Posts by: Pokey
Ah. Will the bad adaptations never stop? I can add “Troy” to my list of travesties now.
The good
At least they got the Briseis-Agamemenon-Achilles conflict right. Hector was awesome. His relationship with Andromache was so sweet. Odysseus was wonderful. Discussion of gods & mortality between Briseis & Achilles. Priam. Poor man… The [...]
With all the richness in plot offered by myths, in particular the myth of the Trojan War, I find it so frustrating that movies like Helen of Troy are made. Acting/script/historical accuracy problems aside, I’d like to focus on how they took one of the best known myths and turned it into [...]
The original story…
Kerberos (aka Ceberus, Cerberos) is the three headed dog in Greek and Roman mythology who guarded the gates of Hades, which is where most people spend the afterlife, if they haven’t been immortalized or turned into constellations or rocks, flowers, animals, birds, etc. This pup of Hades lets people into [...]
The original story…
“Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes” means “I fear the Greeks, even when they bear gifts.” It’s led to “Beware the Greeks bearing gifts.” These are all allusions to the Trojan Horse, which managed to secure a decisive victory for the Greeks during their ten year long war against the Trojans. [...]
Clash of the Titans
I hear it was truly terrible!