[Trailer] Hellboy 2

[Klaus]

Ug. I couldn't even make it through the first of the movies. Trailer looked good until the red guy showed up...

Too bad. The first Hellboy was amazingly fun, even if it had a couple of pacing problems.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I particularly liked the ending of the first (post credits).

 

[megamania]

Wizard magazine has a few pages about it. Little of it is from the comicbooks BUT many ideas used in this film were thought of while filming the first movie. So it is largely "inspired" by the first one. Mike Migolna (sp) says he thinks of the movies as seperate from the comicbooks since the actors bring a whole new dimension to his characters.

I am looking forward to this one along with Batman, Iron Man and even Hulk. All due this summer!

 

[shilsen]

I particularly liked the ending of the first (post credits).

What happened post-credits in the first one?

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

What happened post-credits in the first one?

Manning is alone in the dark, asking for help from the others and hears monsters in the background.

 

[shilsen]

Manning is alone in the dark, asking for help from the others and hears monsters in the background.

Ah yes, I'd forgotten I saw that. Thanks.

 

[Wombat]

Loved the first one; lookin' forward to the second!

 

[Felon]

This just screams Cthulhu to me. I love it!

Well, unfortunately, a "Cthulhu" monster basically just translates into "masses of CGI tentacles", which we already got in great supply in the first movie. In fact, I'd say that in general, going the big CGI monster route is often a weak finish. My gaming group was talking about this last session, how a movie like End of Days was screwed over by going that route. And in The Incredibles, does anyone really care about the giant robot fight?

I thought the first movie was OK, but the premise was too thin to support a franchise. A boorish protagonist that's always going "yeah yeah, just tell me how to kill it" is kind of like having that player at the table who doesn't care about the story and just wants to roll initiative. Kinda hard to get interested in what's going on when your hero is bored by what he's doing.

The trailer has the same pitfall. They ratchet up the tension and than promptly deflate it with Hellboy making some glib remarks. Still, the trailer still looks interesting enough, and maybe Abe and some of the other team will get some air time. The movie really ought to try to be more of an ensemble.

 

[Klaus]

Well, unfortunately, a "Cthulhu" monster basically just translates into "masses of CGI tentacles", which we already got in great supply in the first movie. In fact, I'd say that in general, going the big CGI monster route is often a weak finish. My gaming group was talking about this last session, how a movie like End of Days was screwed over by going that route. And in The Incredibles, does anyone really care about the giant robot fight?

I thought the first movie was OK, but the premise was too thin to support a franchise. A boorish protagonist that's always going "yeah yeah, just tell me how to kill it" is kind of like having that player at the table who doesn't care about the story and just wants to roll initiative. Kinda hard to get interested in what's going on when your hero is bored by what he's doing.

The trailer has the same pitfall. They ratchet up the tension and than promptly deflate it with Hellboy making some glib remarks. Still, the trailer still looks interesting enough, and maybe Abe and some of the other team will get some air time. The movie really ought to try to be more of an ensemble.

Hellboy isn't bored, he's blue collar. He doesn't care what ritual he's using, as long as it works. And he knows hitting stuff really hard works more often than not. And his scene on the rooftop with the kid was all kinds of awesome.

I think he will be more approachable in the second movie, with his relationship with Liz having moved to the next level.

 

[ToddSchumacher]

<snip>And in The Incredibles, does anyone really care about the giant robot fight?<snip>

That fight was awesome!