I went to see Hellboy 2 last night. I have to say: I like Hellboy. I love Guillermo del Toro. I do not think the two are a match. The magical, detailed, creepy-as-shit del Toro monsters simply do not mesh with the big red comic-book demon. Quite honestly, I felt a bit of the same in Pan's Labyrinth. Great monsters, randomly inserted.
So I asked myself, what SHOULD Guillermo del Toro be directing? And the answer was easy. The first time I saw the trailer for Hellboy, I saw the Angel of Death and I thought of the old 70's cover of Madeline L'Engle's "The Wind in the Door". I actually though someone was doing the L'Engle books as really creepy movies. Which would fucking rock. And for which these monsters would fit right in.
I was, however, saddened when I went looking for this picture to discover that since my childhood the cover art has been redone and is now incredibly fukkin lame.
Speaking of comic book movies, I'm Batman.
So I asked myself, what SHOULD Guillermo del Toro be directing? And the answer was easy. The first time I saw the trailer for Hellboy, I saw the Angel of Death and I thought of the old 70's cover of Madeline L'Engle's "The Wind in the Door". I actually though someone was doing the L'Engle books as really creepy movies. Which would fucking rock. And for which these monsters would fit right in.
I was, however, saddened when I went looking for this picture to discover that since my childhood the cover art has been redone and is now incredibly fukkin lame.
Speaking of comic book movies, I'm Batman.
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jena:
Totally weird. I remember being slightly scared and turned on by the original Wrinkle In Time cover.
loslocos:
I saw you on Mythbusters today selling Karri a rib cage. It made my day.