July 17, 2012
— Ace So, this is on PPV now. I remembered that Kurt Loder had given it a fairly positive review:
Wrath of the Titans stands tall in the pantheon of schlock—it’s schlock with brio, the best kind. And if I were a contemporary lad with no memory of Ray Harryhousen’s stop-motion Sinbads and Argonauts of 50 years ago, I think I might be pretty tickled by this clamorous CGI myth-fest.
So, I gave it a shot.
Given that it's a sequel to a reboot of a movie that was campy crap in the first place, it's pretty good. Bear in mind, every review must begin with the disclaimer: This is a review of Wrath of the Titans, for crying out loud, so what are you expecting?
But it's reasonably decent. First of all, the movie introduces another half-god, Agenor, son of Poseidon, as Perseus' buddy; Agenor is a little different in that he's comic relief, and a rogue.
It's a great character, the sort of character this sort of story desperately needs, and a character which is completely original and completely new to audiences. I mean, I've never seen a humorous half-god thief character team up with a more serious half-god warrior character before, ever, in my life.
That noted, it's still welcome. (I believe all good ideas should be ripped off at least five or six times.) This Agenor fella has a good line:
HELIUS: I've read you were a great disappointment.
AGENOR: That's right, I am great.
It's too bad I couldn't understand most of of his dialogue (or most other character's, either), because the bits and pieces I heard weren't bad at all.
The story's about an evil team-up between Hades (of course) and Ares (also of course). Hades is butthurt that Zeus gets all the glory, and Ares is butthurt that Zeus gives all the glory to his precious Perseus. So they undertake to release the Father of the Gods, Cronus, from Tarterus, the Bad Neighborhood of Hades (Hell, basically) to destroy the world.
And then the heroes have to travel the world and go into a dungeon. There they encounter Monster Manual pages 33 and 123, and Dieties & Demigods pages 88-89.
The special effects are pretty good. Especially Cronus, at the end, presented as a giant made of volcanic magma.
The writing seems to confuse Greek mythology with more recent religions -- ethical montheistic religions, like Christianity -- because it keeps talking about "forgiveness" and other not-so-Greek-mythological concepts, but I don't think anyone's watching this for some kind of accurate depiction of ancient Greek god-myths. I guess they did get the jealousy and spite of the "bad" gods right.
Overall, I gotta say, it did not suck. Expectations might have helped, because I expected it to suck. The first fifteen minutes did, in fact, suck, but then Autolycus, I mean Agenor, is introduced, and it gets better from there.
Two and half stars, just barely worth it, but still, worth it.
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Posted by: Underground Vulgarian (channeling Whoopi!) at July 17, 2012 01:55 PM (j5b23)
Brian Dennehy was robbed of an Oscar right there.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2012 01:55 PM (T0NGe)
Sounds like the kind of movie that a big, ol' fatty would help.
Not that I would know anything about that...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 17, 2012 01:56 PM (d0Tfm)
"And then the heroes have to travel the world and go into a dungeon. There they encounter Monster Manual pages 33, 49, and 123."
Which edition?
I mean, uh...what's a Monster Manual?
Posted by: Burn the Witch at July 17, 2012 01:56 PM (rX1N2)
A chaos beast, destrachan, and a hill giant?
Posted by: JSchuler at July 17, 2012 01:56 PM (SmZQt)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian (channeling Whoopi!) at July 17, 2012 01:56 PM (j5b23)
Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2012 01:56 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at July 17, 2012 01:56 PM (+lsX1)
Besides the old one had Ursala Undress.
Posted by: Vic at July 17, 2012 01:57 PM (YdQQY)
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Posted by: Underground Vulgarian (channeling Whoopi!) at July 17, 2012 02:00 PM (j5b23)
I'm always amused at people who look to popular entertainment for enlightenment or bleat about culture.
I think for a living. I think all the time. It's all that I do, from the mundane to the creative. When I relax, I watch cartoons, action movies and farcical comedies because I do this to relax.
How shallow, pointless and unintellectual must your life be that you look for profundity and culture in a non-interactive medium in your leisure time.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2012 02:00 PM (T0NGe)
I watched "Clash of the Titans" on TNT- never seen this version before. Then I rented "Wrath" on PPV right afterwards.
They turned Calibos into Perseus' "father" - why does everything have to be a family feud these days? It was like GI Joe turning the Baroness into Duke's ex-girlfriend. Fuckin' really? That was stupid, then Cobra Commander being her brother? Really?
