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This First Official Photo from CLASH OF THE TITANS Seems Grungy Cool!!
Merrick here...
Empire magazine recently printed the first official photo of Sam Worthington as Perseus in Louis Leterrier’s CLASH OF THE TITANS remake/redux/reimagining/whatever. The photo was subsequently presented by /film, whose scan appears herein.
The article, linked below, also offers a brief synopsis of the film, whose structure seems tweaked from the original's.
The image originates HERE.
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Has to be better than the original
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Anybody know who is handling the FX work?
Anybody know why in the fuck they aren't making Jurassic Park 4? -
Looks like a rip off of 300, which was already a piece of shit.
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That is a cute little sword he's got there....fuck it...yawn....
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to post 1 worthless pic of a shitty remake?
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Well, this is going to be more of the same modern junk. A classic film drowned in ultra-hip-hella-kewl-dark-yet-commercial trappings, and crammed into a PG-13 rating. And I bet we won't have the semi-nudity this time.
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Replacing the stop motion with CGI is just lame. Hollywood's new saying must be " Fix it, even if it's NOT broke."
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Best thing about T4. Can't wait to see more of his work.
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They just rip off all the pics of the sites the studios take seriously. I mean, really, has this site posted anything recently that wasn't taken from some other site? Oh yeah, the Star Trek screening which came as a result of multiple J.J. ejaculations into Harry's hand. Other than tat, thanks guys for posting up everybody else's exclusives on one convenient site! It's almost as if this site has no journalism credibility whatsoever...
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aka gay shit
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He certainly couldn't stick to his American accent all the way through TERMINATOR: SALVATION, could he?
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I thought to myself that this actually could be done right, maybe COTT is a movie that could use a little but of an makeover. Then I thought that they may just really fuck it all up, and this picture that just got posted and words like "grungy cool" are what popped into my mind when I imagined them fucking it all up. There better be some Andromeda ass and I mean that shit!
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At least in that image...
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I HOPE HARD R, WITH MEDUSA BOOBIES.
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Soooooo ... no actual "titans" in CLASH OF THE TITANS, just some Aussie dude with a crew cut, Ralph Fiennes reprising his "Voldemort" role, the bad guys from the last two Bond movies and the plot of Disney's HERCULES? Great work, guys. No, seriously.
I always thought TITANS was Harryhausen's weakest work -- he more or less peaked with SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER, which was flat-out amazing. So I'm not heartbroken that TITANS is getting remade, aside from the fact that it's a fucking REMAKE and you can practically smell a studio exec's coke-fueled desperation rolling off of it. But no Bobo or Medusa? Does he at least get to ride on a flying white horsey?
They're remaking HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, too (in 3-D, no less). After MY BLOODY VALENTINE, I used to joke that HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME would be next, then, HUMUNGOUS. I'm just gonna stop joking now. -
It's not that it's a remake of Clash of the Titans. That movie isn't so epic that a remake is earth-shattering news.
What makes it exciting is that it's a big-budget movie based on the fantasy side of greek mythology!!! That spells cool no matter how you slice it!
We've had the "historical" side of ancient Greece (Alexander, Troy, even 300, sorta). Yawn. If I wanted a history lesson I'd go to the library.
But a fantasy movie in Ancient Greece! With gods! And monsters! And medusae! And minotaurs! And... And... pant pant pant pant pant...
If it's done well, it's frikkin' exciting!
On the one hand, the doubters say that it's just Lord of the Rings in Ancient Greece.
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Sounds more like a combination of JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS and 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD than the myth of Perseus. Of course that might not be a bad thing since those are Harryhausen movies and the point of all this is to honor him.
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I LOVED Clash of the Titans when I was a kid. I recently purchased it on DVD and find it's still enjoyable, mainly for those superbly wrought monsters. The thing I find most amazing about it is how BRAVE the filmmakers were in their attempt to put all that stuff on screen. But with all due respect, it is NO CLASSIC. Bring on the remake! And if it fails...so be it.
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Sam Worthington was fantastic in Terminator Salvation, I'm excited to see him in something else and this looks excellent. I'm always up for a sword and sandel movie.
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"Helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus (Liam Neeson) and unleash hell on earth. Leading a daring band of warriors, Perseus sets off on a perilous journey deep into forbidden worlds. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, he will only survive if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny."
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His accent was kind of dicey in Terminator.
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i'm going to trash your lights!
