Category: Geeky Fanboy

Hellboy: How bad could it have been?
Here’s how bad:

“An executive said to me, ‘What about a regular actor who gets angry and turns into Hellboy?’ ” said del Toro, wrinkling his face in disgust. “I go, ‘That’s … not … very good.
“Then they would say, ‘What if you call him Hellboy and he comes from Hell and all that, but he looks like a guy?’ Then they would suggest things like, ‘Can he have a Hellmobile?’ ‘Can he have a dog? A pet dog that comes from hell and is red?’

Man did they dodge bullets on this thing to get it made.

Apparently Wonderfalls got great ratings in Canada, and Global (Fox equivalent) is considering buying the series. Hey, if it does well in Canada, there is a good chance it could go out on DVDs.

For those of you who saw and (justifiably) loved Hellboy, this is the trade paperback that the movie’s based on.
For even more Hellboy goodness, I direct you to the “You may also be interested in these items…” section below the main blurb.
For those who haven’t seen it — go see it. If you’re the sort of person who’s been able to put up with this site for any length of time, you will friggin’ love this movie.
Unless you don’t like Firefly… I have no idea about you people.

Wonderfalls has been moved to the Fox Thursday night schedule, following the (hitting it’s stride?) Tru Calling. cancelled, because Fox execs are stupid rat bastards.
Ahem.

Completely forgot to tape Wonderfalls. Anyone in town manage to snag it?

Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Ken Watanabe, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy,
and now Gary Oldman. Very cool.
But honestly, after Last Samurai, I’m most stoked about Ken Watanabe.

In case you missed it last Friday (or in case I hasn’t loaned you the tape yet): Fox to Encore Wonderfalls “Wax Lion” on Thursday (that’s tonight, chilluns).
And the “I fucking told you so” quote:

Friday’s opener managed a meager rating among adults 18-49 according preliminary national data. Said scores were about on par with former Friday time slot holder “Boston Public’s” and well behind the debuts of last season’s “Firefly”.

Ahem. A-hem. A-fucking-hem, you TelExec idjits.

So, this weekend, I spoke with a couple to whom I’d lent the first disk of Firefly.
My rule of thumb on getting people interested in Firefly has, thus far, be ‘make them watch an episode’.
Seriously, that’s usually all it takes.
Anyway, I was expecting… well, pretty much the same reaction I get from everyone else to whom I’ve introduced the show.
Definitely didn’t get that.

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