Fraggles in Heckboy 2

[Foodie]

Anyone notice the Fragglewump in Hellboy 2?

 

[frogboy4]

No, were they in it? It is a great film by the way!

 

[Foodie]

No, were they in it? It is a great film by the way!

Well, the fraggles themselves weren't in it but one of the things in the troll city or whatever was called a Fragglewump. It may have been the thing that looked like a giant Gremlin.

 

[Redsonga]

"And here we see the rare and exotic Fragglewump, well known for wumping fraggles..."
Maybe they are cousins of the gorgs

 

[frogboy4]

I did notice the reference, but forgot about it. I wonder what Jim Henson would have felt about Hellboy. I think there are a lot of areas of the film, characters and mythology he would like. The idea of a demon that escaped from a portal from the netherworld during WWII who loves kittens and grinds away his horns to appear normal is something that I think would have made Jim smile.

For those that don't know Hellboy, that's pretty much it - a character working against his imposed destiny and trying to forge a new one. And all this while saving the world and fighting the things that "go bump in the night." It’s funny that the initial studios interested in the comic book property wanted to do everything from change his name from Hellboy, rewrite his origins and even asked if the character had to be red! Ugh…the stupid side of corporate Hollywood. Well with an impressive opening weekend Universal and the cast are reportedly willing to do a third and final installment with Del Toro once he finishes up the two Hobbit films. 2012 will be around the target date for Hellboy’s return.

 

[Foodie]

I think Jim would love the movie. Prolly does love it actually.

 

[RedPiggy]

Sigh. I would like to thank everyone for mentioning this [/sarcasm].

I had this crazy dream about animated Red avoiding being squashed at the Troll Market.

LOL....

 

[Foodie]

Sigh. I would like to thank everyone for mentioning this [/sarcasm].

I had this crazy dream about animated Red avoiding being squashed at the Troll Market.

LOL....

That was a deleted scene.

 

[wwfpooh]

That was a deleted scene.

Sounds interesting, especially given that both Hellboy and a lot of Muppet productions seemingly emanate from NYC.