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The original Clash wasn't exactly an accurate depiction of the myth of Peresus to begin with. And, btw, Troy was supposed to be Greek Myth on film but the PTB decided for us to remove the Gods to showcase more of Bloom and Bana's incredibly layered acting talents. Good choice! Homer didn't know shit anyway about what made a good story, there's no way any of his girly poems will stand the test of time like Troy will...right?
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That is a reason to go, hopefully there will be more.
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I actually made the mistake of reading Alan Dean Foster's novelization and seeing all the toy commercials before actually getting to see the movie itself, which I envisioned as SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER mixed with STAR WARS. Hey, I love Harryahusen as much as the next geek, but that stuff was just plain ol' Gorgonzola cheese. The stop-motion looked like a rush job that maybe got farmed out to Art Clokey to get it finished on time, and the worst part was that they ill-advisedly tried to mix it up with live action (actors in lousy makeup) in the closeups. In SINBAD, the most impressive part was how Harryhausen somehow managed to keep his stop motion creatures interacting with the live actors on the set (think of the scene where Tyrone Power plays chess with the baboon) ... and they probably had a great deal more time to do it, as well.
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No, Clash wasn't a masterpiece but it was goddamned fun and I can still watch it and smile and remember why it was so much goddamned fun. Yes, it's very cheesy by today's standards but today's standards suck elephant dick, don't they? This is just gonna be another quick-cut, close up, fake blood flying smorgasboard of mediocrity. The reason that people are either rolling their eyes at this one or just dismissing it entirely is beacuse everyone ou there knows and understands what this movie COULD BE, and I think we all know what it will be. Maybe good, maybe fun for two hours, quite possibly enjoyable, then forgotten three hours later. It won't be something that sticks with us for twenty-five years like the original has.
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I hope they're not trying to "300" this thing up.
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Goddamn - do another movie about the Odyssey but for fuck's sake don't call it "Clash Of The Titans"! Its a replication of a replication. It's Plato's fucking cave and we're all watching the shadows on the wall. Fuck us, fuck this movie, and fuck Harry Hamlin!
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the studios already send you the scraps you need to survive. When you say everything is cool it lessens the impact of something truly cool.
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By the way, it's not that "a remake of CLASH OF THE TITANS shouldn't be earth-shattering news", it's that ANY remake should be earth-shattering news. They're either remaking or rebooting ALIEN now. Next week, it'll be JAWS. Two more weeks, THE EXORCIST. People can cite great remakes throughout the history of film all they want, but I bet you'll be hard-pressed to cite a period of cinema where virtually every movie, big or small, that was made twenty or thirty years earlier is now getting either remade or "rebooted". Are we gonna be sitting around in the EXORCIST talkback trying to justify Tarsem being named the director, or how Dakota Fanning will do in the "Regan" role, or if they're gonna do the spinning head trick with CGI this time? And aside from what I can only assume is one hell of a paycheck, who the hell even WANTS to be in the movie biz anymore? So you can be the dude who got to write the Rock's dialogue in the MR. MAJESTIK remake?
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EYE OF THE TIGER the "peak" of Harryhausen's movies??? Are you nuts? That is by far the worst of the Sindbad movies, although the special effects ar fine (as always) and also much worse than the mediocre Clash of the Titans. Seventh Voyage of Sindbad and Golden Voyage: Those are the true classics.
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... the original Clash Of The Titans is terrible. Honestly. I loved it as a kid, picked it up on DVD a year ago, and oh my... it has not aged well. Harry Hamlin plays possibly the most under-utilised protagonist in a film ever. 80% of his lines are basically repeating verbatim what Laurence Olivier says, in a bemused tone. Sometimes you have to step back and take off the rose-tinted glasses and see the old favourites for what they are. In this case, it could be a remake that takes the promise of the original premise and actually lives up to it. I mean, the cast looks half-decent, and wasn't Lawrence Kasdan writing it at one point? Not sure if he just turned in a draft and left, but I seem to remember him promising blood, guts, and nudity. Which should satisfy the majority in here if nothing else...
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That scene in Medusa's lair was fucking killer.
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without Harry Hamlin's buttchin.
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I know it was a rumor. I'll see it, if the World's Last True Badass is in it.
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would be designed without a hilt/guard. seems silly to me.is there some history/weaponry dork out there that can school me?
