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Eppy Thatcher · Sep 13, 2017

Perlman was great and captured the wonder and mystical gooeyness of the comics along with the vibrant other worldly almost child like aspect of the character and the look.

which is awesome.

Now it looks more like we've got the "This is the guy people in the streets are scared of" version. The Anung un Rama, unseat the earth and summon the end times fuck yo shit HellBoy.

I've been re-reading a lot of BPRD and Hellboy from right after when he quit and went walk about to figure all sorts of stuff out about himself and the world he's been trying to save and I really hope the meloncholy, Grimm, ghostly and ancient feeling you get from a lot of those stories comes out. Conqueror Worm is a bombastic DelToro fun time. The Golden Army started to cross the streams. Time for the 3rd one to step firmly into why a world where the devil, cthulu, Rasputin AND legit First Golden Men are all cannon is actually a terrifying place. But also still magical. But also dangerous. but also pretty...

Lets go.

JCHandsom · Sep 13, 2017

That's a Hellboy. Looks great!

Dalek · Sep 13, 2017

Dessart said:
And Daniel Dae Kim confirmed he's in.

This is going to rock.

More_Badass · Sep 13, 2017

Sojgat said:
I need to see it in motion, but I think I already prefer this to Pearlman's version visually. Harbour looks fucking scary here.

He looks like a demon that decided to live among humans, rather than a charming loveable red guy

Bobby Roberts · Sep 13, 2017

Graphics Horse said:
Hm, I'm not seeing it, am I looking at the right picture, the one with the coat?

You don't think the one with the coat doesn't look a fair amount apart from the full color one in the OP?

Like, side-by-side, those two images don't seem fairly different to you?

Mahonay · Sep 13, 2017

Cooter said:
Ok, that makes more sense. Hard to tell nowadays with so much money and drugs running through Hollywood

Lol yeah. Not unusual for actors now to admit they take HGH to get massive for these movies.

Shadow Broker · Sep 13, 2017

Sesha said:
Yup, that's Hellboy.

My first thought

a916 · Sep 13, 2017

Hot damn that looks good, I'm in! (I was in before...)

Raptor · Sep 13, 2017

Anung said:
I would not object to Winona playing Kate Corrigan.

Awesome
Awesome tag you got man.

Platy · Sep 13, 2017

I don't believe there are people who thinks this version looks the same as Perlman's !

This one has nipples!

WarRock · Sep 13, 2017

Man, can't wait to see the other characters now, this art direction is really interesting. Would love to see some Mignola wolves/werewolves adapted like this.

Jesus Carbomb · Sep 13, 2017

PhoncipleBone said:
From Harbour's twitter.

Mother
Tell your children not to walk my way

Raptor · Sep 13, 2017

Platy said:
I don't believe there are people who thinks this version looks the same as Perlman's !

This one has nipples!

Now that you mention that damn.

Maximo · Sep 13, 2017

Cooter said:
Ok, that makes more sense. Hard to tell nowadays with so much money and drugs running through Hollywood

Didn't Tomy Hardy admit he fucked his body up alittle from Bane?

mjc · Sep 13, 2017

The black and white pic shows more depth in his face, makes him look a bit more demonic for sure.

Fusion Pizza · Sep 13, 2017

How does he sound though? Perlman's voice really added alot to his portrayal of Hellboy

George Oscar Bluth II · Sep 13, 2017

Raptor said:
Now that you mention that damn.

Wow, Harbour's Hellboy is huge compared to Perlman. I always remembered Perlman as lookin' pretty big in the role so this pic is kinda jarring.

fallengorn · Sep 13, 2017

Now I want to see Hellboy in Stranger Things 3. He will fuck shit up.

mjc · Sep 13, 2017

Fusion Pizza said:
How does he sound though? Perlman's voice really added alot to his portrayal of Hellboy

Harbour has a decent voice, at least from what I've seen of him so far. It's hard to imitate/replicate Perlman's voice for obvious reasons.

fauxtrot · Sep 13, 2017

Jesus Carbomb said:
Mother
Tell your children not to walk my way

Damnit, I came here to make the same joke... only I was going to go with "MOTHER.
Tell your children not to hold my RIGHT HAND OF DOOM."

wandering · Sep 13, 2017

Fusion Pizza said:
How does he sound though? Perlman's voice really added alot to his portrayal of Hellboy

He actually kind of sounds like a younger Perlman.

Grizzlyjin · Sep 13, 2017

Fusion Pizza said:
How does he sound though? Perlman's voice really added alot to his portrayal of Hellboy

I think Harbour has that in the bag already. Before Stranger Things he always popped up in movies as tough guys/goons. I rewatched The Equalizer last week and he's in that as a dirty cop in Boston.

ShadowSwordmaster · Sep 13, 2017

Bobby Roberts said:
You don't think the one with the coat doesn't look a fair amount apart from the full color one in the OP?

Like, side-by-side, those two images don't seem fairly different to you?

The face seems to be different from the color one.

Mahonay · Sep 13, 2017

fallengorn said:
Now I want to see Hellboy in Stranger Things 3. He will fuck shit up.

Look kids, I'm very familiar with "The Upsidedown"

Graphics Horse · Sep 13, 2017

Bobby Roberts said:
You don't think the one with the coat doesn't look a fair amount apart from the full color one in the OP?

Like, side-by-side, those two images don't seem fairly different to you?

If you mean the color one has been lit specially for a photo and probably tweaked in photoshop then yeah, but that's to be expected even with actors not wearing any prosthetics. I mean I assume he still has some ability to articulate his face under that.

