garden of eden

Kesy's a comic fan- he's read them. He understands the character, he loves Hellboy just as much as I do. I can't wait to see him bring Hellboy to life.

And the film? I think it's going to be fantastic. They've chosen a more manageable story to adapt to the screen instead of trying to squeeze his entire arc into >2 hours, and it's one of the more iconic ones in the comics- allegedly one of Mignola's favourites! Yeah, it's a horror movie- have you read Mignola's work? He doesn't fuck around when it comes to macabre concepts. I could argue that Hellboy fits comfortably in the horror genre.

There are clips from the trailer that are immediately recognizable as moments in the comics, and Hellboy's lines (the few we've been blessed with so far) are just so him, I dare say that my hopes are up for an adaptation that finally shows us who he really is.

No, this isn't a reboot, the director himself said as much:

"Whilst [the Del Toro] films are much beloved by fans, according to Crooked Man director Brian Taylor it's not exactly a true take on the character - and that's for both him and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola. As Taylor tells Total Film [...]: "As cool as those other movies were, even Mignola will tell you it's not quite his character.""

And Mignola did!

"Mignola teases the upcoming film as “a much more grounded Hellboy movie and the most faithful adaptation of one of my stories.”"

How exciting is that!

I'm so sad to see this movie, which has such amazing potential and already looks fantastic, getting hate because it isn't Del Toro's Hellboy. As a comic Hellboy fan, I want to see my Hellboy on screen, and I don't want to see him getting hate because he's not fitting the standards of something he isn't.