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I'm not gonna bring a knife to a nerd fight here, but yeah, EYE OF THE TIGER was far more accomplished, both as a film and as an example of Harryhausen's final works, than TITANS. And I'm not comparing either to ARGONAUTS or his earlier SINBAD flicks, which remain his masterworks. But TITANS was badly made ... hardly his fault. It bothered me a great deal as a kid, when I was a lot more forgiving of crappy visuals than I am now, and I wouldn't even try to watch it today. I think I made an attempt a couple of years back and was just horrified at how clumsily the live action and the stop motion were cobbled together. In fact, I'd go so far to say that the movie the original TITANS reminded me the most of was CALIGULA. Stunt casting, stunt premise, a director who was out of his element trying to make a period piece with a unique slant and lots of money being thrown at all the wrong shit. Maybe the original TITANS should have been a porn flick?
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"...if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny."
PFFFHHT. Sounds liek the same bogus horseshit spoonfed to American teenagers year after year. A thinly veiled capitalist agenda feeding the sheep the idea that they can do and be anything provided they work hard. Get fucking real. -
Huge Harryhausen fan, but Clash was pretty cheesy tbh, never been a fan of depicting the Greek Pantheon either, the Gods presence should be felt but seldom seen imho. Just hope the creatures are all they can be and the animation is as distinctive as the great Harryhausens. Leterrier's a decent shooter, this could be good.
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That determined look, and the way he holds that shield... hmmmm... dye his hair blonde and sign this cat up for Captain America... NOW!!!
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Sorry, I earlier said "Tyrone Power" was in SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER, it was Patrick Wayne (there is a Taryn Power in the film, that's what always messes me up). And a very tasty Jane Seymour and evil MILF-y Margaret Whiting as the witch.
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Like a fully sik one?
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sorry. could not resist
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We need more Communist propaganda in film these days. "He will only survive if he learns to trust in The Party and put the needs of the collective before his own!"
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I wouldn't stray too far from that design, loved the rattlesnake lower-body, scaly hag physog and those burning green eyes; one of the best ever R.H sequences.
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Harryhausen's most forgettable film (exempting the fx)--it's also the most lavishly produced (though the profits were less than stellar). When I submitted one of the CLASH action figures (in blister pack) for his signature, Harryhausen looked bemused ("These didn't sell very well, did they?"). Anyway, what's the point of a CLASH remake sans the Harryhausen magic? CGI is a pathetic substitute.
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http://tinyurl.com/kpbj8p Needs must.
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Jun 02, 2009 10:42:32 AM CDT
Did Lawrence Kasdan really write the screenplay for this?
by orbots commander
If so, and if Letterier just shoots from it without alterations, it could be a good movie. We all know Kasdan can write great adventure movies (Raiders, Empire Strikes Back and Silverado).
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Simply lame.
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Good one! Your junior high education really got me there.
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This is GREEK MYTHOLOGY. Stop trying to grit it up, it's not reality. Have the balls to go for big giant gods, monsters, flaming fucking balls of fire shooting from the heavens, flying horses, and all that other stuff. I was really looking forward to this, but these pictures seem to prove that it's going to be another 'grit' fest with fucking lame rubber armour - what is it with the RUBBER ARMOUR?? For god's sake, I'm so sick of people trying to do these stories 'as they may have happened' - we have the technology now to truly realise the real magic, blood and thunder of these brilliant tales and film is the perfect medium, but for some reason no modern film-makers seem to have the guts to really go for the insane weirdness of Greek myth. That's why Troy was a big pile of shit, I was so excited for that film and it was the most heinous pieces of crap I've ever seen. I hate to rant, but I have my reasons!
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Jun 02, 2009 10:51:06 AM CDT
I would've walked out of T4, were it not for his performance...
by fuckmichaelbay
...Worthington saved that movie from total shitdom.
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. . . Baby Boomer Liberal Guilt period.
If Perseus spends a weekend with his old Lyceum buddies for Kevin Costner's funeral, only to be carjacked in the bad part of Athens, resulting in him becoming friends with a Moor and going on holiday with the Moor's family, I'll be pissed.
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My bad.
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Anyhoo, that synopsis sounds very little like the old one. They could have just called it something else and then it wouldn't be a "remake". Acrisius sounds like Calibos though. Loved Calibos.
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eh....
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Travis Beacham. So its an adapted screenplay of sorts.
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Another "gritty" pissed off looking hero. I'm getting tired of so much grit in movies. Sticks in your teeth, hard to get out.
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Jun 02, 2009 11:20:33 AM CDT
Looks solid. But it's the monsters that are gonna sell this.
by mr nicholas
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If they're going for the crappy 'realistic' angle (GARRR!), the Gorgons will probably be some race of deformed, freakish women who live in the dark and wear a crown of snakes. Come on lameos, at least give us proper monsters alongside your stoopid gritfest!
