Demons, Nazis, and Pancakes
My son and I saw Hellboy yesterday afternoon. We both agreed that it was probably the best translation of a comic book to screen that we'd seen: great characters, dark cinematography, dialogue that was fairly intelligent and not peppered with stupid action-flick one-liners, imagery taken directly from Mike Mignola's excellent comic, and eldritch, terrible, multi-tentacled elder gods right out of H.P. Lovecraft.
Oh yeah...and Nazis...gotta have Nazis.
Take a look at this excellent gallery of Hellboy comic-book covers, and check out the online comics at the Playboy website (if anyone asks, you can honestly tell them you're only reading it for the cartoons).
Googling on the film's chief villain, Rasputin, turned up this fab site about Alexander Palace, home of the Romanovs.
P.S. I forgot to mention that one of my favorite things, reliquaries, figure prominently in the plot...mmm, saintly....[drool]
Comments
I agree...Hellboy completely shits on all other comic adaptions from a great height.
As in wrestling, movies need more Nazis!
Eddie
Posted by: Eddie Mort | April 18, 2004 11:21 PM
Eddie, I can think of many films and television shows that would've benefited greatly from the addition of a few Nazis:
When Harry Met Sally
Gigli
The Haunted Mansion
Green Acres
American Idol (well, Simon sort of qualifies as a Nazi)
...to name but a few.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | April 19, 2004 8:37 AM
A Nazi in Green Acres would have made total sense.
I also think Mr. Ed would have also benefitted by having a Nazi move next door, instead of Wilbur's old army colonel.
Posted by: Eddie Mort | April 19, 2004 7:22 PM
Green Acres, 07:00PM
Series/Comedy, 30 Mins.
"Kraft Durch Schweinebraten", Episode #64
Hilarity ensues when Arnold Ziffel is drafted into Hooterville's Waffen SS division, and Lisa becomes the mistress of the local concentration camp's Kommandant after Oliver is shot trying to send coded messages to the Allies.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | April 19, 2004 11:08 PM
Guest starring Werner Klemperer and Horst Bucholtz.
Posted by: Eddie Mort | April 19, 2004 11:18 PM
Aber natürlich, Herr Mort!
Posted by: MrBaliHai | April 20, 2004 12:11 AM