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Hard to believe this one\\u2019s eligible isn\\u2019t it? We had the same reaction. Of course part of that is that until very recently, there was still some small chance we might eventually get del Toro\\u2019s Hellboy III. So even though it\\u2019s been over a decade since the last installment in this series, it didn\\u2019t feel quite like a bygone era yet.
We get into all the factors that led to them rebooting the franchise instead of carrying on with this continuity, but more relevant to this conversation, we also explore why certain fans of Mike Mignola\\u2019s comic boom series always had mixed feeling over how del Toro adapted the material.
We even brought our own preconceived notions into this. It had been a long time since we\\u2019d seen either of the original Hellboy movies and we felt pretty certain that the sequel was far superior to this initial outing. Is that still the case? And separate from its deviations from the source material, does this still work as a film on its own terms? Let\\u2019s find out!
Other topics include: the way del Toro incorporates and remixes elements from the comic without borrowing anything verbatim, the changes that even Hellboy\\u2019s creator thought were an improvement, the pros and cons of shooting in Prague, some really intriguing set up for all of these characters that the film never really explores, creative concessions they made for the PG-13 rating, why del Toro isn\\u2019t 100% the victim in Hellboy III never getting made, and much more!
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