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Hercules Killed his Wife and 6 Sons

posted 11 years ago by carney-van
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Driven mad by Hera -- or maybe just on a drunken bender -- Hercules killed his Wife and 6 sons, when he recovered from his madness/hangover he undertook the labors he's known for to atone for those deaths.

Seeing no mention of Hera (who messed with his mind/got him crazy drunk), the oracle Pythoness (who he consulted) or King Eurystheus (who assigned the labors) I'm guessing their going to totally leave out that "little" detail that only served as THE ENTIRE BASIS FOR THE 12 LABORS OF HERCULES.

Why can't Hollywood ever take a story that works and make it compelling without dumbing it down, getting it mostly wrong and totally missing the point?

[–] Morgana0 11 years ago

Why can't Hollywood ever take a story that works and make it compelling without dumbing it down, getting it mostly wrong and totally missing the point?

That's what I was wondering all through this film. The legends are amazing as they are so why on earth they chose to mess with the them and put their own 'hollywood' twist on it - showing Hera as being all weepy and being party to the 'seduction' and the silly romance for instance - I'll never understand.

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[–] Steveomac385 11 years ago

People have been putting their own twist on them since the stories were first told.

[–] Morgana0 11 years ago

Perhaps, but this twist was plain awful. The original legends would have been ten times better.

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[–] mihai-voicu-drebot 11 years ago

Why can't Hollywood ever take a story that works and make it compelling without dumbing it down, getting it mostly wrong and totally missing the point?

What i don't understand is this: you have a story that survived more than 2000 years. Why can you not just make it into a movie? No changes to the story are required, you already know it is a good story. It seems like a very simple reasoning to me. However, Hollywood never seems to be able to do just that.

P.S. I've seen this movie last night, it was the worst movie in a long while for me.

[–] SweetHotAngel 10 years ago

So many people upset with this film because it isn't the 12 Labors and Hercules killing of his family.

But this film is in a sense a prequel to all that. So it's not a problem at all. This is all before he has the family and does his terrible act and needs to atone.

Is it bright where you are? Have the people changed? Does it make you happy you're so strange?