Second date, no tongue!
Oh, Hellboy. I’m not entirely sure what to say about Hellboy, as it has been several weeks since we watched it, but I shall endeavor to do my best. Also, I promised Nat two posts today since I failed hardcore at producing one yesterday. The next one shall be about the HULK. Whoooo. But first, HELLBOY.
Funny story: when commercials for the first film came out, my thoughts were a bit like, “Huh, I guess that looks good,” and even when my friends confirmed that yes, it was good, I never made the effort to go see it. It wasn’t until I was in the theatre recently for…perhaps Iron Man?, and saw that first trailer for The Golden Army…shit, man. My thoughts went more like this: “JESUSFUCK I NEED TO SEE THAT MOVIE.”
Then I thought, “Huh, I should see the first one.” So I did. Well, we did, the partner in crime and I. Since we are connected at the fan-brain and all.
Goddamn, I don’t even want to talk about Hellboy. I just want to rave and flail my arms about in excitement for The Golden Army. It looks fucking stellar. I’m supposed to work some overtime on opening night, but today I thought about trading for a different night so that I can see it sooner. I am that freaking excited.
Er, back to the topic. Sort of. I have very mixed feelings about Selma Blair’s Liz Sherman. Firstly, when I saw her in the Hellboy trailers, I always thought she was a boy. Seriously. I was even disappointed when I realized she was a girl. I can’t explain that. It’s weird, I know. Although that it is not very important. The reason I am iffy about her is because Liz Sherman in the comic is so. fucking. bad. ass. I love Liz. I only liked Selma Blair’s Liz. I have a suspicion I will grow to like her more after The Golden Army, as I have recently read a snippet about how she’s less bleedin’ emo than she was in Hellboy. That would be super awesome, thanks :D
I ADORE ABE SAPIEN. His voice was driving me crazy throughout the whole thing, though. I kept thinking, “That fucking sounds like David Hyde Pierce!”, but somehow I didn’t think he was going under the pseudonym Doug Jones. Naturally it wasn’t until tonight (while browsing Wiki to refresh my memory) that I discovered David Hyde Pierce did in fact do the voice for Abe. He was just uncredited. Thanks for driving me absolutely batty, DHP, but I am very pleased to discover I was right. And oh yeah, in the subject of comics!Abe and movie!Abe…you know, there’s really not a lot of room to screw up Talking Fish Guy. I’m just sayin’. He’s blue. He wears nifty gear to walk on land. He is also adorable and very amusing.
Hellboy is…Hellboy. There is no room for improvement, because Ron Perlman could not possibly do a better job if he sold his soul to the Devil. Which would be strangely (and hilariously) appropriate. He has a room full of kittens. He eats stacks of pancakes and bacon.
…God, I want to be Hellboy. I REALLY DO. BRING ON THE BIG STONE HAND AND ANDROGYNOUS GIRLFRIEND.
There’s probably room for some kind of your mom joke there, but I am too damn lazy.