SketchTheArtist · Sep 13, 2017

Raptor said:
Now that you mention that damn.

Perlman's version looks like a Disney character next to the new one.

Smellycat · Sep 13, 2017

Looks like Perlman, which makes me wonder why they didn't get him back.. unless he didn't want to.

Edit: pics comparison says otherwise lol

Cpt Conifer · Sep 13, 2017

That's pretty cool, but echoing the extreme similarities to Perlman as somewhat a negative.

I was specifically hoping for a bit of a different take in the form of some extremely tall, lean muscularity, with an even more pronounced and devillish looking goatee to go with the bald head. But I get there are some who would probably argue, passionately, that it wouldn't be Hellboy without the raw mass.

ShadowSwordmaster · Sep 13, 2017

SketchTheArtist said:
Perlman's version looks like a Disney character next to the new one.

Seeing that photo and the photo of Harbour makes me feel like a dumbass now.

Fusion Pizza · Sep 13, 2017

Oh damn, didn't recognize the name but he's the sheriff from Stranger Things, great fit. Hope the new movie is good, Hellboy is one of the few comic movies I like.

BobTheFork · Sep 13, 2017

SketchTheArtist said:
Perlman's version looks like a Disney character next to the new one.

It worked so much better with his coat on.

7Th · Sep 13, 2017

The hair looks kinda old-school.

gabbo · Sep 13, 2017

Smellycat said:
Looks like Perlman, which makes me wonder why they didn't get him back.. unless he didn't want to.

Edit: pics comparison says otherwise lol

Pretty sure he was out when del Toro was out

Rydeen · Sep 13, 2017

Smellycat said:
Looks like Perlman, which makes me wonder why they didn't get him back.. unless he didn't want to.

Once Guillermo was out, Ron was out. I don't think Perlman was even interested without Del Toro.

EDIT: Beaten

IdreamofHIME · Sep 13, 2017

Uncanny

Bobby Roberts · Sep 13, 2017

Graphics Horse said:
If you mean the color one has been lit specially for a photo

The other one hasn't?
Either way, are you agreeing with me now?

Raptor · Sep 13, 2017

SketchTheArtist said:
Perlman's version looks like a Disney character next to the new one.

Yeah, looks too safe, the new one looks demonic with scars all over and long hair, the horns are bigger too making his forehead kinda deformed.

Fury451 · Sep 13, 2017

Yep, he'll do.

ShadowSwordmaster · Sep 13, 2017

Raptor said:
Yeah, looks too safe, the new one looks demonic with scars all over and long hair, the horns are bigger too making his forehead kinda deformed.

They did say that this movie will be rate R. I wonder if that had any influence.

fauxtrot · Sep 13, 2017

I still think they should try to get Ron Perlman to come back and play Roger... he would be awesome in that role.

GuitarAtomik · Sep 13, 2017

Bobby Roberts said:
You don't think the one with the coat doesn't look a fair amount apart from the full color one in the OP?

Like, side-by-side, those two images don't seem fairly different to you?

Mostly in the brow. Could be lighting, or perhaps the prosthetic has a lot of play for expressions. Kind of looks like the b&w pic has chest hair too that I can't see in the color one but could be a trick of the lighting again.

Cosmic Schwung · Sep 13, 2017

If anything, he actually looks a bit too scary to me. One of the things I found funny from the comics was how blasé everybody was whenever he showed up. If I met this Hellboy I'd be pissing myself.

George Oscar Bluth II · Sep 13, 2017

Curious to see how they're going to handle the visual effects in this film. I assume the budget isn't very big, what with the R rating and all.

More_Badass · Sep 13, 2017

George Oscar Bluth II said:
Curious to see how they're going to handle the visual effects in this film. I assume the budget isn't very big, what with the R rating and all.

Is that even a concern? R rated movies have been huge the last few years.

Nightwing123 · Sep 13, 2017

JdFoX187 said:
This just popped up on the official Hellboy Facebook page.

Send me to hell if old, etc.

He looks awesome but he does look at lot more menacing than the last Hellboy.

Darth Pinche · Sep 13, 2017

George Oscar Bluth II said:
Wow, Harbour's Hellboy is huge compared to Perlman. I always remembered Perlman as lookin' pretty big in the role so this pic is kinda jarring.

I just rewatched The Golden Army and was struck by how "small" relatively Perlman looked. My perspective has been skewed by the size of the Marvel guys.

I am now all in on Harbour as Hellboy.

UnemployedVillain · Sep 13, 2017

Cosmic Schwung said:
If anything, he actually looks a bit too scary to me. One of the things I found funny from the comics was how blasé everybody was whenever he showed up. If I met this Hellboy I'd be pissing myself.

People treated him that way because they were use to seeing him, not because he didn't look demonic. There's nothing wrong with his appearance. He's suppose to look intimidating despite his super friendly/relaxed nature

George Oscar Bluth II · Sep 13, 2017

More_Badass said:
Is that even a concern? R rated movies have been huge the last few years.

No, not a concern. It's directed by Neil Marshall who is good at working with low budgets and making them look not so low budget. Really just curiosity on my end.

Glazed · Sep 13, 2017

awesome

Graphics Horse · Sep 13, 2017

Bobby Roberts said:
The other one hasn't?
Either way, are you agreeing with me now?

I was always agreeing with you, I just thought you had a funny way of saying it. First one is like a 'glamour' photo.
Looking again the nose looks kinda different.

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