Michael Jackson has enlisted the help of Lou Ferrigno, former Mr. Universe and the original Incredible Hulk, to get into dancing shape for his comeback performances.

The Sun reported today that Jackson joined Ferrigno’s gym in 2007, but prefers to work out at home out of self-consciousness. Ferrigno now goes to Jackson’s Los Angeles home to work with him.

The task will not be easy. Jackson is currently battling skin cancer and the Sun has previously reported that the pop legend eats only one meal a day. A source also told the Sun that M.J. refuses to lift weights for fear that bulking up will only make the cancer tougher to fight.

“Michael is more delicate” Ferrigno said. “Our trainer conditioned him for dancing. He likes me – he feels safe with me, he feels protected.”

Who wouldn’t?

SAN DIEGO — It’s coming out on DVD in January, but we got the chance to screen the upcoming Marvel/Lionsgate animated feature “Hulk vs. Wolverine” on Thursday.

Fans of the animated series will appreciate the spirit of the yellow-clad, “bub” shouting, canine-familiar superhero and the transformation between a meek Dr. Banner and a monstrous Hulk calling Wolverine “little man.”

The 40-minute movie opens true to the pair’s first comic book meeting, with The Incredible Hulk tearing up Canada and the military calling on Wolverine to put a stop to him. They square off before the story pans to some of Logan’s past and the origins of the Weapon X program, nicely paying tribute to the comic book roots.

The Weapon X program and its maniacle “Professor” are back, and they want Wolverine and the Hulk as weapons for themselves. The Weapon X crew includes Sabretooth, Omega Red, Lady Deathstrike and a hilarious Deadpool who steals the show.

It’s a bloody, limb-ripping feature that will surely please X-Men fans come January. It ships on one disc with Hulk vs. Thor.

If you don’t have the motivation to pick yourself up off of your couch and go play with Marvel action figures then The Incredible Hulk The Game could be your squeeze, but, if you’re looking for something, anything else, you’re search lies elsewhere.

The premise is great. Everything about the Hulk is here, from his incredible strength to his ability to break down any wall he wants or climb any puny sky scraper standing in his way. He’s big, he’s green, and he’s mad.  That’s the idea behind anything revolving around the Hulk, and it is a fantastic franchise to bring to a console. 

An optimist would hope developers took a queue from Crackdown about how to do a free-roaming super hero game, which would have been great, but instead of that we’ve got clunky physics and a bulking green action figure running amuck looking out of place and fighting the same battles over and over.

The story leaves much to be desired. 

Edward Norton lends his voice to the game with depressing, blatantly monotone commentary between missions. Some of it fits the character. He is a giant green monster and all, but most of it puts a strain on sincerity. And the story revolving around something almost irrelevant to the movie doesn’t do much for anyone wishing to continue where the film left off. Hulk is tasked at destroying the creations of scientists who use the city as a testing ground for experiments. 

In an attempt to offer some variety to the game the developers tossed in some menial mini-games that involve crushing cars or collecting orbs. Emphasis on attempt. These mini-games offer nothing to the game other than giving you an objective for things you can already do. 

There is a trend when licensed video games get released around the same time as their movie counterpart and that trend revolves around the idea that everything feels phoned in. There are junky physics and roughly five different bad guys you repeatedly molest with your bulky hulk action figure. 

There is a cop-out story and relatively mediocre voice acting. I can’t see anyone, kids or action figure fans, wanting to play this game for an extended period of time. It was an utter let down and something not worth batting an eye-lash at.