Well..I have new drinking game to play.
Hercules
Written by Nostalgia Chick Saturday, 31 July 2010 00:48
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07.31.2010 - 01:03 | Hapa Samurai
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07.31.2010 - 20:58 | Divide By Zero
I'm pretty sure I could get properly shnookered just playing along with this review, let alone the whole movie.
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her drinking game is just drink at anything that's in the movie. Might as well just chug from the begining save the time
P.S. I loved those songs man, and your whole "wait movie, wait, come back here" not so great
Still love ya though!
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01.01.2011 - 09:26 | innuendoblues
What kind of a drinking game would it be if it were something like "Take a sip whenever there's a dancing unicorn in a Hitchcock's movie"?
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07.31.2010 - 01:28 | Data Human
Ah, the drinking game. A way to turn any bad movie viewing into a drunk bad moive viewing.
...Alright, I understand how you have to take a few liberties with the story, what with it being a kids movie, but come on. Hera tried to kill Hercules, like, at least 5 times.
Also, he was really named Heracles. (Mythology Nerd)
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07.31.2010 - 03:23 | Phred
Uh, isn't it technically Herakles, since Greek doesn't have a C?
And this movie falls under the big pile of Disney movies that I can't remember. And why couldn't they make Zeus or Hera the Villain?
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07.31.2010 - 04:23 | mr_rubinoRemember when they remade Clash of the Titans and made Hades the villain instead of an ally? Yeah, that was like 4 months ago. We're that stupid as a species.
EDIT: *sigh* Oh Makeover Naiad, you mischievous troublemaker.
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07.31.2010 - 07:06 | Nightmare060
Hades wasn't even in the origional Clash of the Titans! The main villain was Calibos, and in part Zues because he was punishing both Calibos and Andromeda for Calibos' murder of Zues' flying horses, save for Pegasus.
That's right. The origional has actual DEAPTH rather than fucking flat stock characters like in the remake!
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08.20.2010 - 14:10 | mr_rubinoHe was in for a bit. Helmet of invisibility. Or am I remembering wrong?
Nonetheless, if you wanted unabashedly smash a quasi-God-vs-Devil story onto Greek mythology to make the average idiot's nose not bleed, Cronus would be perfect for the "fighting to get out of Hell and destroy Heaven" role. And he's a Titan! That'd take the number of Titans in either Clash of the Titans to... 1.
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07.31.2010 - 05:11 | Assiman
Yeah, Zeus was actually a real cheater in mythology. Always screwing around with normal women and Hera was fucking pissed
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07.31.2010 - 10:58 | KyleL
:sigh: When you translate something into the alphabet we use for English you spell it phonetically, with the exception of other words from Latin based languages that already use this alphabet. Hercules and Heracles have been spelt both ways and are both accepted by academic’s.
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07.31.2010 - 14:02 | KyaStarDeath=bad=villain
=_=
I sure hope when I die the rulers of death are nice because we'll be spending a lot of time together.
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By that logic then Thanatos would be the villian of Hercules.
Not Hades.
Hades is the LORD of the dead (think King of England)
Thantos IS the GOD OF DEATH. (Think grim reaper.)
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08.01.2010 - 01:24 | Sirenqueen Kia
Yeah, that would be interesting, but maybe they didn't want to make a rip-off of the Hercules TV-Series (with Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst) where Hera was quite evil - against what the mythology tells us...
Zeus would have been interesting and I'm pretty sure it may have effected the game God of War 8 years later, where Zeus is the bad guy. Funny, while I was saying that, I just came to the conclusion that in God of War almost anyone is in a way evil...even the "Hero".
Anyway, the only thing I really, really, really liked about this Hercules Movie, is Hades (voiced by James Woods). He's so much fun to watch... =D
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08.01.2010 - 04:59 | Kallikanzarid
Zeus wasn't an enemy to Hercules, but yeah, dumbing down the source material is the worst thing about American pop culture.
