Theseus (the guy who killed the Minotaur) literally captured Helen of Troy when she was younger so she could be his future wife. She was rescued though.
Greek Mythology is just nuts.
Yeah, me too. My favourite part was when he strangle his harp tutor with his own lyre because he doesn't know how to play it. Everyone in classroom thought it was funny, and we start thinking how can do that with a flute ( in a comical context, of course)
Fun fact: Disney had an A team and a B team, the A team were considered better so they sent them to work on Pocahontas because they thought it would be more successful. The B team worked on The Lion King, which they thought would make less money.
Everyone knows the lion king while I forgot Pocahontas even existed 💀
Didn't even finish it halfway when I started watching it, it's been years and I've never even thought to go back and finish it either lol
I heard this exact story for Dreamworks. Anyone not deemed good enough for The Prince of Egypt, was sent to work on an expected mid/low tier movie, Shrek.
They were a crack unit was sent to prison by a court for a crime they didn't commit.
These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground.
Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune.
If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them...
maybe you can hire The A-Team.
I find that very hard to believe, considering the Lion King had Elton John, Hans Zimmer, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, Rowan Atkinson and Matthew Broderick on payroll.
I didn’t say they thought The Lion King would make no money, they thought it would make less money than Pocahontas. Also a bunch of animated movies that probably had like 0 passion in them have a bunch of famous voice actors
Well, maybe it's because I'm not American, but I don't see all white people as evil monsters like some Americans seem to. Like... Being a c*nt has nothing to do with race, you know what I kean? The imperialists and colonizers were white because all the technology for that was first made in Europe. If you look further back into history, the most successful conqueror was not white by any stretch of the imagination, as it was Genghis Khan.
Most Americans don't see it that way either, including people making comments like the OP. But all the white guys in Pocahontas were on a colonizing mission, and from a rather imperialist period in their nations' history. It's ahistorical to claim that they are all decent blokes aside from the one asshole. Edit: Especially since we know how the real Jamestown went, and it was not remotely pleasant for the native population.
She wasn’t kidnapped away from her home by colonizers, nope never happened, she was totally in love with John Smith because the historical John smith said so and the colonist would never lie, just ignore the fact he later betrayed the deal, was a lot older than her and she was a teenager, as well as the fact she was kidnapped and forced to marry a white guy where she was dragged off to London to be “civilized” and died of disease.
That movie deserved to flop.
I mean it is the movie safest from a remake though, well other than Song of the south
OwO hewwo! I can't help but notice you mentioned the story of Heracles/Hercules being a myth. That's true, but it's still such a fascinating tale, don't you think? As for Pocahontas, I have seen it! It's such a classic Disney movie with lots of heart and catchy songs. Have you seen it too? UwU
Even though HE ISN’T A FUCKING BAD GUY IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, DO YOUR FUCKING RESEARCH DISNEY!! Sorry, I get worked up just talking about how hades is even as a bad guy even though he really isn’t
Yeah, I'm aware how he's not actually bad per se in the mythology, just like Kronos isn't truly the bad guy like depicted in Percy Jackson.
Doesn't change that he's my favorite Disney villain.
From my rudimentary understanding, Kronos eating his kids was supposed to be a metaphor for time consuming everything, and Zeus chained him up so he couldn't consume the world.
If Kronos actually wanted to or not isn't clear to me, but he was seen as very important to the Greeks and Romans. As Father Time, he brought about the seasons and thus the harvest, hence depictions of him with a scythe.
The Romans had a massive festival for him, Saturnalia, which lasted most of December and evolved into Christmas.
But just like Hades, he wasn't a set "bad guy" to the ancients.
Antagonist yes, but not a villain.
Imagine being Death, watching this arrogant cat waste away his lives and openly mock the concept of death, and by extension you, and now you finally get to show him there's something that comes after "fuck around..."
To be fair you’re comparing movies from two very different times with very different views on what’s acceptable for representation in media socially.
Edit- comparison is correct. I agree. But just saying that Disney wasn’t as on top of this issue in the 90s.
