{"id":382,"date":"2009-04-09T00:13:23","date_gmt":"2009-04-09T00:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/2009\/04\/09\/hellboy_oh_boy\/"},"modified":"2009-04-09T00:13:23","modified_gmt":"2009-04-09T00:13:23","slug":"hellboy_oh_boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/2009\/04\/09\/hellboy_oh_boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hellboy oh boy!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a crystallographer from County Antrim in Northern Ireland, it should come as no surprise that I am much taken by the Giants’ Causeway<\/a>, an impressive basalt rock formation on the north coast that boasts some of the largest crystals in the world.<\/p>\n

\t\"Giant's<\/a>
\nHexaogal crystals in Co. Antrim – each column is about 60 cm across.<\/em><\/p>\n

\t 
\nEven though London is now my home, I have often visited and made sure that my children have become familiar with the area. When asked his opinion of the Causeway, Samuel Johnson<\/a> is reputed to have opined, “Worth seeing, yes, but not worth going<\/em> to see.” But the man was a fool, as far as I can make out. I may be partial but it’s amazing<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\t\"Shapes<\/a>
\nCare: Slippery when wet.<\/em><\/p>\n

\t 
\nSo I was tickled a deep shade of pink the other night when watching Guillermo del Toro’s fabulous Hellboy II: The Golden Army<\/a>. Because the plotline sent ‘Red’ and his merry band all the way from Manhattan (well-known orifice of the underworld) to the familiar green coastline of North Antrim, on a quest to find said Golden Army.<\/p>\n

\t\"Strange<\/a>
\nYou can tell it’s Northern Ireland from the look of the sky. (From the IMDB<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

\t 
\nWould you believe it, the army was right there, hidden in a monstrous cavern beneath the cliffs. And so ensued the elaborate, violent and inevitable final battle of the film – great stuff! All the more enjoyable because a little bit of movie-magic touched a place near to where I was born.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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