Hellboy II: The Golden Army

I want to know how long can we expect to see Hellboy 2 having 100% with 10 reviews...until DK...

Nevertheless, you have to admit it's been a great year for super hero films.

to be honest, i think that there are too many superhero films about, its all getting a bit boring, superhero sequels and a bit of lesser known superhero films to fill the gap inbetween the superhero film remake and inevitable will smith summer blockbuster(jeez even hes doing superheroes now). please someone original enter hollywood and do a film about a real hero for once

I actually agree with you Tucker. While I do like superheroes and their movies (if they are good), its getting pretty old now. I didn't like the first Hellboy so I'm going to skip this one out. The Dark Knight will be a superior film.

IMHO comic book movies are becoming as stale as remakes. Can they really make an Antman movie?

yes the batman(loved the tim burtons and batman begins) films have always had a slight edge over the superpower heroes, they tried it again with ironman. but that just didnt cut as far as i was concerned. now i cant wait to compare heath ledgers joker against nicholosons awsome enactment, it will make for an interesting comparison

I was saying the same thing Tucker was a few years ago. Hollywood has taken the easy route of making movies from storys and old TV shows that have been around for ages. There very rarely is anything original or risky coming out of the cash cow these days, and saddly, as long as Hollywood thinks greedy money first and staying true to the art second, it will always be that way. Therefore, all you can really do is hope the films you see are done well.

The superhero genre has never been a favorite of mine but if it is done well, and not all shmaltzy like the old Superman movies, then they can be worthy entertainment. I don't like cornball when it comes to this genre, and so far most of the more recent films in this genre have been taking more of a serious angle, which I like. Hellboy has somewhat of a mixture of elements but it has that dark side that keeps it grounded. I'm happy to see that Hellboy II is picking up good reviews so far and I hope it continues to pick up critical acceptance. Hell, the previews have me sold!

Saying that superhero movies don't have risks is not real...just look at how both Hulks and Superman Returns (all three good, but bad BO performers) did, and how some other movies have failed miserably (Catwoman? Elektra?)...and some underdog superheroes like Hellboy have had good success with good movies...

Not because a character(s) have been established in the comics/graphic novels, that means that the movie is going to perform good on the BO, but it doesn't mean it will be good.

I started this thread because many of us have been waiting for both Dark Knight and Hellboy 2, and as far as it looks, they won't disappoint...

im afraid catwoman failed miserabley because it was simply just "catwoman"

catwoman is just so stupid and crap sounding, that anything associated with it, will also be stupid and crap

catwoman-----lol

whatever next?

lesser spotted woodpeckerman

Nah, Catwoman failed miserably because it totally deviated from what Catwoman is supposed to be. It wasn't really Catwoman, it was some other thing. Plus, the bad acting also contributed to its failure.

nah

it was just a crap concept, from beginning to end

every cat i have ever seen, licks its own backside
maybe if halli balli had done the same, the movie may have done better, but i doubt that

batman,,,,,sounds cool
spiderman,,,,,sounds cool
hulk,,,,,sounds cool
etc,etc,etc
ironman sounds cool, but the concept is flawed

you would have been better of going with carbonfibreteflonman as these two materials would be used in place of the rather heavy and restrictive iron suit. plus the carbon fibre is many many times stronger and pliable than iron, infact inkernell could be used aswell, as it is also stronger than iron and can withstand much higher and lower temperatures than iron
catwoman,,,,,sounds stupid
superman,,,,,sounds stupid
wonder woman,,,,,,,,sounds stupid
squirrelman,,,,well that not only sounds stupid, but is stupid

seriously guys
i dont know whats been happening at marvel and dc, must be giving their creative artists mind bending drugs and telling them to invent new superheroes



"WHOA DUDE these purple orbs are great"
"yeah man, imagine if a human had some of the capabilities of a squirrel"
"WHOA DUDE thats far out man,,,,,he'd be like a f*cking squirrelman DUDE...BADASS BADASS"

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[Post edited by tucker_jenkins on Jul 5, 2008]

What are you talking about? Superman and Catwoman have been around for ages.

Believe me, Lex Luthor is an extremely more interesting character than Superman/Clark Kent, and so is the Joker than Batman/Bruce Wayne...prove me wrong. Who cares to an all-powerful being? Or a whiny billionaire?? Find something interesting about them besides their family's history...