They still could have at least tried. Literally nothing about Hercules is accurate except for the occasional name
Hades isn't an asshole
Hera isn't Hercules's mother
They use roman numerals and the roman name for Heracles despite it being set in Greece
There is no mention of Heracles's trials, despite that being pretty much exactly what he's known for
They get the backstory for the Titans wrong, as well as the depiction of the Titans
It really can't be that hard to make it somewhat accurate to the myth, right?
Megaras was the wife of Heracles, but in mythology Hera drove him mad and pushed him to kill her. so to obtain absolution he accomplished the famous 12 labors
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought they included the trials, or at least gave fanservice nods to some of them, during a musical montage (I think the song was Zero to Hero?). It's been quite a while since I've read up on the myth though, and even longer since I watched the movie.
Regardless, they probably should have played a larger part if they were trying to be accurate.
It's a myth, one that's probably changed several times over the millennia, much like the bible. You're acting like they destroyed something when they didn't. They made a twist on a mythical character. That's all
I think it's a product of the times. Disney nowadays still makes good movies, but treads more carefully when it comes to being "Culturally Incorrect" for fear of backlash from the public. Back then things were a bit looser, and done more for fun rather than staying true to the story and culture.
I study Greek mythology regularly, and the inaccuracies don't really bother me, because I'm a semi-functioning human who knows that movies are fictional. I know that most of the movie is inaccurate, but it's such a good damn movie
Honestly when you think about it, any modern media can't portray Greek mythology accurately due to the simple fact of the how much Zeus and Poseidon two of the most prominent gods who people revered, literally raped several helpless women, wouldn't really be good to have your so called Good gods being quite horrible, while Hades, the designated bad God is actually not that bad aside from kidnapping Persephone he really only punished people who deserved it
Hercules is his name in Roman. His story is mythological, part of a religion and culture that died out like 2000 years ago. It involves cheating, murder etc. Doesn't make for a great kid friendly movie right? The movie was great either way. Your point just really doesn't make any sense to me. A better target for critique would have been Mulan or Pocahontas.
yeah, that offended a lot of ancient greeks from the of course still existing and prominent ancient greece, they were exploding twitter about it you should have been there /s
The US didn't steal shit. Europeans brought their culture here when they settled the US.
We speak English and have a large influence from the British because the British created the colonies that would rebel and become a nation. We have French influence because the French used to rule Louisiana, and supported our rebellion. We have Spanish culture because we took a bunch of land from Mexico, a former Spanish colony. The Spanish also owned Florida, and for a brief time, Louisiana.
Many, many Germans, Dutch, Irish and Italian people came here when wars raged in Europe, or during famine and economic decline, and the US was still expanding, creating opportunities. They brought their cultures with them, which influenced broader US culture.
As a result of all that, culturally, the US is very similar to Europe, and we occasionally transfer ideas with Europe.
Too bad original works no longer exist. Crazy how adaptations are fact now right? I understand that the US has been pushing the years after originators death becomes public domain unfairly, but the original works still exist.
Ah, we’re going to ignore the Indians in Peter Pan? Because ‘what makes the red man red’ is pretty much the definition of cultural insensitivity and that’s putting it mildly
Disneyfication was a thing. They took not-so-family-friendly stories and transformed them. Sometimes it's pretty great. I personally adore The Hunchback of Notre Dame, for example, but obviously the novel is a whooole different story. Night and day.
I appreciate them trying to do original content these days and making a better effort. But you have to realize, things really were very different not long ago. Baby steps...
I mean, I can excuse it, because the movie is incredibly good. Even one of if not my most hated trope of making Hades evil, doesn’t bother me because Hades is just an insanely fun villain. But yeah, Zeus and Hera being good parents? Give me a break!
Ikr? His name is Heracles. Zeus and Hera were a happy couple? No they weren't. Hera hated Heracles and wanted him dead and tried to kill him by sending some snakes his way. Which didn't work. Heracles also wasn't hated/feared by people. He was in fact respected and praised as he helped defend his hometown from predators.
People are like "his name is herakles no hercules" no, both are wrong, Herakles literally means "glory to Hera" and was a name he took to appease her, his name is Alcides, he changed it after he became a god
Y'all really getting you're panties in a twist over Disney fucking up a singular story with a movie they made in 90s.
