I know what you were thinking

[andrewducker]

You were thinking that 300 was okay, but it was a little too understated.

(And also that what we really needed was an action movie from the director of The Fall.)

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Wow, that looks awful, I can't wait!

Looks like the movie the remake of Clash Of The Titans should have been.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

It arguably had clashing titans in, which puts it way ahead of "Clash of the Titans" right there :)

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

I still struggle to get my head around how they managed to forget to put the Titans into that remake. :)

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

To be fair to the remake, I don't think the original was about literal titans either :)

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

It did have Titans in it though, and at least one of them clashed? I can't honestly remember, its years since I saw that movie. I remember it being very charming though.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

I've still not seen it. I think maybe it had clashing titans in the sense of titanic mythological humanoid figured doing violent stuff, but not in the sense of the gods overthrowing chronos and the elder gods to establish olympus -- which is not necessary, but is what i hoped for based on the title :)

[andrewducker]

For that you'd have more luck with Disney's Hercules :->

(Well - kinda)

[lpetrazickis.livejournal.com]

That's a big kinda. Disney's Hercules was Christian mythology with the serial numbers filed off and replaced with ancient Greek ones. For example, the villain was basically Satan renamed to Hades.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Wasn't Medusa a Titan?

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Oh, huh. Apparently. Hm.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

So there was at least the clashing of ~a~ Titan. :)

[andrewducker]

Is the kraken also a titan?

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

I believe so, but I'd have to look it up to know for sure.

... no, I don't think it is. Was. Whichever.

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

It's amazing how much more interesting the much more cheaply made Plot Device piece you posted a little earlier was.

[andrewducker]

Yup.

It didn't help that it had pretty much no interesting plot in it, being merely a series of fight scenes.