The Catwoman fiasco was due to the incredibly stupid and random story they picked for the movie, and Elektra was just poorly executed...oh, give Halle her Storm movie!!

Again, I would love to see more supervillain movies, but that isn't going to happen anytime soon, except for Magneto, but that is going to be given a different twist...

The best superhero movie to date this year, is without a doubt, Iron Man, until Hellboy and DK come out, then, it will be difficult to decided without us being biased as to which 'franchise' or character we like the most...

you dont say, i thought they had only been around since yesterday

all im saying is, there are enough superhero films about. the incredible hulk for example, is a pointless redo/remake/retry of a film that graced us only 5yrs ago
and that some of the newer superheroes are STUPID as are their names

why dont hollywood do a cgi remake of THE THING or some kind of sequel, instead of superhero film after superhero film

"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!!!"

Tim, your timely grace is executed perfectly once again.

Who is directing this thing? YEAH..thats what I thought. I'm not a fan of "Hellboy" by any means, but this movie looks puuuurty good to me. I'm thinking more "Pans Labrinth" than the first "Hellboy". Have a goood feeling about this one.


blade-(sticking to the thread topic)

-and kinda ripping off^^^jason)

It's Squirrel Girl, not SquirrelMan.

well thats even worse and more stupid
infact it is teetering on pathetic, the creator of this notsuper hero must have overdosed on crack or something

I wonder how fuzzy she is? She is however like a Squirrel? Isn't she... She must shave... Blade I'm surprised Jason hasn't kicked your a$$ yet. Oh, well. No offence, I did not see the first Hellboy, because it looked dumb, and the Second looks even dumber.

Reagan thinks of the Movie Dumb and Dumber. ( Really sorry Jason)


Oh wait!!! This is the Sequel

Well, I'll only give you Squirrel Girl being dumb, the rest you haven't provided valid reasons.

ironman,,,,you would not use iron to make a flying suit in this day and age, you would use a lightweight alloy such as ikernell or a material such as teflon or carbonfibre

superman,,,,well today you would be called hyperman as super was so 50s, 60s, 70s + in the original superman film, superman flies around the world and saves lois by reversing time. which means none of the other films needed to happen because superman could simply let an event happen, and then reverse time and stop it from ever happening in the first place, and even the different atmosphere of krypton would not afford superman the powers he has, like how can he use those powers in space?

catwoman,,,,,,catshit

wonderwoman,,,,,,,with her satin tights, i suppose the theme tune was catchy and linda was breastfully sexy

Those are still not very valid reasons. First of all, Catwoman isn't a hero. She's mostly a villain that started out as a cat burglar. And she's a WOMAN, so the name fits.

Iron Man's first suit was Iron, but I don't believe the new ones are. The name just stuck because "Iron Man" also could mean stamina, like Iron Man competitions.

The others are like 60-70 years old, so do you really expect them to rename Superman nowadays? Come on...

Hyperman?? That sounds better than Superman??

No way.

(Sorry for the double question marks. It's more like an "are you serious??" question).

Bitten by a radioactive junkie on speed, young Tommy Thompson gained superpowered hyperactive ticks and agility. Using his powers, he became "Hyper-man!" Hyper-man lives in a secret hideout called the gutter, and cleans up the streets of New York City.

In the film, Tony Stark actually acknowledges that "Iron Man isn't even technically accurate" and explains what his suit is really made out of. It's just a name. Relax, man.

when refering to hyperman,

what i mean is, the same way hypermarkets have replaced supermarkets
so the superman of the 21st century should be replaced by hyperman

What the heck is a hypermarket?

google it and find out

If we never have even heard of hypermarkets, supermarkets definitely have not been replaced by them.

Hypermarket IS in Wikipedia... as a store that combines a supermarket and a department store, aka, Wal-Mart.

So, instead of Super Wal*mart it's Hyper Wal*mart?

So instead of saying "Let's go to Walmart" you should be saying "Let's go to the hypermarket".

Uh ya.

"Boo Ya!"

BEST...PIC...EVER.

It's still a mystery to me why people prefer Scarface over Carlito's Way...