Clash sucked (still not sure why tried to make Medusa attractive, but oh well); but Wrath was just miserable.
Andromeda was a little princess in Clash, then a badass fighter in Wrath? mmhmm.
In Clash, Perseus wasn't indestructible or unkillable, rally. But in Wrath he gets the crap beaten out of him by Ares, then he looks at his son and is fine to defeat him? Bullshit.
And Cronus being a pussy fire giant? Who is defeated by swallowing a cock spear or whatever. Stupid.
However, I did like the idea that the Gods needed the humans to pray to them to maintain their power or they'd die. That was kinda interesting. Didn't really flesh that out too much, though.
Posted by: lorien1973 at July 17, 2012 02:00 PM (0tkqC)
Posted by: Ergie, Standing In His Mother's Shoes, at age 7 at July 17, 2012 02:01 PM (115KO)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at July 17, 2012 02:01 PM (rX1N2)
Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at July 17, 2012 02:02 PM (5UcDQ)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 17, 2012 02:02 PM (GO2/t)
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Posted by: Arms Merchant at July 17, 2012 02:03 PM (+XVQe)
Check out the thread on the anti-Semite who writes for Gawker. Hollywood has 'em some big-ass daddy issues.
Also, family conflict doesn't need explanation, creativity, plot, character or good writing.
"What's my motivation?" "He's your father and he left you when you were 8. Go."
Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2012 02:03 PM (T0NGe)
Hermes is not just that emblem on the side of FTD vans. He is a son of Zeus by a minor goddess named Maia- that randy old goat Zeus strikes again. After leaving the care of Maia and escaping the duties of a phallic deity, Hermes did some cattle rustling of Apollo's herd before becoming the messenger of Zeus.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2012 02:03 PM (bwH3a)
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Posted by: ace at July 17, 2012 02:03 PM (115KO)
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Posted by: Clutch Cargo at July 17, 2012 02:04 PM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: dogfish at July 17, 2012 06:02 PM (N2yhW)
Cronus -was- pretty peeved that his retirement age was raised from 3000 years to 4000 years.
Posted by: lorien1973 at July 17, 2012 02:04 PM (0tkqC)
"...why does everything have to be a family feud these days?"
Seriously, let's get back to the good old days. We should love family the most.
Posted by: Oedipus at July 17, 2012 02:04 PM (rX1N2)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at July 17, 2012 02:04 PM (j5b23)
Yeah, I wanna see the Three Stooges. My wife said she's divorce me if I drug her to that movie. It was a hard decision, let's be honest!
Posted by: lorien1973 at July 17, 2012 02:05 PM (0tkqC)
Zeus by a minor goddess named Maia- that randy old goat Zeus strikes
again.
I was going to make a Clinton joke and then I realized, horny old Bill doesn't have any little Billy Jr.s running around. Does he shoot blanks or were they all flushed IYKWIM?
Posted by: AmishDude at July 17, 2012 02:05 PM (T0NGe)
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Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at July 17, 2012 02:06 PM (j5b23)
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at July 17, 2012 06:04 PM (Qxdfp)
Yeah, it had that old fashioned thing they used to have called plot and writing. It also followed the old myths more closely.
Posted by: Vic at July 17, 2012 02:08 PM (YdQQY)
You dumbshit wingnuts wouldn't know an homage is it came up and bit your right nipple.
Posted by: Ergie at July 17, 2012 02:08 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2012 02:08 PM (bwH3a)
Wait, Wrath has Bruce Campbell in it? Sold. I'll watch it from Redbox this weekend.
I'm renting Lockout tonight - have heard good things and really want to see it. Hoping it is as good as it sounds.
Posted by: soulpile at July 17, 2012 02:08 PM (Mk/IQ)
Posted by: packsoldier at July 17, 2012 02:08 PM (0sJeX)
I tend to like action films.
I like action films with good special effects.
And I also like to see ancient mythology brought forward into current movies.
But my main quibble with 'Wrath of the Titans'.....is the writing.
You don't kill off Zeus and Poseidon!
These are ancient mythological fucking gods, dammit.
So you don't fucking kill them off!
Other than that....
Good action sequences, some good monsters.....well, except for depicting Kronos as a fiery rock monster.
I never envisioned Kronos like that.
But the actors did a good job....with what they were given.