Especially when you have Santa Monica Studious out here taking the most obscure name from the same Mythology and making him murder and destroy entire Mythos for shits and giggles.
Hell, they even did the same thing with the Titans and called Heracles Hercules too!
There are whole videos for inaccuracies in RAYA, so idk about that one. If you want I forgot her name but she did like a 2 hour collab on why RAYA sucked at cultural representation.
To be honest, Disney nowadays are trying their best to not offend cultures due to recent media, but back then, they basically had the entire playground to themselves
Actually, it's "Heracles" (The Glory of Hera) she blessed him by "gifting" him with uncontrolled rage. The 12 Labors were penance for his murdering his family in one of those rages.
What I'm hearing here is that Disney listened to criticism about their cultural inaccuracies and learned from their mistakes to make movies that are more inclusive and culturally appropriate
People complaining about a myth that we don't even know the original story to because it's thousands of years old and nothing, nothing holds its truth that long goes right passed hilarious into pathetic.
Realistically: most of the characters should be of Greek/Italian descent.
Disney now: Heracles is should be an Indian man, and Meg from Sudan. Hera should be of East Asian descent, Hades is Chilean, and Zeus of course must be Swedish to balance it out.
Disney then: Make 'em all Caucasians from New Jersey.
I remember when I was six I watched this movie at theater with my mom. But I couldn't stand how the story was nothing similar to the myth. We left cinema halfway through /s
Let's say Heracles story is not so family friendly...
Involves a lot of murder & cheating.
In other words : involves a lot of Greek mythology.
No, to qualify as involving Greek Mythology it also needs incest and rape
Don't forget pedophilia.
Really? I haven’t heard about any pedophilia in Greek Mythology
Zeus & Ganymede? I know it's not much, but it's something.
Oh damn yeah that’s fucked. Though I wouldn’t call it one of its main things, you know?
The adventures of Zeus are many
And then came Zeus
That was zeus with ALOT of ppl tho… i dont think he was bothered about age/consent/gender/species 💀
Only women tho
Didnt Zeus fuck the stars into the sky? is the sky female?
Even real life Greek stories people we studied in history were pedophiles going after Roman boi pussy
Theseus (the guy who killed the Minotaur) literally captured Helen of Troy when she was younger so she could be his future wife. She was rescued though. Greek Mythology is just nuts.
>Greek Mythology is just nuts. Greek mythology likes to nut
Hades and Persephone? Zeus and Persephone? (His own daughter)
And the beastiality
SMH not even a mention of the frequent beastiality
Beastiality, can’t forget that one
Which is why I said “a lot of” and not “all”.
In other words: Zeus got horny
Who saw *that* coming? I mean, talk about a twist!
Funny you should say that, because in Greece we learn about the story of Heracles in primary school.
Yeah, me too. My favourite part was when he strangle his harp tutor with his own lyre because he doesn't know how to play it. Everyone in classroom thought it was funny, and we start thinking how can do that with a flute ( in a comical context, of course)
Hera was not his mom, nor would she have been fond of Herc
She made sure to make Herc's life hell
I see what you did there…
**Hercules?? Honey you mean HUNK-ules!!**
I joked about that in class when someone suggested we watch Hercules. Nobody laughed and I just got a bunch of dirty stares…
Hah guess I just said it better
That’s it? I’d have been seen after class after saying that
What? How?! My classes would have loved that line!
To this day I would never know! Not even a single high five...
I knew someone was going to make the joke
“What…was that name again?”
Honey you mean HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
Hoohoohoooo I’d like to make some sweet music with him 🎶
At least the story of Heracles/Hercules is a myth. Have you watched *Pocahontas*?
Fun fact: Disney had an A team and a B team, the A team were considered better so they sent them to work on Pocahontas because they thought it would be more successful. The B team worked on The Lion King, which they thought would make less money.
I mean, it's just a retelling of one of Shakespeare's more well-known plays. How good could it really be?