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I don't particularly care that they're remaking Clash. I do care that the remake apparently has no relation to either the original film or to the actual myth, beyond a few names. The original film was an awfully loose adaptation of the myth, but you could still see the bones of the myth in there if you squinted. This remake, however, sounds much more like a rehash of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys than anything related to the Perseus story. Why bother?
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"Grungy cool"--two words I don't really have any interest in associating with Clash of the Titans.It would be really neat if they could do a great job with this. But so much fantasy these days is so tiresomely self-referential, and apologetic for its own subject matter (see the likes of 'Legend of the Seeker') that it's hard to imagine them doing this with any conviction.Oh, sure, there'll be dirt on the actors and lots of grim expressions and "grittiness"--maybe even some "realism" thrown in. But under the surface, it's too often gutless storytelling.I hope they prove me wrong here. I don't expect it.
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that has to compete with Ray Harryhausen's Medusa. The guy was in his seventies at the time, and it's still the most exciting stop action / special effects moment ever. When someone can make you forget it's just clay, that's genius.
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Its not the same story, Its not even the same mythology, One again Hollywood making up its own shit and selling a movie based on a familiar name.
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No 300 slow-mo shit. And I want Bear Grylls to play one of the badass motherfuckers in it. Anyone know if he's in it, like it was rumored?
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Troy 2? This looks like a set pic of an extra from that movie! Same design on the shield and everything. Cat_Corporation has got it right, have the gonads to go full monsters and shit! not this "gritty" or "realistic" or "grungy" thing whatever these lame brains making this movie come up with!
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Where's me other Titan, then?
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for the various gods - set it apart from Troy and 300. And all of you whiners know you're going to see it, why bother being contrarian.
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http://ekstrabladet.dk/flash/filmogtv/film/article1172033.ece
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This simply sucks, plain and simple. As D. Vader wrote, you need the Hamlin hair, not a beefed-up reject from 300. For one thing, Perseus is supposed to be a kid tryijng to prove himself, not a seasoned warrior. And doing it "gritty" would be a slap in the face of the original Harryhausen, which was SUPPOSED to be goofy fun.
Of the directors out there, only Raimi could do this justice. As it stands, pathetic.
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you heard me
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What studio would bankroll a remake of a very mediocre half-hit? Why not actually do a good rendering of Perseus, call it something else, and not treat the world like one big short bus?
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what he did, for the Terminator, this film will suck as well.
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Unless the reviews are really good. SOrry,. but I'm off the fanboy gravy train from here on in. This year has been the breaking point for me. This is like the Flash Gordon TV show, taking something innocent and fun and making it unncessecearily dark.
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That's all you need right there. Fucking perfect. Make him really demonic looking. And yes you'll all go see it, shut up.
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then see whatever movie it is you're bitching about, then bitch again. But you see it.
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than McWeeny really is right - this generation is the most slavishly addicted one EVER to reminiscences of the past. Hamlin was, stealing lines from 'People VS Larry Flynt', a blow-dried pretty boy homo. He was/is/forever will be a shitty actor. And I do loves me some Sir Larry but damn was he slumming in that moobie. The only thing I still enjoy is that obvious-knockoff-of-R2D2-but-still-enjoyable Bubo. Otherwise, have no problem with it being remade.
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But you still paid to see it, genius.
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the original film's nudity that somehow made it by the MPAA, with a PG rating?
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I hope he's better than his "performance" in Terminator Salvation...
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That grittiness is fucking distraaaacting! Now everything has to be gritty in the wake of THE DARK KNIGHT... Harrumph.
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Perseus should look like a buff but not overly pumped Greek dude, not a fricking linebacker. Think Adrian Grenier (I know he's not Greek, but he still looks the part). No, Clash Of The Titans is not a perfect movie by any means. But it was FUN. This looks like yet another depressing CGI piece of crap.
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Jun 02, 2009 12:25:11 PM CDT
pagliacci, apparently a lot less of us are doing that these days
by wookie1972
Look at how Watchmen tanked.
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The pre-Dark Age "Greeks" (pre-1000 BC) weren't modern Greeks -- heck, weren't even classical Greeks (e.g. So-crates). Different language, different culture, different everything. Only the legends survived the waves of incursions during the Greek "Dark Age"
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"The guard protects the user's hand from the opponent's sword, and also prevents the user's hand from sliding up onto his own blade. This feature barely appears in the earliest swords, such as those of the Bronze Age in the 17th century BC." While 17th century is about 4 or 5 before Perseus, the guard part of the hilt is a late addition to the sword anatomy.