And the hottness of Sam Worthington is always good to behold.
Posted by: wheatie at July 17, 2012 02:09 PM (MbB0O)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at July 17, 2012 02:10 PM (j5b23)
Posted by: soulpile at July 17, 2012 02:10 PM (Mk/IQ)
Posted by: AmishDude
Really do not want to go there. Hillary Clinton in the kitchen with the mailman?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2012 02:10 PM (bwH3a)
Posted by: brak at July 17, 2012 02:11 PM (nIoiW)
Posted by: acee at July 17, 2012 02:11 PM (115KO)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at July 17, 2012 06:10 PM (j5b23)
Sold. That's all I require in a film, really. If it's fun to watch, it's worth it.
Posted by: soulpile at July 17, 2012 02:12 PM (Mk/IQ)
Thank you!
Wait, was that an insult?
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 17, 2012 02:12 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: brak at July 17, 2012 02:13 PM (nIoiW)
As long as we're in movie mode, the sidebar link to the Total Recall remake makes mention of the three-boobehed working girl. Another mention is made of the five things everybody remembers from the Ahhhnold version.
What are the other two?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 17, 2012 02:13 PM (d0Tfm)
@71 Bruce Campbell isn't in Wrath of the Titans...ace was just comparing him to the new character, Agenor.
I agree with ace's overall review...it's worth watching once...I wouldn't go to the theatre for it though.
Posted by: CanaDave at July 17, 2012 02:13 PM (zsu+c)
I'm renting Lockout tonight
****
Non-stop wisecracks. Not awful, though. Wrath of the Titans, however, just plain sucked. I couldn't get through it.
Posted by: Wodeshed at July 17, 2012 02:13 PM (UuLBC)
Posted by: acee at July 17, 2012 06:11 PM (115KO)
Damn. Well, if he's half as good, it might be worth it. Plus, no Io, from what I've heard. So, there's that.
Posted by: soulpile at July 17, 2012 02:13 PM (Mk/IQ)
Was kinda funny how Zeus brought Io back to life at the end of Clash; then she was dead at the beginning of Wrath. And Perseus never said to Zeus, "Hey, dad, can you bring her back again or something?"
They didn't even bother giving her death a story or anything. It was just "meh, fate took her away." And Perseus then goes banging uglies with andromeda.
Posted by: lorien1973 at July 17, 2012 02:13 PM (0tkqC)
Posted by: steevy at July 17, 2012 02:13 PM (6o4Fb)
When I saw trailers for Wrath of the Titans, all I could think of was no. So do not plan to watch it ever.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2012 02:13 PM (bwH3a)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at July 17, 2012 02:14 PM (j5b23)
Posted by: Wodeshed at July 17, 2012 06:14 PM (UuLBC)
The ghey is strong in this one 
Posted by: lorien1973 at July 17, 2012 02:16 PM (0tkqC)
myths. They got just about everything wrong with Perseus and Io. Can't
overlook that. Other than that, it was decent.
Was kinda funny how Zeus brought Io back to life at the end of Clash; then she was dead at the beginning of Wrath. And Perseus never said to Zeus, "Hey, dad, can you bring her back again or something?"
They didn't even bother giving her death a story or anything. It was just "meh, fate took her away." And Perseus then goes banging uglies with andromeda.
Posted by: lorien1973 at July 17, 2012 06:13 PM (0tkqC)
What does Io have to do with Perseus? Andromeda is his gal. Io is the one that gets turned into a cow when doing the nasty with Zeus.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2012 02:16 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: tobyy928© at July 17, 2012 02:16 PM (QupBk)
An intellect devourer and a demi-lich? That doesn't make .....uh..I mean, what is this book of which you speak, I have not heard of it before.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at July 17, 2012 02:17 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of mead at July 17, 2012 02:17 PM (GvYeG)
Artemis is the sister of Apollo and once again the offspring of an illicit union between Zeus and Leto. She is of the Moon and is the patroness of hunters, childbirth, fishermen, and unmarried girls. She seems the nicest of the deities doesn't she? Except when Zeus seduced one of her nymph companions, so Artemis turned Callisto into a bear. Or in a petty fit she set the Calydonian Boar upon Oeneus because he forgot to include her in his yearly sacrifices, by the end of that hunt there were many dead amongst Oeneus' family.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2012 02:17 PM (bwH3a)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 17, 2012 02:17 PM (GO2/t)
Posted by: tobyy928© at July 17, 2012 02:18 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Honey Badger, drinker of mead at July 17, 2012 06:17 PM (GvYeG)
No stopping power when used against immortal gods and demi-gods.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2012 02:18 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at July 17, 2012 06:14 PM (j5b23)
Ok, now I just want to go home and pick up my rental. Is the actor Australian? We seem to be getting imports lately to shore up the stock (ie Longmire). (Ah, yes, he is, sort of.)