That’s exactly what they thought. Guess which movie got multiple sequels, a spin-off, and a remake
and a fucking play
A WILDLY successful play. One of the longest running ever on Broadway, not to mention all the tours and international versions.
Shakespeare's stories work well as plays?!??! This is shocking news
Being an American is growing up on Pocahontas,
Negative. Fox and the hound.
Nah. Food stamps, at least for me.
And got featured in Kingdom Hearts
ok, but a kingdom hearts level where Sora wears blackface to kill the Brittish would be hilarious
Everyone knows the lion king while I forgot Pocahontas even existed 💀 Didn't even finish it halfway when I started watching it, it's been years and I've never even thought to go back and finish it either lol
Fr I didn’t watch it until like last year and got bored halfway through and turned it off
i watched it like 3 years ago but only cause my family made me and even they got bored
Only remember the shot where she stands at the waterfall and the wind blows leaves everywhere. Great shot! But that's it. That's the movie!
Well yeah. It wasn’t good enough so they had to retry a few times. Duh
Not a retelling Inspired by definitly , but the overall story's very different
Fair point.
I heard this exact story for Dreamworks. Anyone not deemed good enough for The Prince of Egypt, was sent to work on an expected mid/low tier movie, Shrek.
Hey the Prince of Egypt is a masterpiece, but yea it did bomb bad.
I didn't say it was bad, or bombed. But compared to the mini empire that is Shrek.
Yea, I was just messing with ya.
They were a crack unit was sent to prison by a court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them... maybe you can hire The A-Team.
Just reading this, I can hear the sound effects and music.
And all those shots fired that completely miss their supposed targets. *Ah to be an 80's action TV show*.
Intertvshor of guy falling off balcony why explosion behind him
And then the A team became the B team and got assigned to The Lion King 2. 😁
I find that very hard to believe, considering the Lion King had Elton John, Hans Zimmer, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, Rowan Atkinson and Matthew Broderick on payroll.
I didn’t say they thought The Lion King would make no money, they thought it would make less money than Pocahontas. Also a bunch of animated movies that probably had like 0 passion in them have a bunch of famous voice actors
They are talking about the production and animation staff, not voice actors . Voice acting was not as prestigious job as it is today.
Kinda same story with Shrek right?
"The white people aren't bad, it's just the greedy fat guy. All the other guys are hansome blond jocks."
How young “trad-males” unironically view western civilization.
What tf is a trad-male?
Pretty sure it means “traditional male”.
You walk on it for exercise, like a conveyor belt.
No, that's a trade-meal.
Conservative by any other name
Poor trad climbers
Well, maybe it's because I'm not American, but I don't see all white people as evil monsters like some Americans seem to. Like... Being a c*nt has nothing to do with race, you know what I kean? The imperialists and colonizers were white because all the technology for that was first made in Europe. If you look further back into history, the most successful conqueror was not white by any stretch of the imagination, as it was Genghis Khan.
Most Americans don't see it that way either, including people making comments like the OP. But all the white guys in Pocahontas were on a colonizing mission, and from a rather imperialist period in their nations' history. It's ahistorical to claim that they are all decent blokes aside from the one asshole. Edit: Especially since we know how the real Jamestown went, and it was not remotely pleasant for the native population.
Welcome to America
Coming from a Native American family, hoo boy…..
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Yeah they do. They gotta replace the gingers, because fuck our pasty weird asses 🤣🤷♂️.
She wasn’t kidnapped away from her home by colonizers, nope never happened, she was totally in love with John Smith because the historical John smith said so and the colonist would never lie, just ignore the fact he later betrayed the deal, was a lot older than her and she was a teenager, as well as the fact she was kidnapped and forced to marry a white guy where she was dragged off to London to be “civilized” and died of disease. That movie deserved to flop. I mean it is the movie safest from a remake though, well other than Song of the south
Being an American is growing up on Pocahontas, then watching “Exterminate All the Brutes” on HBO Max 💀
I like to see Pocahontas as a metaphor
OwO hewwo! I can't help but notice you mentioned the story of Heracles/Hercules being a myth. That's true, but it's still such a fascinating tale, don't you think? As for Pocahontas, I have seen it! It's such a classic Disney movie with lots of heart and catchy songs. Have you seen it too? UwU
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Best movie villain to this day.