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Jun 02, 2009 12:30:29 PM CDT
The point for me is that all properties are being made the same
by wookie1972
I look at the trailer for Sherlock Holmes and I get depressed. Why bother making a Sherlock Holmes movie (or a Clash Of The Titans movie, or whatever) if you're going to take away everything that made them unique? (Yes, I know I said essentially teh opposite aout the Buffy reboot, but that was just because I wanted to piss off Whedonites. So sue me). I just... I dunno, this just really gets to me, because it seems to be taking something that was meant to be silly and for kids and making it joyless.
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I live in London and it costs £10 to go to watch a film. If it looks like shit and is reviewed like shit, I'm not going to bother paying all that money to watch it, particularly when the viewing experience is increasingly being mauled by fuckwits who don't know when to shut up. I didn't see Watchmen. I'm not going to see Terminator. Don't presume to judge us all by what I suspect is your own way of doing things.
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In the spirit of Harry Hamlin's Perseus, Grenier would have been just fine. But they're trying for TERMINATOR: OLYMPUS here (obviously) so we're out one good-time movie, and we get some reheated fucking angsty gritfest instead.
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put some CG snakes in her hair and voila. Boy, making executive decisions is easy!
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Step away from the white vader. you'll be having an original idea if you're not careful. That shit is the SHIT.
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...and precisely what I expected--some boardroom-born bullshit mash-up of 300, Armageddon, and Gladiator.These cynical bastards know they can keep taking shortcuts and still make a buck, and we're stuck in this crummy generation of "creative types" who are afraid to be creative and imaginative.What happened between the 80s and now to make everyone so self-conscious, drab, and glum about fantasy? And then when someone gets it right, we get jokes about "gay Hobbits". I say, fuck all of you who are cynics and who are perpetuating this rubbish. Give us our fantasy back, and take your AVP and go home.
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Casper Van Dien for Flash. Verhoeven, or Joel Schumacher to direct. Megan Fox for Dale, Eva Green for Princess Aura.
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I won't see it.
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Be calm. We have SOLOMON KANE coming soon, and TALES OF THE ANCIENT EMPIRE is on its way (though it still has that fucker Sorbo in it). The gods still favour us!
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I agree with all of you guys. Where is the fun in any of this filmmaking? Where is anything that will spark a kid's imagination the way ours were sparked by the films we grew up with? Today's flicks are just fodder for moping. Where's the joy in creativity, the wonder, the free-spiritedness? I have hopes that Where the Wild Things Are will redeem this year. Because it already needs redeeming.
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I don't know if your taste runs to horror, but Drag Me To Hell was good fun (and this is from someone who hated Spidey 3) Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes utterly depresses me. The problem is that the execs (and, let's face it, the fanboys too) are wanting genre movies for themselves, not for kids. As good as Dark Knight was, it robbed the kids of a fun superhero movie. My guess is that there will be a push to make this an R, then a hard R, and then when it bombs fanboys will bitch that it was "too intense" for the average moviegoer.
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Actually, McConaughey would be a good choice for Odysseus, who in the Oddysey is the original cocky bastard. Too bad about the accent, though.
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I was just introduced to shit a couple weeks back with SALVATION....Now that the brother & cop killing-robo cock smoke has been introduced I want to see his face all over kid's underwear and Snickers packaging....
That movie is going to suck a dog's pink lip stick....Don't even beat yourself up over thinking otherwise....
There's only one CLASH OF THE TITANS and it should left that way. No detached and hollow CGI skeletons running amuck....I'm talking STOP-MOTION real DEAL!
Don't BELIEVE THE HYPE!!!
"WHERE THE FUCK IS KURT RUSSELL?!?!"
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For one thing, it gets the (for lack of a better term) theology wrong in addition to the mythology. Hades is not the Greek equivalent of Satan, nor is Zeus the equivalent of a benevolent God. The Greek gods were superficial and acted on their whims, something the original movie got right. Ugh, this is worse than I thought.
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He still got the hair piece he wore in Troy!
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Spud Mc Spud...SHHHHH. Dude don't even joke about remaking Flash Gordon. A true classic if there ever was one.
