Don't blame "humorless American audiences" for the total failure of Lee's The Hulk. It fell flat because it had no soul. Indeed, all that you could do was laugh at that film. Thus American humor was crucial to any enjoyment of the film at all. Mockery was its saving grace. I agree with you about The Fifth Element. That underrated film rocks. Its a total goofy blast. And Blade Runner is in this American's top five favorite films ever made. Why turn this into some native border dispute that has absolutely nothing to do with this film? The onus is on the film maker to connect with the audience not for the audience to connect with the film maker. At the very least, they aught to meet in the middle but to go so far as to praise Lee's effort is to encroach the apologists' realm. The Hulk looked horrible. The script was horrible. The acting suffered at the hands of the script. The experimentation was just that and did not rise to the level of innovation. Finally, if there was anything redeeming about The Hulk why in the world are the makers of the new The Incredible Hulk doing everything humanly possible to distance themselves from the previous film?