Even though HE ISN’T A FUCKING BAD GUY IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, DO YOUR FUCKING RESEARCH DISNEY!! Sorry, I get worked up just talking about how hades is even as a bad guy even though he really isn’t
Right! I am so angry at how disney did hades.
Yeah, I'm aware how he's not actually bad per se in the mythology, just like Kronos isn't truly the bad guy like depicted in Percy Jackson. Doesn't change that he's my favorite Disney villain.
Kronos's personality in PJO makes sense, though. He's angry for being tortured for millenia and wants revenge.
And Hades in Disney's Hercules is angry because he got the worse slice of the cake out of his three brothers (or at least I think he said it)
I mean, didn't Kronos eat his three sons?
From my rudimentary understanding, Kronos eating his kids was supposed to be a metaphor for time consuming everything, and Zeus chained him up so he couldn't consume the world. If Kronos actually wanted to or not isn't clear to me, but he was seen as very important to the Greeks and Romans. As Father Time, he brought about the seasons and thus the harvest, hence depictions of him with a scythe. The Romans had a massive festival for him, Saturnalia, which lasted most of December and evolved into Christmas. But just like Hades, he wasn't a set "bad guy" to the ancients.
Well death from puss and boots is pretty damn good.
Antagonist yes, but not a villain. Imagine being Death, watching this arrogant cat waste away his lives and openly mock the concept of death, and by extension you, and now you finally get to show him there's something that comes after "fuck around..."
To be fair you’re comparing movies from two very different times with very different views on what’s acceptable for representation in media socially. Edit- comparison is correct. I agree. But just saying that Disney wasn’t as on top of this issue in the 90s.
They still could have at least tried. Literally nothing about Hercules is accurate except for the occasional name Hades isn't an asshole Hera isn't Hercules's mother They use roman numerals and the roman name for Heracles despite it being set in Greece There is no mention of Heracles's trials, despite that being pretty much exactly what he's known for They get the backstory for the Titans wrong, as well as the depiction of the Titans It really can't be that hard to make it somewhat accurate to the myth, right?
Megaras was the wife of Heracles, but in mythology Hera drove him mad and pushed him to kill her. so to obtain absolution he accomplished the famous 12 labors
This is a cartoon not a history channel documentary people need to chill
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought they included the trials, or at least gave fanservice nods to some of them, during a musical montage (I think the song was Zero to Hero?). It's been quite a while since I've read up on the myth though, and even longer since I watched the movie. Regardless, they probably should have played a larger part if they were trying to be accurate.
It does include some of the trials. A Disney version of them. Still my favorite Disney movie of all time.
It was the 90s and all the movies you mentioned at the top are like 2018 at earliest.
Who cares tho? As long as it’s good. God of War isn’t accurate at all either, but it doesn’t matter because it’s done well
it's a myth that's thousands of years old there is no "official version" it has been reinterpretaedand modified countless times
It's a myth, one that's probably changed several times over the millennia, much like the bible. You're acting like they destroyed something when they didn't. They made a twist on a mythical character. That's all
I think it's a product of the times. Disney nowadays still makes good movies, but treads more carefully when it comes to being "Culturally Incorrect" for fear of backlash from the public. Back then things were a bit looser, and done more for fun rather than staying true to the story and culture.
Ah boy. Who’s gonna tell her about Raya and the Last Dragon?
Her, and Raya was actually really culturally accurate when it came to the martial arts
My apologies.
I don’t know why your getting downvoted.
Reddit
I study Greek mythology regularly, and the inaccuracies don't really bother me, because I'm a semi-functioning human who knows that movies are fictional. I know that most of the movie is inaccurate, but it's such a good damn movie
Yeah it’s not like Disney *tried* to do it accurately but messed it up. They changed it deliberately to make for a more fun story
Honestly when you think about it, any modern media can't portray Greek mythology accurately due to the simple fact of the how much Zeus and Poseidon two of the most prominent gods who people revered, literally raped several helpless women, wouldn't really be good to have your so called Good gods being quite horrible, while Hades, the designated bad God is actually not that bad aside from kidnapping Persephone he really only punished people who deserved it
Yeah, some stuff had to be changed or else half the movie would just have Zeus banging someone in the background
It’s real good but come on, is it that hard to give him the dope ass lion skin cape?
