Mike Mignola, Vic Cook and I recorded the commentary for Hellboy: Blood and Iron yesterday.
This time our stomachs weren't growling but Mike and I both had questionable burritos for lunch so there was a certain amount of tension in the room. All survived.
We're pretty candid, commenting on what we like and don't like. There's lots of talk of what we took from the comic and what we didn't and plenty of general goofiness. We were told we were entertaining but I remember little of what was said.
We talked past the ending of the movie a little bit but were told we couldn't do that for tech reasons so we had to say our goodbyes a little earlier. Then we went back to rerecord over the first sequence because we repeated lots of what was said on the 10 minute documentary done for the DVD. That was nice in that there are certain things we describe in almost every interview and I'm self conscious about the repetition. So you got different stuff.
Meanwhile, the countdown to release has started. Frank Paur came by the studio yesterday. I wished him well on his IRON MAN DVD but I envy his marketing budget which filled the weekend with TV commercials. Remember, February 6! Next time I'll talk about some of the extras on Sword of Storms. -- Tad
I am looking forward to the extras on Sword of Storms and, oddly, the commentary track as well. I normally don't get too excited about those but I think this one will be special. And now another one to anticipate for some time in the future.
And a round of applause for Guillermo and his Oscar Nom for Pan's Labyrinth!
Posted by: kirk | January 23, 2007 at 03:50 PM
oops...sorry..."nomS," plural! ;)
Posted by: kirk | January 23, 2007 at 03:51 PM
I am going to open a Mexican restaurant called "The Questionable Burrito".
Or just make it the name of my next mystery novel.
Posted by: Sparky | January 24, 2007 at 01:40 AM
That would be fantastic. I have to admit I'm a big fan of your novels, "Obtuse Omlettes" and "Suspect Chili."
Posted by: Tad Stones | January 24, 2007 at 07:59 AM
I guess this is my first comment, so I'll start by saying how much I've enjoyed this blog. The posts where you went into the background research you've done was really great, getting an insight into the literature both Mr. Mignola and yourself used as inspirations for the character and the series was a treat. More of that, please!
But the real reason I'm chiming in is to remind you to post the link to the nice interview with you over at Newsarama. Keep up the good work, I've already preordered the DVD.
Link:http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=98613
Posted by: Karl Ruben | January 24, 2007 at 12:37 PM
Iron-Man turned out pretty solid. It's the best of the Marvel straight to DVD animated features.
Can't wait for the HB DVD though. I'm jonzing for some Mignola/Stones commentary.
Posted by: spydaweb | January 24, 2007 at 02:06 PM
Ahhh..So close yet so far. Lookin forward to both Mike and your insights on the DVD. Hope we see some pre viz stuff too
Posted by: hb | January 24, 2007 at 07:23 PM