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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 3960052" data-attributes="member: 8158">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.</blockquote>