Agent ONE Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 I saw the trailer for this when I went to see Return of the King... I thought it looked good, but then someone mentioned to me that it has been a comic. I didn't know this which let me to wonder, was the comic any good? Quote
Vostok 7 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 (edited) Never read it. It was by Dark Horse. Was supposed to be some Nazi experiment or something. Wasn't there a topic on this a couple months ago or so? Vostok 7 Edited December 30, 2003 by Vostok 7 Quote
EXO Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 It's an awesome comic book. Mike Mignola is a genius and is often imitated today. I'm kinda disappointed in the way Hellboy looks though, but the rest of the cast look great, especially Abe Sapien. There are a bunch of movies out there that are made from comic books and you wouldn't really know. Road to Perdition being one of them. Quote
Agent ONE Posted December 30, 2003 Author Posted December 30, 2003 ....There are a bunch of movies out there that are made from comic books and you wouldn't really know. Road to Perdition being one of them. Wow, I had no idea. Quote
Blaine23 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 Yup... pick up a Hellboy Graphic Novel, it's well worth it. Mignola's art is super duper refined and they'll never be able to pull it off on film. But the trailer for the film looked very good (if different than the artwork) and I'm looking forward to see what G. Del Toro puts together. Should be a fun flick, at least. Quote
Agent ONE Posted December 30, 2003 Author Posted December 30, 2003 Can someone post an image of Hellboy from the comic? Quote
tom64ss Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 Can someone post an image of Hellboy from the comic? Try this site: http://www.hellboy.com There are quite a few pics of Mignola's Hellboy there. It's really an awesome series/title. Quote
GreenGuy42 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 The trailer reminded me of Shadowrun for some reason. It certainly perked my interest. Quote
tom64ss Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 You can also link to some of the online comics for Hellboy on that site: http://www.hellboy.com/hbpreviewsonline.html Quote
the white drew carey Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 Agent One- The problem here is that when most people hear the word comic book, they think of cheesy stuff like Fantastic Four, X-Men and The Hulk (hmm... all Marvel stuff). In reality, there are many great comics out there that aren't superhero junk and tell a great/fun/hilarious/thought-provoking story. Hellboy is one of them. It's just sooo much fun. I think the casting is great, and I'll definitely see the movie, but I'm going in with the expectation that it could be screwed up on film. Here's to hoping that it's not!!! (tips a guinness... passes out on wife) Quote
EXO Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 I've enjoyed Giullermo Del Toro's work, aside from Cronos, which was a POS, I really like Blade 2. It was pretty disgusting in a fun sense. There were some questionable decisions but I think they were to cater to the actors need to be looked at, or else they would have been running around those cool ninja type suits all the time. But the movie I really enjoyed from him was a spanish film called La Spina De Diablo, hope I got it right... The Devil's Backbone in English. Based on those 2 movies, I'll be looking forward to Hellboy. Quote
JRock Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 I'm interested in this movie. Prolly be the most decent of all the comic book movies that'll be released in 2004. del Toro did great work on Blade II, except for the part when Blade did a suplex. <_ Quote
Isamu Atreides 86 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 In reality, there are many great comics out there that aren't superhero junk and tell a great/fun/hilarious/thought-provoking story. Yep. Try Fables, Stormwatch:Team Achilles, Losers, Queen And Country and Sleeper for stuff like that... Quote
F-ZeroOne Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 Another classic graphic novel - which was rumoured to be lined up for filming at one point, at an estimated one million dollars a page! - is Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Once you read that, you will probably never look at comics, or superheroes, in quite the same way ever again. Other fun comics include Preacher and, the Authority, and Planetary. Be warned, at least the first two are for [/i]mature readers. Quote
Isamu Atreides 86 Posted December 30, 2003 Posted December 30, 2003 Another classic graphic novel - which was rumoured to be lined up for filming at one point, at an estimated one million dollars a page! - is Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. Once you read that, you will probably never look at comics, or superheroes, in quite the same way ever again.Other fun comics include Preacher and, the Authority, and Planetary. Be warned, at least the first two are for [/i]mature readers. The Authority is awesome. read only Warren Ellis's or Mark Millar's stuff. the new book is NOT the Authority. Watchmen owns. its probably the best GN of all time. never read Preacher, But if you want a total mind f---, try reading Grant Morrison's (New X-men) the Invisibles. great stuff. Quote
EXO Posted December 31, 2003 Posted December 31, 2003 One of my favorites is Moonshadow written by JM DeMatteis and masterful art by Jon J Muth. Quote
Max Jenius Posted December 31, 2003 Posted December 31, 2003 Hellboy looks like its gonna be teh sex0r. Quote
Agent ONE Posted December 31, 2003 Author Posted December 31, 2003 Can someone post an image of Hellboy from the comic? Try this site: http://www.hellboy.com There are quite a few pics of Mignola's Hellboy there. It's really an awesome series/title. Thanks. It looks like the capured him perfectly in the movie. Of course I know nothing about the character. Quote