Roderich...Can't agree with you about The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad. I've heard others say it too but Sinbad And The Eye Of The Tiger is a far better story, better paced and edited for my money. Though the actor playing Sinbad isn't quite as good. I found Seventh Voyage slow with a lot of Tom Baker running around doing a lot of nothing. My 2 cents. -
Clash Of The Titans shouldn't be "grungy cool". It's like the Flash Gordon TV show or Tin Man. Not everything can be formed into the "angsty" mold.
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Apologies for the Flash Gordon thing. I'm giving these fuckers ideas ;D
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Jun 02, 2009 1:28:27 PM CDT
Did the assholes who's remaking Clash of the Titans--
by theycallmemrtibbs
even bother watching the original? Or at least read the mythology it was based on?
Perseus didn't go on a voyage to save his family,
He went because the princess he was about to marry dumbass momma proclaimed that she was more beautiful than the Goddess Hera.....IN HER TEMPLE--out of all places! Perseus had just maimed Hera's son Calibos and Hera was waiting for an opportunity at some payback and the stupid ol Queen handed it to her on a silver platter to feed to the Kraken.
Perseus didn't battle Hades or any of the crap in this re-whatever. How is the story they're doing now anything close to the original for them to call it " Clash of the Titans?"
True the original wasn't perfect---I watched it recently-Yikes!!! I wouldn't mind a remake if they would keep some of the stuff that was fun in the original. If not change the name. -
will CGI beasties be as good as SM. And if they do decide to be clever and make the CGI look SM, it'll be pointless. Course, if they'd got James Woods to do Hades I might be interested...
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I would say Drag Me To Hell the best "non R" rated horror film since Poltergiest.
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I'm in...she's crazy beautiful.
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... and as for my flying horse here, THIS... IS... PEGASUS!"
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think about it.
1. Perseus hair, they're wasn't a loose string on that entire ball of yarn. Hamlin fought Gorgons, 2 headed dogs and rode atop a flying steed and his hair didn't budge, not even once!
2. The Gods, Everyone on top of Mt. Olympus had an ego, from Zeus' proclamations to Hera's irritation with humanity.
3. Calibos, he thought because of his "Brad Pitt" looks and his momma was Queen Goddess he could go around and fuck with Zeus' winged horses and get away with it. ----Stupid Calibos
4. Medusa, Fine as hell at first, Until she got caught doing freaky shit in somebody's temple and they gave her a "Gorgon smackdown"
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Gwen from 'Angel' gotta eat!
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As Athena? Hot ass Deadwood prostitute killed by Walcott that was also in Coyote Ugly which I had too much self-respect to see?! I'm in.
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I didn't expect this, but it looks promising?
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and its telling me that this is actually going to be good. In an awesome dudes fight monsters kind of way.
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This is the third scifi/fantasy movie you've made now. Terminator: Salivation already bombed, I expect Avatard will dissapoint as well. Clash's Box office demise will be the trifecta of suckiness. You better save that moohla or else you will end up with Jason London in Basilisk 2!
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It really could be awesome, but you know how that goes. Is it grungy for realism or just because of 300?
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This movie will suck moose cock, there is zero doubt in my mind of that. The best thing I can think to say is that the girl they have playing Andromeda doesn't look bad (although I saw some pretty hideous pictures of her too while Googling, overall not bad though). -
if you're still here, thanks.
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Hahahahaha
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We're not making fuckin Pride and Prejudice. You're going toe ta toe with tha fuckin KRAKEN! Ya better have your fuckin game on!
Oh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the Magical Man from Happy Land in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane!
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Wait...Hollywood's remaking everything and it's the audience that's slavishly devoted to the past? Like wookie1972 said, it's not that we're particuarly tied to Harry Hamlin, it's that unique and idiosyncratic films are being remade into forgettable & interchangeable franchise "product". You know things are bad when even the worst mindless crap from the 70s looks like Citizen Kane compared to the modern digitally processed and chock-full of Hollywood macho multiplex fare. Fuck Moriarty and his audience-hating attitude.
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Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel.
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is always welcome to me, I'm sick of reality movies.. I like to be taken to another world, even if its only for 2 hrs or something.
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can meet over a steaming bowl of dicks while discussing the UBERMENSCH!!!
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Every internet service provider should have the same slogan: High Speed Internet! Jerk off as much as you like, to whatever you like, and pretend like your opinion matters on countless message boards!
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The original is not a classic, and an update would not be out of place. Everyone's fond of Harryhausen's FX for it, but the film slowed to a crawl when the creatures weren't on screen; the big names phoned in their performances, and Harry Hamlin was utterly at sea in the lead.