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07.31.2010 - 08:36 | PunkWhatNow
I believe Hercules was how it translated out, accidentally, so Disney just rolled with it.
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07.31.2010 - 18:05 | KyleLHeracles (Glory/Pride of Hera, what a backhand, no wonder bitch wanted him dead) was the proper Greek name. The Romanized name was Hercules, during the period where the Romans adopted the Greek pantheon they added to the mythos of this character.
Because the Roman pantheon is more identifiable by our generation (due to the renewed interest in 'classical' culture circa 1750-1825) Disney chose this spelling. If you really have an interest in Mythology you can study if formally, it's a lot of fun.
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07.31.2010 - 13:32 | Virgil_theBadassPoet
(Devout Mythology Nerd)
Actually, the Greek hero was named Heracles (Herakles). When the Romans invaded Greece and adopted their Gods and legends it became Hercules (even in Greece). To say one is more correct than the other is not necessarily true. But it doesn't matter what name they gave the movie because this IS NOT the myth of Hercules(Hera[c/k]les)!
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08.01.2010 - 18:06 | theSnark
At least they didn't mix up the Greek and Roman names. Unlike Zha-vam the Invincible. You'd think DC comics would have done a little research. I'm pretty sure Achilles was never made a god..
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07.12.2011 - 00:26 | KouTheMad
from what i remember Achilles was Nye unkillable but not completely so, he was the song of a human and goddess and was dipped into the river Styx, save for the heel, a god gave one of his enemys a poison arrow (during the Trojan war), and shot him in the heel, killed him.
he was damn close to a god, but overall was just a demi god.
fucking powerful, but still killable.
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07.31.2010 - 01:10 | TragicGuineaPig
HERCULES HERCULES HERCULES!!
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07.31.2010 - 01:10 | Patrikki
More Disney, eh? :'D
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08.01.2010 - 05:01 | KallikanzaridThat serious works thing didn't work out well for NChick, it seems :))
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07.31.2010 - 01:11 | Fracassi
haha Hercules drinking game - great!
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07.31.2010 - 01:18 | Eener101
Haha, your friend cameos keep getting funnier and funnier. The after credits part cracked me up :D
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07.31.2010 - 09:07 | CrazyChris576
Agreed. Lindsay's friends rule! And this was fucking hilarious. Even though I like Hercules a little bit (mostly for Hades), it's good to see it deconstructed like this. Great video!
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07.31.2010 - 01:20 | pap64
While I still enjoy the movie, I agree that the plot has serious issues. I blame it on the "Pocahontas" curse.
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07.31.2010 - 08:19 | Haon
Amen, to that brother! (or sister!)
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07.31.2010 - 01:23 | timusforlife
Great vid! Totally agree, also that is the best song in the movie.
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07.31.2010 - 01:24 | Themonsean
Annnnd *hickup* there...theres one more... one...two more in*hick*...wrongnesses *hick*
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07.31.2010 - 01:27 | KihruOh my childhood classic. This and Lion King. I remember some of the songs from this movie but yeah, I can see the faults now.
But I will never forgive any of you if you butcher Lion King! That was my childhood fairytale...that was my bedtime story, that wa- Oh screw it, I'm just being mellow dramatic.
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07.31.2010 - 17:46 | ArtticWitchica
I don't think she would ever review that movie. XD For one it's actually good, and two the plot is Hamlet so of course it works XD
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08.21.2010 - 21:45 | MattbrainTo be honest, I wouldn't put it past her.
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I....Have some issues with this one.
First the gospel. It actually does work to an extent. The Greek Chorus is a thing done in ancient plays and it works well.
Next is the I Want song, Go the Distance. It's not about him wanting adoration and the like, not completely. It's more about him wanting a place where he belongs. It's slightly foreshadowing of how he gets later, but it also is more about what he's really wanting, his frustrations about being an outcast.