Blaine23 Posted December 31, 2003 Posted December 31, 2003 Ah... Devil's Backbone rules completely, EXO. My fave "not for the kids" comics - Anything by Alan Moore - but specifically, From Hell (completely different and WAY better than the lame movie), Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and best of all - MiracleMan (damn McFarlane for not reprinting these in GN format) Also - Stray Bullets (by David Lapham, awesome stuff) Starchild (very indie and not easy to find, by James Owen) Replacement God (Zander Cannon) Preacher (Garth Ennis rules) Sandman (or anything else by Gaiman) Sin City (probably the one that AgentOne would dig the most, by my guess. Go purchase "That Yellow Bastard"... you'll love it. Frank Miller is a god.) Thieves and Kings Bone Castle Waiting All very different comics, no superheroes, no tights, most aren't even printed in color. But they are all completely unique and unlike 99% of comic books. And most are made by independent artist/publishers who tell the story the way they want to. Quote
EXO Posted December 31, 2003 Posted December 31, 2003 Hey Blaine, I believe there are plenty of tights in Castle Waiting... But that's a good list. One of these days I'm gonna have to pick up Stray Bullets and Replacement Gods, I've been meaning to. I've also been wanting to check out White Out, if you've read it, let me know if it's worth it. I remember the movie was really bad but the comic book Tank Girl is hilarious. Another short lived one was Major Bummer. It was about Aliens that sent out super hero powers to the wrong address because they didn't realize that the phone book listed people last name first. A bunch of losers ended up with the amazing gifts. Quote
Isamu Atreides 86 Posted December 31, 2003 Posted December 31, 2003 Sin City is awesome. i loved Big Fat Kill.... Quote
joke-machine Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 On TV I have been seeing previews for the upcoming movie Hellboy. It really has peaked my interest. Watching it, and after reading the information I could find of the internet, I was left with a couple of questions maybe the sages here could answer. First off, anyone know anything about the movie? It looks so cool, and yet I can't seem to find really any info out there about it beyond a few brief bios of the movie. Second, from what I have found, this is based on a comic book. Anyone read it, any good? Here is the Bio off of Apples page (which has the trailer as well) Hellboy webpage "Born in the flames of hell and brought to Earth to perpetrate evil, Hellboy was rescued from sinister forces by the benevolent Professor Broom, who raised him to be a hero. In Dr. Broom's secret Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.), Hellboy creates an unlikely family consisting of the telepathic "Mer-Man" Abe Sapien and "Pyrokenetic" Liz Sherman, the woman he loves who can control fire. Hidden from the very society that they protect, they stand as the key line of defense against an evil madman who seeks to reclaim Hellboy to the dark side and use his powers to destroy mankind." Quote
bandit29 Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 Saw the Hellboy trailer this past weekend at the theaters...ugh the only competition it has for worst movie of the year is the Punisher lol. Saw that trailer too. I didn't know Frank Castle was gay.... Quote
tom64ss Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 (edited) Hellboy was a Dark Horse Comics title by Mike Mignola. I have a couple trade paperbacks and they're really amazing stories. (edit) Beautiful art by Mignola too. He has a gift for "drawing with shadows" Go to this website for more info: http://www.hellboy.com/z-old-design/index.html Edited March 9, 2004 by tom64ss Quote
NERV Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 one thing i find kind of interesting is it looks like hellboy originally looked like satand and those stumps on his ehad were probly full size horns and then he cut them for some reaosn, maybe to look less threatening Quote
Agent ONE Posted March 9, 2004 Author Posted March 9, 2004 there is another thread about this I think. Quote
Agent ONE Posted March 9, 2004 Author Posted March 9, 2004 LOL, I knew there was another thread... I forgot I started it. Quote
tom64ss Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 there is another thread about this I think. Of course you do, you started it. http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...4239&hl=hellboy and another short thread from a few weeks before that one. http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...3748&hl=hellboy Quote
bandit29 Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 Taken from the other thread: Saw the Hellboy trailer this past weekend at the theaters...ugh the only competition it has for worst movie of the year is the Punisher lol. Saw that trailer too. I didn't know Frank Castle was gay.... Hellboy looks really fake and cheezy on the bigscreen. Kind of like the Hulk movie. Quote
bsu legato Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 Hellboy is getting a lot of positive buzz on Chud.com, which is one of the few movie sites that I trust. Quote
EXO Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 (edited) Hellboy and his gang are paranormal investigators. Like Scooby and Ghostbusters, but the stories in the book gets into the occult and really dark myths. It's really well drawn and well written. Hellboy looks cheesy in the movie, but the other characters are spot on. This is on my I can't wait list. ADD: IIRC, I was the only one that was excited about Pirates last year... Edited March 9, 2004 by >EXO< Quote
Limbo Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 Hellboy looks really fake and cheezy on the bigscreen. Kind of like the Hulk movie. I may be the only one in the world who really liked the Hulk... The end loose it a little bit but the overall experience was very fun. Quote
UN Spacy Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 The commercials make it look pretty exciting, the CG looks pretty good for a comic book movie. Can't go wrong with casting Ron Perlman as Hellboy, he has tons of experience with prosthetic acting parts. I might see it when it comes out. Quote
Max Jenius Posted March 9, 2004 Posted March 9, 2004 Hellboy looks really fake and cheezy on the bigscreen. Kind of like the Hulk movie. I may be the only one in the world who really liked the Hulk... The end loose it a little bit but the overall experience was very fun. Internet nerds just like to bash on stuff. Quote
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