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these hollywood-remaking everything motherfuckers.
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and this looks like GLADIATOR mixed with DRAGONSLAYER. WTF?!?!?
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Can anyone tell me a better screen-Dragon to date? Animation doesn't count. Alright, cartoons don't count to be more specific. Love that dragon. Here's hoping Del Toro's Smaug will reign supreme.
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Hate! Hate! Hate! Hate! There ain't nothing but hate in these talkbacks. The movie hasn't even come out yet and you fuckers keep talking shit about it. Fuck all you haters who keep hating on what seems like every movie that comes out. Why the fuck do you even read the articles or come on this site if you don't like any of the movies that are talked about. This shit had to be said because I was getting pissed off. Douchebag virgin nerd herding bastards.
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I think some of us have been burned so many times that we can kind of see it coming. Granted, I'm always willing to give a movie a chance. And sometimes it's just fun to smacktalk. I know, for my part, I will always confess if I was wrong about something that I was sure would suck and didn't. well, I like to think i would as I have never been wrong. (kidding!)
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Search your feelings...
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Jun 02, 2009 7:32:56 PM CDT
Harry Hamlin reprising his Perseus role in God of War II !!!!
by orionsangels
That was awesome! It sucks Kratos kills him, but Perseus was being a dick.
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You've just said what I've been feeling for years. That's why I make it my duty to do nothing on here but bitch about people that do nothing but bitch about movies(yes, that makes sense). So the circle is complete. Thank you for joining the battle.
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Oh hell yeah, that was awesome indeed. Damn, can't wait for III.
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Should change their name to either NegativeNancy(instert number), or IHateMovies(instert number). Bunch of hipster D-bags.
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is actually good. Not by Kasdan, though, the draft I read a few months ago is by a team. And If I were the writers I'd want to kill whoever wrote that synopsis. Nothing like what I read, which actually hits the myths and beats of the original pretty well. Who knows what happens next, it usually always get messed up but that's what I know.
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I am not sure Perseus should be so "grim-n-gritty" but what can be seen of his costume and props looks more historically accurate than the original. The original put Perseus in the Classical period when he belonged in the Archaic period. I want to see more stills.
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Was in Clash of the Titans. My mom was sitting next to me. It was awkward.
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Nothing like Lord Olivier saying 'My owl, Bubu" with disco lightning behind his head.
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I love how one can't criticize something without being labeled a hater. People who label critics as haters are fucking morons. The plot synopsis is LOUSY. Disney's already done it, and it has zero mythological grounding. Label me a hater all you want -- anything to help your ITG erection get up tonight. But facts is facts: if it sounds like shit, and it looks like shit, then there's a good chance it's going to taste like shit.
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That's not Harry!
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Jun 02, 2009 8:18:38 PM CDT
Urgh, give me the combined bishieness and tough guy Perseus.
by anna valerious
Really, I still stand by my claims that Will Kemp would've been better. This isn't "God of War", dammit.
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it'll end up looking like something crapped out by the SkyFy/SciFi Skiffy Channel or whatever they're calling themselves these days. There's plenty of other Greek myth-related stuff they could've gone with - why mess with Harryhausen's last hurrah? Disrespectful - that's what it is.
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Now I know who to ask if I need some insight about eating shit. Thanks. I think it's funny that you all think you're critics. I have an idea. If you don't want to see a movie, don't watch it and shut the fuck up.
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It's up now
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Why does this look like Gladiator meets Troy? What's up with the Roman armor? And why the fuck can't Hollywood bring us an authentic mythological adventure instead of turning it into God of War meets Crank? Fuck.
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This looks like another fucking "King Arthur" POS.
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.....seems others can though.
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.....seems others can though.
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.....seems others can though.
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HELL YEAH! This is gonna be so cool. The new story plot actually seems a bit more Disneyesque (Hercules sans the comedy?) than I'd want but...hey, it's a greek myth after all.
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made me cackle like a gorgon outloud! "I'll just stop joking now"...so true, so true. And I drew the parallel to Hercules before I had a chance to read yours btw!((still holds))...!
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When that Andromeda babe came out of the bath, and into that see through fabric...that my friends was pure fap material at the age of 12.
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Hope they dont fuck it up cause it looks promising....by the way worthington looks way better with long hair...see macbeth.
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Not that it's a classic or anything..but really; is this the best Hollywood can do these days?