Now Hades. He had no reason to believe Pain and Panic failed. They were bumbling idiots, but they did their job for the most part. I do see the failure in logic in him not realizing Herc died as a baby, but then again....Lots of people die, so he can't see every dead person going in.
The movie isn't perfect, yes, but it kinda feels like a stretch to me on those three areas. Take it with a grain of salt, I know this is supposed to be a comedy and all, so you might know this all already.
Edit: Also, almost forgot. I like seeing your friends in videos, it's always great and all but...There's a reason Doug doesn't use Rob and Bhargav every video. Too much and it starts to kinda lose any feeling. Maybe save them for occasional use? Again, grain of salt, only my opinion.
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07.31.2010 - 08:15 | GoodguyAI feel that this is her own thing and power to her for it. She likes having many people in her videos because that's how she feels her humor can flow. At least it's been one video since she's had some friends over (Dune). I support whatever Lyndsey wants to use as a driving force.
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07.31.2010 - 09:49 | Captain Freetime™Oh I do agree. It's her choice in the end. This is purely in my opinion. It just feels that whenever she brings in friends it stops being a Nostalgia Chick episode. I enjoyed the first episode that brought Nella in (Labyrinth, right?) But most episodes since then, I've more or less been wanting it to JUST be her reviewing the material alone.
What she does is entirely up to her, but I wanted to try and make some criticism, because I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. Not everyone will agree with the friends thing and hey, more power to them.
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07.31.2010 - 14:45 | TragicGuineaPigBut that doesn't really answer why the choice of Gospel style music. Why not something more ancient sounding and epic? Or even using Greek modes?
The only thing I can think of is that Hercules is a son of a god, and...well, you figure out the rest.
But still, heroic tales of ancient Greek demigods doesn't really match well with Gospel music. I keep expecting James Brown to come out, and John Belushi suddenly having a mission from Gahd.
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07.31.2010 - 16:27 | Captain Freetime™I'll give ya that. I guess that part is just a sense of personal taste. For me, my mind leaps from choir to gospel. Probably not that way for everyone.
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08.03.2010 - 12:32 | RainOnMe
Agreed wholeheartedly. Sometimes it feels like in an attempt of humor she misses part of the point of the movie.
It's like, the gimmicks are fun but the point is to tell us about the movie first, make us laugh second.
What bothers me personally is the lack of chronological order. Doug really does the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, middle, last thing. Jumping all around gets confusing if you've never seen the movie before. (Luckily I have seen it, but that's what bugged me with the Grease review too. A lot was missed because of a gimmick.)
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07.31.2010 - 01:28 | kyllokJames Woods... he's like Joey Lawrence if Joey Lawrence was older... and a pedophile...
KIDDING!!
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07.31.2010 - 01:28 | Pinkemon
Hehehe, oh yeah, this movie.
I didn't really watch it when I was little(At least, I don't remember doing so) but I did watch it twice in my middle/high school
Once for Latin class and once for Greek class. XD
Of course, my old Greek teacher hated the fuck out of the movie for getting its mythology wrong, but I agree that it's pretty obvious that'd happen for a kids movie. (Also, in the original Greek version, he's named Herakles.)
However, I admit I never really pointed out all those stupid parts back then, even though I wasn't really all that young back when I last saw it.
I guess I just had my brain turned off during it. I never really liked it all that much.
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07.31.2010 - 01:31 | Mysteria Indictus
Great vid!
I'm definitely trying that drinking game. Tonight if I can =D
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07.31.2010 - 01:32 | Boxing Guy
Holy crap, thanks! Could never quite put my finger on why I hated this movie so fucking much-liberties taken with mythology aside of course.
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07.31.2010 - 01:32 | Camseyeviewi like hte movie i jsut look at it as a fun little excursion out of reality. yeah it isnt the best Disney film by no means, but i see no point in picking it bit by bit like you did...though i will have to tell my cousins to get a keg and play this game lol
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07.31.2010 - 01:35 | americanheezeToo much makeup in this vid.
