What is it good for?

The film industry, among other things; only I actually lobbied for a movie, one I'd seen mentioned in a review of its sequel, "Hellboy II: The Golden Army", which I think I'd like to see eventually. We cranked "Hellboy" offen the intertubes, and had a blast watching it. Ron Silver plays the soul beneath the devil outfit, and it's got plenty of entertaining evil beings, from Nazi dominatrix beeyotch to a resurrected Rasputin, as well as an assortment of goopy critters. Gore factor not so bad on a computer flat screen; I only had to run out of the room a couple of times when the deathless Nazi slicin' 'n' dicin' assassin got too Benihana for my taste. Good times.