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bring'em on
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I'm sorry, I forgot you were making this movie. How stupid of me. So that means you've already seen it and know its gonna be shit or maybe you're hoping it'll be as good as your favorite movie (Navy Seals or some lame ass equivelant). See what you really forget is the fact that no one gives a shit about your opinion on the film because you're not a critic you don't make your living critiuqeing movies and even if you did nobody would take your advice seriously because you want every movie to stand up to your standards. Go choke yourself.
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You're joking, right? Yopu'll slip into a hula skirt and entertain the troops, right? Everything from pace to annoying comedy relief seriously crippled TIGER; I'm impassioned with Harryhausen's work, but the only thing that I can recount about that lame "sequel" is Jane Seymour's semi-nude scene. 7TH VOYAGE matches JURASSIC PARK with its pioneering technology, both iconic films prompted audiences to (literally) gasp and subsequently circumvent constrictive f/x. 7TH VOYAGE is a classic, TIGER is Harryhausen's equivalent of a Sci-Fi Channel timekiller. Love JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (Zeus, played by the criminally underrated Niall MacGinnis [Karswell in CURSE OF THE DEMON], debates his own longevity/existence; the skeleton fight, et al. The only character that disappointed juvenile audiences was Hercules; kids wanted a brawny, rippling hero--but they had to settle for the anemic Nigel Green. Indisputably, Green was a solid actor [see THE RULING CLASS, IPCRESS FILE, et al]. But Hercules??? They'll probably hire Eddie Deezen to play the same role in the inevitable remake, complete with CGI indulgences).
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Isn't that a shot from the final episode of Silver Spoons? (see, looks like Ricky at a glance is all I'm saying.) But what an episode it was.
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FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL! FAIL!
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You realize as much as we bitch and moan like cheated D&D Masters, I hope the focus group we all participate in which contributes to AICN's payroll will FINALLY see the muck they are trying to feed us....Stop looking at numbers and faces and it give us the goods (STORY & CHARACTER!)
"WHERE THE FUCK IS KURT RUSSELL?"
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There was a ton of nudity in it! And I was watching in school!
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to kick a lot of ass!!
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I was thinking the same thing... looks just like Gladiator.
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See nothing interesting happened in the thread after I left.
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I seriously hope this isn't going to be "300" esque, that would be a slap in the face of the original..
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assuming they still have the character of Ammon the playwright in this movie.
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and they had graphic novel versions of Greek and Roman Mythology. Pretty cool, but the Perseus story had the Kraken in it. That didn't exist in Greek mythology. Just like Bubo, it was created for Clash of the Titans.
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. . . as long as it fucks your eyeballs!
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I'm sure it did. I'm going to go and check wikipedia. Because that's the best source.
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wasn't called the Kraken, though.
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After Perseus slayed it, it's blood spilled into a large body of water creating the Red Sea---We'll--- thats what I heard.
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Jun 03, 2009 1:25:03 PM CDT
I kinda wish I HADN'T consulted Wikipedia in this matter!
by royston lodge
"Zeus came to her in the form of a shower of gold, and got her pregnant."
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before COTT. Maybe I'm thinking of Bubo or Calibos. Honestly I wish they'd do COTT with either the tale of Theseus and the Minotaur or Baleraphon (sp?) slaying the Chimera. Actually in mythology it was Baleraphon who rode Pegasus. The guy got a swelled head, and after his exploits considered himself equal to the gods, so he flew up to Olympus, but they knocked his ass back down to earth, and he ended up being a crippled beggar for life, or something like that.
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But when I saw the movie it was a bunch of guys in towels standing around
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Okay you guys got me curious and I found out that the myth refers to "cetus" (or cetea), a sea monster, which is not a giant squid. The word "Kraken" is derived from Norse mythology.
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Why in G-ds name did they hire that midget to star as the warrior prince Perseus?
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men's Chest where Pintel and Raghetti, the 3PO and R2 of the series, are arguing over the correct pronunciation of the word, saying in the original Norse its pronounced "Krahken". Or Krayken. I don't recall which was which.
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thats a good thing
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Because Hollywood Keeps Dropping Shit Bombs On Us Like Mother Licking Dresden. Beeeaaattccchh!
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pull your intestines out and strangle you to death with them. Long live the handsome headed monster Harry Hamlin and Larry Drake his Retarded Stallion!
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The Midguard Serpent which was slain by Thor?
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You're right, the exact term is not in Norse mythology but legend grew out of Norway from sailors and fisherman about a giant sea monster.
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That one guy he started it though.
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Visions of that crappy Christopher Lambert BEOWULF movies.
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