Hellboy: Rise Of The Blood Queen - 8 Things It Must Do Differently From Del Toro's Films
6. Hellboy's Relationship With Liz
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While this relationship did work for del Toro's series, we're hoping that Marshall scraps the romance this time around.
In the comics, Hellboy has always been more of a sibling-like figure for Liz, and was the person who convinced her to initially join the Bureau. They were close, yes, but never the item that the 2004 and 2008 films would have you believe.
If Liz is back for another film (and we do hope that she is), then it would be great to see this dynamic play out onscreen, especially if we got to see her temperamental relationship with the B.P.R.D. as well. Having resigned from the Bureau around twelve times Liz has always struggled to acclimatise to life as a paranormal investigator, largely on account of her pyrokinetic abilities. If we do get to see the Bureau, however, don't be surprised if she's treated much, much differently than she was in the earlier films.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
