Haha oh man, this is really a long rant, but I'll try to keep it brief for you.
I started playing Bruce the same weekend TIH came out back in 2008, so back then obviously it was just Ed Norton. The whole reason I saw the movie is because I'm a big Norton fan, and then after seeing it, I got sucked into comics as well. Norton is a far better face cast for Banner than Ruffalo is, and in my very biased opinion, he's simply a better actor as well. Long story short, I was already well settled into using him as a PB by the time Avengers happened and saw no reason to change over. He has comparatively little characterization based on his screentime in Avengers vs. TIH and the novelization, so I stick with what I know.
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I started playing Bruce the same weekend TIH came out back in 2008, so back then obviously it was just Ed Norton. The whole reason I saw the movie is because I'm a big Norton fan, and then after seeing it, I got sucked into comics as well. Norton is a far better face cast for Banner than Ruffalo is, and in my very biased opinion, he's simply a better actor as well. Long story short, I was already well settled into using him as a PB by the time Avengers happened and saw no reason to change over. He has comparatively little characterization based on his screentime in Avengers vs. TIH and the novelization, so I stick with what I know.