Posted by: soulpile at July 17, 2012 02:18 PM (Mk/IQ)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 17, 2012 02:18 PM (KsbGf)
Posted by: drawandstrike at July 17, 2012 02:18 PM (uVLJc)
What does Io have to do with Perseus? Andromeda is his gal. Io is the one that gets turned into a cow when doing the nasty with Zeus.
In the first movie, Perseus is all in love with Io, who apparently stalked him all his life for some reason or other.
Posted by: lorien1973 at July 17, 2012 02:19 PM (0tkqC)
Lock Out, the Prison In Space movie, which I heard was absolutely absurd, in both senses of the word, both good and bad.
Posted by: ace at July 17, 2012 06:03 PM (115KO)
It is absurd, but the Snow, the main character/agent is a fantastic throwback. Could have been the next Snake Plisskin.
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at July 17, 2012 06:06 PM (j5b23)
The movie itself is seriously "meh", B-Movie cliches-r-us. But Snow is a LOT of fun to watch. The opening scene over the credits makes me laugh my ass off. I'm trying to work "trampolining" into my everyday vocabulary.....
The "I thought you were a Democrat?" line is pretty funny.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2012 02:19 PM (TIIx5)
in a petty fit she set the Calydonian Boar upon Oeneus because he
forgot to include her in his yearly sacrifices, by the end of that hunt
there were many dead amongst Oeneus' family.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2012 06:17 PM (bwH3a)
Not much nice about her. Her and her brother killed an entire family when Mom boasted that her zillion kids were better than Leto's two.
Bitch.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2012 02:20 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: soulpile at July 17, 2012 06:18 PM (Mk/IQ)
well it's Guy Pierce so yeah. That being said, everything with him I think of Presilla, Queen of the Desert. Same with Hugo Weaving (makes Matrix and LotR more interesting)
Posted by: The Dude at July 17, 2012 02:20 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: lorien1973 at July 17, 2012 06:19 PM (0tkqC)
As a cow?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2012 02:20 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2012 06:16 PM (z1N6a)
Exactly.
Posted by: soulpile at July 17, 2012 02:22 PM (Mk/IQ)
Posted by: tobyy928© at July 17, 2012 06:20 PM (QupBk)
Its being redone, with CGI scenes of the sled going down a luge run.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2012 02:22 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 17, 2012 02:22 PM (Ho2rs)
Evidently not so much against hoodies, either.
The two made it to the ball park before they called and said they'd been shot.
In the buttocks.
Posted by: Arms Merchant at July 17, 2012 02:23 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: sonnyspats cc M.Romney,Matt Rhoades,Stuart fuckin Stevens! at July 17, 2012 02:23 PM (Qr9Rc)
My biggest quibble with 'Clash of the Titans'....was when Perseus tossed the Medusa-head into the bay.
I was like...."Wait! Don't do that! You're gonna need that later to slay other monsters! Wtf!"
Which is what Perseus was known to do....in the classical stories.
But the giant Kracken monster was great.
And so were the giant Scorpions.....or 'Scorpiox', as the director, Louis Leterrier, called them.
'Wrath' had a different director......Jonathan Liebesman, who also did 'Battle: Los Angeles'.....which is a great movie, imo.
Posted by: wheatie at July 17, 2012 02:23 PM (MbB0O)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2012 02:23 PM (bwH3a)
How about the $20 worth of vodka to make it palatable?
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at July 17, 2012 02:24 PM (Qxdfp)
The end is just a pow-wow of stupid.
*Semi SPOILER*
The US decides to blow uppa da space station so they send single-person ships to do the job. !!The ships dogfight with the fucking station!! Apparently missiles don't exist 10 years from now. Noooo, they have to fly 3 feet from the thing, and scream, "Gold leader, I'm hit AAAAAAGGG!"
* *
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 17, 2012 02:24 PM (mIoJ0)
Worse than Clash of the Titans was The Immortals. Goodness, that was time I'll never get back.