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07.31.2010 - 01:40 | SgtGunlock
XD great review I actaully liked this movie when I was a we lad it my not be perfect but i liked it and will it made a fun level in Kingdom Hearts
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Take a drink every time a pointless drinking game is made up. Like, "Take a drink everytime a character says the word 'the'"
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07.31.2010 - 17:19 | lucariofan508
I've got the best drinking game. Take a drink when the title appears and then take a drink everytime you take a drink.
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07.31.2010 - 01:41 | Lew the Sweater Guy
The Hangover 2, starring the Nostalgia Chick, Nella, and Zach Galifianakis. =D
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07.31.2010 - 01:45 | WaluigisDate
I hate to bring up more comments about The Room, buuut me and my friends play a drinking game with that movie: Every time you hear "oh hai" or "HUH!", take a shot!
Thank you! Now I have a new game :kawaii:
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07.31.2010 - 01:45 | TheSavageBastard
"Based on a true story," eh? I'd love to hear it. =D
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07.31.2010 - 01:46 | Orastella
ooooohhhh.. for a sec there I thought they did the y'know thing that supposedly drunk hetero girls do...
hehe!
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07.31.2010 - 01:47 | Meemaimoh
When I saw this movie, I was on a boat in choppy waters and everyone was throwing up everywhere (myself included). Coincidence, or fate?
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07.31.2010 - 01:52 | SpecterM91
Hm... No, unfortunately I can't go with you on this one. :/
I get your point, it's formulaic and uses running gags too much... And...? It's nineties Disney, that's what nineties Disney does. You point out that it's different because it has its own little overused tropes, but in that respect, it really isn't different; all Disney movies from that era had their own overused crap.
Is it a great movie? Nah, not really, but I'll always love it. Partially BECAUSE of that one flaw you pointed out. I didn't really like Phil and Herc, I was rooting for Hades and paying attention to Meg's tale. The heroes really are bland, but the villains and more ambiguous characters are interesting enough to keep it afloat.
I'm not saying you're wrong, exactly, you're free to dislike the movie, of course. I'm just saying, nagging it for these reasons is a bit unfair... That, and Jim Cummings rocks.
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07.31.2010 - 02:01 | novice snobI like how the drinking game is pretty much whenever anything happens. XD
I fall on the "like it" side, and love pieces of it, but I agree that it feels like it doesn't come together like it should. Whether it's the many gaping plotholes, the Disney formula being too obvious or whatever else I'm not sure. I disagree on the gospel stuff however, they were the best part of the movie! Although I agree that Meg's more motown-ish number is the best song. Nonetheless I agree it could have been better than what we got.
Although I do think changes to the source material [i]is [/i] part of the problem. Not that it's been altered per se, Disney plenty of good movies white washing the stories the movies are adapted from, but the amount of twisting and bending need to make the Hercules story kid friendly makes you wonder why bother in the first place. I think that does lead to the story's plotholes, the film doesn't even follow its own internal logic.
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07.31.2010 - 01:56 | JohnCoffey
The ending made me think of David Lynch. =D
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07.31.2010 - 01:56 | PIE!!!
Lol, the ending reminded me of The Hangover.
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08.21.2010 - 15:11 | 0dd1
Y'know, The Hangover isn't the only movie/show/book/vegetable in which people get stone-cold drunk and can't remember the next morning what they did the previous evening.
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08.01.2010 - 22:44 | NintendoFanboy
The Makeover Fairy strikes in the night! :scared:
Also, that Scar "cameo" in the film always stood out to me as a child. I was thinking, "Wait, WTF?!"
And, I must admit, this movie is a guilty pleasure for me. I will admit that it has problems, but it's still a fun flick.
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07.31.2010 - 02:05 | jnywest
Youre just not funny anymore
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07.31.2010 - 05:37 | DeltoraOoo, bitch please!
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