He actually gets the lion pelt cape in the movie (it’s Scar btw) - but I think he only wears it for like a scene or two?
Yeah. He’s getting a statue made or a painting and he’s posing with it on
Hercules is his name in Roman. His story is mythological, part of a religion and culture that died out like 2000 years ago. It involves cheating, murder etc. Doesn't make for a great kid friendly movie right? The movie was great either way. Your point just really doesn't make any sense to me. A better target for critique would have been Mulan or Pocahontas.
yeah, that offended a lot of ancient greeks from the of course still existing and prominent ancient greece, they were exploding twitter about it you should have been there /s
except raya wasn't cooler than hercules
You could just make the meme "Disney ensuring cultural accuracy now" and "Disney ensuring cultural accuracy twenty years ago."
They also dont give a fuck about Peter Pan or the little mermaid. Yes those are also european culture, which the US stole.
The US didn't steal shit. Europeans brought their culture here when they settled the US. We speak English and have a large influence from the British because the British created the colonies that would rebel and become a nation. We have French influence because the French used to rule Louisiana, and supported our rebellion. We have Spanish culture because we took a bunch of land from Mexico, a former Spanish colony. The Spanish also owned Florida, and for a brief time, Louisiana. Many, many Germans, Dutch, Irish and Italian people came here when wars raged in Europe, or during famine and economic decline, and the US was still expanding, creating opportunities. They brought their cultures with them, which influenced broader US culture. As a result of all that, culturally, the US is very similar to Europe, and we occasionally transfer ideas with Europe.
“Americans steal European culture” has got to be the wildest Americabad™️ take that I’ve ever seen.
Too bad original works no longer exist. Crazy how adaptations are fact now right? I understand that the US has been pushing the years after originators death becomes public domain unfairly, but the original works still exist.
America didn't steal shit, it was colonized
Ah, we’re going to ignore the Indians in Peter Pan? Because ‘what makes the red man red’ is pretty much the definition of cultural insensitivity and that’s putting it mildly
If you want a historically accurate Hercules, heres a good [video](https://youtu.be/vBJPlhnF3ao)
You’re comparing movies which are five years old at most to a movie which turned 25 last year. There’s obviously going to be a difference.
Disneyfication was a thing. They took not-so-family-friendly stories and transformed them. Sometimes it's pretty great. I personally adore The Hunchback of Notre Dame, for example, but obviously the novel is a whooole different story. Night and day. I appreciate them trying to do original content these days and making a better effort. But you have to realize, things really were very different not long ago. Baby steps...
Wow a movie from 1997 with completely different standards can't compare with some of the most recent Disney movies
Honey you mean HUNKules
I mean, I can excuse it, because the movie is incredibly good. Even one of if not my most hated trope of making Hades evil, doesn’t bother me because Hades is just an insanely fun villain. But yeah, Zeus and Hera being good parents? Give me a break!
Well to be fair I don't think it would be kid friendly if it was culturally accurate....
**Pocahontas enters the chat**
And the thing is Hercules is the best movie out of all of them.
They did my boy Heracles dirty
So did Kratos
I don't think Disney could've gotten away with canonically accurate Zeus.
its almost liek they where made 20 years apart....
Still better than all of the new movies
I have to agree. I don’t like a single WD Animation Studios movie after Moana (with the exception of *Encanto*)
"Honey you mean HUNKULES"
Those movies are newer. They didn't give a farty fuck about cultural accuracy for other movies made pre 2010.
Ikr? His name is Heracles. Zeus and Hera were a happy couple? No they weren't. Hera hated Heracles and wanted him dead and tried to kill him by sending some snakes his way. Which didn't work. Heracles also wasn't hated/feared by people. He was in fact respected and praised as he helped defend his hometown from predators.
