This article involves a lot of spoilers, please do not continue reading if you are not mentally prepared! This article involves a lot of spoilers, please do not continue reading if you are not mentally prepared! This article involves a lot of spoilers, please do not continue reading if you are not mentally prepared!
The slogan of "Hellboy: The Rise of the Blood Queen" is " Demons have demons too ". Many people translate it as "Demons also have demons" according to its literal meaning. First of all, the translation of this sentence cannot be read at all, the structure is missing, and it is not a complete sentence. Secondly, the original sentence does not mean this.
Is Hellboy a good person? ——Is hellboy a demon? ——Is a devil a good person? ——Not that for the demons, who is the villain ( Demons also means "naughty, mischievous, naughty ghost" ) in human society? ——Good people
So " Demons have demons too " can be translated as " there are good people among the demons ", "the strong among the strong, the strong middlemen ", "the black eats the black ", or "the cute and charming villain in the demonic society " (fog) .
Okay, let’s get back to business. This new "Hellboy" is based in the UK and has several new characters.
Alice Monaghan
Comic character setting: Irish descent, red hair, kidnapped by fairies as a baby, and later rescued by Hellboy. When he grew up, he inherited the mantle of the fairy and kept his youth forever.
Movie role setting: mulatto, a Jamaican pigtail, was possessed by the wild boar brown elf (Gruagach) as a baby, and later saved by the hellboy. When he grows up he can be psychic and like cats .
Ben Daimio
Comic character setting: The military rank is the captain, the American Japanese American Marine who works for BPRD , was attacked by a jaguar and died in a mission, then resurrected (?), and joined the Pentagon special operations team after recovery, and Began as an informal adviser to the Supernatural Research and Defense Agency.
Movie role setting: military rank as a major, working in the British Secret Service M11 , British Asian , was attacked by a jaguar in the mission, like dogs .
A small episode in the film casting: Originally, this role was intended for the white actor Ed Skrein, but it was met with a lot of opposition and doubts, so it was replaced by Kim Dae-hyun, who is closer to the original manga role.
Nimue/blood queen
The prototype in the myth: Lady of the Lake ( Lady of the Lake ), friends who often play " Avalon " should be familiar with this role. The fairies in the lake are not only one fairies, but a group of fairies. Among them, the most powerful and beautiful is Viviane. She is Merlin’s lover and enemy, and the one who bestowed the sword of the king on King Arthur. When King Arthur was dying, he was sent to Avalon for healing.
Comic character setting: Nimue is very much loved by Merlin, and Merlin told her all the secrets. She used this knowledge to imprison him in an eternal tomb. Nimue became more and more crazy, so other witches teamed up to subdue her, cut her body into pieces, sealed them in boxes, and scattered them all over the place. Nimue was resurrected by the wild boar brown elf more than a thousand years later. He was later killed by Vasilisa's sword in a duel with Hellboy.
Movie role setting: King Arthur and Merlin teamed up with other lake fairies to kill Nimue under the pretext of surrender, and cut the body into pieces and sealed them in boxes, scattered around. Nimue was resurrected by the wild boar brown elf more than a thousand years later. Later, he was killed by King Arthur's sword in a duel with Hellboy. ( The difference between swords is very important )
Baba Yaga
Mythological prototype: Baba Yaga (Russian: Баба-яга), which is also translated as Mother Yaga, is a witch in Slavic folklore. She lives in a hut with chicken feet and eats children only, mysterious and evil.
After catching someone, Baba Yaga will not eat it directly, but will first ask the other party to do housework for her. The conditions set by Baba Yaga are usually difficult to meet (for example, the entire farmhouse must be cleaned up overnight. , Or clean the dust on the sprinkled wheat). Those who fail to meet the conditions will be eaten by Baba Yaga, but Baba Yaga who successfully completes it will spare his life and gift items with magic.
Cartoon character set: one of "Hellboy" universe's most powerful magic users, support Lasipuqin (during the reign of Nuomannuofu "Hellboy" role, not Yaoseng Nicholas II period, Appeared for about 5 seconds in the 2019 version of the movie ). Hellboy wounded Baba Yaga's left eye while investigating the disappearance of a series of children. The two became vengeful. After losing their eyes, Baba Yaga lost the ability to exist in the normal world.
Movie role setting: Eat a child, live in a chicken leg hut, and avenge the Hellboy because he lost his left eye. He wanted to exchange information for the Hellboy's left eye, but was tricked, and then decided to find someone else to avenge him.
This movie mainly has the following key points
1 The complete life experience of the Hellboy , and it is consistent with the comics setting, except for a small difference.
In the comics, the Hellboy’s mother is the heir of a blood line in Mordred . He is the son of King Arthur’s half-sister Mogoss . He is nominally King Arthur’s nephew, but in fact it is King Arthur and Mordred. Gesi's illegitimate son.
In the movie, King Arthur has no sons, only daughters. The Hellboy’s mother is a direct descendant of King Arthur , so the Hellboy can draw the sword in the stone (the sword of the king) with his bare hands .
2 Everyone has their own destiny, you cannot escape your destiny, but if you are strong enough, you can resist your own destiny .
3 The plain but sincere father-son relationship between the hellboy and his adoptive father. Almost killed by a friend of the adoptive father is not important at all, only father is good. Only the doctor's earth-flavored vulgar words, referred to as "earth-flavored words" , can awaken the kindness of Hellboy.
4 British style : whole movie is very British range of children, in addition to King Arthur and Excalibur, as well as giant, monks, Goblin, Willow (fog) and hunt prey and to put the head on the wall as decoration Hypocritical nobility. The scene of the Great War was set in London and destroyed St. Paul's Cathedral in a mess.
For those who have not seen the original work, this film rounds the story. There are very cute CPs (for example: Canine Leopard Major X Cat-loving Mixed-Blood Girl ), the glamorous and super-strong rice Ra Jovovich, a treacherous mythical character, a bloody R-class battle scene. Although there are some shortcomings, such as the Hellboy alone against the others, the appearance of Merlin is very hasty, and the boar spirit sweeps the monastery effortlessly... But generally speaking, it is a plot rich with twists and turns, and there are many hilarious scenes. Superhero movie.
For diehard fans of Dark Horse Comics, the character setting of this movie is different from the original, so the textualist original party may be more demanding. But the violent aesthetic style in the original comics is well restored. After all, this is an R-rated movie , not a family-friendly "Superman Story".
This film also has a landmark social significance , that is, Asian actors have won the opportunity to play Asian roles. You must know that this is not easy in mainstream commercial films. I hope everyone can support such a film, Asian Actors have a better chance of getting a non-vase role , playing a flesh-and-blood role instead of just three lines in the whole movie, one of which is: "Run!" or "Ahhhhhhhhh!"
Finally, my favorite supporting role is Lobster Johnson . It's so funny. Every second of his appearance is so funny. After the movie ends, there are two easter eggs , one before the credits and one after the credits. You must wait patiently!
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