I finally saw Hellboy, and this is what I thought of it:
Two months ago my car had a rather peculiar electrical issue caused by a faulty headlight trigger that had some bizarre manifestations.
One bizarre manifestation was the dashboard emergency brake light sometimes blinked in time to the left turn signal.
Another bizarre manifestation was the engine wouldn't run unless the headlights were on.
Understandably, two months ago I got this fixed.
Another thing that happened two months ago: my dehumidifier broke. A wave of typical summer weather hit hard and my basement was like a catbox floating down the Amazon.
Understandably, two months ago I also purchased a new dehumidifier.
Cut to two weeks ago, when I noticed the emergency brake light blinking again in time to the left turn signal. Two days later the car wouldn't start reliably unless the headlights were on.
Strike One.
Last week at some point I realized that the new dehumidifier had slid from working quite well to barely working to not remotely working at all. I took the time on Friday night to sit down with the manual and troubleshoot every possible cause, finally settling on kicking it twice and waiting to see if that made any difference.
During this waiting period, I decided to rent and watch Hellboy, so I flipped my headlights on and drove over to the local rental place, brake lights blinking with every turn.
Halfway through Hellboy, my televisions screen went blank, except for the small text indicating that the DVD signal had been interrupted. Thinking the DVD perhaps had a scratch on it, I walked to the DVD player and noticed that its lights weren't on.
I plugged it into a different jack.
The DVD player sat silent and dim.
I removed the DVD player entirely and plugged it into a different outlet entirely.
The DVD player sat silent and dim.
My DVD player was dead.
During this waiting period, I decided to rent and watch Hellboy, so I flipped my headlights on and drove over to the local rental place, brake lights blinking with every turn.
Halfway through Hellboy, my televisions screen went blank, except for the small text indicating that the DVD signal had been interrupted. Thinking the DVD perhaps had a scratch on it, I walked to the DVD player and noticed that its lights weren't on.
I plugged it into a different jack.
The DVD player sat silent and dim.
I removed the DVD player entirely and plugged it into a different outlet entirely.
The DVD player sat silent and dim.
My DVD player was dead.
Strike Two.
I walked back into the basement to check on the dehumidifier and see if my kick had jolted the condenser back into operation.
The bucket was as barren as my faith in appliance reliability.
I walked back into the basement to check on the dehumidifier and see if my kick had jolted the condenser back into operation.
The bucket was as barren as my faith in appliance reliability.
Strike Three.
Hellboy could have been better.
Hellboy, Take Two:
Watching Hellboy (in its entirety) is a bit like reading a stunningly imaginative and inspired book that has terrible punctuation and sentences arranged in the wrong order.
Considering the general level of competence on display in Pan's Labyrinth, I'm guessing that Hellboy 2 is worth a look.
Hellboy could have been better.
Hellboy, Take Two:
Watching Hellboy (in its entirety) is a bit like reading a stunningly imaginative and inspired book that has terrible punctuation and sentences arranged in the wrong order.
Considering the general level of competence on display in Pan's Labyrinth, I'm guessing that Hellboy 2 is worth a look.
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There's a reason you're a tester.
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