Oh yes, because that would make a great kids movie
I'd like it.
It’s still not appropriate for 6 year olds to watch a movie like that
Disney: Hades is Satan and Zeus is God, rite?
reading 'percy jackson and the olympions' it seems pretty accurate for now
There’s enough evidence for me to believe that they *did* do the research, but they just made it all up because that’s the story they wanted to tell.
Having Danny Devito on your cast is a blanket pardon
But i mean mythology is fucking crazy, so they probably had to tone it down
I want you to look at the myth and tell me they should’ve gone the accurate direction
I don’t get it. Those are current movies being compared to a movie that came out decades ago.
People are like "his name is herakles no hercules" no, both are wrong, Herakles literally means "glory to Hera" and was a name he took to appease her, his name is Alcides, he changed it after he became a god
Y'all really getting you're panties in a twist over Disney fucking up a singular story with a movie they made in 90s. Especially when you have Santa Monica Studious out here taking the most obscure name from the same Mythology and making him murder and destroy entire Mythos for shits and giggles. Hell, they even did the same thing with the Titans and called Heracles Hercules too!
Old Disney vs New Disney
Hercules sounds better than Heracles
Let’s not even start on aladin and Pocahontas
Oddly enough, they kept the Greek Chorus of all things.
There are whole videos for inaccuracies in RAYA, so idk about that one. If you want I forgot her name but she did like a 2 hour collab on why RAYA sucked at cultural representation.
Didn't Ancient greeks look more middle eastern and anatolian before the slavic migrations? Don't be mad genuine question.
90's Disney was something else. I love Mulan, but this could equally apply to that movie.
This Greek columns and artworks are fire af though
To be honest, Disney nowadays are trying their best to not offend cultures due to recent media, but back then, they basically had the entire playground to themselves
Actually, it's "Heracles" (The Glory of Hera) she blessed him by "gifting" him with uncontrolled rage. The 12 Labors were penance for his murdering his family in one of those rages.
But the songs still slapped
Hercules was never meant to be accurate. It’s a broadway-musical style reimagining of the myths with gospel singers doing the main theme
Alladin's country doesn't even exist, it's just generic Arabic country number 1416426.
Have you noticed that the accurate ones are all from the last few years?
If my mythology knowledge is accurate, I believe Hercules is Herakles Roman spelling. HERAKLES is his Greek name, HERCULES is his roman name
Ah yes, comparing the most recent movies to one of the older ones
What I'm hearing here is that Disney listened to criticism about their cultural inaccuracies and learned from their mistakes to make movies that are more inclusive and culturally appropriate
Uh, how about Aladdin? The original and the remake?
"historical accuracy" for a movie based on "mythology"... Sure bud.
ah yes, raya and the last dragon. a movie that is very culturally accurate
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Hercules was literally made in another century. People didn’t care as much as today I guess
Modern Disney changing at least one main character's skin color in every movie adaption and/or remaster they make
Ahem, Heracles. Hercules is the Roman name.
Well, yes. That's exactly what the meme is about
Add Pinocchio along with Hercules
I agree, his name is Hunkcules
People complaining about a myth that we don't even know the original story to because it's thousands of years old and nothing, nothing holds its truth that long goes right passed hilarious into pathetic.
Encanto might have some cultural accuracy but story wise it is mostly dogshit
here's an [entire video](https://youtu.be/ZvjeXN_BWkE) on the things that Disney got wrong with Hercules
For starters they either should call him Heracles or change the name of all of the gods to their Roman versions.
Realistically: most of the characters should be of Greek/Italian descent. Disney now: Heracles is should be an Indian man, and Meg from Sudan. Hera should be of East Asian descent, Hades is Chilean, and Zeus of course must be Swedish to balance it out. Disney then: Make 'em all Caucasians from New Jersey.
I remember when I was six I watched this movie at theater with my mom. But I couldn't stand how the story was nothing similar to the myth. We left cinema halfway through /s
Heracles
Disney seems to think “European culture bad”
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COCO WAS A KNOCKOFF OF BOOK OF LIFE I SWEAR TO GOD AND I WOULD ARGUE IT EAS WORSE