")
Ah! There’s also Doc Samson who I somehow forgot about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/964591.md?page=5)