Greek Mythology
So the other day I was out seeing Wrath of the Titans and I thought I’d share my thoughts on it. Not on the movie it’s self (which was okay, a decent monster killing adventure), but on Greek Mythology. I personally don’t know much about it. When I was sitting in the theater I wish I did. I wish knew more about the ancient Gods and who had sex with who because it seems very complex. Then I was glad I didn’t know because I’m sure they totally butchered these ancient stories beyond recognition.
After the movie I did do some research and realized I was way in over my head. It’s not like you can just learn about one or two of these characters… you need to learn about all of them. They’re all intertwined in the craziest of ways. It’s like a giant Greek soap opera. So I’ll just stay content with knowing a few names and leave it at that. I just know I won’t use Clash or Wrath as my base point of knowledge on the subject.
Play Asia
April 17th, 2012 at 11:43 pm
actually, from what i’ve learned from the history channel, and all my history classes in high school, wrath of the titans did a very good job and i’m quite proud of the people who wrote it. in fact, even the weird things that they fought at the end, with the two heads and four arms, are real greek myths. but dont i wouldnt trust what i say too much because i only think i know a lot lol.
April 18th, 2012 at 8:51 pm
I got most of my knowledge about Greek mythology from reading D&D’s ‘Deities & Demigods’.
Yeah, I’m a dork.
April 19th, 2012 at 9:14 am
When I was a kid, I read all sorts of Greek mythology. Enough to know that some of the standard renditions of the exploits of the gods/demigods are inconsistent. So it becomes difficult to say which stories are to be taken as canon (it usually boils down to their popularity/prevalence). However, it has been so long since I payed any attention to Greek myths that I’ve forgotten almost all of it.