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ironman,,,,you would not use iron to make a flying suit in this day and age, you would use a lightweight alloy such as ikernell or a material such as teflon or carbonfibre

Ummm...only the first Iron Man suit was actually made from Iron if you remember in the movie he makes the flying version from the poly carbon Alloy that they make Stark Satellites from. Also in the comics he hasn't had a suit actually made from Iron since the original.

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So, instead of Super Wal*mart it's Hyper Wal*mart?

tucker, keeps talking about 70 yr old ideas, as if new ,or saying they should be changed. i think he is the hyper tucker on crack.

True, but I have to admit for a new guy his rants are pretty funny.

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It's still a mystery to me why people prefer Scarface over Carlito's Way..

Ditto.

It's still a mystery to me why people prefer "Scent of a Woman" over "Sea of Love"!

how about this for the next superman film

superman fly's into the whitehouse's oval office and dispatches the evil george w bush and his cronnies from power
(while this is happening lois is investigating dodgy american contracts in the middle east)

then he fly's over to the even more evil george bush snr's house and dispatches him aswell
(while this is happening miss titmeister is helping lex luther escape............AGAIN...just kill him superman, just kill him for gods sake)

then superman fly's them over to iraq, and dumps them in the middle of an al qu'aida meeting
then him and squirrel girl sort out the crap in the middle east,rescuing lois from terrorist's and an group of american private security firm's) then they give back all the money that these evil do'ers have stolen from the world, and all the profit that their companies have made from war is given to the needy

then they fly back to america to sort some camp and comedic villains out in the impending sequels
(the film ends with lois believing superman and squirrelgirl are sex buddy's and wondering if any man will be able to sexualy satisfy her like superman did, she see's and hear's something in the sky, when she looks up she says

"is it a bird"?
"is it a plane"?

"noooooooooo it's HYPERMAN"

as HYPERMAN lands lois cant help but notice the size of his lunchbox, even his purple underpant's cannot hide the size of it)
the film fades out........WILL SHE..OR WONT SHE?

thats what superman would do, if he were really charged with looking after us humans

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[Post edited by tucker_jenkins on Jul 7, 2008]

Supes don't kill...

nope

but those al'quaida do, thats why they drop em off in iraq

plus these dude's are REALLY EVIL, so the supe's decide to change their ways by killing these evil do'ers without actually killing them.....kinda like politicians

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True, but I have to admit for a new guy his rants are pretty funny.

Are you sure he's a "new" guy Tim? That writing style looks rather familiar....hmmmm. Waiting on the "coz" to seal the deal for me.

Same here Blade.

HELLBOY + SEQUEL =

by now, it should be obvious to everyone that tucker_jenkins is indeed itsthrobbing/smegma. he stopped making the mistake with no spaces after commas (as noted by tim), but now his inability to use apostrophes correctly (as noted by chris) indicates that the guy never learned how to use english, even if he is english.

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[Post edited by posters5 on Jul 8, 2008]

Quite surprising that he has still made those same lousy slips. If I was trying to fool, a forum, I would actually make an effort to sound intelligent. I have to apologize to Jason for all the references this morning, but the ones I posted were pretty funny.

Here's one for you Tucker. (Were merely teasing)

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[Post edited by mvckalel on Jul 8, 2008]

i haven't used this one in a while:

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[Post edited by posters5 on Jul 8, 2008]

wot a bunch of pricks

mvckalel, is that the new Wonder Woman? Wow.

I just noticed the picture was photoshopped.

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[Post edited by Falcon01 on Jul 8, 2008]

OH DEAR.... A SMALL BREASTED WONDERWOMAN


HOW PANTS IS THAT

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[Post edited by tucker_jenkins on Jul 8, 2008]

I was hooked to that pic... ...yep, and bad photoshop...I do think she might be naked in the original...

Ok, I saw this one yesterday. A little funnier than the other two comicbook hero films I've seen so far. It was fun, but probably not the effort of Iron Man and TDK. Nevertheless, it's a little different, a bit more silly and good enough to waste some time on summer break. The Daughter-o-meter and I give it a 7/10.

Certainly, the most visually appealing eye-candy superhero movie of the year...saw Hellboy Director's Cut yesterday, and fell in love more with the movie.

Hellboy II was superior to the original in almost every way. I can definitely see where that extra 40 million dollars went because the movie has a pretty epic feel to it. And the effects were incredible too. I can't wait to get this on Blu-ray.