At least Clash was mildly entertaining. And by that, I mean I liked Medusa's CG. Plus, Liam Neeson.
Posted by: soulpile at July 17, 2012 02:24 PM (Mk/IQ)
I was like...."Wait! Don't do that! You're gonna need that later to slay other monsters! Wtf!"
Which is what Perseus was known to do....in the classical stories.
Posted by: wheatie at July 17, 2012 06:23 PM (MbB0O)
By the end of his saga he was pulling Medusa out to keep from paying his dinner tab.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2012 02:25 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: tobyy928© at July 17, 2012 02:25 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 17, 2012 02:25 PM (KsbGf)
When the three goddesses are discussing how randy a goat Zeus is is spot on.
Goat? Then why are all these damned feathers in my underwear drawer?
Posted by: Leda at July 17, 2012 02:25 PM (TIIx5)
Posted by: steevy at July 17, 2012 02:25 PM (6o4Fb)
My biggest quibble with 'Clash of the Titans'....was when Perseus tossed the Medusa-head into the bay.
I was like...."Wait! Don't do that! You're gonna need that later to slay other monsters! Wtf!"
Which is what Perseus was known to do....in the classical stories.
Posted by: wheatie at July 17, 2012 06:23 PM (MbB0O)
Yes! That was completely silly and against all common sense. Thus, it fits perfectly with Hollywood thinking.
Posted by: soulpile at July 17, 2012 02:26 PM (Mk/IQ)
Posted by: naturalfake at July 17, 2012 02:26 PM (54vf8)
"He tried to seduce me as cuttle fish."
"What did you do?"
"I turned myself into a shark."
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2012 02:27 PM (bwH3a)
Guts, violence, nudity, confusing plotlines... What's not to like?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at July 17, 2012 02:27 PM (PMGbu)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2012 02:28 PM (bwH3a)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 17, 2012 02:28 PM (KsbGf)
I used to pay $5 for first run Blu-Rays at blockbuster, but it cost me $6 to watch it on PPV Hi-Def and there is no hardware involved.
Makes me want to tell someone to kiss my ass.
Posted by: Vic at July 17, 2012 02:29 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: steevy at July 17, 2012 02:30 PM (6o4Fb)
But Leda didn't you got a honk time out of that?
"He tried to seduce me as cuttle fish."
"What did you do?"
"I turned myself into a shark."
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2012 06:27 PM (bwH3a)
Zeus gives great bill.
Posted by: Leda at July 17, 2012 02:30 PM (TIIx5)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 17, 2012 02:31 PM (Ho2rs)
OT, for an alternate source of schlock and fiction:
President Obama: Texas Will Soon Be A Battleground State.
Seriously. With such compelling evidence as this, who could ever seriously deny the lollercaust?
Posted by: reason at July 17, 2012 02:31 PM (F26eZ)
You magnificent Bastard! I read those books!
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 17, 2012 02:32 PM (+WgEk)
Posted by: joeindc44 says choom on fuckers at July 17, 2012 02:33 PM (QxSug)
Well, yeah, if Obama's DoJ has anything to say about it. Open the floodgates, men!
Posted by: Arms Merchant at July 17, 2012 02:33 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2012 02:33 PM (bwH3a)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 17, 2012 02:35 PM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: DrDrill at July 17, 2012 02:35 PM (L3nHO)
Posted by: soulpile at July 17, 2012 02:36 PM (Mk/IQ)
Posted by: tobyy928© at July 17, 2012 02:37 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: soulpile at July 17, 2012 06:36 PM (Mk/IQ)
Yeah, viewed one way all the Olympus gods are good. The bad fellows are the Titans and monsters stuffed under volcanos.
Viewed another way virtually all of them were nasty fellows. I don't remember a myth where Ceres was crappy, but that's about all. Even Cupid is a jagoff.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2012 02:42 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: tobyy928© at July 17, 2012 06:37 PM (QupBk)
Yeah, the spin in the myths is that he's no fun at parties, not that he's evil. He even married the one girl he carried off, and ended up letting her visit her mama half the year.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2012 02:44 PM (z1N6a)
Posted by: soulpile at July 17, 2012 06:36 PM (Mk/IQ)
Agreed. Then again, I always thought the Greek gods were like a bunch of brats with too much power, so it's not too surprising none of them seemed "good" to me. I've always preferred the Norse pantheon and thought that it sucked that Greek mythology was all they ever taught in school.
Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit at July 17, 2012 02:46 PM (h6HiH)
Heck, Fafhrd and Grey Mouser. Not half-gods, but each had a god-sponsor.
Posted by: PersonFromPorlock at July 17, 2012 02:47 PM (2VCZA)
127....By the end of his saga he was pulling Medusa out to keep from paying his dinner tab.
Harr.
Yeah, he used it a lot.
I think he finally had it made into a magic shield...or something...which he gave to the goddess who helped him out a lot.
Zeus's wife, Hera? I think.
It's been a while since I read all those classical stories.
Posted by: wheatie at July 17, 2012 02:47 PM (MbB0O)
Yeah, he used it a lot.
I think he finally had it made into a magic shield...or something...which he gave to the goddess who helped him out a lot.
Zeus's wife, Hera? I think.
It's been a while since I read all those classical stories.
Posted by: wheatie at July 17, 2012 06:47 PM (MbB0O)
At the end, Athena took the head and put it on her shield, Aegis.
Hera was no friend of any of Zeus' by blows or girlfriends.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2012 02:52 PM (z1N6a)
"Well, yeah, if Obama's DoJ has anything to say about it. Open the floodgates, men!"
HA! I thought that, too. Battleground, indeed, Barry.
Posted by: reason at July 17, 2012 02:54 PM (F26eZ)
The Orestes Cycle is a good example since it covers the Trojan War. Agamemnon off to save his brother's cheating wife, Klytmnestra sleeping around while Agamemnon was away, Aggie coming home to get killed by his cheating wife over him sacrificing their eldest daughter so he could sack Troy. Electra helping Orestes in seeking revenge so he kills his own mother. Then the Furies hound him for such a brutal act. And it all wraps up with Orestes on trial for murdering his mother.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2012 02:54 PM (bwH3a)
Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit at July 17, 2012 06:46 PM (h6HiH)
Even the Norse did not have good gods or evil gods. All the Gods were going to have to fight the bad Trolls and Giants and Big Dogs...and lose.
Not a Lotta laffs in Gotterdamerung.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2012 02:54 PM (z1N6a)
And the dumbest part of that whole mermaids among us show was the teenager fake-footage of a creepy-almost-dead mermaid corpse that suddenly MOVES and GRABS one of the kids! NYAAAGH!
Lame.
Posted by: reason at July 17, 2012 02:56 PM (F26eZ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 17, 2012 02:56 PM (r4wIV)
It is also here for browsing subjects
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Posted by: Vic at July 17, 2012 03:00 PM (YdQQY)
165...At the end, Athena took the head and put it on her shield, Aegis.Hera was no friend of any of Zeus' by blows or girlfriends.
Ah, thanks, Oldcat.
I was way off.
Like I said, it's been a while.....highschool, in fact, since I read those stories.
Posted by: wheatie at July 17, 2012 03:05 PM (MbB0O)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2012 06:54 PM (z1N6a)
Well, Loki was certainly not-good even before his imprisonment. I've heard the theory that *knowing* they were going to lose eventualy was what made the Norse gods take the whole "godding" thing more seriously.
Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit at July 17, 2012 03:10 PM (h6HiH)
The Encyclopedia of Mythology: Gods, Heroes, and Legends of the Greeks and Romans.
By Eric Flaum and David Pandy
Courage Books
1993.
Its an alphabetical who's who of the ancient world of myth.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2012 03:12 PM (bwH3a)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 17, 2012 03:19 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 17, 2012 07:19 PM (r4wIV)
Uhm, I always thought that tricking one of his siblings into, permanently, killing another because he was jealous of their popularity seemed pretty close to evil.
Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit at July 17, 2012 03:21 PM (h6HiH)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 17, 2012 03:22 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 17, 2012 07:22 PM (r4wIV)
I thought it was *why* he was imprisoned. It's been awhile though. in elementary school I pretty nearly had it all memorized, but haven't read any of the myths in a couple of decades.
Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit at July 17, 2012 03:30 PM (h6HiH)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 17, 2012 04:50 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: logprof at July 17, 2012 05:15 PM (s1RPX)
Wait, did they just steal the story from Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief?
Posted by: physics geek at July 17, 2012 06:17 PM (llWHs)
In fact, the original, cheesy stop-motion Clash with the clockwork owl was closer to the original stories.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 17, 2012 09:09 PM (r4wIV)
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